The ice-skaters were performing in Birmingham for their ‘Our Last Dance’ tour before they prepare to hang up their skates for good.

Jayne Torvill slipped while skating during a routine (Image: PA)

British ice-skating superstars Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean are currently on their tour, ‘Our Last Dance,’ which runs until July 12. The duo, who have been on the ice together for 50 years, will retire their skates for good when it ends.

In a recent show, the audience was left on the edge of their seats as Jayne, 67, slipped over while performing with Christopher, 66, during their iconic Olympic-winning Bolero routine. The former-Dancing on Ice judges were performing their incredible dance at the BP Pulse Live Arena in Birmingham, West Midlands, on Sunday 27th April, when the accident occurred.

In a terrifying video, the audience can be heard gasping. Thankfully, Jayne appeared to be unhurt and managed to quickly get up and the pair finished their moves.

After the slip, Christopher thanked the audience and said that sometimes ice skating can be “scary” for Jayne. He said: “Thank you so much. As you can see, sometimes it gets scary out here. Scary, scary – for Jayne anyway.”

He continued: “It has been a terrific show and thank you to my wonderful skaters here and to Jayne. We are really honoured that you spend your time to come out and see us on a Sunday afternoon and share some of our 50-year career highlights.”

The couple were performing the Boléro (Image: SWNS)

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The skating couple’s first performance of their Bolero routine took place at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics and saw them score perfect 6.0s across the board to take home the gold medal. Alongside England’s 1966 World Cup victory, the rugby team’s 2003 World Cup win, and Murray’s Wimbledon triumph in 2013, their flawless routine to Maurice Ravel’s Boléro will always be considered one of Great Britain’s biggest sporting success stories.

Following their win, the pair were awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the only time in the gong’s history it has gone to two people and had two streets – Dean Close and Torvill Drive – named in their honour in their home city of Nottingham. However, in amongst all the adulation, Jayne admits there was one moment that left them blushing – their hero’s welcome. “We were a little embarrassed,” remembers Torvill. “We thought no one would turn out. But the streets were lined. And when we got to the main square in Nottingham, it was completely full.

The crowd apparently gasped when Torvill slipped on the ice (Image: SWNS)

Luckily she popped back up and didn’t seem hurt (Image: SWNS)

“They held a reception for us in the town hall and we came out onto the balcony and waved to the crowd below. That’s when it hit us, what we’d done. Thinking about it, we were behaving like the Queen!”

Earlier this year, Dancing on Ice viewers were left sobbing when Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean performed for the final time on TV. Following the end of the series in March, ITV annoucned that Dancing On Ice had been “rested” and there were “no current plans for another series”. The Sunday night show ran for years hosted by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield until Schofield resigned from ITV in 2023 after admitting lying about an affair with a younger colleague on This Morning.

An ITV spokesperson said: “Following another successful series earlier this year, Dancing On Ice will be rested in 2026 with no current plans for another series. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the cast and crew who have worked on the show since 2006, and over the previous 17 series, for all of their hard work both on and off the ice.”

A spokesperson for the skaters said the fall was caused by a hole in the ice.