What does Love Island tell us about friendship?

Beyond Today

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

More than 6 million people have tuned in to watch series 5 of Love Island. It all comes to an end next week but ITV has announced that it’s doing so well they’ll start running two series a year. We speak to superfans Sarah Manavis, digital culture writer for the New Statesman, and broadcaster Richie Anderson about the show’s success and why the Love Island friendships have been stronger than ever. Produced by: Beyond Today producers Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: Philly Beaumont

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Quick warning before we start this episode.
0:07.5	It's full of swear world, so make sure your headphones are plugged in and that they are no children around you when you listen.
0:15.4	So you can hear the swearing better.
0:17.8	Hello, I'm Tina Dehealey.
0:21.2	Welcome to Beyond Today from BBC Radio 4 where we ask one big question about one big story.
0:47.0	Today we're asking, what does Love Island tell us about friendship? I'm so grateful for you three because I feel like I found love like I still like I found love like I still to go to her family. I feel like I found me to you guys
0:51.2	I'm like probably helping to you guys. I'm so grateful.
0:53.0	It's only a couple of days, but my hair.
0:57.0	If I can turn my time, I do it all over again just because of you
1:00.0	I swear to her.
1:01.0	I'll be in a relationship with them and get that treatment again just because I find you guys and I love you guys so much.
1:08.0	It's the Friday before Love Island finally comes to an end.
1:12.0	I think it's fair to say most people either love or hate it
1:16.3	and I can definitely say it's generating furious debate amongst our producers
1:21.0	on Beyond Today as well as frenzied media coverage and chaos online.
1:26.2	Its viewing figures peaked this week at just over 6 million. The show gets more than
1:31.4	210,000 Twitter mentions a day and it's just announced it's going to two series a year from 2020.
1:40.3	Love Island has had sensible people who work on this team holding the telly with both hands and screaming into it.
1:47.5	I'm not one of them by the way, but as I understand it,
1:50.5	Love Island has always been about sex attraction and people cracking on with each other.
1:55.4	But this year we've apparently seen a softer side.
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