is in the final. whether or not she walks away with the glitterball trophy, rose who is profoundly deaf has already had a huge impact. yvonne cobb is the presenter of the bbc s programme for the deaf community see hear and she looks now at how rose s participation has raised awareness. saturday night is a big night in for maddie and her best friend molly. good luck, rose. applause dancing the waltz, rose ayling ellis and giovanni. rose ayling ellis, better known as frankie lewis on eastenders, made history by becoming strictly come dancing s first deaf competitor. i was watching rose and ijust thought it was so. it was the first show that they included sign language on the television and i thought, oh, i d love to learn
good luck, rose. applause dancing the waltz, rose ayling ellis and giovanni. rose ayling ellis, better known as frankie lewis on eastenders, made history by becoming strictly come dancing s first deaf competitor. i was watching rose and ijust thought it was so. it was the first show that they included sign language on the television and i thought, oh, i d love to learn sign language. molly wasn t alone. there s a saturday night bump on internet searches on learning sign language. one british sign language website said enrolments in some courses were 20 times higher last month compared with august. so you both felt inspired to learn sign language. so what signs would you like to know? if you tell me, i can give you the signs. what do you want to learn? we d love to learn, keep dancing . that s obviously the classic strictly catchphrase, so if you could teach us that,
yvonne cobb is the presenter of the bbc s programme for the deaf community see hear and she looks now at how rose s participation has raised awareness. saturday night is a big night in for maddie and her best friend molly. good luck, rose. applause dancing the waltz, rose ayling ellis and giovanni. rose ayling ellis, better known as frankie lewis on eastenders, made history by becoming strictly come dancing s first deaf competitor. i was watching rose and ijust thought it was so. it was the first show that they included sign language on the television and i thought, oh, i d love to learn sign language. molly wasn t alone. there s a saturday night bump on internet searches on learning sign language. one british sign language website said enrolments in some courses were 20 times higher last month