Claudia Winkleman threatened to quit as a host of Strictly Come Dancing as she thought this year's launch show would clash with her son's first day at university. The show's longtime co-host's eldest son, 18-year-old Jake, who she shares with her TV producer husband Kris Thykier, is due to fly the nest for university this autumn - and as a doting mum she wants to help him get settled in. However, the TV star was terrified her commitment to her child would mean she was unavailable for the start o

RACHEL RILEY has admitted that her 2013 stint on Strictly Come Dancing "terrified" her so much that she needed Cognitive behavioural therapy to recover from her time on the BBC show.

Giovanni Pernice is a professional choreographer and dancer from Italy. He became widely known after joining Strictly Come Dancing in 2015. Since then, he has b

The BBC presenter revealed recently she nearly bowed out of the ballroom competition for her son…

Ouch.

CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN has opened up about threatening to leave her position as presenter on Strictly Come Dancing, to attend her eldest son's first day of university with him.

MARTIN ROBERTS admitted there's not much more he can do to secure his spot on Strictly Come Dancing this year, with his public campaign and private pleas not seeming to sway BBC bosses.

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Claudia Winkleman joined the Strictly Come Dancing presenting team in 2004 and has hosted the main show since 2014, after taking over from Bruce Forsyth

She recalls a surprise story

"I phoned the boss of Strictly quite dramatically."

BBC Breakfast's Louise Minchin has previously joked on the show that she is banned from appearing on Strictly but it looks like things may change after a message from her husband

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 30, appeared to be in good spirits as he gave a thumbs up while departing The Lowry in Manchester alongside Anton Du Beke on Tuesday.

Appearing on BBC's Women's Hour podcast on Monday, the TV presenter, 49, revealed she threatened to leave Strictly so that she could be with her son Jake Thykier on his first day of university.

LOUISE MINCHIN has joked that her husband David has lifted her "lifetime ban" to compete on Strictly Come Dancing after she was quizzed by her co-stars this week.

Could this year be the year we see the former Big Brother host on the dancefloor?

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The Strictly Come Dancing judges teamed up for ITV's Great British Road Trip, and it sounds like hilarity ensued.