Casualty star and former EastEnders actor Nigel Harman has left Strictly Come Dancing due to an injury, a BBC spokesperson has said.
Harman had been partnered with professional dancer Katya Jones on the BBC One show.
The announcement was made on Saturday afternoon ahead of the quarter-final. As a result, there will be no public vote, dance-off and elimination this weekend.
Harman, 50, had been due to dance a Charleston to Step in Time from Disney's Mary Poppins with his partner Jones on Saturday night.
A BBC spokesperson said: "Unfortunately, Nigel has sustained an injury which [sic] means he is unable to perform in tonight's show and has had to withdraw from Strictly."
Harman suffered a rib injury, the BBC later said.
A post on the show's Instagram page wished Harman a "speedy recovery" and said the couple will be "very much missed by our entire Strictly family".
Harman's departure leaves only four celebrities in the competition: actress Ellie Leach, tennis star Annabel Croft, theatre and TV star Layton Williams and EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier.
Harman is the second celebrity to quit the show early after actress Amanda Abbington departed for "personal reasons".
In October, the Sherlock star missed a live Saturday show due to "medical reasons", and it was announced a couple of days later that she had pulled out of the competition.
Source: Press Association
