Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have announced they will be leaving Strictly Come Dancing after the current series ends. The pair announced the news on Instagram on Thursday and said in a joint statement that "now feels like the right time" for them to depart the BBC show. In a video, Tess said, "After 21 wonderful years on Strictly, we have decided that the time is right to step aside and pass over the baton."

Tess and Claudia's statement

"We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant

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