BBC announced the original new dating format “Stranded on Honeymoon Island,” produced by CPL Productions, the production company behind “Married At First Sight UK,” “Love Is Blind UK” and “A League Of Their Own,” will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2025. The format has also been commissioned in Australia. The show was created by Snowman Productions, the team behind the relationship format “Married At First Sight.”
In this bold and original new adventure dating format, six couples are matched by experts and then immediately after committing themselves to each other in an intimate ceremony, will be dramatically abandoned in idyllic isolation for the adventure of a lifetime. On these remote beaches, fledgling relationships are soon put to the test as the couples live together and fend for themselves with few resources. Marooned and alone, they must communicate and collaborate to get by, with nowhere to run when the going gets tough. Will an escape from modern life bring them closer together or push them apart? Will it lead to love or loathing?
Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC said: “We are thrilled to be bringing this dating reality format to the BBC. 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, CPL Creative Director 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.”
Tim Gerhartz, Managing Director of Seven.One Studios International, mentioned: “We are delighted that ‘Stranded on Honeymoon Island’ has found the perfect home in the UK with the BBC. We are sure audiences in the UK will love this engaging, dramatic and emotional reality show that uniquely combines the relationship and reality genres in an exotic survival setting.”
“Stranded on Honeymoon Island” (12 x 60’) was commissioned for BBC One and BBC iPlayer by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The Executive Producers for CPL are Murray Boland, Danielle Lux, Dermot Caulfield and Rachel Viner. The Commissioning Editors for the BBC are Katie Taylor and Chantal Boyle. Snowman, CPL and Seven.One Studios International are all part of Seven.One Studios. “Stranded on Honeymoon Island” is distributed by Seven.One Studios International.