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Naked attraction: the apocalyptic rise of nude dating shows

At this point, you will lean back in your rocking chair and, misty-eyed with nostalgia, exclaim: “Ah, yes, the documentary series in which two strangers are stripped and forced to traverse the wildest extremes of the American wilderness together.” And they will tell you that you are wrong, because that was Naked and Afraid, not Naked, Alone and Racing to Get Home. You will ask them if it was a dating show, and they will say you are thinking of Naked Attraction. You will ask if it was that show where an Australian woman made someone strip naked, artificially augment a holograph of their body and then get a panel to vote on how much they liked it, and they will tell you that you are thinking of Send Nudes: Body SOS. And then they will wander off, disappointed that you got all the naked shows mixed up.

But even if Naked, Alone and Racing to Get Home fails – and, let’s be honest, it might – then a thousand new naked shows (mainly commissioned by Channel 4) will rush in to take its spot. The problem is, nobody seems to know exactly what purpose these shows serve.

It might be that this is all just a fad, that putting willies and boobs in TV shows is just the 2023 equivalent of prefacing every new show title with “The Great British” as we did a decade ago. But either way, when your grandchildren approach you, be sure to answer truthfully. You didn’t watch Naked, Alone and Racing to Get Home, because you were too busy looking at genitals on your phone.

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