Johnny Ball

ABOUT JOHNNY BALL

The presenter of many popular children's educational programs, he joined the cast of Strictly Come Dancing in 2012.

From the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, his programs explained scientific concepts to children in an easily-grasped form, making science cool.

On Strictly Come Dancing, he was matched up with Aliona Vilani , but the two were the first dancing couple to get eliminated.

In 1976, he married his second wife Diane. He had three children. His daughter Zoe Ball became a presenter for the It Takes Two programme, and a former contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Olympian Louis Smith and his professional partner were the winners of Strictly Come Dancing in the 10th series, in which Ball competed.