The show will also be endlessly discussed on the radio, in print, across social media and by — seemingly — all of your friends and relatives. If you’re a Strictly refusenik, like me, it’s a trying time. Twenty-three years of fevered debate about who’s going to be on it, who’s going to be paired with who, and who’s having an affair with their dancer. At least on Bake Off, a much more superior reality show, there’s a clear distinction between a Battenberg and a Garibaldi. ‘Wasn’t Craig hilarious this week?’ or ‘that paso doble wasn’t up to much.