Sex on television is no longer confined to late nights or the higher numbers of your on-screen TV guide. Recently, Amanda Holden has offered up “A Bonkers History” of sex; Sex Education returns to Netflix for one final rub of the sex-genie’s lamp; and on Channel 4, you may have been watching a group of liberated types getting together en masse in a lovely country mansion in The Great Sex Experiment. Shoving its way into this crowded bed is Sex Rated, in which people rate their own sexual abilities, before their exes come along to agree or disagree.
It’s hosted by Rylan, very much not in his Radio 2 show mode, and “Shagony Aunt” Ruby Rare, a sex educator who adds a touch of common sense to proceedings. A contestant, or participant, fills in a lengthy sex survey, then sits on the sofa with Rylan to discuss their own likes, preferences and skills. Next, two or three of their exes drop by, and reveal how they have rated that person in the same departments. You might think you’re a 10 at oral sex, but imagine the horror if your former partner declares on national television that you are a mere five.
