Strictly Come Dancing will be returning to life pre-covid.
In the upcoming new season, show bosses have decided to axe covid protocols including scrapping the protective screens between judges. BBC bosses have also decided to have live studio audiences return to the show for the first time in two years, as it starts filming in autumn.
However, show bosses found that some of the changes introduced in the wake of the pandemic actually worked better and will be kept. These include recording the weekly group numbers with the professional dancers in one big batch ahead of the main competition starting.
