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The cast of Hollyoaks (names to be confirmed), chefs (Paul Rankin, Sophie Grigson, John Burton Race, Nancy Lam, Kevin Woodford, Sophie Michel, Tony Tobin, Reza Mohammad and Silvana Rowe), Les Dennis, Neil Fox, Angela Rippon and Nancy Sorrell will be donning their dancing shoes for Let's Dance For Comic Relief as part of this year's Red Nose Day campaign, it was announced today.

Head panellist Anton Du Beke will be joined by two different guest panellists each week, including Emma Bunton, Paul O'Grady and Michael McIntyre.

Previously announced contestants include Jo Brand, Robert Webb, Dick & Dom, Keith Lemon & Paddy McGuinness; Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden from Dragons' Den and Blue Peter presenters Tim Vincent, Anthea Turner, Mark Curry, Diana Louise Jordan, Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis and Helen Skelton.

They will all pay homage to iconic dance routines in a bid to wow viewers with their moves and compete for a chance to be crowned champion of the dance floor.

The show will be hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones and launches on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One on Saturday 21 February 2009.

The series will run over four weeks, comprising three heats and culminating in a spectacular final dance off on Red Nose Day weekend.

Each week a celebrity act (a mix of solo dancers, duos and groups) will recreate a number of famous dances from movie classics such as Saturday Night Fever and High School Musical – to pop classics such as Baby One More Time (Britney Spears) and Thriller (Michael Jackson).

They will take to the floor to give the performance of their lives in front of a live studio audience and a panel of experts; together the viewers and the panel will vote for their favourite dancers to go through to the final.

The final will see six celebrity acts dance for their chance to be crowned the Let's Dance For Comic Relief Champion on Saturday 14 March 2009.

Proceeds from the voting will go to Comic Relief.

The show will be produced by Whizz Kid Entertainment for the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

Notes to Editors

Red Nose Day 2009 is on Friday 13 March.

Go to bbc.co.uk/rednoseday for more information.

Comic Relief spends all the money raised through Red Nose Day to give extremely poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around.

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