STRICTLY Come Dancing's Amy Dowden is set to return to screens tonight – and she's worlds away from the ballroom.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 33, revealed in May that she'd been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.
After undergoing a mastectomy a month later, she told how doctors had found cancer elsewhere in her body.
Brave Amy has since started chemotherapy treatment and recently made the heart-wrenching decision to shave her hair – documenting the moment in an emotional Instagram video.
Now she is set to return to screens tonight as she joins Dragons' Den star, Sara Davies on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip on BBC Two, at 7pm.
The pair, first met when Sara appeared as a contestant on Strictly in 2021.
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Amy and Sara will go head-to-head, joined by experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and Steven Moore, to see who can make the most money at auction.
In a preview clip released ahead of tonight's show, Amy and Sara happily reminisce about their friendship while driving through the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.
But things take a competitive turn once they enter the auction room.
Sara says: “Did you know I actually made it my mission to make you my friend?”
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Amy responds: “We just hit it off though, didn’t we? We supported each other and I loved seeing you and having our debrief on a Friday in the studio.”
But Sara seems keen to clarify just how important her friendship with Amy means to her, adding: “No, no, no, it wasn’t just… I was making a beeline! I decided that the only person I was really hoping to make friends with that I hadn’t was Amy Dowden.”
Starting in Jesmond, Amy and Sara hit the road all the way to Harrogate for their big auction finale.
Along the way, they clean out the antique shops in Whitley Bay, Langley Moor, and Hartlepool.
On their trip, Amy and Sara stumble upon some amazing treasures, including cranberry finger bowls, boudoir chairs, Georgian shoe buckles, and a set of bronze dragon heads.
The star pals also take in the waters of the River Tees at Stockton-on-Tees’ barrage, to learn how the river has been brought back to life.
But will the Dragon or the dancer make the biggest profit at auction?
In anticipation of the show's return, Sara shared her excitement, saying, "I've always heard how amazing of an adventure Antiques Road Trip is."
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"Being with Amy made it even more special for me, and to be able to spend that time together and share the experience was just brilliant.”
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