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
Monroe (TV series) A second series followed in 2012. On 14 November 2012, it was announced that ITV had cancelled Monroe due to low viewing figures. Screenwriter Peter Bowker announced to the trade magazine "Broadcast" in July 2009 that he was developing a "big medical drama" for ITV. Bowker had worked on medical dramas early in his career, including "Casualty" and "Medics". ITV's director of drama Laura Mackie told "The Stage" that the series would be "grown-up" and would be based around a single character, like ITV's "Doc Martin". Mackie believed that other broadcasters were reluctant to create series with one lead character—instead