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- ↑ "Torvill & Dean, review: ice skating's 'love story' is perfect festive fare". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ↑ "ITV's Torvill & Dean is a frictionless retelling in which every rough edge is rubbed smooth – review". The Independent . 25 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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