Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman presented the new series of Strictly Come Dancing with a heart warming, tear jerking tribute to its former host Sir Bruce Forsyth who sadly passed away earlier this year.

See the tribute at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05flpd8

They also announced the couple pairings as:

Gemma Atkinson & Aljaz Skorjanec
Debbie McGee & Giovanni Pernice
Chizzy Akudolu & Pasha Kovalev
Ruth Langsford & Anton Du Beke
Aston Merrygold & Janette Manrara
Reverend Richard Coles & Dianne Buswell
Davood Ghadami & Nadiya Bychkova
Simon Rimmer & Karen Clifton
Charlotte Hawkins & Brendan Cole
Mollie King & AJ Pritchard
Alexandra Burke & Gorka Marquez
Susan Calman & Kevin Clifton
Joe McFadden & Katya Jones
Jonnie Peacock & Oti Mabuse
Brian Conley & Amy Dowden

Watch the series beginning Saturday 23 September on BBC 1