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Celebrities take to the dance floor to perform a dazzling display of ballroom routines.

Dazzling routines, outrageous sets, flamboyant costumes and the occasional dance dis-aaa-ster.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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Strictly Come Dancing: Series 8

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Strictly Come Dancing: Series 8: Episode 27: Christmas Special

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Episode 27: Christmas Special

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BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing, Series 8, Christmas Special

A festive edition of the dance competition featuring five new celebrity contestants.

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host a festive edition of the show as Fern Britton, Ronni Ancona, Vince Cable, June Brown and John Barrowman take up the ballroom challenge.

Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly host a Christmas spectacular as five new celebrities take up the ballroom challenge. Broadcaster Fern Britton, actress and comedienne Ronni Ancona, the Right Honourable Vince Cable, EastEnders legend June Brown and star of stage and screen John Barrowman all compete on the dancefloor. But will their routines be Christmas crackers or Christmas turkeys?

Some familiar faces from the class of Strictly 2010 will also pop in for a special festive performance.

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The eighth series of the programme in which celebrities compete in a dancing contest.

Strictly's eighth series sees 14 celebrities take to the dancefloor with their professional partners. Who will glide to victory - and who will crash out of the contest?

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