Dancing on Ice
| Dancing on Ice | |
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| Created by | ITV |
| Directed by | Richard Valentine |
| Creative director(s) |
Christopher Dean Jayne Torvill |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 138 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jane Beacon Katie Rawcliffe |
| Producer(s) | ITV Studios |
| Location(s) |
Elstree Studios Shepperton Studios |
| Running time | 60–120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | LWT |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 14 January 2006 – 9 March 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Dancing on Ice is a British television show presented by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The series started on the 14 January 2006 and ended on 9 March 2014. Originally titled Skating with Celebrities, the show was renamed following the failure of ITV's celebrity oriented 2005 summer schedule. Dancing on Ice is frequently compared to the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. In 2004, the BBC aired a Strictly special entitled Strictly Ice Dancing at Christmas, which was won by England goalkeeper David Seaman (who was a contestant in series 1 of Dancing on Ice).
ITV's show was given a January premiere amidst network doubts about its viability but became a surprise hit in Britain, where it became the third highest rated television show of 2006. It attained an impressive 13 million viewers for the final in March. Britain's best-known ice-skating duo and former Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean help to train the aspiring dancers, and also appear throughout the show with comments and advice. Head Coach Karen Barber also trains the skaters for the live show. From the beginning, Torvill and Dean opened every episode with a performance, with the exception of the second, third and fourth shows of the fourth series, when Torvill performed alone due to Dean's recovery from a shoulder operation. In 2012 they performed less regularly.
Schofield previously presented with Holly Willoughby, with commentary from Tony Gubba and voiceovers done by John Sachs. The members of The Ice Panel were originally Karen Barber, Jason Gardiner, Nicky Slater and Robin Cousins, and the fifth judge varied from series to series: Karen Kresge in the first series, Natalia Bestemianova in the second, Ruthie Henshall in the third and fourth and Emma Bunton in the fifth. In series 6, there were only three judges: Gardiner, Cousins and Bunton.
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