A Manx-born advertising expert is one of the brains behind the foot-tapping trailer for this year’s Strictly Come Dancing show.

Rachel Miles, 29, played a key role in the making of the conceptual film, known as ’Sole Mates’, as part of the BBC Creative team.

The film follows the story of a pair of unwanted brogues that are met by ’sassy’, red heels that encourage the sad shoes to get up and dance.

’We wanted to inspire everyone at home to dust off and find their own dancing shoes,’ Rachel said.

’Seeing it live on TV (August 27), after Eastenders and before Bodyguard, and shared on social media by the Strictly talent is very emotional.

’When you have worked so hard crafting your vision and you finally see it executed, it’s just priceless. My nana is a big Strictly fan so this one is for her.’

Working as a team with Michael Tsim, who she had met while studying at Central Saint Martins art school in London, they joined BBC Creative in 2017.

Rachel explained that she particularly enjoys adding small details to her work and that meeting journalist Stacey Dooley and other stars competing on this year’s Strictly, which began on Saturday (September 8), have been ’lovely perks of the job’.

’So many details get discussed and probably missed by viewers, like the toy Dalek - a little nod to BBC’s Doctor Who,’ she said.

’The digital clock that cheers 10:10 almost didn’t make the cut but I’m glad it did as it gets so much attention.’

In previous years, she and Michael have worked at award-winning advertising company Ogilvy, where they got to travel to Singapore, India and Bangkok for business.

They were also hired by BMB, another advertising agency in which their idea of the ’Thomson bear’ was chosen for travel operator TUI (Thomson).

The pair are now working on Children in Need and The FA Cup adverts.

When asked if she enjoys dancing herself, she replied: ’My niece and I love to dance and whip our hair to Taylor Swift, and every Christmas my family put on The BeeGees or George Michael and let themselves go.

’When my mum was young, she used to bang her tappy shoes to "que sera sera" and as she got older she would have a little boogie at The Lido.

’[Michael and I] wanted to bring this sparkle and joy to the trailer with an emotional transformation.’

Originally from Douglas, Rachel, who is known in the advertising world as a creative, is now based in Manchester and will often work between there and London.

The former St Ninian’s High School student, who studied a national diploma in multimedia at the University College Isle of Man, said: ’The island gives you a lot of time to dream, discovering early on what I wanted I used my freedom to flourish.’ You can see how the film was made by searching: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06kg8hc