Strictly Come Dancing's first-ever winner Natasha Kaplinsky was approached to take part in the BBC series, but she was less than impressed and did everything she could to get out of it View 4 Images Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole won the first-ever series of Strictly Come Dancing (Image: BBC)

It's evolved into one of the BBC's premier programmes with celebrities clamouring to be selected for Strictly Come Dancing , yet the first-ever champion reveals she was reluctant to participate. ‌

Natasha Kaplinsky had recently begun her role presenting BBC Breakfast when she was invited to join the then brand-new series in 2004, which would be fronted by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly and would pair celebrities with professional dancers for ballroom competition. ‌

However, des

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