Somewhere in Strictly HQ – which I imagine to be a whole floor of the BBC, festooned in chiffon and feathers and heady with the whiff of fake tan – there is someone whose job it is to keep the cogs of the Strictly machine turning, no matter what. Whatever the challenge, their job is to find a solution, roll it in glitter, then keep calm and cha-cha-cha on.
Social distancing on a dance show during a global pandemic? No problem – we’ll simply make all our celebrity/pro-dancer couples form support bubbles, even if they don’t see their families for weeks on end. Can’t have a studio audience? Not ideal, but we’ll fill a few chairs with masked crew members and pipe in some pre-recorded clapping. Finalists dropping out with Covid? It’s why we plan for four couples, so there’s a decent chance we’ll have at least two left standing at the end.
