“After 21 wonderfully joyful years on ‘Strictly,’ we have decided that the time is right to step aside and pass on the baton,” Daly continued.

Strictly Come Dancing ’s long-standing presenters, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, have chosen this series to announce their departure from the programme, which has suffered a fraught couple of year...

“America is calling for Claudia. Her children are older and her husband (film producer Kris Thykier) already spends a lot of time in Hollywood.”