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Book SynopsisTHE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE ICE-SKATING DUO WHO BECAME THE NATION'S FAVOURITES - NOW THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR ITV BIOPIC. When
Jayne Torvill and
Christopher Dean collapsed to the ice at the climax of their routine to
Bolero in the 1984
Winter Olympics, the judges could find no fault, awarding them 12 maximum scores of 6.0, while 24 million viewers watching at home in Britain simply looked on in amazement. Suddenly, we were all experts in figure skating, and we wanted to know more about the couple at the heart of it all. Despite intense interest in them, Torvill & Dean kept their lives private, with many still wondering if the pair were really a couple. They turned professional and would eventually spend eight years working on ITV's
Dancing on Ice, but still much of their story remained unknown.
Now, in
Our Life on Ice,
Torvill & Dean finally open up about the challenges they have
