96-528: Since the inception of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, several special editions of the show have been transmitted by the BBC each year. These have included seasonal specials, charity specials, and variations of the Strictly Come Dancing format. The Christmas Specials of Strictly Come Dancing have been aired each year since 2004. Between 2004 and 2009, the specials feature celebrities from
192-448: A feature of the show ever since. The Dance-off consists of the two couples who received the lowest totals that week from the combined judges' scores and public vote. The aim of the dance-off is for the couples to convince the judges that they deserve to go through to the following week's competition. Before they attempt their dance a second time, the couples sometimes get advice from the judges. The judges then decide which couple remains in
288-494: A good approach to the wicket and a leaping sideways-on action, achieving what was often described as "skiddy" fast bowling. Capable of swinging the ball late, many of his wickets were gained through lbw or bowled, often with an inswinging yorker delivery. Gough retired at the end of the 2008 cricket season with Justin Langer as his final first-class wicket. He won the third series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2005. Gough
384-454: A launch show, followed by the live shows starting on 26 and 27 September. This series was the first not to be presented by Sir Bruce Forsyth after announcing his departure from the live shows on 4 April (he made his final regular appearance in this series' launch show). However, Forsyth would continue to present special editions of the show, such as Children in Need and Christmas specials. It
480-463: A match at the MCG and was taken to hospital. X-rays revealed a stress fracture in his foot and he missed the final two Tests of the series. Gough returned for this series playing in the first three of the six Test series. After six wickets in the first two tests he was wicketless in the third. Gough was wicketless in the first two Tests of the series. Gough played in both tests of the two Test series,
576-462: A perfect 40 for his American Smooth and had the highest score overall when the judges' scores were combined with the studio audience vote. Series five semi-finalist Gethin Jones , who also received a perfect 40 for his waltz, was runner-up. The final placing of the bottom four couples was not announced. It was broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day (25 December 2007). Individual judges scores in
672-566: A result. Under the rules of the show, the couple with the lowest combined total was eliminated. The second occasion in which the Dance-off was cancelled was in Series 20, again due to an injury sustained by Tony Adams . Tess Daly announced on the results show that Adams had decided to withdraw from the competition as a result of being unable to compete in the Dance-off. During the run of Strictly Come Dancing , Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
768-457: A second live broadcast. For series 7, the Sunday results show was axed and put back to Saturday nights as a result of a revamp of the show. It then reverted to Sundays from series 8. A new system called the Dance-off, which takes place in the results show, was introduced in series 5. It continued until series 7, but did not return in series 8. It was then reinstated in series 10 and has remained
864-415: A special guest appearance. The celebrities, their professional partners and their dances were announced on 17 December 2008. Due to four couples coming top of the leaderboard with 39 points, head judge Len Goodman was given the casting vote to break the tie. Therefore, points from the judges were awarded as follows before the audience vote: Alesha — 6, Jill — 5, Rachel — 4, Kelly — 3, Tom — 2, Lisa — 1. After
960-747: A stint on the original series of Come Dancing ; following their split in 2004, Cole and Katya Virshilas formed a professional partnership before splitting in November 2009. Other current and former professional partnerships featured on the show include Dallerup and Ian Waite, Paul Killick and Hanna Karttunen, Andrew Cuerden and Hanna Haarala, Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff, Rihanoff and Robin Windsor, Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis, siblings Kevin and Joanne Clifton, AJ Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt, and Gorka Márquez and Karen Hauer. On average, dances last for approximately 90 seconds. Musical accompaniment
1056-524: Is a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing . The format has been exported to 60 other countries under the title Dancing with the Stars , licensed by BBC Worldwide, and led to a modern dance -themed spin-off Strictly Dance Fever . The Guinness World Records named Strictly as the world's most successful reality television format in 2010. The series is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman . Bruce Forsyth co-presented
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#17327937249281152-481: Is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club . The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals with 235, and took 229 wickets in his 58 Test matches, making him England's ninth-most-successful wicket-taker. Gough was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman . At 5 feet 11 inches in height and broad in beam, he achieved his pace from
