When does Strictly Come Dancing 2023 begin?

There is not too much longer to wait for Strictly Come Dancing fans, with series 21 less than four weeks away.

Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy is among the names set to take to the dancefloor, as is presenter Angela Scanlon and comedian Eddie Kadi.

The BBC has announced Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will return to hosting the series and that judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke will also be back.

In 2022, cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin and pro dancer Jowita Przystał took home the Glitterball trophy.

Here is how the 2023 series is shaping up:

According to a post on the BBC's Shows, Tours, and Take Part website, where viewers may request tickets to be in the audience, the first live show will be televised from the Strictly ballroom on Saturday, September 23.

The full list of televised live shows are:

Gorka Marquez, Johannes Radebe, Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Graziano Di Prima, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Luba Mushtuk, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas, and Vito Coppola will all be back.

There will also be room for Karen Hauer, Giovanni Pernice, Katya Jones, and last year’s champion Jowita Przystal.

Amy Dowden has confirmed she will not be back, as she continues treatment for breast cancer.

The confirmed line-up includes:

Our profiles for all of those confirmed so far can be found here.