{"id":434261,"date":"2026-05-19T01:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434261\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T01:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T01:33:09","slug":"channel-4s-hit-reality-show-gets-big-schedule-shake-up-for-its-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/434261\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4’s hit reality show gets big schedule shake-up for its finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 4’s hit reality show Virgin Island is getting a big schedule shake-up for its finale tonight. The intimate experiment follows 12 participants as they attempt to overcome their intimacy anxiety. <\/p>\n

The social experiment follows the adult virgins as they embark on a three-week retreat to help them tackle personal issues surrounding sex. <\/p>\n

Workshops, one-to-one sessions and exercises to help them along the way, led by sex and relationship coaches Dr Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman, supported by a team of specialist therapists.<\/p>\n

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Channel 4<\/p>\n

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Fans of the show usually expect it to air in its usual slot at 9pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. This week, however, the show has undergone a schedule shake-up ahead of its finale.<\/p>\n

Instead of being split over two days, the penultimate episode and the finale will air back-to-back on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm and 10pm. <\/p>\n

With no Virgin Island set to air tomorrow, the slot has been filled by the anticipated Channel 4 drama Falling, which will air at 9pm<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Written by Adolescence’s Jack Thorne, the upcoming series<\/a> stars Keeley Hawes as a devout nun named Anna, who falls in love with a Catholic priest named David, played by Paapa Essiedu.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis reads: “Jack Thorne\u2019s first love story. When devout nun Anna and Catholic priest David fall for each other, they must wrestle with what it means for their relationship with God.”<\/p>\n

\"keeley<\/p>\n

Channel 4<\/p>\n

Related: Jenna Coleman among exciting stars in first look at brand-new British drama from Doctor Who boss<\/a><\/p>\n

Joining Hawes and Essiedu on the cast are Jason Watkins, Niamh Cusack, Rakie Ayola, Adrian Scarborough and David Dawson. <\/p>\n

Speaking about the show, Hawes said: “I\u2019m thrilled to be taking on the role of Anna and so looking forward to working alongside the brilliant Paapa Essiedu to bring Jack Thorne\u2019s beautiful scripts to life.”<\/p>\n

Essiedu added: “Falling is a story that has Jack Thorne\u2019s singular talent of mining the sublime out of the ordinary running all the way through.”
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The Virgin Island finale airs tonight on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm and 10pm.<\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Channel 4’s hit reality show Virgin Island is getting a big schedule shake-up for its finale tonight. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147144,2115,222235,2117,156,207184,2116,111,139,69,222234,148828,437],"class_list":["post-434261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-60a6e064-4828-4922-b792-961a7b22ea18","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shorttitle-channel-4-hit-reality-show-gets-schedule-shake-up-for-finale","tag-subsection-reality-tv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}