Strictly Come Dancing has been one of the BBC’s most iconic and beloved shows for the past 20 years.
But it has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, amid allegations concerning two of its professional dancers.
Both men – Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima – have now left the show.
Pernice has denied any suggestions of abusive or threatening behaviour during rehearsals.
Di Prima’s spokesman has confirmed the star kicked celebrity partner Zara McDermott once during rehearsals last year.
The BBC, for its part, has insisted it has robust duty of care procedures, which it has bolstered with a string of new measures including giving stars chaperones in rehearsals.
But the saga has raised question marks over what’s really happening behind the scenes.
Here’s how events have unfolded over the past year.
