BBC Strictly viewers shocked as swear word dropped during opening dance

BBC Strictly Come Dancing returned to our screens a bit earlier this week - and viewers were shocked to hear a swear word dropped during the show's opening dance.

The show's quarter final took place on Friday night (December 2). The theme was musical theatre and kicking off the show there was an opening routine mashing up popular musical anthems.

It included Grease Is The Word from Grease, And You Don't Even Know It from Everybody's Talking About Jamie and Ex Wives from Six.

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But it was during the Hamilton segment that viewers noticed a swear word slip out. The performers sang Right Hand Man from the musical, which chronicles the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton.

The lyrics were sung: "Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us/Hamilton won't abandon ship/ Yo, let's steal their cannons/Boom! Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the s**t spray and/ Boom! Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay".

It didn't take long for viewers to question if they'd heard the lyrics correctly or not. Taking to Twitter, @mydeardrsattler asked: "#Strictly did he just say s**t on the bbc at 8pm lmao" as @TheBrillQuill questioned: "Was that a BAD word?! #Strictly".

@uisgebeatha said: "Ooh, was that a swearword in that Hamilton song? *cue complaint letters* #Strictly #scd" as @devopstom responded: "I was just thinking "ooh, daring!""

It was during the Hamilton segment that viewers noticed a swear word slip out (BBC)

@MrsGriffMusic admitted: "Can't believe they got a swear word from Hamilton through the filters I love this week already" and @JChatfield94 added: "In the Hamilton piece, did they just sing ‘s**t’ before the watershed on BBC One? Game’s gone."

According to regulator Ofcom, the watershed - when TV programmes may be unsuitable for children - begins at 9pm. Shows before the watershed should not include unsuitable material, including sexual content, violence, distressing imagery or swearing.

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