0:00:02 > 0:00:03Mr Len Goodman, everyone.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06CHEERING
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Thank you, Len!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27People think I'm rough and ready, you know,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29which I am, sort of, you know.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33I'm not what you imagine a dance teacher or judge to be.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Three words describe Len Goodman.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Dull, dull, dull.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Well, no, not really.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Brilliant, clever, kind.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Old-school gent.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The godfather of dance.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Wonderful, exciting, vibrant.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Yeah, I'm a bit like a James Bond Martini. I'm shaken, not stirred.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Len, to me, is always the wisest, wisest man.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59He's a charmer.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I can imagine him being a bit of a cad in his younger days.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06He's like everybody's grandad that people find funny.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08I'll tell you what. You're full of talent.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10I won't tell you what Craig's full of.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12LAUGHTER Listen...
0:01:12 > 0:01:15He's like that wonderful coach or that teacher you've always wanted.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18He's witty. He has an incredible personality.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20The Don of ballroom.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Len - well named. He's a good man.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34BEEPING
0:01:34 > 0:01:35LEN LAUGHS
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Good morning.- Morning.- Morning.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Ha-ha!
0:01:40 > 0:01:44It was early in 2004
0:01:44 > 0:01:47that in our little world of ballroom dancing
0:01:47 > 0:01:49the word went out,
0:01:49 > 0:01:54the BBC are going to do a new Come Dancing-type programme.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Some of my friends had been up to be interviewed for the judging job,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and they used to phone me up and say,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07"Oh, I just went up to this new show, Strictly Come Dancing,
0:02:07 > 0:02:08"I've just had an interview."
0:02:08 > 0:02:10"Oh," I said, "lovely."
0:02:10 > 0:02:12They said, "You been up?" I said, "No, no."
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Anyway, it got on my wick so much,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17in the end, I just lied and I said,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20"Yeah, I went up, but I don't fancy doing it, really."
0:02:20 > 0:02:22But in actual fact, no-one had asked me.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27And it was getting closer and closer to when it was going to be out
0:02:27 > 0:02:32and the producer had spoken to Erin Boag
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and she said, "What about Len Goodman?"
0:02:35 > 0:02:37So, I got the call.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Blow me tight, two days later,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43"We'd like you to be the judge."
0:02:43 > 0:02:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:02:48 > 0:02:53I remember exactly that first show.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59I remember waiting backstage to go on.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05And I thought, "This is a bizarre world I'm in here."
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I was 60 years old,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12and there I am on a television programme.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15'That was fantastic.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18'Beautiful footwork. You even...'
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You know, so I was a bit anxious and so on.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22And I spoke to the producer,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and she said, "Are you all right? You ready?"
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I said, "Well, I'm a bit nervous, to be honest.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30"I don't want to come over wooden."
0:03:30 > 0:03:32And she said the best thing for me.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35She said, "Be yourself and be honest,"
0:03:35 > 0:03:38and that's what I've always tried to do.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48MUSIC: Strictly theme
0:03:51 > 0:03:55There'd been ballroom dancing shows before and Come Dancing,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57but nothing like Strictly,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and to take people from different genres
0:04:00 > 0:04:04and put them on a ballroom dance floor,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07it was just, "Really? Are you being serious?"
0:04:07 > 0:04:12I was convinced that this show would not work.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13I promise you.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I thought, "No-one's interested in ballroom dancing."
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- In the cha-cha-cha...- Yes? - ..I look for three things.- Oh!
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Rhythm, rhythm, rhythm.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Why? Why? Why?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29# Delilah! #
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Never mind. Seriously...
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I'd go to the barber's to have my hair cut
0:04:33 > 0:04:35and the geezer would be chatting away.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38"What do you do for a living?" I'd say I was a builder.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I'd never say, "I'm a ballroom dan..." "What?!"
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Strictly Come Dancing got rid of all that.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49You know, we had Martin Offiah, a great big rugby guy, on there,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52and he was having a go and enjoying himself.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55And so it became a credible thing to do.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I remember the day very well.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I'm in the studio
0:05:01 > 0:05:06and the door opens and in walks this massive bloke.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09If I'm honest,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I took quite a lot of stick in a lot of quarters,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14but something I always knew in life, you know,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16if you're taking stick, you're doing something right.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19At the beginning, he said,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22"I'm only going to wear black, I'm not going to wear Lycra,
0:05:22 > 0:05:23"don't stick any sparkles on me."
0:05:23 > 0:05:25By the end of the show,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28he was fully covered in rhinestones, tight Lycra,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and he walks out of the dressing room
0:05:30 > 0:05:33and he turns around and he goes, "Does my bum look big in this?"
0:05:33 > 0:05:35He's still dancing today.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I did a show with him only a few months ago.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Who would have thought, after all these years?
0:05:39 > 0:05:40I have this ballroom thing now.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42People come up and start talking about
0:05:42 > 0:05:44how they did ballroom dancing when they were young
0:05:44 > 0:05:46and, like, before you know it,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48you're at someone's house doing a jive, and...!
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Yeah, it's crazy.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Strictly touches so many people in so many different ways.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:05:58 > 0:06:02You see these guys go on it, and week one,
0:06:02 > 0:06:06"No, I won't have any sequins. You'll never see me in a sequin."
0:06:06 > 0:06:09By the time three weeks is over, there they are,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11they look like the glitter ball.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Erin and Martin, absolutely wonderful.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17What happened to that man that I knew about eight or ten weeks ago?
0:06:17 > 0:06:18What happened to him?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20He's changed slightly, but don't tell anyone.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21I won't tell a soul.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26I think the fact that Bruce was on the show, week one, as compere,
0:06:26 > 0:06:28it gave it credibility.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30You know, if Bruce Forsyth,
0:06:30 > 0:06:35who's done so many amazing things for 50 years,
0:06:35 > 0:06:40is going to be part of this show, it must be something worthwhile.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Sit down. I'm not royalty.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- LAUGHTER - Yet.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And I think it was an inspired choice,
0:06:47 > 0:06:52because he not only could communicate nicely
0:06:52 > 0:06:56with the judges, with the...
0:06:56 > 0:06:58He was always on the couple's side.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And all that has made you my favourite.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04You're my favourite. You're my favourite.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- CHEERING - Thanks, Bruce!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09If he ever says to you, "You're my favourite," you're like that...
0:07:09 > 0:07:10"Life made!"
0:07:10 > 0:07:12You're my favourites. Go on, off you go.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14That's it. Well done.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18He had such a warmth about him. Quick-witted.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Who can ever forget the time Mark Ramprakash was live
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and the mic pack came off and got twisted round whatever?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28He came to the rescue.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30No, I love it. This is live television.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34That's what it's all about. Live television. So, start...