1248-551: Is an amalgamation of the titles of the 1992 Australian film Strictly Ballroom and Come Dancing . From series 1 to 11, Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly presented the pro-celebrity ballroom dancing competition. From series 8 to 11, Forsyth only presented the main show and was replaced for the results show by Claudia Winkleman , at which point Daly assumed Forsyth's role as main presenter and Winkleman assumed Daly's role as co-presenter. Winkleman joined Daly as full-time co-presenter for series 12 following Forsyth's departure after
1344-488: Is broadcast each weeknight on BBC Two . The series was previously hosted by Claudia Winkleman but, due to her pregnancy in 2011, she had to leave the series, and was replaced by Zoe Ball, who hosted the show from Series 9 to 18. Rylan Clark-Neal joined as co-host in series 17. In May 2021, it was announced that Ball was to leave the show after 10 years, and on 10 June 2021, her replacement was confirmed to be former professional Janette Manrara . The show features reviews of
1440-460: Is provided by The Strictly Come Dancing Band. From series 1 to 4, the results show was shown live on Saturday night one hour after the performances. As of series 5, the results show is recorded on the Saturday night directly after the live show and incorporates the result of the viewers' votes, which are completed by 21:30. This was confirmed by the official BBC website in 2008: The Sunday show
1536-413: Is recorded on Saturday night but no element involving the results of the vote will start recording until after lines are closed and votes counted and verified. Throughout the Sunday results show, the presenters refer to 'Saturday night' in reference to the main show due to the timing of the Sunday programme, and the outfits of Tess Daly, Claudia Winkleman and the judges are changed to present an illusion of
1632-579: Is then chosen by a studio audience vote. The first Christmas special was broadcast live on 22 December 2004, featuring top couples from both of the first two series (with the exception of Christopher Parker and Julian Clary , who were not able to appear). The special was won by Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett . Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . The 2005 Christmas special, broadcast on 24 December, featured
1728-412: The 2007 season as their captain. Gough retired in 2008. His only First-Class century came against Warwickshire in 1996 at Headingley. After a breakout season in 1993, Gough went on an A tour to South Africa, following by making his Test debut for England against New Zealand at Old Trafford. Gough was England's 568th Test cricketer. With a wicket in his first over and his highest Test score of 65 it
1824-485: The 2013 Christmas special, featuring six new celebrities who could not commit to the full series, was announced on 25 November 2013. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Darcey Bussell , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . Matt Goss would reappear as part of the main series in Series 20 . Winner The full lineup of
1920-407: The 2013 series. Through telephone voting , viewers vote for who they would like to be in the next round, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the judges. For example, with ten contestants left, the judges' favourite would receive ten points, second favourite nine points, and so on, and similarly with the viewers' rankings. The bottom ranked couple gets one point. The profits from
2016-458: The 2014 Christmas special, featuring six returning contestants in a change to recent tradition, was announced on 13 November 2014. Most of the celebrities were given new partners, with the exception of Lisa Riley , who was reunited with her original dance partner, Robin Windsor . This year's special had a pantomime theme, with each couple, as well as the judges, dressed as characters from a different classic pantomime. Individual judges scores in
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#17327937249282112-619: The 2016 Christmas special, featuring six returning contestants, was announced on 7 November 2016. The professional dancers taking part were revealed on 11 November 2016. Each routine had a Christmas movie theme. This year marked the first time a contestant who wasn't one of the final three on Strictly won the Christmas special. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Darcey Bussell , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The full lineup of
2208-404: The 2017 Christmas special, featuring six returning contestants, was announced on 6 November 2017. Strictly Come Dancing Strictly Come Dancing (commonly referred to as Strictly ) is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of judges. The title of the show
2304-625: The 58 times Gough played. Gough played Australia 17 times and was only on the winning side 3 times. This combined with his many injuries meant his exploits weren't always associated with winning Test Matches. "The few times it was, there was no better cricketer in the world. Just as he was hitting his peak his body betrayed him and he constantly battled knee injuries." Gough played 146 first-class matches for Yorkshire, taking 453 wickets at 27.56. He took 290 wickets in 212 List A games at 23.34 and 16 wickets in 17 Twenty20 appearances at 26.00. Of his 229 dismissals, Ricky Ponting and Michael Slater featured
