Strictly Come Dancing enters a new era of chaperones and welfare measures – this year’s stars discuss all

The BBC’s ballroom behemoth, Strictly Come Dancing, has been catapulted into a new era.

And there have been trailblazing moments – take the show’s first deaf contestant, Rose Ayling-Ellis, and her Bafta-winning silent dance.

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