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🗓️ 23 July 2024
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It's the BBC's flagship Saturday night entertainment show and is a cash cow for the corporation but in recent weeks allegations of physical and verbal abuse have emerged.
Yesterday, the head of the BBC apologised to celebrity contestants but ruled out a wider review into the culture of the show. So what now for Strictly Come Dancing?
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Further reading:
Tim Davie apologises over Strictly Come Dancing bullying scandal
Strictly ‘needs intimacy coaches to stop dancers crossing boundaries’
Video shows Strictly dancer slapping partner’s bottom
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1:02.0 | Before we begin today's episode contains a description of violence towards women that you might find upsetting. |
1:10.0 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Luke Jones. |
1:15.0 | Streetly come dancing is used to being talked about. As the Knights draw in each year, the |
1:27.1 | papers are always full of which celebrity contestants might be in it, what romances might be happening backstage, and why the TV viewing public |
1:35.1 | against their better nature seem to enjoy watching Ed Bulls. |
1:40.8 | But for the last few weeks, a strictly story has been one of scandal. |
1:44.1 | Welcome back, so Giovanni Panise will not return as a professional dancer for the next series of |
1:53.6 | Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC's launching investigation into the Italian |
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