2400-525: The 5th Test began in Sydney. Australia batted first and moved to 6/321. Wicketless until then, Gough had Ian Healy caught behind, next ball he ripped out MacGill's middle stump and with his final ball of the over bowled Colin Miller. It was the first Ashes hat trick by an Englishman in almost a 100 years and the first hat trick taken in Sydney in almost 107 years. Gough was the leading English wicket taker for
2496-460: The American, Australian and Russian versions of Dancing with the Stars ), South African dancer Oti Mabuse (from Germany's Let's Dance ) and Italian dancer Giovanni Pernice . On 3 October 2015, the judges performed The Strictly , a signature dance made up of some iconic moves from the show's history for fans to do at home when they hear the theme tune; subsequently, a tutorial for the dance
2592-560: The Floor dancer Gorka Márquez and former Dancing with the Stars US troupe member Oksana Platero . On 26 July 2016, three more new professional dancers — AJ Pritchard , Chloe Hewitt and Neil Jones , husband of new dancer Katya — were announced. Hewitt and Neil Jones did not partner a celebrity as the professionals outnumbered the celebrities, although they were still in group dances and appeared on It Takes Two . On 4 May 2017, it
2688-408: The Sunday. The singers on the show are Tommy Blaize , Hayley Sanderson , Lance Ellington , Andrea Grant and, formerly, the well-known British dance music vocalist Tara McDonald . The music director is David Arch . Tommy Blaize has been part of Strictly since its beginning. David Arch joined in the fourth series and Hayley Sanderson in the fifth. The original musical director from series 1 to 3
2784-514: The Tower Ballroom, saying, "The atmosphere was electric. It's huge and has so much history. The Tower Ballroom puts a lot of pressure on the professionals and the celebrities to perform to the best of their potential. What a wonderful place to go live to 12 million people. We have got to get the BBC to bring Strictly Come Dancing back to Blackpool." Eventually, for series 7, the show did return to
2880-413: The Tower Ballroom, where Blackpool-born Craig Kelly was eliminated. The episode was aired live on 7 November 2009. Strictly Come Dancing returned to Blackpool for the 2010 and 2011 series. After series 10, when Strictly Come Dancing did not go to Blackpool, they announced that they would return for series 11. Each season, celebrities are paired with professional dance partners who instruct them in
2976-486: The West Indies in 31 years. West Indies won the first Test at Edgbaston by an innings and 93 runs. The West Indies continued their momentum into the 2nd Test at Lords when they took a 133 run lead into the second innings. West Indies were bowled out for 54 to give England a chase of 188. From 1/95 England collapsed to 8/160. Gough joined Dominic Cork with 28 still needed for victory. Gough was still there when Cork hit
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3072-565: The audience vote, Halfpenny was named the 2008 Christmas Champion with Brook in second place, meaning that Halfpenny joined Darren Gough in having won two Christmas specials, and her partner Darren Bennett equalled his professional partner and wife Lilia Kopylova's two Christmas special victories. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . The 2009 Christmas special aired on 25 December 2009. It featured
3168-468: The bat he averaged 40 for the series. On the back of this, Gough was a member of his first Ashes squad. With the England team thoroughly outclassed, Gough played a solo hand taking 20 wickets at 21.25. The highlight was five wickets in an innings and scoring a 50 in Sydney where he was also man of the match. There was a break for the limited over series – Gough injured his foot bowling his first ball in
3264-415: The bottom four couples were not announced — they were eliminated from the competition in random order. The 2007 Christmas special featured the top four couples from series five ( Alesha Dixon , Matt Di Angelo , Gethin Jones and Letitia Dean ), as well as Darren Gough and Mark Ramprakash (champions of series three and four respectively). The winner was series three champion Darren Gough , who received
3360-670: The chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . Darren Gough won his third Strictly trophy after winning series 3 and two Christmas specials — he and Jill Halfpenny are the only contestants on Strictly to do this. The 2008 Christmas special aired on 25 December 2008. Tom Chambers , Rachel Stevens and Lisa Snowdon took on former contestants Jill Halfpenny , Alesha Dixon and Kelly Brook . Brian Fortuna partnered Brook due to her original partner, Brendan Cole , dancing with his more recent partner, Lisa Snowdon. Russell Watson made
3456-515: The chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . After the combined scores of the judges' marks and the votes of the studio audience, Colin Jackson and Erin Boag won the competition after getting the full 40 marks from the judges, with Zoë Ball and Ian Waite as runners up. The final places of
3552-597: The chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Darcey Bussell , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The full lineup of the 2015 Christmas special, featuring six returning contestants, was announced on 19 November 2015. This year's special, like the previous year, had a panto theme. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Darcey Bussell , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The celebrity lineup of
