‘The end of an era’ – BBC chief content officerpublished at 12:18 BST
12:18 BST
We can now bring you more from the BBC’s statement on Winkleman and Daly’s departure.
The BBC’s chief content officer, Kate Phillips, calls it “the end of an era”.
“They’ve both been such incredible hosts at the very heart of the show, their passion and dedication has gone above and beyond,” she says.
Executive producer Sarah James describes the pair as “quite simply the best duo of presenters in the business”.
“The Strictly family is often referred to and these women are the matriarchs of that family,” she says.
“We have been together and supported each other for a long time – through pregnancies, births and deaths and to say we will all miss them terribly is an understatement,” she adds.