FOR the past two weeks comic Robert Webb has entertained audiences with his energetic dances on Strictly – but last year he could barely walk after having emergency surgery to save his life.
Robert, 49, best known for co-starring with David Mitchell in cult sitcom Peep Show, learned he had a congenital heart defect made worse by a ten-year battle with the bottle.
Now he sees his appearance on the BBC1 dance contest as the latest stage in a miracle road to recovery. He said: “When I first came out of hospital I could not walk to the end of the street without help.
I couldn’t even lift a kettle for four weeks. “So gradually you build up again until you are doing longer and longer walks.