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Get the microphone in the right place, or get rid of the damn thing.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41If anything goes wrong on live television, which it usually does,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44then here is a safe pair of hands who can absolutely deal with that,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45enjoy it, even.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Who's this? Who are you?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49LAUGHTER
0:07:51 > 0:07:53THEY SPLUTTER
0:07:58 > 0:08:00OK.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Let us know when you're ready, my darlings, OK?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- INDISTINCT - Don't worry, no.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06If something happens like that, that's show business, OK?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Here we go.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09As it's gone on,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12it's become more and more aware
0:08:12 > 0:08:15that this is not a walk in the park.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18This is not...
0:08:18 > 0:08:21sitting in the jungle, eating a couple of blooming maggots
0:08:21 > 0:08:23or whatever, you know?
0:08:23 > 0:08:28This is... You're in it and it's hard and it's tough,
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and it's long hours and it's great pressure.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34They come into it thinking
0:08:34 > 0:08:37it's all just glitter and make-up and hairdo
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and, yeah, they'll do a little bit of dancing, that'll be fun.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45But actually, to get further in the competition, you need to work hard.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Oh, my goodness.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51I had no idea just how all-consuming
0:08:51 > 0:08:53this programme is.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Oh, yes!
0:08:56 > 0:09:00You wake up with it in your mind, you dance through the day,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03you go to bed with it, you dream about it
0:09:03 > 0:09:05and you're back in again in the morning.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It is 24/7 relentless.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Ahhh! Hips, hips, hips.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Don't forget your hips.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Ah, you're like a little jellyfish.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17The whole way through,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19the range of emotions you go through
0:09:19 > 0:09:22is like nothing I've ever known.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26From happiness, sadness, frustration, anger -
0:09:26 > 0:09:27everything you go through.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31It really does take over your whole life,
0:09:31 > 0:09:35and your family and your kids and your other jobs,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38sort of, take a back seat for a while, where you're like,
0:09:38 > 0:09:39"Excuse me, I'm trying to...
0:09:39 > 0:09:41"Is it three, two, one, step, turn, two, dip, dip?"
0:09:41 > 0:09:44MUSIC: That's Life
0:09:50 > 0:09:55That is the longest lasting fleckerl I've ever seen on Strictly.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I never knew what a fleckerl was before this programme,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01but now it's just part of my everyday vocabulary.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03"Just going to fleckerl down the shops."
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Or, "I just need to have a little fleckerl with my friends."
0:10:07 > 0:10:10It's weird, but this is the secret of the mind
0:10:10 > 0:10:12of Strictly Come Dancing.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15You took an old dancing trick,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18the longer you do something, people start clapping,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21and you just went on and on and on with that fleckerl.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25Which I didn't mind. I thought it was a terrific performance.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27CHEERING
0:10:27 > 0:10:32We like to see somebody who, week one, is struggling, you know, OK,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35and then week two, they get a little bit better, but not much,
0:10:35 > 0:10:40and you see a development, you see them improving,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and you see them working through and getting better and better.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47And what's great with Strictly Come Dancing,
0:10:47 > 0:10:50it doesn't get easier the further it goes.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The J word, the journey. Vital in Strictly.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55We used to say it all the time on It Takes Two
0:10:55 > 0:10:57until there was this sort of klaxon.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59It was like on QI. "Don't say it!"
0:10:59 > 0:11:02But it is lovely watching somebody just, sort of...
0:11:02 > 0:11:05like a duckling, like, just "Ahhh," totally unfurl.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Just kind of apprehensive, nervous, so...in I go.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Hello.- First dance - jive.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19The thing with Louise was, she wasn't that confident.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21She felt like the other contestants in the show
0:11:21 > 0:11:23were sort of younger than her
0:11:23 > 0:11:27and more confident than her and she didn't have that about her
0:11:27 > 0:11:30and she kept, sort of, apologising for it.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34And then, it was actually a comment that Len made during the show.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37For me, you're on a plateau.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41We've got to come out now and dance with that clarity and purity,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45but also a little bit more "Wow!"
0:11:45 > 0:11:47They were the most important words I've heard
0:11:47 > 0:11:51throughout my Strictly experience, cos I think that was the comment
0:11:51 > 0:11:54that made me think, "Oh, no, Len, I'm not plateauing. No way!"
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Without that comment,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I think I would have just carried on holding back.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05When she went onto the floor, she was so fired up,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08just so in character, and she started adding things in
0:12:08 > 0:12:10that she still doesn't even remember doing.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Like, I was supposed to grab her face at one point,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15and she turned round to me and grabbed my face,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18just cos she was so in the character.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21CHEERING
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I think that was a real turning point for her,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27because then, you know, suddenly, she let go of some inhibitions
0:12:27 > 0:12:30and everyone clapped her for it and they gave her a great score,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and everyone went, "That was amazing."
0:12:32 > 0:12:33'Len Goodman.'
0:12:33 > 0:12:35From Len, the 10.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37CHEERING
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Really, no-one should ever get a ten,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43because no-one is perfect,
0:12:43 > 0:12:48so I always think of a ten as being better than a nine
0:12:48 > 0:12:50and as good as you're going to ever get.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52CHEERING
0:12:52 > 0:12:55You know, when people say, "You gave them a ten..."
0:12:55 > 0:12:58HE GRUMBLES Yeah.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Because the whole thing, as a thing, was terrific.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Highest score of the night, your highest score,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06and I love these guys shouting, "Ten, ten, ten, ten".
0:13:06 > 0:13:08People go on to Strictly Come Dancing,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11I think it does a lot for them.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15We see a lot that we didn't know about them,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18but I think they learn a lot about themselves.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21MUSIC: Reach Out, I'll Be There
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I thought Jay had the perfect journey.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35A little bit unsure of himself, a few mistakes, faltering.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39CHEERING
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Going into it,
0:13:41 > 0:13:43I just really, really didn't want to embarrass myself,
0:13:43 > 0:13:44and it took me a while to realise
0:13:44 > 0:13:47the only way you're not going to embarrass yourself
0:13:47 > 0:13:48is if you just don't get embarrassed,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51cos things are going to go wrong. You might wear something
0:13:51 > 0:13:54you wouldn't wear on the street, but if you don't feel embarrassed,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56you're not going to embarrass yourself.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- That was really fun.- That was really fun?- The best one ever.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- They're louder than the O2, this lot, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- You were doing really well. Thanks. - You're shaking like crazy! Bless!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07And then over time, the longer you stay in,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10then you do definitely think, "Ah, I want to be in next week,"
0:14:10 > 0:14:13and those lights flying around and you're waiting for the red one
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and you're like, "Don't go on me! Go on Ainsley!"
