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Strictly Come Dancing to film Blackpool special

Reality show to go back to roots

Alesha Dixon won Strictly Come Dancing in 2007

Strictly Come Dancing is returning to Blackpool.

A special one-off episode is to be filmed at the seaside town's famous Tower Ballroom after locals begged for the show to come back to its roots.

A campaign led by local MPs and backed by new judge Alesha Dixon, 30, persuaded bosses to revisit the landmark.

‘It’s great we’re going back to the home of ballroom. Blackpool will add extra sparkle to this series,’ BBC1 controller Jay Hunt tells The Sun.

The Tower Ballroom was host to Strictly’s predecessor Come Dancing.

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Lorraine Crowther