Series 23 of the popular BBC show Strictly Come Dancing kicks off at 6:40pm on Saturday night.
Although the show is usually filmed at Elstree Studios in London, the annual Blackpool Week has been a fixture in the Strictly schedule since 2009.
Blackpool Week is widely considered the pinnacle in the Strictly calender and tickets for the show are hotly sought after by local residents, with all tickets for 2025 being allocated already!
For 2025, Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool Week takes place on Saturday, November 22 but before then, why not whet your appetite with 17 glamorous pictures from Strictly’s Blackpool Week last year and in 2023.
*The below gallery has now also been updated to include the 2025 images...
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1. Strictly's Blackpool Week 2025 (1)
Claudia Winkleman, Tess Daly, and the Strictly Come Dancing celebrities with their professional dancers during the Blackpool epsiode in 2025 | BBC/Guy Levy
2. Strictly's Blackpool Week 2024 (1)
The opening dance number for Strictly Come Dancing in Blackpool 2024 | BBC/Guy Levy
3. Strictly's Blackpool Week 2023 (1)
The opening dance number for Strictly Come Dancing in Blackpool 2023 | BBC/Guy Levy Photo: Guy Levy
4. Strictly's Blackpool Week 2025 (2)
Eventual series winners Karen Carney and Carlos Gu dancing the paso doble | BBC/Guy Levy