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I wasn't thinking that, really, but you know.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Jay and Aliona.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23CHEERING
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Come here.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Gradually, confidence, better dancing,
0:14:31 > 0:14:37and the jive he came out with, that jive was absolutely a knockout.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39MUSIC: You Never Can Tell
0:14:43 > 0:14:46It was to Pulp Fiction,
0:14:46 > 0:14:52so Aliona would put little... comments of the film into the dance.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56It just all worked. It was just lovely.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59MUSIC: Pumpkin And Honey Bunny/Misirlou
0:15:01 > 0:15:02The way that Aliona choreographed
0:15:02 > 0:15:04was just sort of, "Push me, push me, push me,"
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and then my brain would just stop working
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and we'd put in a little bit from Pulp Fiction,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11and I could just breathe.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20And so it ended up just, sort of, fitting us really well,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22and I didn't have any idea
0:15:22 > 0:15:24that people were going to think that was really cool.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27I just enjoyed every second.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I think it was the first dance I did that had very minimal mistakes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35And it was such a reward at the end.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I remember the noise in the room was crazy.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I remember thinking, like, "I don't understand."
0:15:40 > 0:15:42- CHEERING - That was amazing!- Thank you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You know, there's certain dances that you get
0:15:48 > 0:15:52where the routine and the music
0:15:52 > 0:15:56and the chemistry between the couple all comes together,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00and you just get something that is just fantastic.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02And that was Jay's jive.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07That is the best dance so far this season - no question.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09It feels great when he notices you do a good thing,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12because you work so hard, and to have someone who, you know,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16is, like, sponging in everything that you're doing
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and appreciates when it's good, it makes it worth it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Jay and Aliona.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26When you hear expressions, old-fashioned expression,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30"I could have danced for joy", you know, it's a saying,
0:16:30 > 0:16:36because dance is a joyful thing, should be joyful.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37MUSIC: Mambo No 5
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I'll tell you who was a hero of mine.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Jake Wood.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53He started off, he was all right,
0:16:53 > 0:16:55you know, not the worst, not the best,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58just, you know, OK, middle of the road.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00He came out and did the blooming salsa.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It was so unexpected
0:17:08 > 0:17:13and it was so full of life, it was so joyful to watch.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30I always know what I like, because after they've all danced,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34I think, "Who would I like to watch again if I had to?"
0:17:34 > 0:17:36You know, nothing to do with the dance-off, just as a...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38And that week...
0:17:38 > 0:17:40I could watch Jake Wood do that three or four times,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42cos it was fabulous.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Spank me gently with a wet chamois!
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Oh, yes!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Honestly!
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Your bum, it was like you were chewing a toffee. It was going...!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Oh! That... I tell you.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Whew!- Your timing...
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- That... Fantastic. - Thank you.- Phenomenal.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02CHEERING
0:18:02 > 0:18:04The fact that it's live,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I think that gives it a terrific energy, you know?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11There's no, "Oh, if you go wrong, we'll just film it again."
0:18:11 > 0:18:14MUSIC: Blame It On The Boogie
0:18:14 > 0:18:17They're out there. Go wrong and that's it
0:18:17 > 0:18:21and the judges will say, "Oi, you went wrong."
0:18:21 > 0:18:23You know, I remember Matt Di Angelo,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27he just totally lost... lost the whole thing.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43And, of course, us judges, we had to...
0:18:43 > 0:18:46go about telling him that, "Well, what do you want us to do?"
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Len, how about you?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Well, it's a bitter pill to swallow, Matt,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52but nerves have done you in, sunshine.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54You know, the corta jaca, you had... AUDIENCE SHOUT OUT
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Well, it's the truth. I'm not telling him stories.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I want him to do good.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04My mum was so distraught that I'd been nasty to this little boy,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08that she phoned up six times, just to save him,
0:19:08 > 0:19:09and he was saved, you know?
0:19:09 > 0:19:12And I think that's the other lovely thing.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17We have our input as judges, but the viewers can disagree with us
0:19:17 > 0:19:21or they've got their fan favourites and they can phone up and say,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24"Oh, those nasty judges, putting him last.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26"It's not right. I'm going to...
0:19:26 > 0:19:27"I'll phone up and save him."
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Which happens.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35Perfect example is the season of 2016,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39where Ed Balls was constantly bottom of the leaderboard,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41bottom of the leaderboard,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45and constantly coming back week after week after week.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51That's a sight I don't think I ever wish to see again.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I mean...
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- BOOING - Oh!
0:19:54 > 0:19:57People like to see people go out of their comfort zones,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59to do something which can be beautiful,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02but if you're not good at it, isn't,
0:20:02 > 0:20:06and there's something about the endeavour and the effort.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09MUSIC: (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
0:20:16 > 0:20:20People really like it and laugh when things go wrong,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24but seeing a total novice actually do it well
0:20:24 > 0:20:26is quite exciting and uplifting.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Oh, look, they're doing the lift again!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- CHEERING - They're doing the lift!- Oh, no! No!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Thank you, Ed!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43It's almost like you have to give in to the dance.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45You've just got to give yourself to it.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47And I think you've got to stop worrying
0:20:47 > 0:20:50about all these other little bits, which is really hard,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52cos you're totally under the microscope.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56But I think it is just enjoying it, working really hard
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and having a great partner.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01You get those three things, everyone loves you, it's great.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- "Oh, my God, he's going to drop her! "He's going..."- He didn't drop her.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07What a titanic effort.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09There's one thing, though, I have to say,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13you always take us places I would never expect.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18A lot of the time, you know, it's all about expectations.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21This is the trouble with hitchhiking.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23You always get a dodgy lift.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25LAUGHTER
0:21:25 > 0:21:27APPLAUSE
0:21:27 > 0:21:31You get somebody like Ed Balls, who's a politician,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34and you think, "Oh, he's going to be dreadful,"
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and when they're not as dreadful as you think,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40they somehow jump up in your expectation
0:21:40 > 0:21:42and suddenly, Ed Balls,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45who I thought would be absolutely awful,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47isn't absolutely awful.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51'Dancing the salsa, Ed Balls and Katya Jones.'
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Now, he's no Rudolf Nureyev, but he is...
0:21:57 > 0:22:00You know, he gives it a go. He's a trier.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02MUSIC: Gangnam Style
0:22:08 > 0:22:11You've just got to think, "Bang, here goes."
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Just give it everything,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19and if it goes wrong, keep going, keep smiling,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21just totally commit.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28You do tend to remember the funny ones and the entertaining ones
0:22:28 > 0:22:31more than you do the proper lovely dances.
0:22:34 > 0:22:41And I can so see the viewers wanting to see Ed Balls come back.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I'm sure if I wasn't a judge and I was sitting at home,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50"That did make me laugh, Sue,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53"I'm going to phone up and vote for him."
0:22:53 > 0:22:56You know, because you want to see him again. Why wouldn't you?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:05 > 0:23:08I love the fact that you get... on any given series,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11you can have amazing dancing and not so amazing dancing,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and it's all still part of the same thing
0:23:13 > 0:23:16and you can find each one incredible to watch.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23Its uniqueness is largely due to the wonderful celebrities
0:23:23 > 0:23:25we've had in that ballroom.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27MUSIC: Reach For The Stars
0:23:32 > 0:23:35We've seen some fantastic dance routines over the years,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39and some really bad ones, too, which have been equally brilliant.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Craig?
