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Christmas Special Dances
Highlights from all our contestants' routines. |
351 |
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The Final Dances
Watch clips from all our couples' routines. |
520 |
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Darren's Final
How are Darren and Lilia feeling about the final? |
295 |
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Zoe's Final
Will Zoe and Ian dazzle with their Tango and Samba? |
263 |
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Colin's Final
How will Colin and Erin fare on Saturday? |
234 |
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Super Trouper
Brendan is loving his new super model dance partner.
For the Christmas special, Brendan is dancing with Rachel Hunter, star of the American version of Strictly, Dancing with the Stars. |
163 |
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Zoe's Journey
We trace Zoe and Ian's route to the final. |
190 |
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Len's Moves
Watch a classic Come Dancing clip featuring Len. |
194 |
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James' Last Words
The BBC look back at James and Camilla's time on the show. |
193 |
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Saturday Stress
Go behind the Strictly curtain as the tension mounts.
The tear were flowing for our contestants this week. |
211 |
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Len's Lesson
Fiona returns to take some tips from Len for the final.
This Saturday all of this year's contestants will return to the floor for one last dance - including reluctant dancer Fiona Phillips. |
175 |
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Colin's Challenge
Watch Colin and Erin's journey |
230 |
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Semi-final Dances
Highlights from all our contestants' two routines |
249 |
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Strictly Saturday Week 8
Go behind the Strictly curtain as the tension mounts.
We look at how the contestants and Bruce cope with the pressure of a live show in front of millions. |
237 |
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Singing in the Rain
Colin goes all Gene Kelly on us.
For a special insert for this year's Sports Personality of the Year, Colin has recreated Gene Kelly's famous routine from Singing in the Rain. |
183 |
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Saturday Night
Anton and Brendan swap dancing for singing.
On It Takes Two last night, two of the professional dancers demonstrated another talent. |
209 |
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Darren's Day?
Will he win through on Saturday?
Darren and Lilia are dancing the Waltz and the Samba in the semi-final, and Darren's determined to be in the final. |
184 |
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Challenge Colin
Will the Jive see Colin fall at the semi-final hurdle?
Whilst the Waltz is proving easy, Colin is struggling to keep up with the Jive this week. It's just too fast! |
139 |
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James' View
James feels he could go out on Saturday.
James and Camilla will be dancing the Foxtrot and the Rumba this week, how do they think they will do? |
166 |
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Frustration
Colin gets all worked up over learning the routines.
It's not Erin that really drives Colin Jackson, but himself. |
193 |
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Darren Dares
Once hesitant, he's now loving the dancing.
At the start of the competition, Darren had concerns about his image and what his mates would say. Now, he just can't get enough. |
193 |
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Patsy's Highlights
Remember Patsy and Anton's time on the show.
They started off as a miss-matched pair, but by the end of it their dancing relationship had blossomed. |
224 |
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The Outsider
How is James feeling about being rank outsider?
James and Camilla are favourites to go out this week, but is James bothered? |
199 |
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Week Eight Dances
Highlights from all our contestants' two routines. |
225 |
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Bill's Highlights
Look back at Bill and Karen's time on the show. |
190 |
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Tired and Emotional
Zoe is coming down with something and Ian isn't helping.
There's tension in the training room, with Zoe tired and finding it all too much. |
206 |
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Perfect Ten
They may favourited to go out, but Patsy is optimistic.
Both Patsy and Anton feel inspired this week and they're determined not to go out, and are even hoping for a few top scores from the judges. |
178 |
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Dancing Secrets
We take a look at the choreography process.
Just what inspires our professional dancers? Do the celebrities have any input into the routines? All is revealed |
200 |
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Race To The Top
We trace Colin's journey in the competition. |
171 |
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Rumba Number
Colin and Darren are both tackling the Rumba.
Colin has proved himself something of a Latin expert and Darren has dazzled on the dancefloor of late, so we could see a fiercely fought dance-off on Saturday |
201 |
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Zoe's Progress
Zoe and Ian are doing the Cha Cha Cha this week.
Zoe feels she doesn't have the hip action down pat for the Latin dances. |
181 |
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Samba Struggle
James is dancing the Samba on Saturday.
Len thinks that James might not do that well this week, as his passion for Latin is lacking. |
202 |
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Smooth Operators
All about the American Smooth.
It's new to both our contestants and to Strictly Come Dancing, but what's it all about, Claudia? |
186 |
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Patsy's Jive Talking
Len thinks Patsy may be back on form with the Jive.
