Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly’s departure from Strictly Come Dancing leaves big shoes, and fringes, to fill.

Big names will need a thick skin to sign up for the reinvention of a huge family entertainment brand that has recently become dogged by scandal.

But Strictly remains one of the few shows that can attract millions of live viewers in the streaming age and the new faces could follow Winkleman and Daly by joining the pantheon of national treasures if they get their footwork right.

So who are the candidates to take over the biggest – and most closely scrutinised – entertainment show on British TV? New Feature

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Holly Willoughby

BBC bosses have long coveted ITV’s former daytime queen to add to their Saturday night presenting li

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