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- Dumbo springs to mind.- Oh!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I mean, there's been great celebrities on the show,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52for good reasons and bad reasons, really.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54The stand-out moments, I mean, you've got Alesha Dixon,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57who was just completely wonderful from start to finish.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59MUSIC: I Love To Boogie
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Mark Ramprakash, Colin Jackson, Ann Widdecombe...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I mean, Ann Widdecombe...
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Who would have thought Ann Widdecombe would do the show?
0:24:13 > 0:24:14CHEERING
0:24:14 > 0:24:17MUSIC: My Heart Will Go On
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I'd heard a rumour that Ann Widdecombe was going to do the show
0:24:20 > 0:24:21and then she actually walked in.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23You can't believe it until you see her.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I thought, "This is going to be interesting."
0:24:26 > 0:24:29HE CALLS OUT
0:24:41 > 0:24:44But she turned out to be this incredible person
0:24:44 > 0:24:47who loved to be a part of the show.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Ann Widdecombe?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Remarkable. She's 64 years old.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I was spinning her round the floor by her ankle.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09MUSIC: Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
0:25:09 > 0:25:12You can't do that to ladies of a certain age.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Sort of inappropriate.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15And she sort of went, "Wheee!"
0:25:15 > 0:25:17and enjoyed herself.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20That's Strictly Come Dancing.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26There's no point the judges sort of criticising that, going,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28"You didn't point your feet."
0:25:28 > 0:25:30"Thank you very much, if that was the least of your problems."
0:25:30 > 0:25:32CHEERING
0:25:36 > 0:25:40It's about creating a moment that people want to see again and again,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43and it frustrates me when people say, "They're not very good,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46"they're taking places from the good dancers."
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- Are we meant to be doing this? - Yes, please. Yeah. Go on, then.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Well, why aren't you? - Leave off! Cos I'm the pro.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I love the fact that the underdogs,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55if they start from here, if they're doing this,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57then they stay on the show.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00If the people that start really good start here and they just do this,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02you may as well go home, that's boring.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I've learnt the mystery of crop circles now.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09You must be practising in a cornfield, cos you keep...!
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It did make me laugh.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- So, are you looking forward to the show tonight?- Yeah!
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- Yeah. I always look forward to it. - Mm-hm.- You know?
0:26:20 > 0:26:25Because what's been great with this series, you don't know...
0:26:25 > 0:26:28One week, so-and-so's really good and up there,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30then they have a bit of a drop down
0:26:30 > 0:26:32- and somebody else goes climbing up.- Mm.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- It's what makes it interesting, isn't it?- It's what makes it great.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42The thing is, when you're judging, you judge with your brain,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46you're judging the technique, the quality of movement,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50the rhythmic interpretation, musicality - all that stuff.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54If you're at home, just the general public,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56it's a television show and you want to be entertained,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00and if someone comes out and the judges put them last,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02but you enjoy them and you think they're great
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and you want to see them again, you phone up and vote for them.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08And that's the balance, and I think it's good.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12It's a good thing that, you know, we have our say and what we think,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15and then the viewers have their say and say what they think.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17What do you reckon?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I'm just going to practise my boyish grin while I'm sitting here.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25You've just got so good at that, Len. Fantastic.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- The girls go mad, you know.- They do.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30I don't know who they're going to get to replace me, but...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- I'm going to miss you. - Well, the thing is with me,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- I am a bit of eye candy for the viewers.- You are.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36So, they've not only got to find someone
0:27:36 > 0:27:39that knows a little bit about ballroom and Latin,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- they've got to be easy on the eye.- Yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43All right?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Good, eh? Now, have you been here before?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- ALL:- No. - Is it bigger or smaller?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52- ALL:- Smaller. - Thank you.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Who's your favourite?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57When Strictly was going to begin
0:27:57 > 0:27:59and I knew who the other judges were,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I thought, "This is queer.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03"It's a ballroom and Latin competition,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06"they should have four ballroom and Latin people."
0:28:06 > 0:28:09But I was so wrong.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11If you'd have had four from my world,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15you'd have got four very similar critiques.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20As it is, and as it's always been, it's great.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23CHEERING
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Because I'm the old fuddy-duddy ballroom dancer,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30so I want to see proper footwork and, you know, if I had my way,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33every ballroom dance would be done in tails and so on.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39Then, you get Craig, who's from the world of the stage and a director,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43so he's looking for different aspects.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Darcey's looking for fluidity of movement.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Bruno's looking for the passion of the dance, you know?
0:28:49 > 0:28:53So, between the four of us, you sort of get a rounded critique.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58We all look at dance through the eyes of our experiences.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01CHEERING
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Craig and me are the Yin and Yang,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08and then there is, you know, Len in the middle
0:29:08 > 0:29:10that almost, kind of, controls the situation.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Feels like it was just plonked... - No, no. Sorry.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18- The arm...- It's true, Bruno. - The arms... Craig, I am sorry.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- Rubbish. Bruno...- The arm... - It's not moved from his body.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24It's just, literally, an arm placement
0:29:24 > 0:29:25and that's all we end up getting.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Bruno, keep quiet. - Behave!- Keep quiet.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33With Craig, he can never see any positives.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Sometimes, Bruno can never see any negatives.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Darcey's lovely.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I mean, that is difficult to do, from the very first move.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- APPLAUSE - There was no harm...
0:29:45 > 0:29:47I'm not denying that. I'm not denying that, Darcey,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50but it's meant to be done with style and panache.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51And a pointed foot would be nice.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Yeah, but he didn't hop. I've seen so many people hop doing that...
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Yeah, he didn't hop, but it looked very pedestrian.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- No, it was controlled, it was very good.- Honestly!
