BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans 'screaming' as unexpected star appears on live show

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Strictly Come Dancing fans were left 'screaming' after spotting a BBC icon in the live show audience on Saturday night (November 30).

Comedian Miranda Hart popped up on screens alongside Patricia Hodge, who played her mother in the sitcom Miranda. The pair were there to cheer on their co-star Sarah Hadland who performed a number to the song 'Popular' from musical Wicked, alongside dance partner Vito CoppolaFifty-one-year-old Miranda recently opened up to fans about being "bedbound for years" due to an undiagnosed chronic illness.

She admitted that she became reclusive at home after contracting Lyme disease which led to chronic fatigue syndrome, stating that she "hit rock bottom" following the end of her beloved BBC sitcom in 2015."I was housebound and bedbound for years," she disclosed. "I didn't have a job, I didn't have a social life.

I didn't have any responsibilities or identities." During Saturday night's spectacle on November 30, eagle-eyed viewers spotted the celebrity in the Strictly audience, rooting for her Miranda co-star Sarah Hadland during the musicals-themed week, reports the Mirror.This unexpected sighting whipped fans into a frenzy as they took to social media to express their joy."Loved seeing the Miranda cast in the audience," exclaimed one viewer, while another, referencing a well-known gag from the sitcom, write: "Miranda Hart and Patricia Hodge in the house!