British broadcaster C4 is to make a supersized UK version of the Australian format Love Triangle, originally developed by the producers of Married at First Sight Australia. The series was shown on Stan in 2022.
The new relationship format coming to the E4 channel challenges six singles to reject all the conventions and pitfalls of modern, app-based dating, in favour of a radical new approach.
Love Triangle match-making
Turning their backs on the overwhelming stream of choice, the singles’ options will be shrunk to just two to choose between. One match embodies each single’s usual wants, type and desires; the other reflects their deeper, more fulfilling romantic needs.
The format follows singles as they spend 48 hours getting to know their two matches via text only. In its efforts to offer an antidote to the worst aspects of modern dating, this experience demands that the singles make their decision without setting eyes on their suitors; no pictures or selfies allowed.
After just two days of trying to build a connection, they must make the potentially life-changing choice between their two matches, before they meet them on a blind date. Just 24 hours later, the picker and their chosen match will take the extraordinary step of moving in together, to explore what their future might look like. But around the corner are a series of plot-twists that neither the singles, nor their suitors, see coming.
The British version of Love Triangle (10×60’), will be produced by Workerbee (a Banijay UK company) and be broadcast on the C4 channel E4.
Based on the Australian format, originally developed by the producers of Married at First Sight Australia, the UK version supersizes its predecessor, adding in new format points and new elements for British audiences.
Channel 4 commissioning editor, factual entertainment, and commissioning editor for Married at First Sight UK, Lee McMurray said: “When it comes to romance, most of us have a type we want, who often disappoints; we fail to spot the match we need, who could make us truly happy. Love Triangle puts this modern dating dilemma front and centre, with a trademark E4 twist. I’m confident British audiences will be gripped by this radical rejection of our current looks-based, swipe right dating culture, as they share the joy, love, heartache and off-the-scale drama of the six brave singles taking part in this unique, distinctive quest for love.”
Ben Mitchell, Workerbee creative director, said: “In the superficial world of modern dating, it’s all too easy to swipe away matches who could have been the love of our lives, if only we’d given them a chance. In this explosive new format, we’re asking six singles to try a very different approach to finding ‘the one’. The results are surprising, emotional and dramatic. In Love Triangle, there are three sides to every story!”
The cast from Stan’s Love Triangle 2022
Production notes
Love Triangle was developed by the producers of Married at First Sight Australia, Endemol Shine Australia (a Banijay company) in conjunction with Nine Network. The UK production is produced by Workerbee and exec produced by Charlie Faux and Ben Mitchell. It was commissioned for E4 by Channel 4 factual entertainment commissioning editor, Lee McMurray and head of youth and digital, Karl Warner.
Britain’s Channel 4 (C4) is a free-to-air broadcaster and available to all of the UK. Users have access to the UK’s biggest free streaming service, plus a network of 12 television channels.
See also: How Stan dialled up the dating drama with original series Love Triangle