For over 12 years, Strictly Come Dancing has been entertaining TV watchers across Britain, every year becoming seemingly more and more popular.

The BBC series reached new heights in 2016, the 14th series’ grand final being watched by an average of 11.8 million people (a 53.5% audience share), peaking at 13.1 million viewers.

Overall, the series has become the most popular in the show’s history, an average 11.3 million viewers tuning in every week for the Saturday shows, dropping to 10.5 million for the Sunday results.

In comparison, the 2015 results show was watched by an average 11 million viewers, peaking at 11.9 million. The increase in viewers year-on-year was likely helped by The X Factor finishing a week early.

Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Show all 12 1 /12 Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Ore Oduba puts his claim in for the Glitterball with Joanne Clifton BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Judge Robert Rinder dancing the cha cha with Oksana Platero BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Lesley Joseph dancing with Anton Du Beke to 'What'll I Do' by Alison Krauss BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Greg Rutherford dancing with Natalie Lowe on Strictly Come Dancing BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Greg Rutherford hit the dancefloor like a maniac BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Laura Whitmore cha chas with Giovanni Pernice to the tune of 'Venus' BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Pasha Kovalev dances with BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Ore threw some energetic jumps into the mix BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Laura Whitmore and Giovanni Pernice opened the series with a cha cha BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Judge Robert Rinder played on his legal prowess for his first dance BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures Lesley Joseph was waltzed around the ballroom by Strictly legend Anton Du Beke BBC/Guy Levy Strictly Come Dancing 2016 in pictures You go Greg! BBC/Guy Levy

Saturday night’s show saw Ore Oduba awarded the glitterball trophy, the BBC Sports presenter wowing viewers with two perfect scoring dances. He was up against former Eternal singer Louise Redknapp and former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac.