It’s time to keeeeep dancing, because Strictly Come Dancing is back on UK TV!
The show is back for its 24th season, with lots of changes in the line-up.
After Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman stepped down as hosts, Emma Willis, Josh Widdicome and Johannes Radebe, a former professional on the show, have stepped in to run proceedings.
The judging panel remains the same – with head judge Shirley Ballas returning alongside Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke, another of the show’s former pros.
As it returns to BBC One this weekend (19 September), let’s take a look at all the records tied to the show and its stars.
Late legendary TV presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth presented the show, alongside Tess, for the first 11 seasons, and after 76 years in the biz, he claimed the record for longest TV career by an entertainer (male). He was on TV from 1939 until his retirement in 2015. He died in 2017 at the age of 89.
Tess earned a record of her own too.
In 2025, she became the longest-serving host of the same dance competition TV show after 21 years 224 days on Strictly.