Strictly 2024: 10 of the best dances – from Pete’s PVC trousers to Punam’s couple’s choice

From Chris McCausland’s quickstep to JB Gill’s salsa and Toyah Willcox’s jive – here are some of the greatest highlights from the show this year

Bouncy, spangly, goofy: a Wicked-themed Charleston was always likely to play to Sarah Hadland’s strengths, but this musicals-week outing was a proper treat. The lifts were, ahem, gravity defying – as was Hadland’s evident core of steel as she flipped 180 degrees – but the best moments were when her feet briefly touched the floor perfectly in unison with the professional troupe. You have got to love how their grins seemed to genuinely match her own, even if the judges were miserly with their award of 38 points.