BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island (Image: Channel 4)

A fresh reality TV show is set to hit the BBC. Stranded on Honeymoon Island, a dating programme, will pair up singletons who've had no luck in love and leave them stranded on an island.

The show is the brainchild of CPL Productions, the award-winning production company behind smash hits like Married At First Sight UK, Love Is Blind UK and A League Of Their Own. There's no doubt that this new offering is one to keep an eye on.

It marks the first UK edition of Stranded on Honeymoon Island, which has aired in Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and has been commissioned in Australia, reports the Mirror.

Slated for release in 2025, the unique dating show is billed as "no ordinary relationship show", featuring a total of 12 participants. The six couples will be paired by experts and asked to commit to each other in an intimate ceremony, before being left on a secluded island for the ultimate relationship challenge and adventure.

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The couples will live together and fend for themselves with limited resources, putting their budding romances to the ultimate test. The BBC teased: "Marooned and alone, they must communicate and collaborate to survive, with nowhere to hide when things get tough. Will escaping modern life bring them closer or drive them apart? Will it lead to love or loathing?"

Stranded on Honeymoon Island will pair up singletons who've had no luck in love and leave them stranded on an island (Image: BBC)

Kalpna Patel-Knight, the BBC's Head of Entertainment, has shared her excitement about the broadcaster's newest dating show, saying: "We are thrilled to be bringing this dating reality format to the BBC. This unique new dating series will see couples who have previously been unlucky in love being paired up and sent straight on their honeymoon with no phone, no apps and no contact with the outside world - let's see if they can make it work on their desert island and find love."

CPL's Creative Director Murray Boland expressed his enthusiasm for the project, stating: "We are incredibly excited to be bringing this show to the BBC. It's a bold and innovative format but it also has heart and soul. CPL takes great pride in the relationship reality formats it produces and Stranded On Honeymoon Island feels like a very special commission."

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Tim Gerhartz, Managing Director at Seven. One Studios International, commented: "We are delighted that Stranded on Honeymoon Island has found the perfect home in the UK with the BBC. We are sure audiences in the UK will love this engaging, dramatic and emotional reality show that uniquely combines the relationship and reality genres in an exotic survival setting."

Enthusiastic participants can register their interest in joining the upcoming series of Stranded on Honeymoon Island here.

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island

BBC to launch new dating show which will see couples left stranded on an island