If these addictive opening four episodes are anything to go by, the first British series might end up being the best in the world.

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Love Is Blind is that so far, it is dull.

The novelty wears off quickly, though. Largely because the casting criteria for the show generates contestants that are clones of one another.

Where Love Island is explicitly gamified, Love Is Blind bills itself as a path to a lasting partnership, even though the results are in: love isn’t blind. You have to wonder how long we will be expected to keep watching.