Underplayed Gems

Love Island (2015)

Love Island poster
Directed by
Mike Spencer
Genre
reality television series
Country
England
Length
6 seasons, 244 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 141 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Singles live together in a villa and pair up to compete for a cash prize. The show focuses on their romantic connections, challenges, and eliminations.

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What happens

Love Island is a British reality show. It is a revival of the earlier celebrity series of the same name, which aired for two series in 2005 and 2006. The series is the originator of the international Love Island franchise, with twenty-two versions of it having been produced so far worldwide. Love Island is presented by Maya Jama and narrated by Iain Stirling. The show was previously hosted by Caroline Flack and Laura Whitmore, respectively. Each presenter has also hosted its companion show, Love Island: Aftersun. The show has been highly successful and influential in British popular culture; it became ITV2's most watched show in the network's history in 2018, and as of 2020 was the most watched TV show among its target audience of 16- to 34-year-olds. However, it has attracted a considerable amount of controversy, with four people linked to the show having died by suicide. Contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis died by suicide after appearing on the program; Gradon's boyfriend died by suicide about 20 days after her death. The following year, the show's original presenter, Caroline Flack, also died by suicide. Due to this and the negative effects that contestants deal with on and after the show, there have been calls from some to cancel the programme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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