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Amy Dowden and Gorka Marquez lead the Strictly pros arriving for latest rehearsals - as scandal-plagued show is branded 'toxic and cruel' by staff in latest blow


Amy Dowden and Gorka Marquez led the Strictly Come Dancing pros arriving for their latest rehearsals in Camden, north London on Monday.

Yet in a dramatic twist in the Strictly saga, the actress has claimed Giovanni tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video 'evidence' after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns. In an emotionally charged interview, the actress, 50, compared the dance show to 'the trenches' telling Channel 4 News that BBC producers had been left 'horrified' by clips that also allegedly exhibited 'humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature' Rehearsals for the new series began on Monday, and today professionals including Johannes Radebe, Amy Dowden and Dianne Buswell were all smiles as they arrived to practise at a London dance studio.

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