DAVINA McCALL’s new show My Mum, Your Dad is about single parents hoping for a second chance at finding The One.
In the series, their teenagers direct action from a hidden bunker. They set up couples and create magical dates.
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But sparks were clearly flying in the secret surveillance room too — with a string of behind-the-scenes romps.
A source said: “The children are all in their late teens and early twenties so had a blast on the show.
“It was a really bonding experience, they were a group of young people stuck in a bunker together for weeks and they all agreed they had a brilliant time setting up the grown-ups on some amazing dates.
“Filming has finished but as you might expect, you throw a group of young people together, with a fair few of them single, and let’s just say a few of them have grown close right under Davina’s nose.
Lust for romance
“Even though the show is now over it hasn’t stopped some of them enjoying a bit of their own Love Island-style lust and romance.”
A couple that has been together since the end of filming have fallen in love.
The show, which was dubbed “Middle-aged Love Island” when first announced, sees single parents move into a romantic retreat for six weeks to try and meet a new life partner.
It was filmed at a £8.75million country mansion in West Sussex, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a steam room, sauna, spa, hot tub and a gym.
They are controlled secretly by their children on the path of true love.
Davina revealed that she pitched the idea to ITV herself.
She said: “Omg. It came to pass! I’ll be hosting a new grown-up dating series for ITV.
“This is a show for single parents who have lived a life, have stories to tell of their dating pasts and deserve another chance at love and I’m gonna help you.”
Davina, why not help them too?
Iain’s love aisle
IAIN STIRLING has scored a cool, new role that takes him away from the heat of Love Island and the bikini clad beauties.
In the latest episode, Shopping With Keith Lemon, He takes a shopping trip with Keith Lemon to Iceland.
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The first images of the ITV2 reality show star in a tracksuit are far from his sunny Mallorca location. He is hunting for bargains on the ice-cold aisles.
As he loads up the cart with ready-made chicken masala, Mars bars and a portion for a whole family, he is expected to talk about his private life.
Shopping With Keith Lemon is the second episode in the Iain Double Bill, which will be shown immediately after Love Island. In this episode, Iain narrates all the action, using his trademark quips.
Keith and Zara will meet in a chilly ice-bath after their Icelandic adventure.
The comic filmed an instalment with Iain’s wife and former Love Island host Laura Whitmore in 2020 where she revealed Iain was drunk the first time that they met.
She said: “I remember thinking he was very attractive, with a Scottish accent and tall. I met him at the Scottish BAFTAs and he was wasted, he was a drunken mess.”
Laura will have to make do with Irn Bru, since that’s all Iain is drinking.
ITV2 continues Shopping with Keith Lemon on Wednesday, 10.05pm.
It’s haves and have yachts
SUMMERTIME heats up at Paramount+.
The channel is screening a new show following life on board some of the world’s greatest super yachts.
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The Hot Yachts Miami series focuses on elite boat dealers competing with each other to let their yachts to affluent, party-loving billionaires.
The show promises plenty of backstabbing, drama and cameras that are allowed to sneak behind the scenes.
Among the characters is a broker selling vessels for up to £78milion and a socialite and former model who is pals with Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio.
A show synopsis reveals: “Hot Yachts: Miami welcomes viewers on board the most luxurious boats in the world and into the insanely Instagrammable lives of the people who sell them.”
Paramount+ will stream the movie starting August 3.
Tomorrow night, electric vehicles will be scrutinized.
Michelle Ackerley, investigates whether the UK has what it takes to hit the government’s target to reach net zero emissions. Electric Cars – What they Really Mean for You will air tomorrow on BBC One at 8pm.
Sophie’s Xmas smash hit
A new hit Christmas song for children has been written by SOPHIE ELIS-BEXTOR.
The singer teamed up with Channel 4, film composer David Arnold and lyricist Don Black to create a theme song for holiday special Mog’s Christmas.
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The new show tells the story of Judith Kerr’s classic children’s book of the same name.
The song, titled As Long As I Belong, will run with an animated segment of the special, which shows cat Mog’s dream as she falls asleep on Christmas Eve.
Sophie said: “When I told my kids I’d been asked to sing Mog’s song, they couldn’t really believe it because Mog has been part of our world since my eldest was small and he’s 20 next year.
“It feels really special.”
Mog’s Christmas will air on Channel 4 this December.
Worsley warming to quiz
Lucy Worsley, a historian who spent years on icy streets filming TV shows has now returned from the freezing cold.
She heads up Channel 5’s new quiz show Puzzling in a swanky – heated – studio.
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Lucy was disappointed by her move for a particular reason.
She said: “When I make history documentaries, it’s normally me and a crew of three and we are on a street corner in Edinburgh and it’s late at night and it’s raining and we say, ‘Good luck, studio’ as a morale-boosting joke.
“Since we’ve actually been filming in a studio, I’ve discovered nobody actually says that, which is disappointing. I honestly thought they did and was expecting it to happen!”
On Thursdays, at 8pm, Channel 5 airs a game called Puzzling. Players are challenged in a variety of areas including language and lateral thinking.
No morale-boosting humor is included.
You would think that Sigourney Weaver, the actress from “The Princess Bride”, would enjoy a Hollywood movie to relax.
Avatar’s star, however, prefers a show on our properties.
She told Central Recorderday Times Style mag: “I feel half-English. I love gardening. My favourite show is Escape To The Country.”
The job not Si’s cup of tea
SIMON GREGSON is a regular at the Rovers Return.
The Corrie legend now serves customers himself.
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The Morley Tea Rooms were purchased by him and his wife Emma in Wilmslow (Cheshire) in October.
Simon confesses that he hides behind her in order to avoid washing the dishes.
Simon told Cheshire Life: “Well, I can’t prep any food as you need to have the relevant food hygiene qualifications.
“I tend to avoid answering my phone between ten and four so I can avoid being [asked to be] Pot washer
“I’ve been on TV for 34 years, what do you expect?!
“I was chief taster, and now I’ve got to go on a diet.”