0:29:58 > 0:30:00When I'm judging,
0:30:00 > 0:30:04I personally look for artistry and musicality
0:30:04 > 0:30:07and, of course, technique, on top of that,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09and I'm a real stickler for that,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11and that's probably why my scores
0:30:11 > 0:30:13are the lowest overall out of anybody,
0:30:13 > 0:30:17because I do believe that if you've got numbers ranging from one to ten,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19one should use them all.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22What a load of Bolognese, honestly.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Absolute non... Craig.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31I tell you... He just says things for effect. It is nonsense.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Honestly, I tell you, you handled that well. Your top was great.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39It had more polish than Number Ten's front door.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44Always actually, when I look at all of the judges, I'm always like,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46I can't believe he's been doing this for 12 years.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49And you are still, dedicatedly,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52obsessed with this show. And I love that. I love it.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57I see things that gladden my heart - like Mark Benton,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59he was great.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02MUSIC: U Can't Touch This
0:31:13 > 0:31:19Then, when Craig says nasty nasty nasty, I can't believe it.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22I go, "What are you on about?" I can't believe it.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25It was all very flat footed and stompy.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27BOOING
0:31:27 > 0:31:29The cha-cha-cha that you actually did was danced,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32I'm afraid, very badly.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:31:34 > 0:31:38But he's just as right, really, as I am,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42because what he sees isn't what I see and that's how it should be.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I'll tell you what you had in there,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47you had so many basic steps - New Yorks,
0:31:47 > 0:31:51time steps, Cuban breaks, you did a fan and a hockey stick.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52I tell you what,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Mark, do it again.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERS
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Dancing is taste.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I do like a Brussels sprout.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Maybe you don't like a Brussels sprout,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10that doesn't make you wrong and me right.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12It's taste, it's what you like.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15It's a rumba. You can't change what it is, Craig.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17I'm not having a pop at you, it's a rumba.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19You're allowed to choose what steps you use from the rumba.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- You don't have to use every one... - But there were none, sunshine.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- There were some. There were some. In your defence, there were.- Yeah.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29People think, if we have a little argument, that we don't like each
0:32:29 > 0:32:34other. It's nothing to... We're as good mates as you could be.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38You know, is just I don't agree with Craig saying whatever and so on.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41So, yeah, we're great friends.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45If you take on board what Craig tells you, it'll set you back weeks.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54Hm, I know I get him very irritated sometimes with my gesticulations.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59When he has to duck and dive, to avoid being slapped in the face,
0:32:59 > 0:33:04but that's part of the fun. "What are you doing? Stop it!" You know.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07But that's what I like about him, he's very direct.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Those placements, those moves have to be cut like...
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- OK!- Here we go. - You've got to...- Aw!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16CHEERING DROWNS WORDS
0:33:16 > 0:33:20There are no half measures with Fosse.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25Thank goodness he gets grumpy, because we'd enjoy everything
0:33:25 > 0:33:30far too much. So when he gets grumpy it's like, "Yes, you're right, Len."
0:33:30 > 0:33:33It's like, "God, I wish I'd seen that," you know.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37ETHEREAL MUSIC
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- DARCEY:- I do enjoy it when he gets to the point straightaway.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45No faffing around.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47He hates all the beginnings of dances,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49"Come on, just get on with the moves.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52"What was all that setting the scene?" I said,
0:33:52 > 0:33:54"It's quite nice to set the scene, Len."
0:33:54 > 0:33:56He goes, "No, don't want that."
0:33:56 > 0:33:58# Our hearts were free
0:33:58 > 0:34:02# And we surrendered to a kiss... #
0:34:04 > 0:34:07I tell you what I don't like -
0:34:07 > 0:34:12and I do understand with the pros that they have to do it sometimes -
0:34:12 > 0:34:15I hate the faffing about.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24If you get somebody who's not, let's say a natural,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27if we're being polite,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30you faffed. You faffed at the top, you faffed at the end.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33If you get a little faff in the middle, then you're very happy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42'You knew the other three wouldn't mind.'
0:34:42 > 0:34:47So you hope that Len, while you were dancing, was the last one to speak.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Because if he was, you could get away with it, 3 to 1.
0:34:52 > 0:34:53But if he was first up, he'd say,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56"No, there's too much faffing at the top, I can't stand all that."
0:34:56 > 0:34:59My nan was always moaning at my grandad,
0:34:59 > 0:35:03"Get off the settee and get started."
0:35:03 > 0:35:04That's what I felt with you.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07There was too long messing about on the settee thing,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10but the actual bit of dancing is good.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Let's take a Viennese waltz,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14I know Len would love a fleckerl, very traditional, very basic,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17so I'll do a full fleckerl, I know Len will love that.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Then, I need to do a bit of artistic, a bit of drama at the
0:35:20 > 0:35:21beginning and at the end,
0:35:21 > 0:35:24so that obviously Bruno and Craig can get into that feeling
0:35:24 > 0:35:27and I need to make sure my partner does beautiful arms,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30so that Darcey can pick up the extension of the leg and the arm.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33When we put together a routine and we do, let's say for example,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36I did it with Lesley this year, in the waltz.
0:35:36 > 0:35:37We did a double reverse spin...
0:35:39 > 0:35:42..which is a lovely heel turn for the lady.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45She steps aside and crosses her feet.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47APPLAUSE
0:35:47 > 0:35:49The man has a toe pivot.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Well, I can do the toe pivot very naturally, cos I'm very good,
0:35:52 > 0:35:56but for Lesley, it's very difficult. It's a very technical step.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57I only did that for Len.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59APPLAUSE
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Len, you are a traditional, kind of, guy,
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- did you enjoy that traditional waltz?- I did, indeed.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07I like to see the gentleman dressed as Anton is and I like to
0:36:07 > 0:36:11see elegant and sophisticated ladies, as I got with Lesley.
0:36:11 > 0:36:15You go out of your way to teach a double reverse spin.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18What am I doing?! It's really difficult, it took hours.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21I should've gone side together side,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23slosh about a bit and then Bruno would have been ecstatic.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26You really came out and performed it.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30It was a fitting dance for this wonderful ballroom - elegance,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33glamour and sophistication. Well done.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- It's your best dance, no question. - Thank you.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43When he speaks you, kind of, get nervous, because you really,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47really want to impress him, so he's got that high authority about him
0:36:47 > 0:36:50that everybody just wants to make him happy.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51You just respect the guy.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54He's an absolute gentleman, but he's an expert in this field.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57There was moments of tango, moments of pasa doble,
0:36:57 > 0:37:00but in addition, there were moments of magic. Well done.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I think he is that one judge that looks out for those small little
0:37:05 > 0:37:11moves that, as a contestant on the show, you work really hard to
0:37:11 > 0:37:13get and he always picks up on them.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16I don't know, it kind of makes you proud.
0:37:16 > 0:37:20You just look at Len and you go, "Please like me".
0:37:20 > 0:37:23I think that's what we all want, just to be liked by Len.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31'There's a buzz in the studio.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35'The big buzz is because of the couples.'
0:37:35 > 0:37:39They've spent the whole week learning the dance.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44So, I think they have got a bit of pressure on them
0:37:44 > 0:37:46and there's tension.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Next to Classy Darcey?! - Yeah.- Yeah!- Most definitely.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53It's all about anticipation, I think, for the judges.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56You're anticipating what's going to happen.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Are they going to do it, are they going to pull it off?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02You know, last week, their footwork weren't good.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Have they nailed that a bit better? Last week, somebody else...
0:38:05 > 0:38:09their hold wasn't good, have they worked on it?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12So, there's that anticipation coming from us.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- I'm going to thumb a lift up there this time.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Keep your eye on my dicky, won't you?- Always.- Always.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- That it?- Perfect.- Woo.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Cheerio.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29It's a really...sort of builds,
0:38:29 > 0:38:33because we have to get there about one o'clock, or half past one,
0:38:33 > 0:38:37we turn up at the studio so we've got four or five hours of... Well,
0:38:37 > 0:38:41it's mainly for Bruno and Craig to get their make-up, on I think(!)
