2 h. ago Virgin Island viewers blast 'absolutely excruciating' dating show 'as a new low' for TV after launch episode sees 12 singletons endure raunchy tasks in a bid to lose their virginity

The first episode of Channel 4's controversial new dating show Virgin Island finally hit screens on Monday, and viewers were quick to slam the opener as 'excruciating.'

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4 h. ago Virgin Island star cries minutes into show at experts’ act in front of her

A Virgin Island participant was visibly emotional as she witnessed the show's experts demonstrate an intimate act in front of the group.

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4 h. ago Channel 4’s Virgin Island: Awful, horny, depraved – and genius?

Think ‘Love Island’ for adult virgins and you’ll be close to the brief – it could be disastrous but Channel 4 just about pulls it off

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5 h. ago Virgin Island viewers say 'it's wrong' as they slam raunchy scenes minutes into show

Channel 4 viewers were left stunned by their latest series, Virgin Island, as some were left reaching for the remote following the very raunchy scenes airing on TV

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5 h. ago Virgin Island star bursts into tears just minutes into show over what she saw experts do

Channel 4's brand new series Virgin Island kicked off with a bang as one contestant was left in tears after watching a very explicit sex act take place in front of her

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5 h. ago Virgin Island on Channel 4 review: is watching people hump on TV anybody's idea of a good time?

Nobody wants to remember their first times; on Virgin Island, 12 people are being asked to immortalise theirs on national television, inconvenient boners and all

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8 h. ago TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: Channel 4's Virgin Island proves the point that not everything should be on TV

From a gritty four-parter with Robson Green to a radical retreat for virgins and an insight into ADHD from Chris Packham, our TV columnist Sara Wallis picks tonight's best telly

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9 h. ago Virgin Island: What is a ‘surrogate partner’ sex therapist and is it legal?

The therapists in this new Channel 4 series have defended themselves against criticism about the ethics of the practice of sex surrogacy

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10 h. ago Inside Channel 4's controversial Virgin Island where virgins can sleep with sex pros

Channel 4's Virgin Island begins airing tonight with twelve sexually inexperienced adults being coached through a programme to help battle their fears around intimacy

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11 h. ago Revealed: The 'sex surrogates' who will make love to virgins on camera: Polyamorous ex

Virgin Island, Channel 4 's groundbreaking six-part series, will see 12 individuals who have never had sex before travel to Croatia to get hot and steamy on camera.

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13 h. ago Virgin Island cast: who are participants on Channel 4 reality series

Virgin Island starts on Channel 4 on May 12 - meet the full cast 🌴

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13 h. ago Virgin Island is cruel, exploitative, and horribly uncomfortable to watch: CLAUDIA CONNELL'S blistering review of Channel 4 show branded the 'dregs' of TV exploitation

New series follows 12 virgins on a Croatian island with the intent of coaxing them into losing their virginity - on camera - to a 'sex surrogate'.

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14 h. ago Channel 4 blasted for 'poisoning the minds of the masses' and 'scraping the barrel' with outrageous new dating show Virgin Island

The programme, which is set to hit our screens tonight (Monday) at 9pm, will see 12 adults - who have not had sex before - head to an island of Croatia to explore their sexuality.

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63 h. ago Virgin Island producer was 'terrified' cast would quit Channel 4 show that gives cast chance to have sex

Channel 4's Virgin Island is a "TV first" with its cast being helped by trained therapists to overcome their sexual fears - and maybe even have sex with a professional

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63 h. ago Virgin Island producer 'terrified' cast would quit C4 show that gives cast chance to have sex

Channel 4's Virgin Island is a "TV first" with its cast being helped by trained therapists to overcome their sexual fears - and maybe even have sex with a professional

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67 h. ago Virgin Island: Show's 'sexologists' DEFEND use of 'surrogates' who are helping 12 people lose their virginity on camera

Channel 4's groundbreaking new six-part series, titled Virgin Island, sees sexologists Dr Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman and their team, guide the group of virgins on a unique course.

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3 d. ago First look at racy new Channel 4 show Virgin Island as star gets VERY up close and personal with sex expert

The exclusive clip, ahead of the first episode which airs on 12th May at 9:00pm, sees delivery driver Zac, 28, and Dr Danielle Harel get to know each other in a very intimate setting.

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3 d. ago Massages, masturbation and bananas: what to know about Channel 4’s eye

Banana-eating, group massages and discussions about masturbation: it’s all in there

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3 d. ago ‘My body deserves pleasure’: is Virgin Island the most awkward TV sexperiment ever?

Twelve virgins, one island and a team of sex therapists who encourage participants to pleasure them Channel 4’s new show is eye-popping TV. The stars talk fruity games, panic attacks and intimacySex seems to be everywhere – in TV and films, the quagmire of porn online – but young people are increasingly not getting it in real life. The Next Steps longitudinal study following more than 16,000 people, by University College London, found that one in eight 26-year-olds still hadn’t had sex.Hence Channel 4’s new show, Virgin Island, which depicts a two-week “radical retreat” led by sexologists Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman and a team of experts. The 12 participants are all virgins, and their varied issues around physical intimacy are explored via therapies that include sex coaches stripping naked and encouraging participants to pleasure them. The hope being that sex might be something they get to experience in the next fortnight. Continue reading...

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