Overview

• A first-look clip from episode one goes live at 5pm on Channel 4’s 4Reality YouTube channel, showing the brides’ and grooms’ hen and stag parties.
• The new run premieres at 9pm on Sunday on E4, moving to a five‑night weekly schedule for greater continuity across the week.
• Eighteen participants take part this year, including both a gay couple and a lesbian couple, marking a first for the UK edition.
• Experts Mel Schilling, Paul C. Brunson and Charlene Douglas return to guide the experiment, with Brunson calling the cast a “true cross‑section of the UK.”
• Tabloid reports have named some prospective participants, including Davide Anica, Rebecca Fen and Steven Springett, though these have not been formally confirmed by the broadcaster.