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Married at First Sight UK is just days away from returning to screens as a whole host of singles trust the experts to meet their match.

While reality fans have been describing ITV's upcoming dating show My Mum, Your Dad as a middle-aged Love Island, host Davina McCall, 55, has revealed that she coined that nickname - and she's been trying to scrub it ever since. The new series takes a group of parents looking for a second chance at romance and invites them to a country house retreat, where they hope to find love with another eligible empty-nester. What they don't know is that their grown-up children are watching their every move from a bunker down the road.

Since the arrival of Love Island in 2015, fans have been demanding a spin-off for singles from an older generation - and ITV has finally answered our prayers with My Mum, Your Dad.The 10-part series takes a group of parents looking for a second chance at romance and invites them to a country house retreat, where they’ll head off on dates and mingle with other eligible empty-nesters. But while the show sounds very Love Island-esque, host Davina McCall is determined to set it apart from its younger ITV2 cousin. “It’s my fault that it got called Midlife Love Island - that’s what I called it in an email to [Commissioning Editor] Amanda Stavri.

Love Island is going to look very different when it starts on Sunday, that’s for sure. Not only is it in a new location - South Africa - with a stunning new villa, but there will also be a new host. After former presenter Caroline Flack was charged for assault last month, it was announced that Laura Whitmore - the girlfriend of hilarious voiceover, Iain Stirling - would be taking the reins.