Mother of God. We all like a bit of reality TV, and some people may or may not admit to dabbling in the odd spot of pornography (I said 'some people, I did not say 'me', jeez) but who ever put in a request for live sex with ordinary people on a Channel 4 TV show? Well apparently there is a demand for such a show. Perverts.
The thing is, hearing about it and knowing what strange and uncomfortable viewing it'd make for, we're kind of already intrigued. Aren't you? Course you are, you saucy minx.
It'll be called Sex Box. Immediately I think of The Cube and wonder if it'll follow a similar format in which the men involved compete for endurance. Would you watch a competitive show to see who can have sex for the longest period of time?
Well sadly, that's not what this is. In an attempt to 'reclaim sex back from pornography', couples will have sex in soundproof boxes (soundproof? But if you're going to show us, like, we may as well hear it too) and then be interveiwed about it. Oh no wait, they're not showing us, the box won't be made of glass, so all we'll get to see is their post coital walk of shame on live TV? That still might work. So three couples, two straight, one gay, and a panel of sexperts who'll suss out what they got up to in the sack. Mariella Frostrup will host.
Frostrup says of her saucy new gig (via The Daily Mail):
'I approached it with great trepidation and a degree of scepticism, particularly about why we needed a box, but ultimately I think it was a really, really mature - surprisingly for television - look at a subject we've allowed to proliferate in its worst manifestations and refuse to confront.'
'The sex we see on screen, in magazines and increasingly online bears little relation to the real experiences of real people - this will be a frank conversation about an essential element in all our lives.'
