BBC announces new reality show from MAFS UK producers

The producers of Married At First Sight UK are teaming up with the BBC for a brand new reality format.

With the new season of MAFS UK just around the corner, CPL Productions is skipping the altar for the honeymoon with its 12 lucky – or possibly unlucky – singles.

In Stranded on Honeymoon Island, a team of relationship experts will match six couples, who are then flown to a remote island directly after a commitment ceremony.

These couples must live and work together while stranded on Honeymoon Island, as their relationships are put to the test by the unruly environment.

This unique format's producer CPL has had previous success with Love Is Blind UK and the sports panel show A League Of Their Own.

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"We are thrilled to be bringing this dating reality format to the BBC," the BBC's Head of Entertainment, Kalpna Patel-Knight, said in a statement.

"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.”

Murray Boland, of production company CPL, added: "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.”

Stranded on Honeymoon Island has been produced throughout Europe, after first airing in Belgium. An Australian version is also in the works, with the 12-part UK adaptation airing on BBC One in 2025.

Married at First Sight UK airs on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight Australia airs on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK.

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