Strictly Come Dancing: Series 22
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.
Episode Guide
Season 22 Progress Shield
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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-
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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
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.
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.