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Simon Meechan

BBC to launch new dating show Love in the Flesh to take on Love Island

The BBC will take on ITV and launch a show to rival Love Island.

The Mirror reports that the BBC show, named 'Love in the Flesh', will unite couples who met online during lockdown and send them abroad for a real-life first date.

Cameras will follow each couple on their holiday to see if love has blossomed.

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Love in the Flesh will be filmed this summer and air later in the year on BBC Three. Love Island returns to ITV on June 28.

An insider told The Sun : "This BBC show gives these couples everything they could possibly need for the perfect start.

"A Love Island backdrop, stunning weather, good food and ultimately the date of a lifetime.

"Online dating has soared in the past year during lockdown.

"With the world slowly opening up, these internet lovers can no longer hide behind their screens and will have to meet their match in the flesh.

"Viewers will be able to follow these couples as they discover if they really have met The One, or whether it's been a waste of time and they're not who they were cracked up to be.”

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