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===Career revival=== In 2003, and again in 2010, Forsyth was a guest presenter on the news and satire quiz show ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. Forsyth had called [[Paul Merton]], one of the team captains on the show, to suggest himself as a guest presenter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Sir Bruce Forsyth: 8 little-known facts about his career|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40985302|website=[[BBC News]] β Entertainment & Arts|access-date=20 August 2017|date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="hignfy">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/apr/13/have-i-got-news-for-you-host|title=What makes the perfect Have I Got News For You host?|last=Heritage|first=Stuart|date=13 April 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> He co-presented ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' from 2004 to 2013, formally stepping down from hosting the regular live show in April 2014. This decision was made to reduce his workload and for the preparation of pre-recorded specials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/04/bruce-forsyth-steps-down-strictly-come-dancing|title=Bruce Forsyth steps down as presenter of Strictly Come Dancing live shows|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 April 2014|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> On 7 April 2010, Forsyth became one of the first three celebrities to be subjected to the British version of the American institution of a [[Roast (comedy)|comedy roast]], on Channel 4's ''[[A Comedy Roast]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-television-bruce-forsyth-a-comedy-roast-channel-4embarrassing-bodies-charlottes-story-1938515.html|title=Last Night's Television: Bruce Forsyth: A Comedy Roast, Channel 4 Embarrassing Bodies: Charlotte's Story, Channel 4|last=Sutcliffe|first=Tom|date=7 April 2010|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Forsyth was the subject of the [[BBC]] [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', broadcast on 19 July 2010.<ref name="wdytya">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6gbb|title=Who Do You Think You Are?|access-date=23 July 2010|work=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> On 20 March 2010, Forsyth appeared on the autobiography-interview programme ''[[Piers Morgan's Life Stories]]'', which was broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/q5ttz/piers-morgans-life-stories--s3-e3-piers-morgans-life-stories-bruce-forsyth/|title=Series 3 β Episode 3 Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Bruce Forsyth|work=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818215744/http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/q5ttz/piers-morgans-life-stories--s3-e3-piers-morgans-life-stories-bruce-forsyth/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, Forsyth released a collection of songs on CD called ''[[These Are My Favourites]]''. He chose the songs for their personal and musical importance, including a duet with his granddaughter, Sophie Purdie. ''These Are My Favourites'' also includes a recording of "Paper Moon" with [[Nat King Cole]].<ref name="CD">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a345198/bruce-forsyth-granddaughter-duet-on-album-these-are-my-favourites/|title=Bruce Forsyth, granddaughter duet on album 'These Are My Favourites'|last=Corner|first=Lewis|date=12 October 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>
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