Torvill & Dean Barnum (British)

[@masongaming5745]

Never be another pair like these 2

[@rachelsirett8809]

Absolutely wonderful I remember watching live

[@virginiamei9120]

Chris’s choreography ...UNBEATABLE , He is genius and Jayne such a gorgeous technician with unbelievable grace. I’m so glad I got to see them in my lifetime ..thanks to uTube,

[@trilliarobinson7862]

Crazy not to give a 6 for artistic impression - what else could they have done !

[@caroltaylormeins8631]

Amazing they are xx

[@feather1950]

No one has surpassed these two to this day , and NEVER will !!!!

[@СветланаКоломыйченко-ц1ж]

Подпишусь под каждым словом!

[@rebeccajay8481]

I remember holding my breath for almost the entire time during the finals in 1984 and 40 years later that sequence is no less breathtaking! Ice dance perfection.

[@stephaniespear8323]

I remember that routine and the gasps and cheers from the audience.

[@Fatima502]

It was always an incredibly exciting moment every winter when we got to see their new routine for the first time. I miss that.

[@ziizee66]

I never tire of watching these great skaters, wonderful.

[@CBTCFT]

I find this so exuberant and joyful, it actually brings tears to my eyes.

[@daveworrall7853]

One of their best routines after Bolero, and in front of their home crowd too. What wonderful ambassadors they were, and are, for our city

[@acxezknightnite1377]

This was the year before Bolero

[@barbarawinter9362]

They were and are fantastic! Even today I don't think anyone will ever be as good as they were!!!

[@ulianaulianauliana]

есть в этой паре какая-то магия... они как одно целое. Совершенство!!! Восторг и восхищение! БРАВО!!!❤

[@CandleLight1974]

Anyone giving this a thumbs down needs to have a serious word with themselves.

[@patbiggam8138]

So unique these two.

[@quillerpen]

This was the first version of the routine, performed in November 1982. Between then and the Europeans, the couple worked on polishing and improving the routine. It was while practicing a cartwheel for the opening sequence that Jayne had a bad fall which meant they had to withdraw from the Europeans, so the routine was not seen again between the British championships and the Worlds in Helsinki the following March. The first time I saw it my jaw dropped open at the new lifts and flips.

[@victoriagill3337]

Costume change too. I never noticed this before. Jayne clearly not comfortable with that dress

[@amandadavies..]

Thanks for this explanation....I was puzzled because I was sure at the end I'd seen Jayne flip over Chris's back...must find that version now.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Superb stuff! I was a young kid but loved the music and the performance 😊

[@margaretchayka6878]

They were the smoothest, most creative skate pair ever.

[@chubbyflower305]

As always the British Champs had some amazing camera angles that really helped you feel the routine.

[@margerycollins5200]

Feel honored to have seen them live several times.

[@muscleboi4use]

Wow! Thank you for uploading this... yes, I can see why they made some changes, especially to the lift at the beginning and the end. AMAZING to think the British judges only gave this one 6.0!! Just a few months later of course and the first ever row of perfect 6.0s!

[@minnie129]

We're a tough lot to please us British, just one 6! It's interesting to notice the changes they made to the programme. Thanks for posting

[@kayleighgoesrawr]

Alan Weeks, is (was) my great grandfather :-)

[@Fatima502]

A wonderful commentator in every way, Kayleigh. I met him briefly at the 1994 European Championships in Copenhagen.

[@victoriagill3337]

The voice of ice skating ☺️

[@babs5968]

A perfect voice for commentating

[@jeanettesteed3326]

He still IS you great grandfather darling, just because he is no longer here, doesn’t alter anything. You should be very proud, he was a great commentator. Easy on the ear.

[@memoir4you]

He had dulcet tones ,Alan ,lovely commentator who obviously was a huge fan of T&D .

[@ThatLadyCAD46]

This is such an exciting performance! I love it so much and everything else they do. Love them! x

[@ИринаКим-с9й]

Лучшая и непревзойдённая танцевальная пара

[@Squab1972]

Brilliant thank you for sharing a brilliant piece of history.

