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Janette Manrara halted Strictly Come Dancing's spin-off series It Takes Two to address Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman's exits from the programme.

Fans of the BBC dancing competition were left stunned on Thursday morning (October 23) when the presenters announced on social media that they will be leaving Strictly at the end of its ongoing 23rd series.

Announcing their exit news, Tess and Claudia said in a joint 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 te

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