She may have struggled with the dances in previous weeks, but Len has high hopes for Patsy this Saturday. |
149 |
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Giggle Twins
Darren and Lilia find laughter gets them through. |
240 |
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Swayze Superfans
Many of our dancers say one man inspired them.
Patrick Swayze and Dirty Dancing are the reasons many of the Strictly professional dancers chose their career. |
177 |
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Strictly Saturday
Go behind the Strictly curtain as the tension mounts. |
210 |
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Week Seven Dances
Watch clips from all this week's routines. |
203 |
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Judges At War
They begged to differ last Saturday.
Our four judges just couldn't agree on Saturday - and they weren't afraid to voice it. |
184 |
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Patsy's Progress
How is Patsy coping with the Cha Cha Cha?
Her confidence is growing, but can she improve her posture in time for Saturday? |
147 |
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Going For Gold
Athlete Colin Jackson is in it to win it.
They may not be the bookies' favourite, but Colin and his partner Erin are determined to succeed. |
201 |
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Acting Up
Can Zoe convince as a lady of the night?
Acting doesn't come naturally to Zoe, so will she struggle with this week's dance, the Tango? |
211 |
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Bill's Day
How does Bill juggle Strictly with his day job?
Bill is the first contestant to clock up over 200 hours of training, but just how does he do it, considering he has to get up at 4am to present BBC Breakfast? |
172 |
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Darren's Salsa
Darren's wiggle wowed the judges in the group Salsa. |
246 |
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Will's Best Bits
Look back at Will and Hanna's time on the show.
Will had a fantastic time on the show, found a new passion for tanning and a new friend in the form of Hanna. He also gained a number one fan - Len Goodman! |
200 |
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James' Saturday
Go behind the Strictly curtain as the tension mounts. |
230 |
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Night Fever
Anton went all John Travolta for BBC Children in Need.
On Friday's It Takes Two show, Claudia asked viewers to text the BBC Children in Need number, saying that if over 1,000 texts were received Anton Du Beke would perform a routine in white spand |
191 |
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Week Six Dances
Clips from all our couples' routines. |
214 |
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Ginger Zoe
Zoe is loving the Quickstep and goes home to show it.
She thought she was at home in the 80s but now is loving the Fred and Ginger era, thanks to the Quickstep. But will the residents of her adopted hometown of Brighton be impressed? |
198 |
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Desperate Measures
Bill is prepared to try anything to do well this week.
With injury plaguing Bill last week, Hanna decides that they really need to go for it this Saturday - and that means adding some sauce to their Rumba. |
187 |
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Training Time
How our couples learning the Rumba and Quickstep doing? |
203 |
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More Training
Are the Tango and the Foxtrot proving problematic? |
241 |
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Celebrity Boot Camp
Hanna thinks Will needs to toughen up.
Will thinks he has a camp monster inside him, but does he need a harder taskmaster than Hanna to suppress it? |
211 |
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The Salsa group
All the contestants met up for a group session.
The celebs and the professionals got together to work on a Salsa routine for Saturday's show. Will described it as his 'dancing nightmare'! |
219 |
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First Man Out
Look back at Dennis and Izabela's time on the show. |
178 |
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Saturday Revisited
We take you behind the Strictly curtain.
Dennis got knocked out, and Zoe dazzled, but what happened off camera? |
221 |
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Storm Warning
Could Patsy and Anton be about to fall out?
Patsy failed to wow on Saturday and Anton just wasn't happy with her 'not bothered' attitude. |
201 |
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Week Five Dances
Highlights from all our contestants' routines |
193 |
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Tears and Violence
Could our perfect couple be heading for a rocky patch?
Zoe and Ian have been getting on splendidly - until now... |
154 |
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Scary Showdance
There's one thing that strikes terror in our dancers.
Each Saturday the Strictly Come Dancing professionals demonstrate one of the dances our celebrities hope to master in the coming week. But for some this hinders rather than helps... |
203 |
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Viennese Waltz
Claudia tells all and takes a peak at the training.
It's fast, it's furious, and it may just trip our couples up on Saturday. |
211 |
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The Samba
How to do it and how are couples are doing.
It's sexy and it's full of Latin spirit, but have our couples got into the groove? |
207 |
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Samba Struggles
Remember how celebs have coped with the Samba.
Professional dancer Darren Bennett looks at how two contestants struggled with the Samba, and offers some advice. |
202 |
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Samba Time
Darren and Lilia put a bit of Latin spirit into their life.
