Hey everyone, Just been on Darren and Lilias website and there is a link to the BBC saying that tickets will be available from the 13th of September!

Strictly Come Dancing is back for a new series with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly.



Recordings will be on Saturday evenings in October, November and December.

Tickets are limited and will be available by telephone only on 0870 9011227 from 8.00am, 13th September.


I will, unfortunately, be unable to go as I am a school teacher and couldnt make it down but...................knock yourselves out!

ah!!!!!!!!! Thanks! Is the final on the 24th of December?

Not sure to be honest -all it says it that shows will be broadcast in October, November and December.
Does strictly start on the 7th or the 14th?

Someone was saying October the 7th would that add up right? I hope so because thats the only time I would be able to make!

Ill be happy to go to any of them!! ill malke a note of that number!

I would love to go - the atmosphere, the dancers, bruce, tess, the judges!! OMG I just hope I can get a ticket!!

Yes October 7th is the start date for SCD4, so get in quickly, if you want a ticket for that date. Good Luck.

Can someone please tell me where SCD is filmed?

BBC Television Centre
Wood Lane
London

hope that helps

Thanks very much - It does help

Does anyone know how it works?? Presumably you can request dates etc. How many tickets are you allowed wouldn't think it was more than 4 but it may only be 2...I don't know...

Did any one go last year that can help??

When you phone up they ask you which date you would like and how many tickets, or at least they did last year. However, I hope everyone is aware that they do not allocate tickets to everyone who requests them, even if they tell you that there is availability of that day, you have to wait to hear from them, and even then they allocate far more than they have room for, so you could end up queueing all day and then be turned away at the door! Not the best of systems???

I actually had two last year, but was unable to go in the end as I was running a dance weekend myself at short notice, which was incredibly disappointing!

I actually think its a hugely unfair system, when I went to SDF they apparently turned away 200 people!!!!!!!! When a show is that popular you really don't need that much over allocation. And this year its a 0870 number (or something) ie not just the usual 020 local number - will that mean the Beeb make heaps of money out of us????

I think we should all boy cott them and they have no audience.........

Ok maybe not then!!!!

Really? I've never known them turn away more than about 50 or so. There must have been an extreme, unforseen loss of studio capacity for that to happen.

They do issue a few more tickets than there are studio seats (to ensure the studio is full if there are no-shows), but I have never known anything like that.

Thanks very much for the info regarding tickets. I suppose they have to over allocate to allow for people who don't turn up but I would hate to travel up to London with tickets and then be turned away at the door. How long do you have to queue up for? I would love to go and see a live show but am a bit too old to stand in a queue for hours. Does anyone know what time you have to get there to ensure getting in?

My friend went to the same show I think. She was there early and near the front of the queue but didn't didn't get in, neither did some relatives of dancers that were in the show.

Apparently on that night, they had more "production tickets" who are guaranteed a seat, and they gave out too many free tickets for that particular show in error. Only about 50 of the general public got in is what I heard!

I've been to various BBC shows (although not SCD - Yet) and the routine is always the same. Because the tickets are free, they issue too many in order to cover no-shows. You do have to get there very early, and queue, but I've found the people who issue the tickets to be very friendly and reasonable. Once you know you've been issued with a ticket, I would suggest you call them and explain that you are a bit too old to queue. I feel pretty confident that they would then upgrade you to a "priority pass", which guarantees a seat providing you are there at a certain time (less than an hour before the doors open). And you can always take a folding chair!

Thanks for the advice Fern. If I manage to get some tickets I'll phone them and see what they have to say. I could manage to queue for an hour or so but would find a lot longer hard to do.

Does anyone know what time the doors open?

Thanks for all the info
I can see why they over allocate the tickets and like any performance you can't garentee a full audience even if all the tickets are gone.

As its a live show there isn't time to get home before it goes to air - maybe we could persuade them to put up a big screen to watch it on outside. I would hate to get all the way up there, not get in, and not be able to watch it either (until I got home to watch the recording!!) Still going to apply for tickets though !!

I'm not being funny, but under what criteria would / should get an upgrade to a priority pass???? Having been there several times for SDF and SCD I think there would be a riot if this info got out. What is "a bit too old"????

I would suggest only some kind of disability would result in an upgrade - however, as this is a fluffy forum I don't want to start a riot.

Has anyone ever tried to get in as priority? What did the beeb say?

however, if you take a folding chair they do have a cloak room for it, so that is a good idea.

I don't know what criteria would be used to allocate Priority Passes, but it's worth a try if it's the only way someone could possibly attend. I have been given priority passes for other shows, without asking for them, when I mentioned that there was no way I could get there 4 hours early because I was at work. As I say, that was for other shows, so the rules could be very different for SCD. But if you genuinely need it, it's worth a try - if they say no then you could decline the ticket.

thanks for that - maybe it depends how desparate they are for an audience and how popular the shows are. May I ask what show you got a priority pass for?

i would love to go, but i'd hate to get tickets, travel 4 hours to London then get turned away. Can you get a priority pass if you are coming a long way?

Apologies if I've caused confusion re priority passes. I have no idea why they give them out, or even IF they give them out for SCD. But it's always worth asking - they can only say no.

This is hopeless - permanent engaged tone on ticket line. The whole office here is trying to get through, but none of us has managed it.

They've probably taken the phone off the hook.