Week 7 marks the near midpoint of a Strictly series which must mean it’s time for our annual quick stats and facts review.

Here we explore six facts and stats from the first seven weeks of the show – some you may know, others you may not and one or two will probably surprise you, as they did us!

After Tony and Katya quickstepped to an improved score by 12 points on Saturday, it’s true that everyone loves to see a Strictly partnership who improve on their score from the previous week, but which dances have seen the largest weekly improvements in the history of the show?