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Good luck.- Thank you very much, sir.- Good luck.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Thank you.- Good luck up that end.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Coming through.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51So, we've got all that build up,
0:38:51 > 0:38:55build up, build up and then, then we're on.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- Danny Mac.- Oh!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Good luck.- Good luck to you, my Claudini.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Have a lovely show. - You have a lovely show.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- I'll see you up there.- Yes.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08The joy, even if you're sleepy... I've currently got a cold, which is
0:39:08 > 0:39:11why I've got seven layers of foundation on, really sorry.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15But you come in and just the excitement and the buzz
0:39:15 > 0:39:17and the noise. You'll see through the corridors,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19people are trying on clothes,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22the amazing hair and make-up team, the costumes - all of it,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24that is thrilling.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Hey, ho!
0:39:26 > 0:39:29The energy crackles, you can stand at the top of the stairs when
0:39:29 > 0:39:32we're about to go down and Claudia and I look at each other and...
0:39:32 > 0:39:35We have our little secret signal that we have just before we start
0:39:35 > 0:39:37the show. it's our little good luck sign.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Best not share it or else... It might not work any more!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Here comes Claudia.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46STRICTLY THEME PLAYS A-ha!
0:39:46 > 0:39:48We just looked at each other and go, "It's happening."
0:39:48 > 0:39:53The adrenaline kicks in and it's an incredible buzz.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56ENTRY MUSIC FINISHES
0:39:56 > 0:39:58CROWD CHEERS
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- Please welcome...- The judges! - Here we go, I'm on.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02APPLAUSE
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Bruno Tonioli.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Craig Revel Horwood.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- Darcey Bussell.- And Len Goodman.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24CHEERING
0:40:24 > 0:40:27The judges, everyone.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Tess and Claudia are like two sides of a coin. One is very...
0:40:34 > 0:40:39..exactly on the money and correct and, then, Claudia is more jovial
0:40:39 > 0:40:43and fun. They work together absolutely beautifully.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48Every time you go near a prop, you let it go and it's a disaster.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52Not in the semifinal, my darling, I've glued my hands to it.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- Are you sure that's a good idea? - Absolutely. Ooh!
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Working with Claudia is just a complete hoot.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I'm sure you can imagine, she is hysterical,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08she has me in fits of laughter.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10During our meetings on a Friday, I've regularly got to leave
0:41:10 > 0:41:12the room and dab my eyes.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14The mascara is running, because she has me in stitches.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16MOUTHS: She's still down there.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Can't stop laughing. - I can't apologise enough.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30I am in love with Tess. I propose to her on a weekly basis.
0:41:30 > 0:41:36No, she's so brilliant and we're not the same, yet we totally click.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39I can't wait to see Aljaz playing a doctor.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Me, too, I'm actually feeling a bit ill.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Aljaz could you please come and give me a full body check-up.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47You know he's not really a doctor.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49That's all right, I'm not really ill.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53One of the great things about working on Strictly is that
0:41:53 > 0:41:55it genuinely is like a family atmosphere.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58People are happy to be there and it's a good vibe.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Everywhere you turn, there's goodwill.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05I think, as far as Strictly is concerned, Len is the daddy.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09The trouble is I'm a cup of tea in a world of skinny lattes.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14A lot of people in the ballroom world can take things very
0:42:14 > 0:42:17seriously and can, sort of, walk around with their nose
0:42:17 > 0:42:18in the air. But never Len.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23There's two things I really don't like - babies crying
0:42:23 > 0:42:27and hip-hop - so you was on the back foot a bit before we started.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29There are so many favourite Len moments.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Just working with him every week is such a treat.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35That little sparkle in his eyes, that cheeky little glint he has.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37I love watching him dance, when he comes onto the show
0:42:37 > 0:42:41at the beginning, when we introduce him and he interacts
0:42:41 > 0:42:44with the audience. He's high-fiving them, gliding past them, jiving.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46And I love all his Lenisms.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51What was the one he said to Anita Rani after her Argentine Tango?
0:42:51 > 0:42:56- It was like a cow pat on Countryfile - hot and steamy.- OK.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59He has a barrage, darling,
0:42:59 > 0:43:05of East End, sort of, Cockney boy slang phrases that he uses.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Shut up, close the door and call me Mary.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I've got one thing that Len said to me which has really stuck with me,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14he called me a doughnut, which was quite amusing.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18At the time, I was a little bit, "What? Did you call me a doughnut?"
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Doughnut, 8.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22But it's my thing, it's my thing with Len.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24He's called me a doughnut and I'll take that.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28It's a funny thing, he does say a lot and, quite often, within
0:43:28 > 0:43:33the spot, pickle his walnuts he'll go, "Phoarr! I loved it."
0:43:33 > 0:43:36If you're not back next week, I'll pickle me walnuts.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41"Pickle my walnuts." He's threatened to do that many, many times,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I still haven't seen his pickled walnuts.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47I don't even know what it is, but the thought of it sounds disgusting.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49It also sounds rude.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52If you don't go top tonight, I'm going to pickle on me walnuts.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Pickled walnuts, I had no idea what that means.
0:43:56 > 0:44:01To be 100% honest with you, I still don't, but I love the way it sounds!
0:44:01 > 0:44:03I'm not brave enough to ask him that.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05"So, what is pickling your walnuts?"
0:44:08 > 0:44:09Pickle me walnuts, you know.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12It was just an expression, I don't know where it came from.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Rumbas have been a little bit like Marmite for you, Len,
0:44:14 > 0:44:17this series - you've either loved them or hated them.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20This is like a pickled walnut and I love them.
0:44:20 > 0:44:25That's a pickled walnut. Hoooo.
0:44:25 > 0:44:26That needs a warning, doesn't it?
0:44:26 > 0:44:29They are delicious. Cut up with a bit of cheese.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33When I was a kid, my dad loved them, so he used to give me a bit,
0:44:33 > 0:44:38cos they're quite sharp and tangy.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Sharp and tasty, like a pickled walnut.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46You know, the funny thing is, all through my dancing,
0:44:46 > 0:44:50teaching career, when I taught.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53When I first opened a dance school,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56I just taught the general public, but gradually, I became what they
0:44:56 > 0:45:01call a "coach" and I started teaching the world champions,
0:45:01 > 0:45:04very high level, going all over the world,
0:45:04 > 0:45:09and I always tried to explain things with pictures, if you like.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12You were like a chess master.
0:45:12 > 0:45:17You plotted your way around that floor,
0:45:17 > 0:45:19every move carefully placed.
0:45:19 > 0:45:22That... was a mango of a tango - delicious!
