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Strictly Come Dancing: Series 9

Bruce Forsyth

Tess Daly

Rob Colley

Clodagh O'Donoghue

Ed Booth

Dolly Parton

Strictly Come Dancing: Series 9: Episode 1: Launch Show

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Episode 1: Launch Show

Series 9

BBC One - Strictly Come Dancing, Series 9, Launch Show

The ninth series begins with a special red carpet launch show, featuring Dolly Parton.

Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly begin the ninth series of the celebrity dance contest with a red carpet launch show, featuring a very special performance from Dolly Parton.

It's time for BBC One to slip on its dancing shoes once again, as Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly bring back the sparkle to Saturday nights. 

In this special red carpet launch show, 14 brand new stars discover who their professional partners will be for the rest of the competition, plus they all take to the dance floor for the very first time. 

There's also a very special performance from the Queen of Country herself, Dolly Parton.

Let ballroom battle commence.

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

Strictly's ninth 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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