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Pics, videos: Bruce Forsyth carries Olympic torch, busts several moves

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TV LEGEND BRUCE Forsyth may be aged 156, or 84 according to his biography, but age is no barrier to being a cool cucumber and he was certainly that as he became the latest Olympic torchbearer yesterday.

As the flame made it’s way across London ahead of the games’s opening ceremony tonight, Brucie took the torch through Kensington and Chelsea in west London and entertained the crowds with some smooth moves.

We haven’t been able to find a proper video of the Stricty Come Dancing host performing a little jig as he carried the flame except for this one about 3 minutes and 50 seconds in:


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But this slideshow of images just about does it justice. Click or swipe through real quickly for that live effect:

Pics, videos: Bruce Forsyth carries Olympic torch, busts several moves
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  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).

  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).

  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).

  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).

  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).

  • Day 69 - Olympic Torch Relay

    Handout photo issued by LOCOG of Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday July 26, 2012. See PA story OLYMPICS Torch. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire
  • Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).
  • Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).
  • Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).
  • Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).
  • Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).
  • Handout photo issued by LOCOG of Torchbearer 131 Sir Bruce Forsyth carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through Kensington and Chelsea (Royal London Borough).PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday July 26, 2012. See PA story OLYMPICS Torch. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

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