Channel 4's Virgin Island hit with bizarre ‘unheard of' sex BAN as series two gets green light
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VIRGIN Island was all about helping 12 innocents pop their cherries on TV, but I can reveal that those behind the scenes faced a sex BAN.
The crew, including therapists Danielle Harel, Celeste Hirschman and the experts tasked with helping the cast let loose, were all under strict rules not to get any thrills of their own.
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Virgin Island became Channel 4's biggest launch this year
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A source said: 'Location shoots like this are usually a hotbed for hook-ups.
"But Virgin Island was no fun for anyone except the virgins.
'Production wanted to make them feel comfortable and unintimidated.
"This sort of crew sex ban is unheard of in the TV world, but is very responsible of Channel 4.'
A second series has been ordered after the show became the broadcaster's biggest launch this year, averaging 1.4million viewers an episode and notching up 9million streams.
Virgin Island star reveals if he's had sex since the show and what happened after cameras stopped rolling
GORKA: JAMES IS MY GUY
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Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Gorka Marquez
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AS a pro dancer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, Gorka Marquez has been paired with top names including Helen Skelton, Alexandra Burke and Katie McGlynn.
But which other famous faces does he dream of taking to the ballroom floor with?
Speaking at a Soccer Aid training day last week, Gorka said: 'I always say James Corden would be amazing because he comes from musical theatre.
'And he just moved back to the UK again. He can sing, he can move, I think he'd be amazing.
'I was having breakfast with Sir Mo Farah and I was telling him he'd be amazing on the show.
'But anybody who wants to do Strictly and loves dancing would be perfect.
OLIVIA'S PERFECT RETURN
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Olivia Attwood's The Price Of Perfection is proving a big success
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OLIVIA ATTWOOD returned for a second series of ITV2 documentary The Price Of Perfection last week – and it's already proving a big success with viewers.
Figures reveal that the show – which sees Olivia look into cosmetic procedures and mummy makeovers – achieved its highest ever overnight audience, peaking at 349,000 viewers.
So it is expected to hit the same heights as the first series, which reached nearly 8million streams.
Olivia's total views already stands at almost 40million across this format and her previous three series, Getting Filthy Rich, Bad Boyfriends and Olivia Attwood Vs The Trolls.
The Price Of Perfection is available to stream on ITVX.
BRENDAN: IT'LL END IN TEARS
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Potty-mouthed Irish Mammy Agnes Brown
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THEY are two of the longest-running sitcoms on the BBC – and they show no signs of slowing down just yet – but their creators are already cooking up endings.
When discussing what was to come in the future, Mrs Brown's Boys' Brendan O'Carroll and Not Going Out's Lee Mack admitted they have very different ideas of how they would wrap things up.
Brendan revealed: 'I'd have the audience peeing themselves with laughter for 25 minutes and then crying their eyes out for the final five.'
But Lee Mack, who co-writes and stars in his series alongside Sally Bretton and Hugh Dennis, responded: 'I'd do it the other way around!'
Brendan's comedy about potty-mouthed Irish Mammy Agnes Brown launched in 2011, while Lee's show featuring him and co-star Sally as husband and wife Lee and Lucy first aired back in 2006.
ACTRESS JOANNA VANDERHAM says she found her role as Diana Mosley in UKTV's Outrageous harrowing. Diana, one of the Mitford sisters, married fascist Oswald Mosley, with Hitler as a wedding guest.
She said: 'Certain lines of hers I found difficult. Her thoughts were so scary.'
SQUID Game's third and final series lands on Netflix on June 27, but director Hwang Dong-Hyuk says the team struggled to come up with new sick games for it.
At a preview screening in London he said he felt 'relief and sadness' to close the show after dedicating six years of his life to it.
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