Holby City star Tom Chambers has been signed up for this years Strictly Come Dancing series, but some people are wondering how he can compete as an amateur, when judging by the video above he is as good as some of the professional dancers.

However a source close to Tom told The Sun that he has no ballroom experience and only made the Fred Astaire video to drum up some new auditions for him before he landed the role in Holby.

“He is not a highly trained dancer.

“He really made this video out of desperation.

“He was an unemployed actor for six years, working as a lorry driver without a sniff of an audition.

“In a bid to make himself stand out in the crowd, he spent eight-and-a-half months studying the video of Fred Astaire.

“His friends helped him to film it and he sent it to every casting director.

“He got two responses and one was Holby.

“He will readily admit that he has rhythm and he did have lessons, but he has never learnt ballroom. He’s terrified!”