I’ve seen Virgin Island season 2 — and it’s quietly one of TV’s most powerful shows

12 people who’ve never had sex arrive on an island to work on their intimacy issues (Picture: Channel 4/Rob Parfitt)

Sat in a dark screening room holding a bingo card with phrases on it such as, ‘What’s P in V?’, and ‘The most white-meat virgin’, I expected to spend my evening giggling immaturely over innuendos and awkward sexual encounters.

Instead, I found myself incredibly, genuinely moved.

In a few days’ time, Virgin Island, one of the Channel 4’s most talked-about shows of 2025, is back for season 2.

The premise is exactly as it sounds: 12 people who’ve never had sex arrive on an island to work on their intimacy issues in the hope that eventually they’ll feel...