Strictly Come Dancing

Witness History

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

One of the most successful TV formats in the world started back in May 2004, bringing ballroom dancing to a new generation. Its format has been sold around the world under the title 'Dancing With The Stars'. Co-creator and executive producer of Strictly, Karen Smith, has been speaking to Ashley Byrne about the show.

Photo: Celebrities and professional dancers from Strictly Come Dancing 2018. Credit: BBC.

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1:07.0	Hello, you're listening to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service.
1:15.0	I'm Ashley Byrne and today I'm taking you back to 2004 and a new TV series in the UK
1:21.0	that would go on to become one of the most successful formats in
1:24.4	television history. I've been speaking with executive producer Karen Smith
1:28.6	about the creation of strictly come dancing. In May 2004, a new Saturday evening show from the BBC full of sequins, feathers and
1:48.0	spray tans launched onto TV screens across Britain.
1:51.5	I knew that it could be the most outrageous, sparkly, brilliant,
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