STRICTLY class of 2024 is officially in session after the jam-packed two-and-a-half hour live show. All 15 celebrity contestants and their professional partners performed for the first time, eager

EXCLUSIVE: The first live show of Strictly Come Dancing is fast approaching as a new batch of celebrities take to the dance floor for the first time with their professional partners.

Strictly Come Dancing has unveiled the lineup of songs for week one of the competition, ahead of Saturday night’s first live show of the series. The show returned to screens last week with a dazzling pre-recorded show to mark the beginning of its 20th anniversary series after months of scandal surrounding the programme’s professional dancers.

Strictly Come Dancing makes a glittering return to Autumn TV schedules tonight. BBC bosses will be hoping to shake off the wave of controversy that has threatened to engulf their flagship show. Following last years series - won by Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola - an internal investigation was launched over the treatment of contestants on the show.

Week one dances in full swing as Amy Dowden returns after cancer treatment - The pressure is on as celebrity contestants perform live for the first time this season