Southend's own EastEnder Kellie Bright will be glamming up for Strictly Come Dancing tomorrow night.

Kellie, who plays Queen Vic landlady Linda Carter in the London-based soap, will be taking part in the dancing competition without taking a break from EastEnders which, in an interview on the Chris Evans Show, she said was "only a prison sentence of about three months, at most."

The actress, who turns 40 next year, is from Great Wakering and joined the soap at the end of 2013.

Rochford-born comedian Terry Alderton joined in the same year as cab driver Terry Spraggan.