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Its contestants don’t “crack on” immediately or pull each other for chats at the firepit – they are parents with real baggage tentatively giving themselves a second chance at love.

Each of the eight parents have their children nearby to their Sussex mansion in what they call ‘the bunker’ (but in reality is a gorgeous farmhouse). The kids watch their parent’s every move through a live stream and witness every awkward moment that comes with that.

The launch on Monday 3 June will see 10 contestants (often nicknamed ‘the OGs’) enter the villa and pair off. At the end of the episode, a bombshell will enter to shake these couples up, and anyone left single at the next ‘re-coupling’ will be dumped from the island. Over eight weeks plenty more bombshells will enter, with the cast usually totalling over 30.

Only four couples will make it to the final, and then it’s up to the public to vote for their favourite, who will split £50,000 between them.

But this time they’re welcoming five new faces, including a member of the Vanderpump family.

This series will see Reza Amiri-Garroussi and Ruby Adler still on shaky ground after their attempts to reconcile in Sydney. This reunion is causing a strain on Ruby and Emily Blackwell’s friendship, as Ruby doesn’t want to hear Emily’s opinions on Reza. Sam Prince and Yasmine Zweegers' relationship status is also as yet unclear.

SHARK! Celebrity Infested Waters sees celebs sink their teeth into their fear of oceans by jumping into shark infested waters. The as yet unconfirmed ‘A-listers’ will be swimming with gradually bigger and more dangerous sharks off Bimini, an island in The Bahamas home to 10 different breeds of shark.

On top of this, the stars will be educated on why sharks aren’t quite as intimidating as they seem, learning about their place in the ecosystem and why the world without them would actually be a lot scarier than the sharks themselves.

While everyone continues to remark on the so-called golden age of drama on TV, a growing number of constructed factual shows have been quietly grabbing huge audiences and winning awards.

Fresh off the block, The Traitors – effectively a game of “wink murder” writ large in a spooky Scottish castle, with Claudia Winkleman presiding – won at the RTS Programme Awards and the British Press Guild Awards, as well as grabbing two Baftas.

Previously titled ‘The Romance Retreat’, the dating show sees single parents over 35 move into an English country home in an effort to find true love.

Each contestant has been nominated for the show by their grown-up children, who will have more of a role in their new dating lives than the parents originally thought…

For the tenth series, the Love Island villa has opened its doors to 10 hopeful singles as they aim to win £50,000 through public vote, and hopefully find love, and a PLT deal, along the way.

After entering the villa, the singles pair into couples and enjoy a few hours of happily partnered bliss before a new “bombshell” enters the villa to steal one half of a couple, leaving someone single. If the single islander isn’t chosen by anyone in the next recoupling, they will be dumped from the island.

I Kissed a Boy is aptly named, as all contestants will begin their journey by kissing their new partners upon their first meeting, without even exchanging words.

The 10 participants in the UK's first gay dating show have been paired up by self-proclaimed “fairy-godmother/cupid” and Australian pop icon Dannii Minogue. She says: "When dating fatigue sets in and you are tired of swiping right, or you have not had the opportunity to meet enough potential dates – Mama Minogue is here to help.”