BRADFORD-born TV journalist and presenter Anita Rani will be donning the sequins and shimmying across the stage as sparkle-fest Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens tonight.

The hit show starts its 13th series on BBC One at 7.15pm and the first episode will feature a group dance from 2015's celebrity contestants, including Ainsley Harriott and Peter Andre.

Rani, who went to Bradford Girls' Grammar School, has presented shows for various broadcasters including BBC, Sky, Channel 4 and Channel 5.

She also co-presented Watchdog alongside Anne Robinson in 2009 and in 2008 was a roving reporter on The One Show.

Head judge Len Goodman will return and is joined again this year by seasoned Strictly judges, Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood.

Co-presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are also back to welcome the contestants to the dance floor for the first time.

The 15 celebrities will be paired up with their professional dance partners, with whom they will dance for the rest of the series.

Once the celebrities are partnered, they will have three weeks to train before returning to the dance floor to perform live every Saturday night.

There will be no public vote or results show until the second episode.