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Aidan Turner and Lesley Manville appeared on Friday’s The One Show to talk about their new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Lyttelton Theatre in London

Rivals star Aidan Turner left The One Show host, Clara Amfo, floored on Friday’s episode as he revealed his past career.

During the latest instalment, host Clara, 41, and co-host JB Gill welcomed Aidan, 42, Lesley Manville, and James Buckley to the iconic green sofa.

Aidan and Lesley, 69, appeared on Friday’s episode to talk about their new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Lyttelton Theatre in London.

However, chat soon got onto Aidan’s career before acting, leaving Clara stunned. Clara said: “Now, Aidan, I didn’t know this until today, that you, Mr Turner…”

To which Aidan interjected with: “What are you going to say? I have no idea…” before adding: “Are you the last person to ever hear about this?

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Clara then revealed: “I was today years old learning that you had a former career as a ballroom dancer!”

To which Aidan explained: “I don’t know if you’d call it a career. I mean, I started when I was eight and finished when I was about 17. But, yeah, I danced. I was a ballroom and Latin American dancer from Dublin!”

It comes as the second series of Disney+’s 80s bonkbuster Rivals is to launch on May 15, complete with big hair, huge moustaches and acres of shoulder pads.

David Tennant is set to declare war in a sneak peek trailer for the eagerly awaited second series as his character television tycoon Lord Tony Baddingham survives from series one’s cliffhanger.

The trailer opens with the Doctor Who actor, 54, emerging from a helicopter and quipping: “Sorry I’m late, darling. I’ve had a terrible headache.”

This follows a suspenseful cliff-hanger at the end of the previous series, which left audiences questioning the fate of Lord Baddingham after Cameron Cooke (Nafessa Williams) struck him on the head to prevent him from assaulting her, leaving him lying motionless in a pool of his own blood.

Elsewhere, Irish actor Aidan – playing journalist Declan O’Hara – can be heard commenting: “It’s entertaining. In the most delightful way.”

Billy Idol’s Mony Mony provides the soundtrack to the trailer, giving viewers a taste of the drama to come, which includes updates on Danny Dyer’s character businessman Freddie Jones, Alex Hassell’s character Rupert Campbell-Black and Bella Maclean’s Taggie O’Hara.

The One Show continues on weeknights at 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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DUA Lipa shows she’s a real catch as she wears a netted dress to fiancé ­Callum Turner’s film premiere.

The singer, 30, shone in the mesh gown alongside Callum at the Berlin launch of Rosebush Pruning.

Callum, 36 yesterday, stars in the satirical thriller — and he’s also being talked up as the next James Bond.

Dua has fronted campaigns for Versace, Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, Pepe Jeans and Puma.

The lucrative deals have helped boost her fortune into the tens of millions and firmly cement her status as one of pop’s highest earners.

Fresh from her sold-out Radical Optimism stadium tour, the music star showed off a £25,000 engagement ring.

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Callum and Dua first sparked dating rumours in January 2024 after they were spotted looking close at a Los Angeles afterparty.

By that December, she set tongues wagging when she posted festive snaps wearing a sparkling diamond ring.

Following a whirlwind romance, they finally confirmed their engagement in June 2025.

The Fantastic Beasts actor has previously shared the story of their first meeting.

Describing his superstar fiancée as “the most beautiful woman in the world”, he revealed they met at a mutual friend’s birthday party in LA in 2024.

The pair bonded after discovering they were reading the same book.

“We sat next to each other and realized we were reading the same book, which is crazy,” Callum told The Sunday Times in October.

“It’s called ‘Trust’ and I had just finished the first chapter and I told her and she looked at me and said ‘I just finished the first chapter too’. I said, ‘So we’re on the same page.’”

The book Trust is a 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Hernán Díaz exploring themes of money and ambition.

Since going public, the couple have been spotted together at awards ceremonies and film premieres on both sides of the Atlantic.

They are expected to marry later this year.