[@lizbeth7796]

OMG. Thank you so much. I always knew that they had revamped the program from the British to the World's, but I never realized how much the program changed. Thank you again for posting this rare gem!!!

[@NoodlesEaton]

This an extremely demanding program! They make it look so easy but they have to be in excellent athletic condition as well as being great technical condition. I love them!

[@Mrsjuniify]

Truly beautiful and elegant skating pair !

[@rostallar4243]

These two are just one on the ice!

[@maryelder3850]

Absolutely amazing ❤

[@martineaube4453]

For ever my idols torvill and Dean, the Best

[@pandorazbox9659]

The Best of the Best

[@tildakovach]

they were and still are the best, thank you so much for uploading - was looking for this for so long; so upbeat, happy and sooooooooooooo faaaaaaaaaaaaast! manythanks

[@szqsk8]

I love this program. I didn't like it that much at the time they did it oddly enough but I really love it now. The music is so happy and upbeat!

[@bikerguy5944]

Jayne made two mistakes. They are so perfect it's freaky. 2:41 and at 4:22 Jayne almost fell. She must have been ill. Chris is not happy at the end. You can see it. However, they can both fall and they would do it so well, I would give them a 10. It's amazing how they just keep going on, and how Chris grabs her. You can barely notice anything. I love them.

[@alexac3098]

I'm rereading the Hennessy biography - she wasn't ill, she was unprepared for how her costume would feel during the routine. Right from the beginning, she felt like it was in danger of slipping off one shoulder or the other, and it made her very cautious - and Chris somehow picked up on that too. You can see her fiddling with it when they're in the kiss and cry. I came to rewatch this vid to see, and I hadn't realized previously that indeed changes were made to her dress by Worlds. A bit more of her back was covered, the shoulders came up higher, and there was a deeper v neckline on the dress she wore at Worlds. Guess they didn't do full dress rehearsals back then.

[@lisablackler9145]

They didn’t seem their usual self but if she was uncomfortable he looked unhappy at the end not many smiles even from Betty , the commentator didn’t mention any mistakes I honestly didn’t notice it either until mentioned, seemed not as polished I loved the changes they made when it appeared again at worlds

[@pearlineshaw8946]

I have enjoyed then and I'm enjoying it now Best skater ever

[@DaveSmith-ge9rr]

Love this sums up Xmas for me.

[@diannegurguly4399]

My favorite of all of their routines.

[@moiradeakin5398]

Interesting to see original programme! Something I have noticed when looking back to Torvill and Dean and, I think, other skaters at that time - the minute they finished their performance, they bowed to the audience, not kiss and hug each other first! More of a polished finish I think!

[@minnie129]

Thanks for posting, I can see the changes they made. They got a row of 6'S at the Worlds, but only one in thir own Country!

[@carolemakin351]

Fantastic 😊

[@alisondunn3144]

I always get goose bumps watching them in this and bolero, any really!

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Something different indeed and truly wonderful

[@shockwave1126]

4:04-4:08, good angle to see the move. Most other performances you see the move with Jane in front and was always hard to fully appreciate what they were doing. Just fantastic.

[@quillerpen]

That's because at the World Chps (they didn't compete art the Europeans because of Jayne's injury) they cameras were on the wrong side of the rink (i.e. not the side the judges were sitting). If you look at my 'Torvill & Dean Barnum practice' clip you'll see Barnum as it SHOULD be seen

[@katharinawilhelm-wp4cc]

Es gibt nichts besseres, wunderschön die beiden

[@MyLatestEscape]

Thank you for posting this. I almost think I like this better, with all Jane's faux-clumsy moves, but I can see why they made the changes they did.

[@quillerpen]

we still miss his informed comments; for one thing, he knew when NOT to talk - sometimes I think commentators now are paid per word, so feel they need to talk all the time. Now the $64,000 question - do YOU skate?

[@angelaroy7974]

Torvill and Dean simply the 👌

[@susanmundy8037]

Just amazing! 🤗

[@kath804]

5.9 is great but ridiculous, should be 6 across the whole board, nobody else came close to T&D. Saw them live at Nottingham as I lived there then, they were breathtaking.

