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In Pictures: Behind the scenes at Torvill and Dean’s final show

The Olympians took to the ice together for one final performance in their hometown of Nottingham.

Hannah Roberts
Sunday 13 July 2025 07:47 EDT
Olympic gold medal winners Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform at their Our Last Dance UK tour in Nottingham (Ben Birchall/PA)
Olympic gold medal winners Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform at their Our Last Dance UK tour in Nottingham (Ben Birchall/PA) (PA Wire)

British Olympians Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have skated together for the final time as their farewell tour came to an end in Nottingham.

The Dancing On Ice judges have retired 40 years on from their Olympic gold success with four final shows of their Torvill And Dean: Our Last Dance tour in their hometown.

Torvill, 67, said they would be working on other projects but will not be skating together again.

The duo wrote their names into British sporting history by winning ice dance gold at the 1984 Winter Games with their routine to Ravel’s Bolero. For their farewell tour they recreated the routine, complete with their purple ombre costumes.

Following their final performance together, Dean, 66, said: “The performance went well and the audience were amazing and so, for us, to be able to bow out on a high like that was wonderful.”

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