who won the first ever strictly come dancing
Natasha Kaplinsky Brendan Cole
title: Strictly Come Dancing text: series onwards, the show takes place from September/October to December each year. Natasha Kaplinsky & Brendan Cole were crowned the first winners of Strictly Come Dancing. This was the shortest series, with 8 weeks. In Autumn 2004, the second series commenced. 5 of the 8 professionals returned. These professionals were: Brendan, Anton, Erin, Paul and Camilla. There were 5 new professionals who are: Darren, Ian, Lilia, Nicole and Hazel. Hazel only participated in this series while the other professionals competed in following series. A new spin-off show called "" presented by Claudia Winkleman was created this series and has continued title: Come Dancing text: Come Dancing Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows. Unlike its follow-up show, "Strictly Come Dancing", contestants were not celebrities. The show was created by Eric Morley, the founder of Miss World, and began in 1950 by broadcasting from regional ballroom studios, with professional dancers Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield on hand to offer teaching. In 1953, the format changed to become a competition, with later series seeing regions of the United Kingdom going head to head for the coveted title: Come Dancing text: show has been successfully exported to other countries as "Dancing with the Stars" or similar names in local languages. Come Dancing Come Dancing was a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1950 to 1998, becoming one of television's longest-running shows. Unlike its follow-up show, "Strictly Come Dancing", contestants were not celebrities. The show was created by Eric Morley, the founder of Miss World, and began in 1950 by broadcasting from regional ballroom studios, with professional dancers Syd Perkin and Edna Duffield on hand to offer teaching. In 1953, the format changed to title: Natasha Kaplinsky text: with Natasha Kaplinsky" for three years. After leaving Channel 5, she went on to join ITV News as a presenter. Kaplinsky has hosted a series of light entertainment and factual programmes in her career, notably "Children in Need" and "Born to Shine". She was also the subject of the most highly rated "Who Do You Think You Are". She is perhaps most famous for being the first ever winner of the first series of BBC's "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2004. More recently Kaplinsky has co-founded a mother and baby company, Mum & You, with the core purpose of giving back. title: Strictly Come Dancing (series 1) text: Strictly Come Dancing (series 1) Strictly Come Dancing aired its first series on BBC One from 15 May 2004. The series was presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. The judging panel was Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. On 3 July 2004, Natasha Kaplinsky and her partner, Brendan Cole were crowned series champions. In the first series, there were eight celebrity contestants and in order of elimination, they were: This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale. The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' scores are