There was never a scenario where the BBC would consider not airing Strictly Come Dancing in 2020.
The Beeb's flagship show has always been a ratings hit and has solidified the careers of established stars and helped make household names of others.
However, with other stalwart shows such as EastEnders and Line of Duty going off-air or delaying filming, fears persisted that Strictly Come Dancing would face too many issues to return on time.
Yet, the BBC has a detailed action plan in place for how to deal with a number of scenarios as the nature of restrictions to protect the public from Covid-19 are ever-changing.
An insider told The Sun: "The goalposts keep moving, so the big decisions are being left to the last minute so we're as up to date as possible.
"But any concrete things we can decide on now, we are doing. Making one hit series is hard enough. As things stand, we are having to plan for hundreds."
These "hundreds" of shows all deal with varying degrees of changes to restrictions, however, there are some areas now that appear to be certain.
There will be a much emptier studio than usual as the Elstree studio has a scaled-back studio audience to enable social distancing.
Even the crew itself will be majorly scaled back, as will security as the audience is reduced.
"Anyone deemed nonessential is a goner," added the insider to the paper.
"There's around 25 per cent of the usual crew working on the show."
The judges - Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Bruno Tonioli - are all due to return, unless Bruno faces issues travelling to the UK.
However, all will no longer be able to bring their entourages and personal teams with them as the show takes on a much more bare-bones approach.
The big group dance numbers will be a thing of the past this year, with dances also being pre-recorded and not live to enable production more room for manoeuvre if they run into issues.
With talk of the professional dancers having to stay with their celebrity partners, the final decision on living arrangements remains unknown, as dancer Janette Manrara is uncertain whether she will be able to stay with co-star and husband, Aljaz Skorjanec.
Janette told the paper: "I just hope Aljaz and I can stay together. We are a married couple so I would hope we can."
The dancers have been rehearsing since July but still don't know what form the real show will take.
The celebrity line-up itself has not been finalised as the show is reportedly trying to find big-name celebrities who don't require a large pay-out and who are willing to sacrifice a huge chunk of their showbiz diaries later this year - and with the potential for further time-consuming regulations in place.
The paper confirmed, however, that the series is already filming, so fans of Strictly can rest assured that the show is definitely on its way back but will be much different beast in 2020.
Strictly Come Dancing will return to BBC One later this year.
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