To think that the answer to the Strictly saga isn't to provide chaperones?

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Surely any unacceptable behaviour means you're out and it is very unlikely therefore to happen again? Or do they think there are more dancers behaving this way, and if so, surely they can't continue with the show and bring in more celebrities to risk them being treated like that? I can't see who would sign up to the next series if the bosses are putting in chaperones because they may be exposed to potentially dangerous situations?

I wonder what the original safeguarding policy was, and what the dancers were asked to sign and adhere to.

I have this horrible feeling that the BBC executives were so giddy about the success of the 'flagship' show, and so agog to the skill and perceived warmth of the dancers, that anything went.

I also think that the original complainant who started this process off, did it in such an attention grabbing and mysterious way, that I almost want to disregard it against the others that followed. I'm sure someone wiser than me will be along to tell me why she had to do it this way, but surely official procedure and complaints could have started first.

The story of the parasympathetic who was clear he couldn't jump, was pushed into doing a jump and then had a serious knee injury- which was ignored by the team is awful.

Any chaperone would need to be fully trained on bullying + health and safety. And be prepared to stand up to producers.

This seems a lot to ask.

They need a whole change of mindset in senior management that the show is not above the law.

It doesn't make sense. These abuses happened during rehearsals which are recorded. The BBC managers were shown footage of the abuse and fired the perpetrator, yet the crew witnessed the abuse in order to record it. They filmed a woman being spat at, slapped and kicked and carried on recording.

I can’t see how the chaperones thing will work.
Aside from the fact that it shouldn’t be necessary, there’s surely a high chance the chaperones will be treated as “whistleblowers” and their lives/jobs will potentially be impacted

And as a celebrity how could you develop any level of trust with your professional if you have to have a chaperone there to make sure they don't kick you or abuse you! It's awful what happened, but if they think this isn't isolated to a very small number of professionals, then I think the show is on its way out.

I'm only just catching up with this news story now. Fucking hell. That is some basic level of obvious abuse!

Maybe its the (non abusive) professional dancers themselves that are requesting this to protect them from unfounded accusations. They must be feeling like they would be put in a vunerable position for the next series.

Part of the problem may lie in the brainwashed acceptance among professional dancers of the way they were treated and trained as youngsters, and they simply continue that learned behaviour, because for them, it worked. They don't know any different. This ingrained attitude across the dance world is rife, unfortunately.