Strictly Come Dancing: Series 21
Season 21 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Strictly Come Dancing Season 20.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 21 Progress Shield
Launch Show
Sep 16, 2023 · 100 min
Strictly Come Dancing is back! Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as 15 brand new celebrities are welcomed to the Strictly ballroom.
Week 1
Sep 23, 2023 · 140 min
Tess and Claud are back with the first live show of Strictly Come Dancing 2023, opening with a stunning group performance from our professional dancers showing the brand new cast h
Week 2
Sep 30, 2023 · 135 min
The 15 new couples return live to the Strictly ballroom and perform to keep their place in the competition. The week one leaderboard stands as the judges scores have been carried o
Week 2 Results
Oct 1, 2023 · 45 min
It’s the first results show of the series, and it opens with an incredible group number medley in tribute to the iconic Tina Turner.
Week 3
Oct 7, 2023 · 133 min
The magic of the movies comes to the Strictly ballroom as the show opens with a beautiful routine by our professional dancers celebrating 100 years of Disney. Taking inspiration fr
Week 3 Results
Oct 8, 2023 · 43 min
Movie Week continues. Opening the results show, our professional dancers take us on a visit to Barbie Land, and the incredible Madison Beer performs in the ballroom. Two couples wi
Week 4
Oct 14, 2023 · 118 min
It’s week four of the competition, and our remaining couples are back on the ballroom floor, dancing for your votes at home. Hoping to impress the judges and land in an enviable po
Week 4 Results
Oct 15, 2023 · 41 min
The results show opens with a beautiful love story from our professional dancers, and the incredible Beverley Knight performs in the ballroom. Our couples' fate hangs in the balan
Week 5
Oct 21, 2023 · 110 min
Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman live from the Strictly Ballroom as our remaining couples take to the floor with more brand new, spectacular routines. With a place at next week
Week 5 Results
Oct 22, 2023 · 41 min
Tonight’s results show opens with a 60s Fosse-inspired number from our Strictly professionals and a music performance from Bastille. Sadly, one couple’s time on Strictly will come
Halloween Special
Oct 28, 2023 · 105 min
It’s the Strictly Come Dancing Halloween Special! The remaining couples will perform lots of tricks and treats to wow the judges and win your votes at home. We are fast approaching
Week 6 Results
Oct 29, 2023 · 39 min
The results show opens with a Wednesday Addams-inspired routine from the Strictly professionals, and there will be a music performance from the legend that is Rick Astley. The two
Week 7
Nov 4, 2023 · 85 min
Halfway through the series, the competition is still wide open. The couples are back with their brand new routines, hoping to impress the judges and you at home. Join Tess and Clau
Week 7 Results
Nov 5, 2023 · 42 min
Everyone is back in the ballroom for the Week 7 results show, opening with a magnificent Afro-Latin festival routine from our Strictly professionals alongside some special guests a
Week 8
Nov 11, 2023 · 77 min
Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as the remaining couples bring more fantastic routines to the Strictly ballroom. It's an important week to impress the judges and win votes at
Week 8 Results
Nov 12, 2023 · 39 min
The results show opens with a beautiful Remembrance Sunday routine from the professional dancers and a very special music performance from Andrea and Virginia Bocelli. The two coup
Blackpool Special
Nov 18, 2023 · 77 min
The time has arrived for the Strictly Blackpool Special, live from the iconic Blackpool Tower Ballroom. We celebrate our annual trip to the home of ballroom dancing with an incredi
Blackpool Special Results
Nov 19, 2023 · 39 min
It’s back to the Blackpool Tower for the results show. Our professional dancers open the show with a fantastic group number, and Madness perform in the ballroom. At this stage of t
Week 10
Nov 25, 2023 · 61 min
As Strictly Come Dancing approaches the business end of the competition, the couples have more to do than ever to secure their place in the quarter-final Musicals Special. Expectat
Week 10 Results
Nov 26, 2023 · 39 min
The show opens with a Hollywood glam-inspired routine from our professional dancers, with Texas performing in the ballroom. Our couples can do no more. How have your votes at home
Musicals Special
Dec 2, 2023 · 58 min
The week of the musicals special has arrived, and it opens with a beautiful My Fair Lady group number from our professional dancers. Our remaining couples will take to the ballroom
Week 11 Results
Dec 3, 2023 · 38 min
This week's results show opens with our professional dancers performing a dazzling routine inspired by Chorus Line, and also features music from Joss Stone singing This Time from t
Week 12
Dec 9, 2023 · 83 min
It's the semi-final, with our couples performing twice in their bid to make it through to the grand final. It will be the most challenging week yet for our celebrities as they mast
Week 12 Results
Dec 10, 2023 · 39 min
The final results show of 2023 opens with a fantastic group number from our Strictly professionals and an incredible music performance from Take That. Your votes at home have never
The Final
Dec 16, 2023 · 124 min
It’s the grand final of Strictly Come Dancing 2023. After 12 weeks of competition, we have our finalists, and one of them will lift the Glitterball Trophy tonight. Join Tess Daly a
Christmas Special
Dec 25, 2023 · 70 min
Strictly Come Dancing returns to the ballroom for a Christmas special bringing festive fun, frolics and fab-u-lous dancing for all the family to enjoy on Christmas Day. Join Tess