They're on a high after their judge-pleasing performance on Saturday, but how are they doing this week? |
243 |
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Likely Lads
Brendan Cole asseses the male celebrities' chances.
There's a real chance that we could have a male celeb walk off with the title, says the guy who should know - Brendan Cole. |
218 |
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Dennis' challenge
Dennis hits back at his fiercest critic, Craig.
Dennis was so wounded by Craig's vicious comments, that he's challenged him to learn how to play snooker in five days! |
170 |
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Behind-the-scenes Week 5
Is Anton a diva? Watch the build-up to Saturday.
See Arlene in make up, and find out who Craig thinks is the most arrogant dancer. |
210 |
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Week Four Dances
Watch clips from the Paso Doble and Foxtrot routines. |
197 |
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Foxtrot Facts
Claudia tells us all about it and talks about the training. |
171 |
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Judgement Day Part 2
The top five judges' pithy put-downs. |
191 |
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Changing Will
We track Will's journey from Casualty to the dancefloor.
Will has gone from feeling stupid to loving the dancing - and the trappings that go with it. |
150 |
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Dancer's Orders
We find out how James is doing this week.
Camilla sent James for some ligh physio for a recurring back injury to get him fit for Saturday. |
192 |
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Dancer's Orders
We find out how James is doing this week.
Camilla sent James for some ligh physio for a recurring back injury to get him fit for Saturday. |
139 |
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Strictly So Far
Claudia looks at Darren and Lilia's Strictly experience.
They've performed the Cha Cha Cha, the Quickstep and the Tango, and they've just got better. |
204 |
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Paso Doble
We tell you all about the Paso and watch the training.
Who's getting all bullish and macho on the dancefloor? |
247 |
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On the Slide?
Are Zoe and Ian going to regain their week one form? |
151 |
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The Great Escape
Fiona and Brendan explain how they got through. |
164 |
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Patsy's Problem
Her Tango wowed us, but Patsy still lacks confidence. |
183 |
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Strictly on Saturday
Claudia takes us behind-the-scenes on Saturday's show. |
223 |
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Gloria's story
Look back at Gloria and Darren's time on the show. |
207 |
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Bill Turnbull & Karen Hardy's Training So Far
Bill Turnbull & Karen Hardy's Training So Far |
188 |
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Bill Turnbull & Karen Hardy show off
...a few steps on Breakfast TV |
196 |
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Week Three Dances
Watch clips of the Argentine Tango and the Jive. |
268 |
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Smooth Operators?
How is Zoe and Ian's training going this week? |
161 |
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Going Gets Tough
How is Fiona coping with reports that she can't dance? |
172 |
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Saturday Survival
How our couples react to going through. |
221 |
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Yorkshire Rivals
Watch the Yorkshire rivals |
219 |
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Tango Time
How to do it and how our couples are doing. |
184 |
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Jive Talking
Claudia tells us all about it and Gloria's loving it. |
169 |
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Saturday morning nerves
The contestants prepare for the long day ahead |
263 |
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Week Two Dances
Footage from all the Rumba and Quickstep routines. |
270 |
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Quickstep
See how it's done and how our dancers are doing. |
260 |
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So Macho
Meet the boys, the boys to entertain you. |
302 |
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Cue Titles
Go behind-the-scenes at the Strictly title shoot. |
262 |
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Breakfast Battle
Breakfast TV's Fiona and Bill have pride at stake. |
204 |
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Ladies Night
All the gossip from when our female professionals met. |
262 |
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Behind-the-scenes
Take a sneaky peek behind the Strictly curtain. |
375 |
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Patsy's despair
Patsy cried over the reaction to her first dance. |
163 |
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Darren and Lilia
See how they took their first steps. |
272 |
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Bill and Karen
See them take to the training room. |
245 |
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Dennis and Izabela
Watch them take to the training room. |
148 |
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Zoe and Ian
Watch them take to the training room. |
222 |
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Jaye and Andrew
See them take to the training room. |
214 |
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Gloria and Darren
See how they took their first steps. |
173 |
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Siobhan and Matthew
See how they took their first steps. |
207 |
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James and Camilla
See how they took their first steps. |
265 |
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Colin and Erin
See how they took their first steps. |
266 |
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Will and Hanna
Watch them take to the training room. |
231 |
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Fiona and Brendan
Watch them take to the training room. |
227 |
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Patsy and Anton
See how they took their first steps. |
219 |
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Week 1 Dances
Highlights from all our contestants' routines. |
337 |