3648-541: The chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Len Goodman , Alesha Dixon , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The full lineup of the 2012 Christmas special, featuring six new celebrities who could not commit to the full series, was announced on 28 November 2012. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Darcey Bussell , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . A musical interlude
3744-464: The competition based on the dance-off performances. If three of the judges agree that one of the couples should be saved, that couple is through to the following week's competition and the Head Judge's vote is not counted. If one couple has two votes and the other couple has one vote, then the deciding vote is cast by the head judge, originally Len Goodman and currently Shirley Ballas . Afterwards,
3840-619: The competition. A sixth series was confirmed after the dancers' pay dispute was called off in June 2008. The sixth series began in September with a behind-the-scenes look at the new series, while the first live show aired on 20 September. The seventh series began in September 2009. Alesha Dixon joined the judging panel, replacing Arlene Phillips , who moved to The One Show . The eighth series began in September 2010. The ninth season began in September 2011. The couples were paired up for
3936-407: The current and past series. Between 2010 and 2013 and 2021 onwards, the specials featured celebrities who were unable to compete in the main series due to time constrictions. From 2014 to 2019, the specials again featured contestants from previous series. With their professional dance partners, the celebrities perform their chosen Ballroom or Latin dance which is scored by the judges. The winning couple
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4032-419: The development of the show and launch the series. Smith was the show-running Executive Producer of the first three series, and of sister show It Takes Two . She then took the role of Creative Director of BBC Entertainment whilst still overseeing series 4 and 5. Hopkins later took the format to America himself when the BBC dismissed the idea of selling it abroad, as they felt it was too British. The title
4128-400: The eliminated couple perform one final dance — sometimes known as "waltzing out of the ballroom". The Monday after their elimination, they appear on It Takes Two to discuss their time on the programme. On two occasions, the dance-off was cancelled; firstly, in series 14, in which one of the celebrity contestants, Anastacia , sustained an injury and was unable to compete in the Dance-off as
4224-466: The final ball of that Headley over. With the first ball of the next over, Steve Waugh took a single off Gough. Gough bowled MacGill with a searing yorker that hit the base of middle stump and two balls later had Glenn McGrath lbw to give England a 12 run win. It was Gough's only Test Victory in Australia and was remembered by his exuberant celebrations of shaking a stump over his head. Four days later
4320-576: The first British series of Big Brother , unsuccessfully pitched the idea of a modern Come Dancing to the BBC under the title of Pro-Celebrity Dancing in 2003. Later, entertainment executive Fenia Vardanis also suggested reviving Come Dancing , so Jane Lush , the then head of BBC Entertainment, put Hopkins and Vardanis together to develop the show. Hopkins then called in Karen Smith, who had just produced Comic Relief Does Fame Academy for BBC One and The Games for Channel 4, to help lead
4416-419: The first of which was the first match in the history of Test cricket to finish in a draw with the scores level. With three runs needed from the final ball, Nick Knight while batting with Gough was run out attempting the game winning third run. Gough played all three Tests of the series. In the second Test he took five and four wickets for his best match figures of 9/92. Gough played in the first four Tests of
4512-505: The first time on the launch show. This was the last series to feature Alesha Dixon as a judge; she left the show to become a judge on Britain's Got Talent . Zoë Ball replaced Claudia Winkleman as host of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two due to Winkleman having just given birth. The tenth series began in September 2012. Darcey Bussell joined the judging panel, replacing Alesha Dixon . The eleventh series began in September 2013. The series started on 7 September 2014 with
4608-543: The first two matches were drawn, England won the third in fading light to record their first Test victory and first Test series victory in Pakistan in almost 40 years. Gough took 10 wickets for the series. England continued on their winning ways with a 2–1 series victory in Sri Lanka. England bounced back after losing the first Test. Gough took 14 wickets for the series, the most by an English player. The 2 test series
4704-702: The five tests. England was down 1–0 with 2 to play. Only down 1–0 thanks to Gough's heroics at Old Trafford where he batted over an hour with Robert Croft to save the game for England. England won the Fourth Test to level the series 1–1. The series was heading for a grand finale at Headingley, Gough's home ground. Chasing 219 for victory, South Africa were 5/27 when Gough took the wickets of Gary Kirsten, Gerhardus Liebenberg and Daryl Cullinan. Gough took his 100th career wicket when he had Jonty Rhodes caught. The final morning began with South Africa needing 34 runs with 2 wickets in hand. Gough dismissed Makhaya Ntini to seal
