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Former Love Island contestant Sophie Gradon dies aged 32

Reality star who appeared in 2016 series of show has been found dead in Northumberland Love Island star Sophie Gradon has died at the age of 32, it has been confirmed.The reality star, who appeared in...

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Love Island is a Rorschach test: see what you want to see | Jane Merrick

It’s daft to see too much meaning in the show. Just lie back and enjoy it, like the contestants...On Friday, an evicted Love Island contestant appeared on Daily Politics alongside Nigel Farage and...

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Ofcom receives 650 complaints over Sunday's Love Island episode

Viewers felt producers caused Dani Dyer unnecessary distress with a misleading videoOfcom received 650 complaints after Sunday night’s episode of Love Island, amid suggestions producers unnecessarily...

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Love Island did not breach rules showing Dani Dyer's 'distress'

Ofcom says viewers of reality show should have come to expect scenes of that natureThe ITV2 show Love Island did not breach broadcasting rules by showing Dani Dyer getting upset after seeing a video of...

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Love Island and World Cup drive ITV advertising revenues

Reality TV show and England campaign spur 22% rise, with audience share at 10-year high The huge popularity of Love Island and England’s World Cup campaign drove a 22% surge in ITV’s advertising...

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Tory party's knock-off Love Island water bottles fail to fizz

Latest Conservative campaign to attract young voters could infringe ITV’s trademarkTwo national institutions with substantial influence over the lives of ordinary Britons clashed on Monday, when the...

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Don’t scoff at Love Island. It’s British society laid bare | Leah Green

Love Island was more than the sum of its beautiful contestants’ body parts. It held up a mirror to some uncomfortable truthsTwo TV shows have been endlessly debated during the long, hot summer of 2018....

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Love Island final attracts more than 4 million viewers

Record audiences for ITV2 watched Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham win hit reality showLove Island’s finale was watched by a peak audience of more than 4 million Britons – with millions more watching on...

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Evil Monkeys: will ITV2's bananas new show be the next Love Island?

How best to follow up the most popular series of the summer? With a reality game show where simians electrocute Towie stars, of courseRemember when Channel 5 attempted to launch Naked Jungle, a reality...

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ITV reviews support given to Love Island contestants

After Mike Thalassitis’s death, producers look at how to help stars deal with overnight fame ITV is reviewing the level of support it provides to Love Island contestants who struggle to adapt to their...

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Head of ITV comedy drops all-male writing teams

Head of comedy tells festival that there are a ‘significant lack’ of women and an ‘awful lot’ of all-male teamsITV’s head of comedy has said she will no longer commission any show with an all-male...

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Supermarket Sweep to return to TV presented by Rylan Clark-Neal

Former X Factor contestant will succeed Dale Winton as host of rebooted game show on ITV2Supermarket Sweep is to return, with Rylan Clark-Neal presenting the game show previously hosted by Dale...

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Killer Camp: it's Love Island meets a slasher movie – and it's murderously...

Running every night in the runup to Halloween, ITV2’s terrific new gameshow traps a gang of attractive contestants together ... then starts bumping them offMost gameshows these days are deathly dull....

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Brash, naff and brainless: why Take Me Out is the only dating show we need

Paddy McGuinness’s gameshow – which returns this weekend for its 11th run – remains a welcome relief from the real worldThis might sound like a reach – or, at the very least, the foolish ramblings of a...

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Laura Whitmore replaces Caroline Flack as Love Island host

Dublin-born presenter steps in after predecessor was charged with assault this monthLaura Whitmore will replace Caroline Flack as the host of Love Island, ITV has confirmed.Flack was charged with...

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Caroline Flack obituary

Television presenter best known for hosting the reality show Love IslandThe reality TV presenter Caroline Flack, who has taken her own life aged 40, helped the ITV2 dating programme Love Island become...

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'Disrespectful and even dangerous': what a relief Love Island has finished

The dating show proved harder and harder to watch as it progressed towards the final, and not only because of the tragedy of Caroline Flack’s suicideEmotions were high during the Love Island final on...

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Love Island in the time of Corona: will an Aussie replacement suffice?

Plenty of reality shows have foreign counterparts, but while they are sometimes better, they are never quite what you expectRealistically, Love Island was never going to come back properly this year....

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Love Island makers say LGBT contestants bring ‘logistical difficulties’

ITV producers say greater inclusivity is a goal for the reality TV hit, but that sexual diversity challenges the show’s formatThe makers of TV’s Love Island have said that there have been “logistical...

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Big Brother to return on ITV2 in 2023 after five-year hiatus

The reality TV programme aired for 18 years in the UK until it was axed in 2018Big Brother will return to screens next year after a five-year hiatus after being revived by ITV, it has been...

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