Strictly Come Dancing shock as Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announce exit from series

Strictly Come Dancing shock as Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly announce exit from series.

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00:00Hi it's Claude and Tess. There have been some rumblings and we want you to hear

00:04this from us. Yeah we have news. After 21 wonderfully joyful years on Strictly we

00:11have decided that the time is right to step aside and pass over the baton. The

00:15very sparkly baton. You've been here since the beginning. 2004 with Brucie.

00:21Lovely Bruce. I mean that's over two decades ago and a lot of that time has

00:25been with you. It's been a huge part of our lives hasn't it? Yeah. Since our

00:28children were literally babes in arms and now they're young adults and I think

00:33genuinely we have cherished every second. We have. We're so lucky to be a part of

00:38this amazing show and we just want to thank the Strictly team because Strictly

00:44is the people who make it so thank you. They are the very best team in

00:47television. We've been so lucky and the audience as well. They've been so

00:51wonderful. They've been with us for this entire journey of 21 years and we

00:55wouldn't have a show without them and they've been just so loyal and

00:58supportive. Correct. We are loving this series. We're gonna have a brilliant

01:02It's the best series isn't it? Series to come and we can't wait to get to Blackpool

01:06while we are going out. And we can't wait to do that show dance that we have long

01:09dreamt of and long to do. You have dreamt. No, we're doing it together. No, I will applaud from the side.

01:14Thank you. Have a great day. Please, Claude. Bye.