Based on police interrogations – and filming sex scenes

Ellie Taylor is to front two new entertainment shows for Channel 4.

In You Won’t Believe This, members of the public who fancy themselves as amateur sleuths will hear unbelievable stories from a succession of ‘suspects’ - but only one of them is telling the truth. 

But the four-part series is no clone of Would I Lie To You? as the contestants will get help from seasoned police detectives who put each suspect through a police interrogation in a holding cell.

And in the two-parter Let’s Make A  Love Scene, singletons will star in their own romcom, coached through the love scenes by an intimacy consultant and acting coach. 

In each episode, the contestant performs three sexy scenes with three complete strangers. When the steamy scenes wrap, they must choose one co-star to go on a date with to discover whether the on-screen chemistry will turn into real life love.

Mash Report regular Taylor said: ‘I jumped at the chance of getting involved in both these shows and I’m super excited to be working with C4 and Talkback to bring them to life – what better way to put my match making and my detective skills to the test.

‘Here’s hoping to some winning amateur detectives as well as red-hot chemistry between our singletons.’

 You Won’t Believe This – which is still a working title –  is a four-part series made by Talkback. It was commissioned for Channel 4 by head of entertainment, Phil Harris with commissioning editor Genna Gibson. The executive producers are Jonno Richards and Kate Edmunds and series producer is Matt Gillbe. It was developed by Charlie Bennet, Rory Couper and Florence Grimshaw.

Let’s Make A Love Scene is a two-part series made by Talkback. It was commissioned fy Harris with commissioning editor Steven Handle. The executive producer is Laura Gibson, development by Charlie Bennett, series producer Sheila Risk.

Published: 9 Mar 2022