0:45:22 > 0:45:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:24 > 0:45:26That's the way I am -
0:45:26 > 0:45:29my grandad always was coming out with quips
0:45:29 > 0:45:33and funny little comments that used to make us all chortle.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35There you were,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38like two sizzling sausages on a barbecue -
0:45:38 > 0:45:41coming out hot, full of rhythm, full of attack.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Your bum was bionic, flying about... LAUGHTER
0:45:45 > 0:45:48It's really good for the celebrity how positive he is.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Because he'll say what's wrong and can be improved, but then
0:45:50 > 0:45:54he'll go something like "But you came out and gave it your all!"
0:45:54 > 0:45:56And that builds them up.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59I tightened my buttocks when you did them kicks...
0:45:59 > 0:46:01LAUGHTER Oh...!
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It was a mix of Hollywood and a touch of Borehamwood.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06'The funny thing is,'
0:46:06 > 0:46:11with a good dancer, you're looking for things that are negative.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14You're looking for bad in a dance.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- You pick your feet up on the pivots...- Oh.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20On the double reverse spin, you had something going on there with
0:46:20 > 0:46:23your heel turns, that was a little bit cranky, but as they said
0:46:23 > 0:46:25you're the most elegant of dancers.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27But it wasn't flawless.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29BOOING
0:46:29 > 0:46:31- CRAIG:- Oh, dear...
0:46:31 > 0:46:34With bad dancers, you're looking for good.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36"Oh, he's terrible, isn't it?"
0:46:36 > 0:46:38"Oh, I don't know - he did THAT all right..."
0:46:38 > 0:46:42You know? So, it's a funny old business, really.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44With the good ones, you're looking for bad
0:46:44 > 0:46:47and with the bad ones, you're looking for good. Ha-ha!
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Listen...
0:46:48 > 0:46:51It's... LAUGHTER
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- I'm the one... JEREMY VINE:- I'm listening.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55I'm the old boy who knows everything.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56It's genius.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58WHOOPING AND APPLAUSE
0:46:59 > 0:47:02The judges have got a difficult job, because they've got to...
0:47:02 > 0:47:05You know, they can't go, "Yeah, that was all right."
0:47:05 > 0:47:09The next one comes on - "How was that?" "Well, it was all right..."
0:47:09 > 0:47:12"How was that?" "Yeah - no, it was all right."
0:47:12 > 0:47:13You can't have 12 of THEM.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Otherwise, everybody would... well, stop watching.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20You were like a panther stalking all the time, full of menace...
0:47:20 > 0:47:22The judges have got to be creative.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25I think that shows longevity for Len. He's still there
0:47:25 > 0:47:28and he's still able to put something out there
0:47:28 > 0:47:30that people grab onto.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32And it might be a "Lenism",
0:47:32 > 0:47:34it might be a walnut-pickling experience
0:47:34 > 0:47:35or it might be a doughnut.
0:47:35 > 0:47:40You floated across that floor like butter on a hot crumpet.
0:47:40 > 0:47:41WHOOPING
0:47:41 > 0:47:43You don't mind if he uses one of his gems on you.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47You can't waft enough. Once you've got all that gear on...
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I think the fact that he's made "Seven"
0:47:49 > 0:47:51a number to be reckoned with...
0:47:51 > 0:47:53I think is extraordinary.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55- Seven!- Yay!
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Seven!
0:47:57 > 0:47:59Seven!
0:47:59 > 0:48:01The amount of people that come up to me and go "Seven!",
0:48:01 > 0:48:02it drives me mad.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Not once do I get an eight.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05Seven!
0:48:05 > 0:48:09It is amazing that people absolutely love
0:48:09 > 0:48:11a cheer for the seven.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Because I'll hold up a seven and I'll get booed massively,
0:48:14 > 0:48:18and Darcey will hold up an eight and get a humungous cheer -
0:48:18 > 0:48:22Len will hold up a "Seven!", and get an even bigger cheer.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Seven! CHEERING
0:48:24 > 0:48:25But it's amazing, you know -
0:48:25 > 0:48:27if I walk through London or something,
0:48:27 > 0:48:31every other cabbie opens his window and shouts, "Seven!"
0:48:31 > 0:48:33"Yay! Hello..."
0:48:33 > 0:48:37I'm walking down the street, people are shouting out "Seven!"
0:48:37 > 0:48:41And I always say, "That's not my catchphrase, darling,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43"that's very much Len's."
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Who'd have thought "Seven!" would become a sort of a catchphrase?
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Seven!
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Seven!
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Seven!
0:48:51 > 0:48:53"That was a mango of a tango."
0:48:57 > 0:48:59There's always a good atmosphere
0:48:59 > 0:49:01when we're doing Strictly in the studio.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05But when you come here, something happens.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Blackpool is important to Strictly, but more than that,
0:49:09 > 0:49:12it is important to ballroom dancing.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16It's a very, very special place
0:49:16 > 0:49:17for the little world of ballroom dancing.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21- Let's hug...- I'm so cold!
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- Oh, what a lovely moment. - You are chilling! You're so cold.
0:49:25 > 0:49:26How is everything?
0:49:26 > 0:49:27Coming on. It's all good.
0:49:27 > 0:49:31- What are you doing, you doing a group number?- Two group numbers.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- It's Blackpool, you've got to do two group numbers.- Course you have.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36- One's never enough! - No. Everything is...
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Thing is, once you get to Blackpool,
0:49:38 > 0:49:41everything's bigger than it is when you're in the studio -
0:49:41 > 0:49:43the room's bigger, the crowd's bigger,
0:49:43 > 0:49:45- production's bigger...- Yeah.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46It's what we call bigger.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48It's just essentially bigger.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53- AJ:- Blackpool is Strictly on steroids -
0:49:53 > 0:49:56the floor's bouncing, everybody's going crazy...
0:49:56 > 0:49:57Trying to explain to your celebrity,
0:49:57 > 0:50:01"It's going to be more adrenaline" - you can't even explain it.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04When you get there it's like... "I know what you mean." It's crazy.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09It's amazing. It's completely different from being in the studio.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Everybody just has to up their game
0:50:11 > 0:50:15because by that time of the competition,
0:50:15 > 0:50:16all of the celebrities,
0:50:16 > 0:50:19whether with or without dance experience, have developed,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22and Blackpool is where you, kind of, show what you can do.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Tell me this, let me ask you a question -
0:50:24 > 0:50:27when was the first time YOU danced in Blackpool?
0:50:27 > 0:50:28'69.
0:50:28 > 0:50:311969.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34- How'd you do?- No good. Came all the way up -
0:50:34 > 0:50:38got all excited, dressed up, all ready to go, come on...
0:50:38 > 0:50:42One round, first round, there was 240 people -
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I was out. ANTON LAUGHS
0:50:46 > 0:50:48- ZOE BALL: - I think the history of the place,
0:50:48 > 0:50:50the fact that it is, sort of, like,
0:50:50 > 0:50:52the Mecca of dance...
0:50:52 > 0:50:55But also, the floor is sprung
0:50:55 > 0:50:57and the atmosphere in that room...
