BBC release first look at Strictly Come Dancing’s movie week

On Saturday, October 23, audiences can expect beautiful performances with music from their favourite films including, Beauty and the Beast, Pretty Woman, Grease and The Godfather among others.

Strictly Come Dancing is back in full force, and for some their favourite day of the year is fast approaching. We are under 24 hours away from Movie Week, one of the most anticipated themed episodes of the popular BBC dancing competition.

On Saturday, October 23, audiences can expect beautiful performances with music from their favourite films including, Beauty and the Beast, Pretty Woman, Grease and The Godfather among others.

Despite the excitement surrounding Movie Week, fans will be disappointed to see the first of this year’s celebrities leave the competition during the Results Show on Sunday, October 4. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter

The BBC have released a first look at this weekend’s show, and the fabulous film themed dances that the Strictly pros have in store for audiences. The performances were pre-recorded earlier this year. I love Strictly Come Dancing but it should stop now

The dancers will be going wild, dressing up as Zootropolis animals and dancing to Shakira’s Try Everything and Zoo from the movie. Viewers will be able to spot their favourite characters from the film including Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde and Mayor Winddancer from the second movie.

The Strictly pros will also be performing a major The Devil Wears Prada number, featuring judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mabuse as Meryl Streep’s iconic character Miranda Priestly.

Pictures show the judge in a platinum blonde bob wig with a gorgeous red sequin power suit.

They’ll be dancing to Lady Gaga’s songs from the sequel, Runway and Shape of a Woman.

So, what will the celebs and their partners be dancing too. Well, there are some classic movies and modern day blockbusters.

From sambas to quicksteps here is the full list:

• Bethany Antonia & Nancy Xu – Paso Doble to No Good Deed from Wicked: For Good
• Dani Dyer & Nikita Kuzmin – Foxtrot to Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast
• Delta Goodrem & Kai Widdrington – American Smooth to I’ll Never Love Again from A Star Is Born
• Jaime Winstone & Carlos Gu – Cha Cha to Oh, Pretty Woman from Pretty Woman
• Lacey Turner & Vito Coppola – Quickstep to I Knew It, I Knew You from Toy Story 5
• Melanie Walters & Aljaž Škorjanec – Waltz to Edelweiss from The Sound Of Music
• Dame Sarah Storey & Julian Caillon – Charleston to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins
• Tabby Stoecker & Mark Karmalita – American Smooth to Rewrite The Stars from The Greatest Showman
• Cach Mercer & Maddie Ingoldsby – Samba to We Go Together from Grease
• Chris Appleton & Amy Dowden – Cha Cha to I’m Always Here from Baywatch
• Graeme Hall & Lauren Oakley – Waltz to The Godfather Waltz from The Godfather
• John Nellis & Katya Jones – Couple’s Choice to An Irish Party in Third Class from Titanic
• Lawrence Robb & Jowita Przystał – Viennese Waltz to Le Festin from Ratatouille
• Shaun Wright-Phillips & Alexis Warr – Salsa to You Should Be Dancing from Saturday Night Fever
• Will Best & Dianne Buswell – Foxtrot to Old Time Rock & Roll from Risky Business

You can watch Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6.15pm on Saturday and 7.10pm on Sunday.