Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

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Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Format	Entertainment
Developed by	BBC
Presented by	Claudia Winkleman
Opening theme	Dan McGrath Josh Phillips
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	138 (as of 17th December 2007)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Two
Picture format	16:9
Original run	25 October 2004 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Strictly Come Dancing: On Three
Related shows	Strictly Come Dancing
External links
Official website

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two is a British television program, the companion show to the popular BBC One program Strictly Come Dancing. It airs on weeknights during the run of the main show on BBC Two, and is hosted by Claudia Winkleman. BBC Two Scotland does not broadcast the show on Thursdays, when locally-produced Gaelic language programming airs in the slot instead.

The program features interviews with and training footage of the couples competing in the main Saturday night show, opinions from the judges on the previous Saturday show and the training footage for the next, and interviews with celebrities who have been watching the show. Head judge Len Goodman also gives a weekly spot entitled "Len's Masterclass", demonstrating with Claudia the dances to be performed on the following Saturday. Also, Craig Revel Horwood has a spot on Wednesday called "The Mid-Week Report", and Arlene Phillips appears on "the Panel" every Friday. Strangely, Bruno Tonioli is yet to make an appearance on It Takes Two's fourth series. During the first series, there was a regular phone-in element in which viewers could talk to the studio guests on air, but this was dropped from subsequent series.

It Takes Two started to broadcast during the second series of the main show, due to the companion show to the first series, Strictly Come Dancing: On Three, being favoured after broadcast on the digital channel BBC Three.

[edit] Ratings

The show, during the third series, had an average viewer ship of 2.75 million on BBC Two in its usual spot. During series two it had around 2.80 million per episode according to BARB ratings, and the highest viewer ship has been 3.05 million during series two.

[edit] Guests

A number of famous people have appeared on the show demonstrating their enthusiasm for Strictly Come Dancing, including Meat Loaf, Michael Ball, Ronni Ancona.

[edit] External links

• Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two at bbc.co.uk

v • d • e Strictly Come Dancing Series 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 Hosts Bruce Forsyth • Tess Daly • Natasha Kaplinsky (2004) Judges Craig Revel Horwood • Arlene Phillips • Len Goodman • Bruno Tonioli Celebrity Winners Natasha Kaplinsky • Jill Halfpenny • Darren Gough • Mark Ramprakash • Alesha Dixon Professional Winners Brendan Cole • Darren Bennett • Lilia Kopylova • Karen Hardy • Matthew Cutler Celebrity Runners-Up Christopher Parker • Denise Lewis • Colin Jackson • Matt Dawson • Matt Di Angelo Professional Runners-Up Hanna Karttunen • Ian Waite • Erin Boag • Lilia Kopylova • Flavia Cacace Related programmes It Takes Two • Dancing with the Stars (US version) • Dancing with the Stars (International versions)