In the very first episode of Channel 4’s Virgin Island, 28-year-old virgin Zac finds himself irrepressibly horny. He immediately pushes past the bulk of his intimacy issues with the help of his “surrogate partner”, Kat, who is described as “a highly trained therapist who is able to have sex with a client” (sure, OK). Zac strokes Kat’s arm; in return she lasciviously eyes him as though he were Tom Hardy bulging out of a white t-shirt. This stroking is enough to fill the room with sexual tension, to assure an audience of the palpable clamminess of Zac’s uninitiated brow.
The voiceover lady says what we’re all thinking: “The speed of the surrogate programme doesn’t seem to be moving fast enough for Zac.” This man – a virgin, and surely not for lack of willing – is ready to go.
