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BBC announces huge change to Strictly Come Dancing in major victory for Amanda Abbington


The BBC has announced the major change it will make to Strictly Come Dancing, following an investigation into bullying claims made by former star Amanda Abbington about her dance partner Giovanni Pernice.

After Sherlock actress Amanda’s claims, the broadcaster launched a deep investigation into what had gone on behind the scenes of Strictly in which Giovanni was partially cleared. Amanda made the compaints against her former Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice after appearing on the hit show last year (Image: BBC/Guy Levy)Today, in a welcome move for Amanda, the BBC revealed that it will tackle "abusive behaviour" by launching a new investigation into its “workplace culture” with the goal of combatting any “abuse of power”. She added, of the bullying scandal: "I have worked 32 years as an actress in an industry that started the MeToo movement and I have never had to leave a job and experience anything like I did in that room...

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