{"id":50100,"date":"2024-04-23T13:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T11:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2029809"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:12:37","slug":"i-kissed-a-girl-confirms-air-date-for-hit-bbc-three-dating-shows-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/i-kissed-a-girl-confirms-air-date-for-hit-bbc-three-dating-shows-return\/","title":{"rendered":"I Kissed a Girl confirms air date for hit BBC Three dating show\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The spin-off has also announced a new narrator. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 23 April 2024 at 11:13 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The BBC has confirmed that dating show I Kissed a Girl will debut on <strong>Sunday 5th May<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The first two episodes will both be made available to stream on BBC iPlayer on that day, before they are broadcast on BBC Three at 9pm on Sunday and Monday respectively, with that release pattern continuing for the rest of the run.<\/p>\n<p>The reality series is a spin-off of last year\u2019s successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/i-kissed-a-boy-bbc-three-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Kissed a Boy<\/a> \u2013 which was billed as the first British dating show to feature exclusively gay men.<\/p>\n<p>The new show will share the same format as before, but will this time follow 10 queer women \u2013 who are once again matched into pairs and told to begin their relationship with a kiss before getting to know each other.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A BBC release promises \u201cgripping love stories, sizzling drama, jaw-dropping outfits and a shiny new Italian masseria\u201d, and describes the series as \u201cone party you don\u2019t want to miss\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/jeremy-clarkson-kaleb-cooper-argument-clarksons-farm-season-3-newsupdate\/\">Jeremy Clarkson, Kaleb Cooper have \u201cbiggest ever argument\u201d in Clarkson\u2019s Farm season 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/made-in-chelsea-james-taylor-sam-prince-newsupdate\/\">Made in Chelsea\u2019s James Taylor grills Sam Prince over \u201clie\u201d on wedding day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, LGBTQ+ presenter, comedian and TikToker Charley Marlowe has been announced as the narrator for the series, replacing Layton Williams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy job as voice-over is to provide another layer of queerness to the series, so you\u2019re not only watching lesbians, but you\u2019re listening to them as well,\u201d Marlowe said of her role.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI had the most incredible time. This has been a dream job for me. Not only getting to voice-over a show, which is something I\u2019ve <em>never<\/em> done before, but the show being the queerest thing I\u2019ve ever seen\u2026 double whammy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dannii Minogue will return to present after fronting I Kissed a Boy last year, and the former X Factor judge shared a teaser for the series on her social media accounts earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi\u2026my name is Cupid and this year I\u2019m aiming more love arrows in Italy\u2026 this time for the girls \ud83d\udc6d\ud83d\udc98 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IKissedAGirl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IKissedAGirl<\/a>, coming soon to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcthree?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCThree<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCiPlayer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BBCiPlayer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ValentinesDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ValentinesDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealityTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RealityTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcthree?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bbcthree<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/love?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#love<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/27I2WMdWD8\">pic.twitter.com\/27I2WMdWD8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dannii Minogue (@DanniiMinogue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanniiMinogue\/status\/1757715930564739391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>The spin-off was first announced immediately after the final episode of I Kissed a Boy last June, with a description reading: \u201cThe UK\u2019s first ever gay dating show, I Kissed a Boy has taken off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow\u2026 Dannii Minogue is back to play Cupid\u2026 for girls who like girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; 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