Too Hot to Handle (TV series)
2020 American-British television program
Too Hot to Handle is a British reality television dating game show produced by Fremantle production companies Talkback and Thames. Created by Laura Gibson and Charlie Bennett, the show's eight-episode first series was released on Netflix on 17 April 2020. Hosted by a virtual assistant named "Lana", the show revolves around a group of adults, who are placed together in a house while being forbidden from any kissing, sexual contact or masturbation, with the prize money getting reduced any time a rule is broken.
In January 2021, Too Hot to Handle was renewed for two more seasons, both of which were filmed back-to-back amid the COVID-19 pandemic on the Turks and Caicos Islands. The first half of the second series was released 23 June 2021, and the second half a week later on 30 June 2021. The third series premiered on 19 January 2022. The fourth series premiered on 7 December 2022. The fifth series premiered on 14 July 2023. The sixth and final series premiered on 19 July 2024.
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Hosted by a traffic cone-shaped virtual assistant named "Lana", the show revolves around a group of adults – all of whom primarily engage in meaningless flings and prefer not to form long-lasting relationships – who are placed together in a house on a tropical island for four weeks.
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