It'll be back next year

lets hope so!! although i dont know whether i can wait a whole year!! I will really miss watching torvill and dean perform because theyre great on ice, and its quite sad to think that chris will be going back to america and him and jayne wont skate again for a long time.

Apparently ITV are trying to sort out an Australian version, and according to the thread I was reading, T&D will be involved in this one too. They are looking for celebs/skaters now, training starts in April, and the show starts at the beginning of July. This doesn't surprise me T&D spent a lot of time touring in Oz as pros and love it down there. Maybe they'll take their families with them.

If this does happen I personally have my doubts they would do another UK DoI, certainly not early in 2007, later in the year or early 2008 maybe.

They will have been working solidly on this show, in its various incarnations since October 2005. If the Aussie show runs for 8- 9 weeks that will be 12 months solid with hardly any time off!

T&D themselves only started working on DoI in early December though, so presumably they'd only go to Oz in early June, which wouldn't be so bad. A three month stint on each, I guess.

And you never know, maybe ITV would show the Oz version here eventually too

I read on another forum that T&D are already signed up for series 2 of DOI. To be honest It wouldn't be the same without them, they make it more than just another reality show.

Yeah i also read somewhere that T&D were signed up for another series of DOI. Dont know if thats correct or not. They certainly seem in their element.

i know what u mean, both of them said that the loved working together again so lets hope they have signed a contract for another series!

I really, really hope DOI will be back in the UK next year for another series (but if Torvill and Dean aren't involved it won't be anything like as good, for me!)

If they do a series in Oz and then come back and do one here, I'll be looking forward to how much they picked up the Australian accent again
Chris's is more American now but Jayne still has the odd Ozzie twang

Interview in today's Mirror:

Back to the Bolero

actually i think he said "don't cry on me, it's no good f*%£ing crying ... " because she admited that she didn't want to be there that day and wasn't up for making all the changes.

i don't think many people can imagine the pressure they were under in that training session. 10 days to change 80% of their free dance before their big olympic comeback - the entire reputation they had built up was resting on it. it really annoys me how sanctemoneous people are when they complain about chris in the documentary. i know i am much more horrid when i'm under much less pressure!!! it's like having cross words with a sibling, it's really not a big deal. i feel i should defend him!!!!

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Oh, don't get me wrong, I understand that!
I think It's been taken out of context and analysed too much as well, everybody has their moments and It's really only to be expected.
Not many people could put up with the amount of pressure they were put under, and It's very understandable that it would all bubble over occasionally.

Chris is a perfectionist, and Jayne is more laid back and willing to go with the flow, and while this makes for a good partnership, it would also obviously lead to a certain amount of conflict.
On the other hand, I hate to see anyone crying and no matter who it was or what had happened I'd always go and give them a hug, definitely not make them feel worse by having a go. Especially someone as lovely and sweet as Jayne, who (from what I've heard) didn't deserve to be snapped at so harshly.

Anyway, someone is very kindly uploading the documentary for me soon so I'll watch it and let you know what I think after seeing it for myself

Yeah i think he was likely as stressed and fed up and like Jayne did not want to be there but knew they had to be. And he took his frustration out on her. I bet 10 mins after it they had forgotten all about it. You dont have a partnership like theres if that was there working relationship. It just made good TV.

yeah after it was released on television Chris and Jayne both said that what the cameras didnt see was Chris going after her to sort things out off the ice. No doubt he apologised and gave her a hug so that there werent any hard feelings

It would be nice if the interest from the show means that Jayne and Chris belatedly get the recognition they deserve. Dame Jayne and Sir Chris anyone.

Are you listening Mr Blair

Totally agreed, sorry but if Kelly holmes gets a damehood and Jayne Torvill never gets one, that'd be ridiculous.

It was so wonderful seeing Jayne and Chris performing bolero again tonight. I remember in 1984 being totally awestruck by their performance, it was so unique and so dramatic. I do hope this is the first of many more appearances by them. I've enjoyed watching them throughout the whole series. Magic!

Absolutely. They won Olympic gold, then came back and took bronze after 10 years out. And 12 years after that they are still the perfect icons both in sportsmanship and by being the type of 'celebrity' that we really should be promoting. For them to be held in such esteem after so long is a true measure of what they have done for the country and for the sport and it's shameful that all they have is a poxy (can I say that here?!) OBE.

Sir Chris and Dame Jayne for sure!

Surely after this. In the next honour lists they will be a dame and sir. Though they should ahve been ones years ago.

i am not old enough to have watched bolero in 84 and hadn't really heard of them before DoI. My mum mentioned them once. But i was at the age where it is a general rule that you do not like anything that your parents like. I started watching DoI for the celebrities - John Barrowman in particular, and i fell in love with Torvill and Dean that was why i kept watching it - the best bits of DoI are T&D's performances. At the end i didn't care who won i just wanted to see them perform. I watched the 84 Bolero minutes before they performed the 06 Bolero. All i can say Oh My God. They are genius's. They should be Dame and Sir coz once again they've put skating in the public eye - i went to skate for the first time in over 5 years coz of the show.
Did i mention they were genius's!

I honestly find it quite disturbing that there are some people who had never heard of T&D before DOI! If they are not old enough to remember Bolero(Im not I was only 18 months old at the time), then surely they remember Lets Face the Music and dance and their comeback? I was eleven going on twelve then and remember it like it was yesterday.

My cousin had never heard of them, but she's only 13. A baby back in 94.

Like you i have found it disturbing how many people say they never had heard of them. But then again like u as i am the same age it is 94 that i vividly remember. Least it has brought them to a who new generation who def know who they are now.

Absolutely.

They are wonderful professionals and lovely people as well.

I thought they won silver. I remember watching it and they were fantastic, the crowd booed the judges and the first place winners ( russians I think ) looked totally embarrassed at the awards ceremony.

Yes, it would be lovely to see them again in something.

I hope that T & D are able secure the rights to release a 'Best of' DVD. I can't believe how many people haven't seen Bolero in all it's glory. I've been lucky enough to see it performed live on a few occasions and it's breathtaking.

But there's so much more to see! Many of the routines Chris and Jayne put together after they turned professional are even more amazing - of the top of my head, some of my favourites are Missing, Encounter, Hat Trick and Revolution. They definitely deserve a wider audience and hopefully DOI will help them get it.

Would help with the withdrawl symptoms I'm gonna have from not seeing T&D on the telly every Saturday night!