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EASTENDERS and Coronation Street actress Jill Halfpenny kicked and flicked her way into the Strictly history books with her perfect scoring jive on the second-ever series – setting the benchmark for every contestant since. Len said: “This was the first routine ever to score 40 and that’s why it sticks in my mind. It’s like when Roger Bannister ran the first four-minute mile – you always remember the time it happened first. “This dance also sums up exactly what Strictly is about – somebody coming on this show, working hard with their professional partner and then doing something spectacular like this. It’s Jill Halfpenny’s jive. Her name might be Halfpenny but this dance is priceless.”