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Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast

Craig forgot to pack his 10!

Strictly Come Dancing: The Official Podcast

BBC

Tv & Film

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Strictly professional Janette Manrara teams up with producer Kim Winston for this Blackpool Special to bring the fans an Access All Areas backstage pass to the Tower Ballroom show. Kim has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Strictly, having worked on the show since 2009, and Janette knows first-hand what all the couples are going through, making them the perfect duo to give the listeners an exclusive insight of what really goes on backstage. In this episode We find out what Kevin used to get up to in the Tower and we reunite Karen Heaur with her first ever partner - Westlife’s Nicky Byrne. The Strictly Come Dancing Official Podcast is made by BBC Studios, TalentWorks and produced by Laura Gallop and Kim Winston.Listen now on BBC Sounds.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan

0:05.2

I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy

0:10.2

podcast at the BBC. It's a bit of a dream job really.

0:13.0

Comedy is a fantastic joyous thing to do because really you're making people laugh,

0:18.0

making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.

0:22.0

But you know I also know that comedy is really

0:24.4

subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer

0:29.6

from satire to silly shocking to soothing profound to just general pratting about. So if you

0:36.2

fancy a laugh, find your next comedy at BBC Sounds.

0:41.6

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:44.8

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the official Strictly-Cundancing Podcast.

0:50.8

Joe can make it this week so I have got a new co-host strictly professional

0:55.6

Jeanette Marlara. Welcome!

0:58.0

Hello Kim, hello podcast listeners. This is exciting. This is nice. I feel like we're just kind of hanging out having a little chat.

1:05.2

No, me and you are good friends always so this is like us hanging out watching a show.

1:08.4

What a show. I mean it was kind of I think with Blackpool it always is pretty unbelievable but I thought that this one was even more special.

1:16.8

I'm not going to lie I think this is probably one of the best best shows I've seen in my seven years.

1:21.8

Do you know what I loved? Like see when I was watching

1:23.9

on the screen you could just see you and Claudia Zia like so excited? I was

1:28.1

genuinely so excited watching everyone because it was dance after dance and

1:32.0

number after number that the couples came out and just delivered extraordinary routines.

1:37.0

I don't think the judge, even Craig couldn't have a grumpy face tonight.

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