Given that half of their titles are the same you might think that The 1900 Island (BBC2) and Love Island (Virgin Media Two) would be very similar. In contrast, on the very sunny Love Island the participants’ costumes are removed and their day-jobs include social media influencer, beauty therapist and ballroom dancer. And then they are tasked with making sweet, sweet love. A key difference between Love Island and The 1900 Island is that, on the latter, people come with families attached. On Love Island, relationship units are formed in an ancient rite overseen by a shiny, terrifying priestess named Caroline Flack.

Source: The Irish Times June 14, 2019 03:56 UTC