The BBC is conducting an internal investigation after multiple allegations that participants on the broadcaster’s megahit dance competition, Strictly Come Dancing, have been bullied and abused during the rehearsal process.
The Strictly saga is the latest in a succession of duty-of-care scandals in television. In 2019, the suicides of two former Love Island contestants and a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show led to a parliamentary inquiry and changes to the broadcasting code. The code now requires broadcasters to take “due care” of vulnerable people.
