Arlene Phillips on her time as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing - How To Fail with Elizabeth Day

Oh my. I can’t tell you how moving I found this interview. That doesn’t mean it’s a weepy one - sometimes, the most powerful exchanges are the ones where you witness the sheer strength it takes someone *no*t to cry.
Dame Arlene Phillips is defined by her strength: strength of mind and of body (at 80, she’s still hard at work as a hit choreographer). You’ll know her as an internationally celebrated jazz and musical theatre legend, who has worked on some of the biggest-selling musicals in West End and Broadway theatre, as well as a number of blockbuster movies. But you might not know she lost her mum to leukaemia when she was just 15, had a challenging upbringing and had her second baby when she was 47 years old (she thought the pregnancy symptoms were signs of perimenopause).
Listen to the full interview now on How To Fail with Elizabeth Day, wherever you get your podcasts: listen.sonymusic-podcasts.lin...

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I stopped watching stricktly when Arlene was ousted.