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Strictly Come Dancing: Series 22

27 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 2024 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Strictly Come Dancing

Season 22 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 21.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 22 Episodes

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S22·E1 Mytharc

Launch Show

Sep 14, 2024 · 99 min

Strictly Come Dancing celebrates 20 years in the ballroom. Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman alongside judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse

S22·E2 Core

Week 1

Sep 21, 2024 · 144 min

It's the first live show of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, and our professional dancers open it in style with a fabulously fiery group number. Fifteen brand new couples perform their

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Week 2

Sep 28, 2024 · 136 min

Tess and Claud welcome our new couples back to the dance floor, and while they’re all still hoping for high scores from the judges, they are also, for the first time, dancing for y

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Week 2 Results

Sep 29, 2024 · 45 min

It's the first results show of the series, plus music from Ezra Collective ft Yazmin Lacey.

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Week 3

Oct 5, 2024 · 132 min

Popcorn at the ready - it's movie night in the ballroom! Our couples perform routines inspired by iconic films from across the decades, hoping to win rave reviews from the judges.

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Week 3 Results

Oct 6, 2024 · 43 min

Our ballroom blockbuster continues. Neil finds himself starring in his very own romantic comedy in the professional group number, and incredible pianist Alexis Ffrench performs. Tw

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Week 4

Oct 12, 2024 · 119 min

The competition continues as Tess and Claud welcome our couples back to the ballroom. With record-breaking performances achieved already this series, who knows what we can expect t

S22·E8 Core

Week 4 Results

Oct 13, 2024 · 42 min

It’s results time as our couples find out who is at risk of leaving the competition. There’s also music from Snow Patrol and our professionals perform a love story to a Taylor Swif

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Week 5

Oct 19, 2024 · 111 min

Tess and Claud welcome you to another weekend of Strictly as our remaining couples show off the results of their latest week of training.

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Week 5 Results

Oct 20, 2024 · 42 min

Sophie Ellis-Bextor performs live in the studio, our professionals perform a fiery paso doble, and two couples go head-to-head in the dreaded dance-off.

S22·E11 Core

Week 6

Oct 26, 2024 · 105 min

It’s fright night in the ballroom! Expect terrifying transformations as our remaining couples get into the Halloween spirit with some spooky new routines.

S22·E12 Core

Week 6 Results

Oct 27, 2024 · 42 min

Halloween weekend continues, and things get frightening for our couples as they find out the results. Lady Blackbird provides the music, and our professionals perform a Beetlejuice

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Week 7

Nov 2, 2024 · 109 min

For the first time in Strictly history, it’s Icons Week in the ballroom, with the couples performing routines that honour some of the most influential music artists of all time.

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Week 7 Results

Nov 3, 2024 · 42 min

In honour of Icons Week, our professionals celebrate Beyoncé with a very special routine, and there is music from pop group Dear Alice, all ahead of the dance-off.

S22·E15 Core

Week 8

Nov 9, 2024 · 89 min

The battle for Blackpool is on! Our couples return to the dance floor, with routines they hope will earn them a place at the iconic Tower Ballroom next weekend. The judges cast the

S22·E16 Core

Week 8 Results

Nov 10, 2024 · 41 min

The stakes are high in the ballroom, as all roads now lead to Blackpool. There’s also music from Ball & Boe and a poignant routine from our professionals to mark Remembrance Sunday

S22·E17 Core

Blackpool Special

Nov 16, 2024 · 88 min

Strictly returns to its second home, the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Our professionals give a spectacular performance starring the Pet Shop Boys before our couples take to the world-

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Week 9 Results

Nov 17, 2024 · 42 min

It’s back to the Tower Ballroom for the latest round of results. Which two couples will have to dance again for the judges? The Pet Shop Boys provide the music, and our professiona

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Week 10

Nov 23, 2024 · 81 min

Our couples return to the Strictly ballroom and take on a brand new challenge, the first ever samba-thon. Who will volta their way to victory?

S22·E20 Core

Week 10 Results

Nov 24, 2024 · 42 min

Tess and Claud return with the results as our couples find out who has made it through to next weekend’s musicals special. And two more couples go head-to-head in the dance-off.

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Week 11

Nov 30, 2024 · 69 min

It’s curtain-up on musicals week as our professionals open the show with a number from Little Shop of Horrors.

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Week 11 Results

Dec 1, 2024 · 39 min

It’s act two of our musicals weekend, with a place in the semi-final at stake. Our professionals dance to a classic from Sunset Boulevard, and the cast of Hamilton also perform in

S22·E23 Core

Week 12

Dec 7, 2024 · 104 min

It’s semi-final weekend in the ballroom, and that means double dancing for our remaining couples as they perform two brand new routines.

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Week 12 Results

Dec 8, 2024 · 41 min

The tension is high in the ballroom, with the glitterball now in touching distance. After 12 weeks of competition, who has done enough to earn a place in next week’s grand final?

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The Final

Dec 14, 2024 · 152 min

Tess and Claud welcome you to the biggest night in the ballroom, the Strictly Come Dancing grand final. After months of dancing and many hours of training, it all comes down to thi

S22·E26 Mytharc

20 Fabulous Years

Dec 21, 2024 · 74 min

Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman for a sparkling celebration of two decades of Strictly Come Dancing.

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Christmas Special

Dec 25, 2024 · 74 min

Join Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman as six stars test out their festive footwork in a bid to impress the judges and be crowned Christmas Champion 2024.

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