‘Love is Blind’ goes to the UK: How to watch Season 1 of dating show

Netflix’s wildly popular reality dating show “Love is Blind” is crossing the pond and heading to the United Kingdom for a British spinoff, where a brand-new batch of singles will join the quest to find true love.
“It’s time for the UK to fall back in love with love,” says Netflix about the upcoming season, which will be the first-ever “Love is Blind” series in the United Kingdom. “Emma and Matt Willis host a social experiment where British singles look for love and get engaged before meeting in person.”
“But who will say ‘I do’?” the streamer adds.
Here’s everything you need to know about debut season of “Love Is Blind: UK.”
Season 1 of the reality dating show is scheduled to hit Netflix on Aug. 7. While Netflix has not yet specified what time the new episodes will release, new content on the platform usually drops at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.
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Netflix will not be dropping all 12 episodes of “Love is Blind: UK” Season 1 on Aug. 6. Instead, episodes will roll out every Wednesday over a period of four weeks, with the finale scheduled for Aug. 25.
Here’s what the episode schedule looks like:
Married couple Emma Willis, a former Big Brother presenter, and Matt Willis, a musician and co-founder of the pop band Busted, will host “Love Is Blind: UK.” The two will “continue the tradition of a married couple overseeing the singles from their very first days in the pods all the way to the altar,” according to Netflix.
The inaugural season of “Love is Blind: UK” has an exciting “pod squad” with 30 eligible singles aged between 27 and 38. The upcoming season’s cast includes “a gym-loving funeral director and cellist with a thing for older women,” as per Netflix.
Here’s a list of everyone who will be participating in “Love is Blind: UK” Season 1, including age and profession:
Netflix dropped the official trailer for Season 1 on July 24.
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