Does anyone know what the pieces of music are? Other than limelight in the middle, I don’t recognise them. I love this routine

wow this was GOD AWFUL and simple horrible osp

Karen ❤

Not many skaters will get a crowd reaction like that at Montreal 2024

I felt for them because they were fantastic... UK hasn't had this quality since.

Lovely

He wouldn’t pat her bottom these days and get away with it!

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Looks so boring in today's standards

Karen hasnt aged a day she still looks amazing. Superb routine!

Oh I loved this routine so much thanks so much for posting it 😁❤️❤️❤️

I have to say this is the best I have seen Nicky and Karen skate. Good routine.

Skaters today could stand to learn from watching these programs. No artistry or musicality in today's skaters. Their movements have nothing to do with the music. These were artistic and musical performers. They were so great, unfortunately, over-shadowed by Torville & Dean.

AMAZING! Loved it. xxx.

Nice routine

Lovely routine

I remember watching these 2 they were amazing should have won a medal. Such a shame that they didn't and the Russians and Americans got silver and bronze. These 2 were really good as well...

Lovely routine

My word ... what did the judges want? They did one of the hardest ballroom dances, quickstep on the ice, fast and precise. I love Torvill & Dean, but this couple were extremely good, did more traditional ice-skating.

Well she dating Chris now lol

How this brilliant couple never got a medal I'll never know. Still amazing 35 years later.

I'm sure that these outfits were designed by David Emmanuel.

This was a crowd pleasing routine, i can remember seeing them do this and felt that they were robbed of points.They were a very good team and this Chaplin theme has been used by others since then but they were not this entertaining.Nicky commentates on Eurosport with Chris Howarth and they humoorous in their comments as well knowledgable.

What an enjoyable free dance! Their marks should have been higher especially the artistic. You could see how the audience loved them!

It's a shame that their performance of this routine at the Olympics has never been uploaded on KZbin, I'm not sure if it was even shown on TV. Their free dance from the Olympics is missing too.

Is the announcer from another planet. This is NOT Ravel's Bolero!

4.9 from the Canadian judge! What was s/he on? Obviously not the same planet as the rest of us - criminal under marking!

They were better than the American couples who finished ahead of them. Probably not as good as Bestemianova/Bukin or Klimova/Ponomarkenko but it was a golden age of ice dancing. The top 7 or 8 couples of that time are probably amongst the top 20 best of all time....

I think Karen and Nicky were really unlucky here. I think, and this is hugely unsubstantiated, the ISU (judges) had in their minds that B and B and K and P would wrap up the 1st and 2nd places until Calgary and they weren't sure who should be in 3rd and 4th place following B and S retirement. They had two couples here in Karen and Nicky and Tracy and Rob, both exactly the same age, both trained in the British style of skating (Tracey and Rob were trained by Bernard Ford) but only one should go through. They went with Tracy and Rob and Karen and Nicky got the signal that their time was up. It was cruel though because Karen and Nicky missed out on a European medal and were dumped unceremoniously into 6th here behind Born and Schoenborn.

So nice that someone as lovely and sweet as Ms. Barber is with Chris Dean!!!!!

A very nice routine

better than 2017... they're alive... love it!

Lovely routine, fun to watch

Having the audience laughing from joy and delight is really rare in competitive figure skating - they showed a talent not many skaters were able to develop. They were a very good match, both in appearance and ability. Their synchronicity is amazing.

Like most of you, I believe people didn't realise how good these two were. Being in the shadow of Jayne and Christopher must of been hard. They had the potential to go further.

I think everyone sort of forgot how good Nicky Slater & Karen Barber were...

had forgotten just how good you were!

loved this routine. In a way shame they followed Chris and Jayne. Mind you when we will EVER see the likes of having T & D and these two in the same Olympic skating event, we were SO lucky back then

Not Torvill & Dean but not bad at all and very entertaining.

This program is one of my all-time favorites. The judging that year was whacky in pairs and dancing, in my opinion. Sure, by today's standards, there isn't much to be said here technically, but it is hard to imagine this couple w/ this level of performance barely beat the young Soviets and placed below the super-dramatic yet technically rough performance by the West Germans...

Betty has now pass away, Karen is not judge anymore but a coach on DOI and Nicky is not on the show anymore

Yeah you can see why they were always in the shadows of Jayne and Chris... I find it odd considering thy had a romantic relationship thy have less chemistry than Jayne and Chris!!

they were certainly worth a 5.7, but i had them behind both B+B and B+S

Always remember this was So Good had they not been up against T&D they could have had some 1sts. Think judging was way down, but we all now know that judging then could be a little bit dodgy & they prob didn't like 2 UK pairs being that good! After all that time I still think it is superb. At least they did get a 3rd which is way better than many.

Deserved better placing than they got!

@TorvillDean84 arrgh god your telling me

If Karen was telling the truth about doing what Jayne and Chris did the previous year, this does reform Barnum a little bit in the music. very well done Karen and Nicky

He's got terrific posture. And she's just stunning to watch. Great couple.

Hideously cynical marking from the Canadian judge. We criticise the new marking system but I really wouldn't want to go back to the corrupt nonsense we had to endure in the 80s.

@tongapuss Definately and Karen is a really nice person. I skated at the old Altrincham rink in the 70's and knew her then.