Bruce Forsyth has revealed that he has no intention of leaving Strictly Come Dancing, and says that he has ways and means of dealing with the tough filming schedule.

“On a Saturday I’m in the studio for 12 hours. From a TV point of view, that’s a week’s work in one day. So I pace myself the rest of the week,” he told The Mirror.

“I spend all day Sunday in bed. I have a long lie-in, get up for lunch, go back to bed and watch a bit of football, then I get up for a bit of supper. It’s all I can do. I rest a lot, I stay in bed a long time because if I do that I know I can get through it.”

Bruce did admit that there will likely come a day when it all does get too much, he said: “One day I think I am going to wake up, hopefully, and say to myself: ‘Do I really want to do this anymore?’ I think that’s how it will hit me.

“I know in my heart that I’m working pretty well at the moment, but I wouldn’t want to die on stage like Tommy Cooper.

“If I’d like to die anywhere it would be on a golf course like Bing Crosby.”