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5 things the BBC needs to do immediately to restore our faith in Strictly Come Dancing

With the Strictly scandal raging on, the BBC is running out of time to turn things around ahead of the 2024 series

Two of the show’s most popular professional dancers – Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima – have been axed and are under investigation after being hit by claims of abusive behaviour towards their 2023 partners. Graziano Di Prima has now been fired amid gross misconduct claims (Credit: BBC) Bringing back Aljaz Skorjanec, while welcomed by fans, just isn’t enough to save the series. It might be stating the obvious, but it needs to be said – the BBC, as the world’s leading public service broadcaster, does not condone any type of abusive behaviour towards women on its shows.

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