Olympic ice dancing champions Torvill and Dean interviewed backstage at Belfast's SSE Arena in November 2024, talking about their visits to Northern Ireland from the 1980s to the present day. Video by Iain Gray.
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00:00I believe your first visit to Northern Ireland would have been in the late 80s, 1990, around then.
00:06So you have been coming here quite a bit over the years.
00:09Oh, I think we've toured here quite a bit.
00:11But our last performance in Belfast was in 2010.
00:16And that was with a Dancing on Ice tour.
00:19And yeah, it was...
00:21Everyone loves coming to Ireland.
00:23One of the places that we've usually visited is the Crown.
00:28This is the Europa Hotel.
00:30But we stayed in a lovely hotel out there, the Culloden, as well.
00:35So yeah, lots of really good memories.
00:38Giant's Causeway.
00:40Yeah, I remember doing that.
00:41Yeah.
00:42Right, so obviously there's been a lot of changes in Northern Ireland over these decades.
00:47The skyline has changed so much.
00:49Certainly, we're staying in the Titanic right now.
00:51And all around that area, it's regenerated.
00:54Yeah, it's lovely.