Inside Anton Du Beke's life: Family stabbing feud, dad at 50 and injury that ended dance career

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Anton Du Beke is best known for being a professional ballroom dancer and judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, having starred on the show since it first launched back in 2004.The 57-year-old, who discovered his love for dance when he was just a teen, was a dancer on the competition for 18 years before sustaining an injury which saw him join the judging panel instead to replace Bruno Tonioli back in 2021.However, his latest project is very different from his dance work as he and his and Strictly co-star Giovanni Pernice are currently starring in brand new BBC One travel series Anton and Giovanni's Adventures in Spain, which will return to screens tonight for its final episode.The show sees the dancing duo take on the adventure of a lifetime across Spain to learn more about Anton's Spanish heritage and explore some of the country's most beautiful sites.The two best friends are set to finish their trip in the small village of Galicia in northwest Spain where his adored mum, Ascensión Beke, will meet them in the town where she was born and raised.The three-part series followed the release of their first travel documentary last year, Anton and Giovanni's Adventures in Sicily, which saw the pair tour around the Italian island where Giovanni, 33, was born.Having gone from working an ordinary retail job to catapulting into fame thanks to his dance abilities, Anton's successful career means he is now one of the most recognised faces on the BBC.However, his life has not always been so glamorous with the dad-of-two previously opening up about his tough childhood with his alcoholic father as well as his struggles when it came to finding love and starting a family of his own.Here we take a closer look at Anton's life behind closed