The highlights of this major international event in the world of professional dancing from the Empress Ballroom Blackpool.

This championship is the climax to Blackpool's Dance Festival week. It has a truly international flavour with competitors coming from as far afield as Japan and the United States. They are judged over four dances-the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, and tango.
The spectators are almost as international in make-up as the competitors, and every seat and standing space in the ballroom has been booked for months.