Skates. Sequins. Lip gloss. Triple axels. The gap between failure and everything you’ve ever dreamed of separated by barely half a centimetre of steel. Welcome to the glamorous, dangerous, beautiful world of figure skating.

Filmed over 12 months and released as two separate box-sets, this stylish documentary series has front row seats as these young skaters dedicate every hour, every ounce of energy, and all the glitter eye make-up they can find, in pursuit of their dreams.

The squad are left reeling after a shock announcement whilst elite skater Kristen is on a comeback mission after a spinal injury threatened to end her career on the ice.

British Ice Skating makes a shock announcement that leaves the squad with even less time to prepare for the Skate Off – the first competition in which the entire squad skates against each other – with the victors winning the opportunity to qualify a place for Team GB at the Olympics.

In Nottingham, Kristen is on a comeback mission following a spinal injury that threatened to ruin her career. With a cash injection from mum and dad, Kristen travels to the elite IceLab training centre in Italy, where Coach Ondrej puts her through her paces. After losing sensation in her foot, Kristen never thought she would be able to land a triple combination jump – but Ondrej is set to prove her wrong.

Ice Dance duo Anthony and Eleanor are grafters with glittering dreams of making it on to the squad, but Anthony’s obsession with perfection threatens to send them off course.

In Sheffield, injury threatens to derail Billy’s try-out with American skater Kat. The pair are courted by Ice Dance royalty Christopher Dean, who is back in the UK and on the lookout for the next generation of talent. With Katarina prepared to switch to Team GB, Billy faces the biggest decision of his life.