4800-405: The four regular judges, making the maximum score that week 50 points. Due to Winkleman's absence in weeks 6, 7 and 8, It Takes Two presenter Zoë Ball co-presented with Daly. Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series with a launch show on 5 September 2015, followed by the live shows starting on 25 and 26 September. On 23 April 2015, the list of professionals participating in
4896-411: The full 40 marks from the judges. The 2006 Christmas special featured stars from the third and fourth series of Strictly going head to head to perform their highest-scoring dances. The theme of the special was black and white, with all the dancers dressed in white gowns, black dresses and top hats and tails. It was a pre-recorded show shown on Christmas Day on BBC One. Individual judges scores in
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#17327937249284992-419: The full show. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Len Goodman , Alesha Dixon , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The full lineup of the 2011 Christmas special, once again featuring five new celebrities who could not commit to the full series, was announced on 23 November 2011. Individual judges scores in
5088-441: The game. Gough finished with 6/42 his best innings figures in test cricket. It was England's first home five-Test series win since 1985. Following that England played Sri Lanka for a one-off test at The Oval. It was the first time in 50 years that England lost after scoring more than 440 in the first innings. England collapsed badly on the final day losing 8/127 in 87 overs. Gough batted for 133 balls and 145 minutes in resisting but
5184-403: The last series who would not return included the previous series' champion and two-time professional winner of the show Aliona Vilani , former professional winner Ola Jordan and two-time professional finalist Kristina Rihanoff , as well as Gleb Savchenko and Tristan MacManus . Joanne Clifton returned after a one-series hiatus. The leaving professionals were replaced by Katya Jones , Burn
5280-579: The most – eight times each. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2001 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel while launching a NatWest competition for junior cricketers at Lord's Cricket Ground. In 2006, Gough was awarded an honorary degree by Huddersfield University in Barnsley. An honorary doctorate of civil law from the University of Huddersfield. In the same year he was awarded honorary life membership by Yorkshire Cricket Club. He
5376-465: The new series, although Garnis would remain on the show's choreography team. It was also announced that Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton would be joining the show's professional line-up. It was then announced in August that Robin Windsor had pulled out of the competition due to a back injury. Windsor was replaced by new professional Trent Whiddon . In week three, entertainer Donny Osmond joined
5472-473: The original Come Dancing series was filmed in the 1970s. In the second series, two shows were filmed at the Tower Ballroom — show five and the Grand Final, which was broadcast live on 11 December 2004. In 2005 though the BBC announced that they would not be returning to the venue for the third series due to "logistical problems". In October 2008, Craig Revel Horwood called for the series to return to
5568-448: The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, he could no longer juggle both the UK and US shows - he was not replaced for the 2020 series; but pro dancer Anton Du Beke took his place from the 2021 series, and has now replaced Tonioli full-time on the panel. The current judging panel consists of Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke, making Horwood the only judge to remain with
5664-476: The performances during the previous Saturday's show and interviews with, and training footage of, the couples preparing for the next show. The judges and other celebrities also provide their opinions on how the couples are progressing. It Takes Two replaced Strictly Come Dancing on Three , hosted by Justin Lee Collins , which ran on BBC Three during the first series. Prior to 2010, BBC Two Scotland aired
5760-682: The programme on four nights only, running its own Gaelic-language programming on Thursdays instead. In May 2004, Strictly Come Dancing began its first series. This was the only series to air in the spring; all subsequent series aired in the autumn. The second series began in October 2004. A new spin-off show — Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two , presented by Claudia Winkleman — was created and has continued to air alongside each subsequent series on BBC Two. The third series began in October 2005. The fourth series began in October 2006. The fifth series began in September 2007. The first programme
5856-402: The programme since its inception. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty. The voice-over announcer is Alan Dedicoat . During series four, an hour-long highlights show was shown on Sundays at 19:00 on BBC Two, and during series five and six, the results show moved to Sunday evenings, although it was filmed on Saturday and then broadcast "as live" on
