{"id":16633,"date":"2021-08-11T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-one-air-strictly-amy-crohns\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T11:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:54:14","slug":"bbc-one-to-air-strictly-amy-crohns-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/bbc-one-to-air-strictly-amy-crohns-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC One to Air Strictly Amy: Crohn&#8217;s and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wildflame Productions\u2019 <em>Strictly Amy: Crohn&#8217;s and Me<\/em>, a documentary following <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em> star Amy Dowden, has been picked up for BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>The hour-long documentary was originally commissioned by BBC Wales and transmitted in Wales in September last year. It will air on BBC One in advance of this year\u2019s season of <em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Strictly Amy: Crohn&#8217;s and Me<\/em> centers on Dowden, the first-ever Welsh professional to enter the <em>Strictly<\/em>\u00a0ballroom when she joined the show in 2017. She started dancing at the age of 8, became the British National Champion in 2017 and remains one of the highest-ranking Ballroom and Latin American professional dancers in the U.K. When she was 19, Dowden was diagnosed with Crohn&#8217;s disease, a condition that could leave her hospitalized and in pain.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Strictly Amy: Crohn&#8217;s and Me<\/em>, Dowden confronts her condition. She discusses how the condition has affected her life and career and how she has still fulfilled her dreams as a dancer despite living with a chronic illness. 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