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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

E4 rides the Love Shaft

Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap: still exerting its influence on E4 show titles? Photograph: Andre Csillag/Rex Features

Big up to the E4 commissioning editor who hacked into the BBC3 random-saucy-programme-title generator to come up with the catchy moniker for new dating show Love Shaft. It's, like, a dating show – in a lift. How elevatortastic is that? There's a penthouse, a singleton dating other "sexy singles" betwixt and between floors, an emergency telephone ("Please help me! My date's let off an SBD..."). No word yet on whether unlucky suitors will be dismembered by a lift cable, a la Damien: Omen II. But look out for more Spinal Tap-esque show titles from E4. Monkey can't wait for Lick My Love Pump, Bitch School, Break Like the Wind … and sex education format Turn My Libido up to 11.

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