Kate Garraway will sit down with Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke in the latest episode of Kate Garraway’s Life Stories.

In the episode, viewers will see Du Beke open up about being stabbed by his father which meant he spent three days in hospital.

He tells Garraway that his father stabbed him in the stomach and the leg on Boxing Day while he was living at the family home in Kent.

The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 57, said this information will likely shock his family and friends as it’s the first time he has spoken about the childhood incident.

Anton Du Beke recalls being stabbed by his father

Appearing on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories, Du Beke said: “The alcoholism and the violence…(it was) towards me, because I was a boy, a young man I suppose.

“…You’ve got an alcoholic father and a situation where if you’re in the house (he’s) drinking then you end up with the fights and stuff.

“You’d move room to get away from all of it and then he follows you in and the next thing you know the violence starts and then it came to a head one evening, I ended up in hospital for three days.

Glasgow Times: Anton Du Beke talks about being stabbed by his father for the first timeAnton Du Beke talks about being stabbed by his father for the first time (Image: Aaron Chown/PA)

“I got stabbed, I’ve never said this out loud before,” he said struggling to hold back his tears on the ITV show.

Du Beke said he told people he had “pulled a hamstring” when asked about his leg injury because he was embarrassed.

How to watch Kate Garraway’s Life Stories

If you’d like to hear more about Anton’s story, you might be wondering how and when you can watch the show.

Anton Du Beke will appear on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories tonight (August 2) at 9pm on ITV1.