Laila Rouass one of the presenters of "The Channel 4 TV Book Club". She participated in the seventh series of "Strictly Come Dancing", a BBC One reality show, paired with professional dancer Anton Du Beke, and alongside "Footballers' Wives" co-star Zöe Lucker. The pair made it to the last four before being voted off the show on 6 December. She failed to show up for the final on 19 December to reprise her partnership with Anton Du Beke. The show's host, Bruce Forsyth, offered no reason for her absence although he did do so for the other missing celebrity, Phil Tufnell, who
Gypsy in Amber Gypsy in Amber Gypsy in Amber is a 1971 mystery novel by American novelist Martin Cruz Smith as "Martin Smith". It was first published on January 1, 1971 through Putnam and was Smith's second novel and first mystery novel. "Gypsy in Amber" was nominated for an Edgar Award. The novel was optioned for a television series in 1974 with the title "Roman Grey". A pilot episode was filmed but not picked up for a full series. The pilot episode was aired as a TV movie entitled "The Art of Crime" and was poorly received. The story's protagonist is Romano Grey,