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
ITV Studios format "Holding out for a Hero", "Take on the Twisters" and "Big Star's Little Star" for ITV and "Coach Trip", "Celebrity Coach Trip" and "Christmas Coach Trip" for Channel 4. On 5 December 2007, it was announced that ITV had acquired 12 Yard for £35 million. World Productions is a television production company founded on 20 March 1990 by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett and owned by ITV Studios since May 2017. The company's first major series was the police drama "Between The Lines" (BBC One, 1992–1994), and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of drama series.