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#17327937249285952-436: The programme to judge Britain's Got Talent which led retired ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell to replace her. Goodman left the show after the 2016 series and was replaced by Shirley Ballas . Bussell remained as judge until 2018, and was replaced by Motsi Mabuse in 2019. Up until 2020, Tonioli commuted weekly between Hollywood and London to judge both the American and British versions of the show simultaneously - however, due
6048-508: The series with 21. It was almost a year until Gough would next play Test cricket as England toured South Africa. Gough played all five Tests of the series. South Africa were leading 2–0 heading into the Fifth Test which became one of the most infamous tests in cricket history. With no play possible on Days 2, 3 and 4, Cronje and Hussain agreed to forfeit an innings to give England a final day run chase of 249. It later turned out that Cronje
6144-519: The series with Daly until 2014. The series has been broadcast on BBC One since 15 May 2004, typically on Saturday evenings with a following Sunday night results show. From series 2 onwards, the show has been broadcast in the run up to Christmas. With its high viewing figures, Strictly Come Dancing has become a significant programme for dancing on British television. Eighteen stand-alone Christmas specials and nineteen charity specials have also been produced. Producer Richard Hopkins , who had produced
6240-531: The series. England started full of energy winning the First Test at Edgbaston. It was the only live Ashes Test England would win between 1987 and 2005. Gough took six wickets in the first Test and would take 10 in the next four. Once again injury prevented Gough from playing as an inflamed knee caused him to miss the final two tests. Gough was back for the South African series and played in the four of
6336-463: The show in 2013 and were married prior to the 2015 series, before divorcing in 2018, while Neil and Katya Jones entered the show as a married couple before separating in 2019. Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag have danced as a professional couple since 1997, while Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace are former Argentine tango world champions as a duo and have done multiple tours together. Brendan Cole and Camilla Dallerup danced together for many years, including
6432-546: The show to still include the professional group dances each week. On 21 August 2020, it was announced that Bruno Tonioli would not be on the judging panel but would appear virtually while he filmed Dancing with the Stars in the US. It was the first series since 2012 to begin in October. On 12 November 2020, Nicola Adams and Katya Jones were forced to withdraw from the competition after Jones tested positive for COVID-19 . On 19 December 2020, Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse were crowned
6528-431: The show. This meant that there were 18 professional dancers, the most in the show's history. On 13 February 2019, professional dancer Pasha Kovalev announced that he was leaving the show after competing on it for eight years. On 10 April 2019, it was announced that judge Darcey Bussell had left the show after seven years. On 22 July 2019, Motsi Mabuse was announced as the replacement for Bussell. On 30 July 2019, it
6624-415: The show; however, she participated in the 2016 live tour. Savchenko announced that he was leaving the show on 28 June 2016. Strictly Come Dancing returned for its fourteenth series with a launch show on 3 September 2016 on BBC One . This was Len Goodman 's final series as head judge. On 28 June 2016, the list of professionals who were returning for the fourteenth series was revealed. Professionals from
6720-460: The telephone lines were donated to Sport Relief in series 1, to Children in Need from series 2, until series 8 when donations to charity stopped. The show is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday evenings, and is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman (with Zoe Ball covering for Winkleman for a number of weeks in 2014). Sir Bruce Forsyth presented the live shows alongside Daly from 2004 to 2013, announcing his departure in 2014. He
6816-472: The thirteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return included Trent Whiddon , Iveta Lukosiute and Joanne Clifton . Clifton would remain involved in group dances and would feature on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two as a dance expert. Robin Windsor , absent from the previous series because of injury, also did not return for this series. Three new professional dancers were introduced: Russian dancer Gleb Savchenko (from
6912-564: The top four couples ( Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova , Colin Jackson and Erin Boag , Zoë Ball and Ian Waite , James Martin and Camilla Dallerup ) from that year's series competing against two competitors from the US version, Dancing with the Stars , who danced with two professionals from the British series. The two competitors from the US series were Rachel Hunter , who was teamed with Brendan Cole , and Evander Holyfield , who danced with Karen Hardy . Series 2 winner Jill Halfpenny
