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Swingers on Channel 4 show reveal what it's REALLY like off camera - as they lift lid on three-hour orgies
Swingers from a Channel 4 show have revealed what it's really like off camera and lifted the lid on three-hour orgies.
Joe Turner, 30, and his fiancee Lily Jones, 33, appear on Open House: The Great Sex Experiment, a programme which sees couples try and open up their relationship.
The couple, who are both bisexual, are experienced in the world of non-monogamy and first started swinging two years ago.
Together, they feature on the show as 'residents' who help others try out non-monogamous relationships too.
Open House: The Great Sex Experiment premiered in 2022 and over the past three years there have been three seasons of couples exploring involving other people in their sex lives, with the third hitting screens last month.
The show is packed full of steamy scenes between the participants but Lily revealed to CambridgeshireLive how not every saucy moment makes the cut.
'I lost count of how many orgies there were. And there's so much more than what you see on the TV - what is shown for 30 seconds on TV might be three hours in real life,' she said.
'And what happens off-camera, between the residents, is 10 times that which gets aired.'
Lily opened up about one particular sexual encounter on the show that lasted three hours but was cut to 30 seconds for the programme.
'The camera focused on me with Mark, but there wasn't one thing on the bed that wasn't happening. There was girl-on-girl, strap-ons, all sorts. The house has a selection of sex toys too,' she said, adding that they have no idea what will make it to air beforehand.
Off camera, during non-filming days, the saucy sessions can continue between the residents, but not involving the guest couples.
Lily also admitted she had 'lost count' of the amount of orgies that took place away from the cameras.
Before going on the show, Joe and Lily set boundaries in their relationship.
They decided they were open to anything except Lily having alone time with a single man, and Joe with a single woman.
Together, they feature on the show as 'residents' who help others try out non-monogamous relationships too
Lily revealed that their boundaries shifted with time and they 'have since done things separately'.
The couple applied back in 2023 and Joe explained they 'just wanted to have fun' and had enjoyed watching the show previously.
Joe and Lily are 'proud' of their lifestyle and their families have been supportive of their feature on the show.
The programme has seen plenty of wild moments, including when a man vomited after being told he has to let partner sleep with another man.
Couple Tom and Lauren, were keen to spice things up a bit in the bedroom.
After a chat with non monogamy expert Effy Blue, the expert said that she wanted the dynamics to 'change a bit' and the pair should both have experiences without each other.
Effy tells viewers: 'Today is about challenging Tom to be independent.
'I'm curious to see how that will affect the dynamics they have between them.
Lauren needs to be a partner to Tom, not a caretaker.'
As they return to their room, Lauren tells Tom: 'Don't be nervous. You absolutely got this.'
Lauren tells the camera: 'It was my idea. It was my idea from the start.
'Yes it's throwing me and Tom in the deep end...
'But to be able to have him to have the confidence that we can go off, have our fun, come back to each other at the end of the night and it's absolutely insane.'
The voiceover says: 'But the thought of flying solo entirely naked isn't sitting well with Tom.'
Tom can then be heard being sick in the toilet and Lauren runs to him with some water.
