What an incredible amount of talent has been laid before us in recent times.

Television is leaving no stones unturned in it's search for new faces.

Would-be pop stars queue up in their hundreds.

Potential candidates for Fred and Ginger's crown dazzle us with their magic footwork alongside wouldbe Torvill and Deans.

There is no shortage either when it comes to lookalike soundalikes. But there seems to be something missing.

Time was when no show was complete without Ray Alan and Lord Charles, Roger de Courcey and Nookie Bear or Keith Harris with Orville.

How nice it would be to see the re-emergence of the ventriloquist, much loved since the long-past days of Peter Brough and Archie Andrews.

Perhaps the still busy Keith Harris could be chairman of the judges?

  • Michael Parker, Oakdene Crescent Brighton