How much trouble is Strictly Come Dancing in?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
But controversy has hit the BBC dancing contest in recent weeks. Two male dancers have left the show amid allegations of misconduct, and last week it was announced production staff will chaperone all rehearsals from the next series.
The BBC's annual report was released today and its director-general Tim Davie apologised as he addressed the Strictly controversy, saying the corporation "will never tolerate unacceptable behaviour".
Host Niall Paterson is joined by our entertainment correspondent Katie Spencer and TV critic Scott Bryan to discuss how the BBC has handled the crisis and Strictly's future.
Producer: Rosie Gillott
Editor: Wendy Parker
Promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
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| 0:59.6 | The sequins aren't glittering quite as brightly as they used to |
| 1:03.3 | on Strictly Come Dancing. |
| 1:05.6 | The flagship BBC Light Entertainment programme, |
| 1:08.6 | the cornerstone of its Saturday night output, has been rocked by |
| 1:12.7 | allegations of bullying, abusive, even threatening behaviour. And thus, centre stage in the spotlight, |
| 1:20.1 | not the celebrity dancers themselves, but their professional partner's conduct in the rehearsal |
| 1:24.9 | rooms. No one would criticise competitiveness, just the tactics alleged to have been used in search of that perfect ten from the judges. |
| 1:33.3 | Do you know what, the dancers are under a lot of pressure, and it is competitive, it really is. |
| 1:37.3 | And she trained me hard. We worked hard, six, eight, ten hour days training to do good. |
| 1:45.2 | And that just shows how competitive is and how much of a big platform it is. |
| 1:49.9 | I'm Neil Patterson and in this edition of the Sky News Daily, |
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