7008-791: The top three contestants from series 7 along with former contestants Gethin Jones , Rachel Stevens and Austin Healey . Craig Revel Horwood , Len Goodman , Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli provided the judging. After the audience vote, Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna were declared champions. Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone were runners-up. Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Len Goodman , Alesha Dixon , Bruno Tonioli . Winner The 2010 Christmas Special aired on 25 December 2010. That special, instead of having celebrities from previous years, had five new celebrities who didn't have time to do
7104-581: The various dance styles, design their choreography, and perform with them each week in the competition. Many of the dancers from the show have formed both professional and personal partnerships. Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are married, as are James and Ola Jordan. Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara, who became engaged after joining the show in 2013, were married in 2017. Matthew and Nicole Cutler are divorced, but remain professional partners; Karen Hauer and Kevin Clifton were engaged when Clifton entered
7200-452: The winners of the series, making Mabuse the second professional dancer to win the show twice and the first to win it consecutively, following her 2019 victory. This series featured the first all-female and same-sex partnership of Nicola Adams and Katya Jones. On 10 June 2021, it was announced that Janette Manrara would leave the show as a professional dancer and replace Zoe Ball as a new It Takes Two presenter. On 24 June, Anton Du Beke
7296-411: The winning runs. The Third Test was a draw before England won the Fourth Test in 2 days. Gough took 7 wickets for the match. In the Fifth Test, England had too much momentum for a fatigued visitors who lost by 158 runs. Gough took four wickets for the match including the vital wicket of Brian Lara – the fifth time he dismissed him in the series. England toured Pakistan for a Three Test series. After
7392-546: Was Laurie Holloway . In the seventeenth series , the singers were joined by Mitchell. The show was broadcast from a specially constructed set at BBC Television Centre (primarily in the largest studio, TC1 ) until its closure in 2013, with the show moving to Elstree Studios ' George Lucas Stage 2 from 2013 onwards. However, in the first two series, shows were also filmed at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool , where
7488-605: Was Muttiah Muralitharan's 9th wicket of the innings. It was a return down under for the Ashes. Gough played in all five Tests of the series. Gough took 10 wickets in the first three Tests but would secure cricketing immortality in the final two Tests. In the 4th Test in Melbourne, Australia, chasing 175 for victory, were 3/130 but a collapse of 4/0 left them struggling. Steve Waugh and Matthew Nicholson took Australia to 161 before Dean Headley dismissed Nicholson. Stuart MacGill faced
7584-618: Was a draw and South Africa won the second by an innings and 92 runs. Gough only took one wicket. The rigors of Test match cricket were proving too much for Gough's body and he retired. Gough made his one-day debut for England against New Zealand taking 2/36 from 11 overs at Birmingham in 42 run win. Gough played in all six of England's matches in the 1996 World Cup. He took a collective 4/238 from 51 overs. Gough played in all five of England's matches and had 11/192 from 48.4 overs. Gough only played 2 T20I matches. Against Australia in 2005 and Pakistan in 2006. England only won 18 times in
7680-407: Was a preview of the new series before the competition began. In a change to the previous format, the results show was recorded on Saturday and broadcast on Sunday, rather than shown live later on Saturday. Additionally, the two couples at the bottom of the table after the public vote were subject to a dance-off, where they performed their routine againfor the judges, who decided which couple would leave
7776-601: Was announced as having joined the judging panel for this series instead of returning as a professional dancer, replacing Bruno Tonioli , who missed a second year due to continuing travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic . In addition to the remaining fourteen professional dancers from Series 18, all of whom returned for this series, four new professional dancers joined the show: Cameron Lombard, Jowita Przystał , Kai Widdrington and Nikita Kuzmin . Darren Gough Darren Gough MBE (born 18 September 1970)
7872-408: Was announced on 9 May that Claudia Winkleman would join the main show as co-presenter and that her duties would mirror the existing result show format, with Tess Daly taking over Forsyth's role as main presenter and Winkleman taking Daly's role as co-presenter. It was announced on 1 June 2014 that professional dancers Artem Chigvintsev , James Jordan and Anya Garnis would not be returning for
7968-520: Was announced that Nancy Xu would be joining the cast of professional dancers. On 5 September 2019, it was announced that Jamie Laing had withdrawn from the show due to a foot injury. He was later replaced by Kelvin Fletcher . In late October, Will Bayley left the competition due to a sustained leg injury. On 6 March 2020, Kevin Clifton announced that he was leaving the show after seven years. On 26 March 2020, AJ Pritchard also announced that he
