A look back at Strictly Come Dancing's Blackpool Weeks as the BBC show returns tonight

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...