Channel 4 launching brand new dating show which is even raunchier than Naked Attraction
SHOWING singletons getting hitched to a stranger or stripping naked within minutes of meeting clearly isn’t extreme enough for Channel 4.
I can reveal the broadcaster, which has Naked Attraction and hit dating show Married At First Sight UK on its sister channel E4, is lining up a new show where couples will be encouraged to have sex on their first date.
But not at some hotel hook-up — instead they’ll be provided with Bluetooth sex toys so they can get intimate with each other online, and later meet in person if they strike up a connection.
A TV insider said: “Channel 4 has aired some bizarre dating shows, but this will be the most outrageous.
“They made a pilot towards the end of last year and the next phase is screen-testing it to audiences.
“If it’s green lit, it is bound to cause controversy but the series could also attract some big ratings.”
Under the working title Sex First, the show relies on the theory that perfect matches must have sexual chemistry first and foremost.
Single people will be introduced to each other online as avatars before ramping up their chemistry by having online sex, thanks to the Bluetooth-synced sex toys.
If the pairs like what they experience and enjoy their first sexual encounter together, they can then meet to see if the bond is just as compatible in real life and decide whether to take it further still and start dating.
The series, which is tipped to appear later this year, proves Channel 4 is still investing in dating shows, despite many broadcasters shelving series in the past few months.
Joel Dommett’s The Love Trap was dumped by Channel 4, while ITV scrapped Romeo And Duet, Ready To Mingle and The Singles Table.
For the sake of Sex First, hopefully its longevity will be on par with the battery life in its sex toys.
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GAME Of Thrones’ James Cosmo is teaming up with VisitScotland to recite the nation’s favourite Scots poem, To A Mouse by Robert Burns, to mark Burns Night on January 25.
He will record the poem and express his own love for Burns’ poetry and the Scots language in a Q&A session.
JAMES SHOWS KILLER LOOKS
WHAT a difference 24 hours makes for James Norton.
On Sunday, Happy Valley viewers saw him as dishevelled psychopath Tommy Lee Royce.
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And here he is yesterday in Milan, at the Giorgio Armani fashion show having scrubbed up very well.
He had a front-row seat at the event.
The Grantchester and McMafia actor returned to the BBC1 series after seven years to portray murderer Tommy.
James plays the former partner of Becky Cawood, daughter of lead character Catherine, who is the police officer played by the brilliant Sarah Lancashire.
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A NEW Sky Documentaries four-parter will explore the rise and fall of Spain’s King Juan Carlos I.
It will shed new light on his personal life including affairs, allegations of corruption and claims that he abused his power, and look at the events leading up to his abdication in 2014.
Told from the perspective of his friends, palace insiders, former intelligence officials and critics, it will air on Sky and Now TV this year.
JOKE’S ON JOEL FOR WIFE’S GIG
JOEL DOMMETT’s wife Hannah Cooper has swapped make-up for stand-up.
The fashion model performed her first comedy gig on Sunday at a small indie venue in South London, cracking a load of jokes at her husband’s expense.
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One gag poked fun at his lack of expertise in removing her underwear in the bedroom, borrowing the catchphrase from ITV show The Masked Singer, which he hosts.
Hannah joked: “At home he loves to go ‘take it off, take it off’ but that’s only because he can’t undo the bra himself.”
Cheeky Hannah also laughed at Joel’s height, performance in bed and squeaky voice.
But he couldn’t have been prouder and gave her a big hug afterwards.
Her efforts will feature in a future episode of their joint Never Have I Ever podcast.
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