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Gemma Jones

BBC Strictly Come Dancing shake-up as Sunday's show is axed

There will be no Strictly Come Dancing on BBC this Sunday.

The popular ballroom dance show normally airs every Saturday, with the results show following each Sunday. However, this week the BBC programme has faced a bit of a shake up and will air on Friday, December 2 with the results show on Saturday, December 3 instead.

The timings will also be different as the main show will air at 8pm rather than 7pm and the results show will begin at 5.40pm rather than 6pm. This is due to the FIFA World Cup hosting a number of big games.

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The BBC and ITV are each sharing the coverage of the international football competition, meaning that a number of changes have had to be made to each channels schedule since the World Cup began. Lorraine Kelly commented on the changes as she interviewed comedian Ellie Taylor - who was eliminated from Strictly last weekend.

The Scottish presenter said: "Strictly continues on Friday. It's Friday this week, I know - That's going to make the whole weekend weird.

"Because we will all be thinking it's Saturday. It's all because of the World Cup which is throwing loads of things into confusion. Strictly on a Friday.... Hmm I'm not sure the universe can handle that."

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