8064-561: Was announced that series 7 finalist Natalie Lowe would be departing the show. Five days later, on 9 May, Shirley Ballas announced that she would be replacing Len Goodman as head judge. On 21 June 2017, Oksana Platero and the previous series' professional champion, Joanne Clifton , announced that they would also be leaving. The new professionals replacing them were Australian Open champion Dianne Buswell , Welsh dancer Amy Dowden , and Ukrainian two-time world champion Nadiya Bychkova . On 7 August, Nick Grimshaw announced that Mollie King
8160-569: Was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to cricket and charity. In October 2019, Gough was appointed as a fast bowling consultant for England cricket team for test matches against New Zealand. In December 2021, Gough was appointed the director of cricket for Yorkshire. He left the role in March 2024. In November 2024, Gough
8256-462: Was appointed as the head coach of Lahore Qalandars for the upcoming 2024 Global Super League in Guyana. Gough was on a Question of Sport . Gough has been on Talk Sport since 2009. He co-presented the weekday afternoon drive-time show with Adrian Durham. In 2005, Gough took part in the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing , partnered with British National champion Lilia Kopylova . He
8352-423: Was bribed 50,000 rand to ensure a result. Gough hit the winning runs to give England the 2 wicket victory. Gough played both Tests in the 2 match series against Zimbabwe taking 9 wickets. Statistically this was Gough's finest series. He took 25 wickets – his most in any series and was named joint player of the series with Courtney Walsh. England won the series 3–1 giving them their first series victory against
8448-482: Was leaving the show after four years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed that the series would be slightly shorter than planned. Before the series began, the professional dancers and some of the crew isolated and tested for COVID-19 to then become a household. Strictly took over a hotel near the studios and the pro dancers learnt and filmed all the group routines for the series at once. This allowed for
8544-399: Was made available on the show's website and iPlayer hosted by Natalie Lowe and Tristan MacManus . Series 13 was the last to feature Tristan MacManus, Kristina Rihanoff, Ola Jordan, Gleb Savchenko and Aliona Vilani as professional dancers. Jordan later announced that she had quit the show, claiming that the results were "fixed". Vilani announced three days after winning that she was leaving
8640-458: Was offered a contract by Yorkshire cricket and Rotherham United but chose cricket. He made his first class debut in 1989 against Middlesex at Lord's taking five wickets. He won his county cap in 1993 after taking 7/42 against Somerset. Gough played county cricket for 15 years for Yorkshire and was a member of their 2001 squad that won the 2001 County Championship – its first in 33 years. In 2004 he moved to Essex and returned to Yorkshire for
8736-464: Was provided by the popular singer Rod Stewart . As a new addition to the Christmas specials, a "Strictly Allstar" group of seven previous contestants from the show returned for a group dance, and appearances from Ann Widdecombe and Russell Grant were also in the programme. Helen Skelton would reappear as part of the main series in Series 20 . JB Gill would reappear as part of the main series in Series 22 . Winner The full lineup of
8832-402: Was quite the debut. Gough retained his place for his first full home series against South Africa. Gough started well with a pair of four wickets in the first Test and would pick up another 3 to be leading English wicket taker in the series. He played in his first Test victory in the third Test. In the second innings he took the only wicket that Devon Malcolm didn't take when he took 9/57. With
8928-421: Was scheduled to appear with her partner Darren Bennett , but pulled out due to a breakdown in fee negotiations. Individual judges' scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli . As well as winning the 2005 series, Darren Gough and Lilia Kopylova won this Christmas Special after receiving
9024-482: Was the first celebrity known to be taking part in the series. This was the first series to be broadcast since Sir Bruce Forsyth's death in August that year. On 30 January 2018, it was announced that Brendan Cole would no longer appear on the show. On 30 May 2018, the full lineup of professional dancers was announced. Chloe Hewitt left the series and three new professional dancers — Graziano Di Prima , Johannes Radebe and Luba Mushtuk — were announced to be joining
9120-441: Was tied 1–1. Gough played in both matches and took 14 wickets. His 5/61 in his 50th test not only put him on the honours board but was also his 200th Test wicket. Australia came for the Ashes. Gough played in all 5 Tests and took 17 wickets, the most by an Englishman. Australia won the series 4–1 with England's win coming in the 4th Test. After almost 2 years out of Test cricket, Gough returned to play South Africa. The first Test
9216-467: Was to continue to present special editions of the show. For most of the second series, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in temporarily for Daly while she took maternity leave; Claudia Winkleman hosted the results show and editions that Forsyth had missed between 2010 and 2013. The judging panel initially consisted of Bruno Tonioli , Arlene Phillips , Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood . Alesha Dixon took Phillips' place from series 7 to 9, after which she left
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