0:51:00 > 0:51:05And you see something happen to the celebrities when they get in there -
0:51:05 > 0:51:07"Wow, this is REALLY special."
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Makes you dance better, I always felt.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12You do. And what is weird -
0:51:12 > 0:51:16the couples on Strictly
0:51:16 > 0:51:18- tend to dance better. - Dance better. Yeah.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- Now, why is that? You're a very educated man.- Well, it's...
0:51:22 > 0:51:26It's because - one, you're in the home of ballroom dancing
0:51:26 > 0:51:29so you feel like... It must be like stepping out onto Wembley.
0:51:29 > 0:51:30Yeah. That's right.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33And you go, "Ooh, hello, I feel like I can play football."
0:51:33 > 0:51:36You come into here and you suddenly go, "Hello, this is a bit proper."
0:51:38 > 0:51:42When you arrive and you go into that room, you go, "Oh, my God -
0:51:42 > 0:51:44"I understand everything."
0:51:44 > 0:51:47So, it just sets a precedent.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50100%, they dance better at Blackpool.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54It is a special place
0:51:54 > 0:51:58and everyone seems to up their game and dance better. Such a big floor!
0:52:00 > 0:52:03Perfect example - Simon Webbe.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06Doing that fantastic tango.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08You could see that
0:52:08 > 0:52:09he got it.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12He got what dance is about.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16You see, dancing is only movement, if there isn't music.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19And if you get the music coming together with the dance,
0:52:19 > 0:52:23and expressing your movement
0:52:23 > 0:52:25through the music... Stopping...
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Slowly...
0:52:30 > 0:52:32MUSIC: El Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge!
0:52:32 > 0:52:34# Roxanne
0:52:34 > 0:52:36WHOOPING
0:52:36 > 0:52:37Turning...
0:52:37 > 0:52:40And it all fits with the music.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43# Roxanne
0:52:45 > 0:52:48# You don't have to sell your body to the night... #
0:52:48 > 0:52:50That's fantastic.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51And it makes you tingle.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54And that's what you got occasionally with dances
0:52:54 > 0:52:57throughout Strictly. Simon Webbe's was a great example.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00It was just...just perfect.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03# His lips caress your skin
0:53:04 > 0:53:09# It's more than I can stand
0:53:11 > 0:53:14# Roxanne! #
0:53:14 > 0:53:16CHEERING, WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- Ooh, I've still got it, don't you think?- Yeah.- Lost nothing.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23We've got the five points... I think, actually,
0:53:23 > 0:53:26- the way you're dancing, I think we might have six points!- Six!
0:53:26 > 0:53:28THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:53:34 > 0:53:36CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
0:53:37 > 0:53:39Hello, mate...
0:53:43 > 0:53:46'I don't know if people can understand it...'
0:53:46 > 0:53:47You're welcome.
0:53:47 > 0:53:54I have no feeling of being a celebrity. At all.
0:53:54 > 0:53:55- Len, can I get a photo...? - Thank you, Len.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57'None.'
0:53:57 > 0:54:00I'm just Len Goodman. I worked on the docks,
0:54:00 > 0:54:05I had a dance school in Dartford and I got on a...a dancing show.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08- There you are. How's that? - That's brilliant. Thank you, Len.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11You're in! Hey-hey!
0:54:12 > 0:54:15You must never forget who you are,
0:54:15 > 0:54:19and say, "Thank you, I'm so lucky.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21"Thank you for letting me have all this."
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Because Strictly changed my life.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Go on, Pash!
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Look at him.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30The Russians!
0:54:30 > 0:54:32LEN LAUGHS
0:54:32 > 0:54:33There you go!
0:54:33 > 0:54:36D'you know what I like about Strictly, as well?
0:54:36 > 0:54:38It's not about the judges.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Some of these other television programmes,
0:54:40 > 0:54:42it's ALL about the judges.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45See, we're just a cog in this wheel,
0:54:45 > 0:54:47which is Strictly.
0:54:47 > 0:54:48And it's a big machine,
0:54:48 > 0:54:50and we're just four little cogs down here.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53And that's why when people say, "Oh, it'll never be the same, Len,
0:54:53 > 0:54:57when you're gone." Course it will. I'm just a cog. They'll take me out
0:54:57 > 0:54:58and they'll put in another cog.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05I'm going to miss the pointing finger...
0:55:05 > 0:55:09He's always pointing fingers, saying "Don't listen to him!" You know?
0:55:09 > 0:55:13Don't listen up there. What's he on about?!
0:55:13 > 0:55:17I am going to miss our on-screen little battles.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18Cos I do like those.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21You looked under complete control throughout the dance.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25It was a fantastic... CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:28 > 0:55:32Not hearing his "Seven!", it's going to be really weird.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34But, you know...
0:55:34 > 0:55:36the show will go on.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39But at the same time, I'll miss you, Len.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42Who could ask for anything more?
0:55:42 > 0:55:45APPLAUSE AND WHISTLING
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Standing ovation, from Len...
0:55:49 > 0:55:53For him to say he is astounded how good you are...
0:55:56 > 0:55:59"Bye! This has been fun, but I think we're done here!"
0:55:59 > 0:56:01It doesn't GET any better than that.
0:56:02 > 0:56:07I thought it was a lovely, lovely dance. Congratulations.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10- CHEERING - Thank you. Whoa!
0:56:10 > 0:56:11I know I shouldn't be saying that,
0:56:11 > 0:56:14but he is, and always will be, my favourite judge.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18Absolutely fabulous. What a lovely performance. Beautiful.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I don't think anyone's ever going to forget Len.
0:56:20 > 0:56:24And I'm hoping he'll come back now and again and, you know, visit.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27Because he IS like the godfather of ballroom dance.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32LAUGHTER
0:56:34 > 0:56:35I know what'll happen.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37I'll be sitting at home watching it,
0:56:37 > 0:56:41and I'll be saying, "I should have gone on, I shouldn't have left.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42"Should have stayed there."
0:56:42 > 0:56:47But I know, actually, in my heart, that it's the right decision.
0:56:47 > 0:56:48It's a 10 from Len!
0:56:48 > 0:56:50CHEERING
0:56:50 > 0:56:55The one bit of advice I would give to whoever takes over -
0:56:55 > 0:56:58be honest and be yourself.
0:56:58 > 0:57:02And just say what you see.
0:57:02 > 0:57:03LAUGHTER
0:57:05 > 0:57:08'You put a smile on my old boat race, I'm telling you.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10'If you're in the bottom two, I'm gonna pickle me walnuts!'
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Hold me upside down and smack my bottom!
0:57:18 > 0:57:21He will forever be unforgettable.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23I can't even think about it without him.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26He is truly a legend and he will be greatly missed.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29Len, you're not allowed to leave. Could you just pass that on?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40INAUDIBLE
0:58:05 > 0:58:08MUSIC: Edge Hill by Groove Armada