[@quillerpen]

I think because it was the British championships, the judges were more critical. Also remember this was early in the season (November) and T&D did make several improvements to the programme before the Worlds the following March

[@biff5856]

One my favorites of theirs

[@sidthesquid74]

Ooh yeah the changes but you still can't fault the magic of T&D....:O)

[@quillerpen]

Yes, you're right, I must have been getting mixed up; I still miss his informed commetns"

[@quillerpen]

@szqsk8 the commentator is the late and much-missed Alan Weeks who did most of the commentaries for the BBC in the 1970s/1980s. He retired after T/D won the Olympics in 1984, saying he couldn't think of a better way of going out.

[@Fatima502]

Thanks, he was super but I think he did continue after 1984, he was there in Copenhagen 1994 when they made their comeback.

[@dadodydo]

Absolutely the best ever!

[@МаринаКарнакова-ш5б]

Вертуозы!

[@irinanovickaya3149]

Это шедевр

[@audspod1]

None can match them!

[@irenakomandzik6098]

Tak jak Oni jeździli,nie jeździ nikt..Genialnie❤

[@МаринаКарнакова-ш5б]

Хочется смотреть и смотреть на них

[@kathleenwagg3030]

Stunning 😊

[@mammy83]

Does anyone know why the britsih version was made slightly differently to everywhere else they performed it? Its nice but I feel the other routine, matched the music better and was more entertaining, it had that wicked lift at the end, and this one is flatter. Just curious.

[@kevinlongman007]

mammy83 They always worked on improving their dances between the British championships and World's. They usually tweaked parts of the routine but in 1994 they changed 80% of Lets Face The Music and Dance for the Winter Olympics after only just winning the gold at the Europeans.

[@alexac3098]

Dances were always a work in progress throughout the season. Even Bolero was different in its first incarnation. There was only one dance that was never changed from the beginning of the season to the end, and that's Mack and Mabel.

[@MoominJude]

They made a few changes to it and for the better

[@Mikhail390]

6.0

[@alexeydymov5602]

Первая часть великолепна, потом можно уснуть

[@mariakovacs4234]

❤

[@elisabethboettcher1398]

Wundervoll,Große Künstler🎉

[@birdsong9604]

Perfection

[@julischubina1667]

Гениально!

[@tracyhogan8468]

Did they ever fall

[@quillerpen]

Famously they fell in practice trying to make the first lift an overhead cartwheel and had to pull out of Europeans that year

[@chooseyourpoison5105]

There was also a fall when Chris dropped Jayne during a lift at a practice session, resulting in a shoulder injury for Jayne that kept them out of competition for some weeks

[@wcolin441]

Excellent

[@bizhamalzhumanova4665]

Браво!Мы побывали в цирке.Сложно, техника супер!

[@mammy83]

thanks :)

[@edwarrj1976]

Are you sure? I think I remember Alan Weeks commenting on the skating in the 90s...

[@victoriagill3337]

edwarrj1976 I think that would be Barry Davis 🤔

[@singingserena]

hey...do u have any more rare clips of TnD?

[@ЛюбовьНиколаевна-ш8б]

Люблю ❤❤❤

[@G6JPG]

Such a pity this was recorded in the days before multiple soundtracks: I'm sure Alan is very knowledgeable, and in one place does add information, but I'd much rather have had it without the commentary. But thanks for uploading!

[@michaelsquires7074]

Why no knighthood and damehood?The honours system is a farce… !

[@lisablackler9145]

It’s absolutely ridiculous that they haven’t

[@melinaettorre4660]

Cspeciali 🎉🎉🎉

[@christianealshut1123]

You can beat me with a stick but I even like this program better than the Bolero...

[@quillerpen]

I've no problem with that. I think Mack & Mabel will always be my favourite

[@ОльгаРезниченко-й9щ]

Юмор, гротеск, трюки. Чисто английский стиль. Юмор ситуаций или юмор положений.

[@BarbaraKosma-j4v]

Doskonali😂

[@emielvandenhoek4295]

The top sovjets were much better in technical skills, also in expression. They are to slow in comparison with the sovjets. To high scores for them. Its a shame......

[@victoriagill3337]

🤣