‘If you survive this, you’ll survive anything’: new UK reality show that strands ‘newlyweds’ on honeymoon

McCall says the show is a ‘real’ reality series that the producers ‘can’t steer’ or predict. Photograph: BBC/CPL Productions

The new BBC series Stranded on Honeymoon Island is a “social experiment” about the reality of marriage that will teach audiences about “moving forward with your life”, its host, Davina McCall, has said.

Made by the producers of Married at First Sight UK, the show features 12 singles looking for lifelong love who are matched with someone on a speed date and “married”. They are then stranded on a tropical island dressed only in their wedding outfit for a three-week honeymoon without phones, luxuries, family or friends.