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Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories.

Award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories.

Award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories. Got a story to share? Get in touch via email: stacey@bbc.co.uk or use the hashtag #staceydooleypodcast 

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Kevin Clifton: Strictly Come Tapping

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After Strictly, Kev was without work in lockdown. But he tap-danced his way to success...

Stacey’s other half Kevin Clifton talks about leaving Strictly, being without work during the pandemic, and learning to tap dance from scratch for the role of a lifetime.

Watching a play 15 years ago, Kevin Clifton realised he didn’t want to compete in ballroom - he wanted to work in theatre.

After a successful run as a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing (and taking the Glitterball with our Stacey!), he decided to follow up on his dream, leaving the show for the West End. But disaster struck – the pandemic hit, and all Kev’s work dried up. So in a fresh start of his own, Kev decided to learn to tap dance from SCRATCH to bag the role of a lifetime – performing on the very same stage he was inspired by all those years ago.

In a heart to heart with her other half, Stacey explores the value of persistence when the tide seems to be against you.

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Presenter: Stacey Dooley
Producers: Blanca Muñoz, Francesca Bent
Executive producer: Natasha Johansson

This has been a Little Dooley production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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Stacey meets people from all walks of life to hear the highs and lows of starting over.

From learning to read later in life, to swapping the nine-to-five to fight crime... Stacey talks to people from all walks of life about the highs and lows of dealing with change.

From learning to read later in life, to swapping the nine-to-five for fighting crime... Stacey talks to people from all walks of life about the highs and lows of dealing with change. Available exclusively on BBC Sounds. Got a story to share? Get in touch via email: stacey@bbc.co.uk or use the hashtag #staceydooleypodcast

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