Dancing On Ice: The Story of Bolero with Torvill & Dean
Published:
Monday, 9 February 2009, 12:23PM
“To a lot of people it’s Valentine’s Day but to us it’s Bolero day.” Christopher Dean.
Twenty five years ago to the day and almost to the hour, Torvill and Dean stepped onto the ice to create a piece of British history.
Dancing On Ice: The Story of Bolero reveals just how the skaters created that masterpiece how they first met and worked towards achieving Olympic gold.
In their trip down memory lane, Chris visits the police station in Nottingham where he used to work and Jayne goes back to her former office - even though it has now been transformed into a bar.
Celebrities, friends, former coaches and colleagues talk of their memories of Bolero, and Jayne and Chris go back to their home city of Nottingham to meet up with those who helped them achieve Olympic greatness.
Chris and Jayne’s Bolero at the 1984 Olympics was a moment of perfection never seen before. Their performance was rewarded with ice dancing’s first ever 12 perfect sixes and ensured gold for Great Britain.
“I think at that moment we knew we’d got the gold medal but I don’t think it really sank in for all the hours and years you work to get there that here you are finally,” Jayne says.
“It was a bit of a Romeo and Juliet story really,” Chris adds. “It was two people that couldn’t be together and this was their last dance.”
Tune in to ITV1 at 9pm on Saturday 14th February to watch the iconic story unfold.
