Dr Punam Krishan will be taking to the ballroom in this year's Strictly. This week, the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing line-up has been unveiled as celebrities from the entertainment and sporting world have been announced as the stars who will be taking to the dance floor this autumn. Those announced include Love Island's Tasha Ghouri, JLS star JB Gill, comedian Chris McCausland, opera singer Wynne Evans, 80s icon Toyah Willcox, TOWIE star Pete Wicks, singer Shayne Ward and actress Sarah Hadland.
Also in the line-up is Scots TV doctor, Dr Punam Krishan, who appears on BBC Morning Live and also BBC Radio Scotland. Sharing her excitement about her joining the line-up, she said: "This still doesn't feel real, I am overjoyed to be a contestant on this year's show. I have watched Strictly every year with my family and it feels extra special that it's the 20th year, I can't believe I will be the one getting Strictly-fied now.
"This is so out of my comfort zone, but I'm up for the journey and will give it my absolute all." But who is Dr Punam? We take a look into her life off screen..
. When the TV Dr isn't giving out advice on the BBC, she actually works as a GP in a surgery, and says she absolutely loves her job. When she's not helping her patients, she's also an author of two children's book 'How to be a Doctor' and also 'You and Your Body'.
She also writes a column for iPaper. The TV Dr attended Notre Dame High School in Glasgow and then went on to study medicine at the University of.