Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has said it will be "quite difficult" to film the live show this weekend without any audience as England enters a national lockdown.
The BBC show will go ahead with its planned movie week on Saturday, but without a socially distanced audience cheering on the celebrity contestants and their professional partners.
The show has managed to carry on filming in compliance with Covid-19 guidelines as the couples have formed bubbles so they can rehearse and perform safely.
Revel Horwood told The Jonathan Ross Show: "They're treated as one family if you like, they come together in that way.
"The couples want to high five each other, they can't, they have to remain completely separate.
"Of course, with the new lockdown there is no audience, so it's quite difficult actually. It's just a new way of entertainment and looking at things."
However, Revel Horwood said it is "fantastic" that the show has gone ahead and that social distancing allows him to maintain his authority, adding: "The judges are further apart. We don't get to communicate like we used to."
