Jonathan Ross hosts a controversial reality show with handcuffed couples
The show pairs complete opposites for a UK road trip
Contestants aim to win £100,000 while being handcuffed 24/7
Other notable TV shows include the finale of Industry and Silent Witness
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Tonight at 9pm on Channel 4, TV presenter Jonathan Ross will host 'Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing,' a controversial reality show where mismatched couples are handcuffed together and sent on a road trip across the UK with hopes of winning a £100,000 cash prize, presented as a social experiment to bridge societal divides. The show features bizarre pairings including a body-inclusive feminist and a gym-bro alpha male, a cleaner and a millionaire, and a working-class historian who must react to a man who proudly displays a Hitler painting in his home. Contestants must perform everyday activities while handcuffed, including showering together, as they navigate their forced relationships over several days. Alongside this provocative new offering, television viewers can catch the highly anticipated season finale of 'Industry' at 10:40pm on BBC One, where Henry realizes the extent of malpractice at his workplace and must decide whether to accept a final offer from his colleague Whitney.
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Reality TV, Social Experiment, Television Programming
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Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, television personality, film critic, comedian, and writer. He has presented television comedy chat shows, including BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001–2010) and ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show (2011–present). For the ...
TV tonight: Jonathan Ross handcuffs mismatched pairs in a bold new show Couples are sent on a road trip around the UK with hopes of winning a big cash prize. Plus: the must-watch season finale of Industry. Here’s watch to watch this evening Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing 9pm, Channel 4 How would you feel being handcuffed to a man who proudly has a painting by Hitler hanging on his wall? What if it meant winning £100k? Here comes another controversial reality challenge show thinly disguised as a social experiment to bridge together complete opposites in a divisive society. In a bizarre Blind Date format, Jonathan Ross completely mismatches pairs who are then handcuffed and set off on a road trip around the UK doing everything – including showering – together. The first couples include a body-inclusive feminist and a gym-bro alpha male, a cleaner and a millionaire, and the working-class historian who has to react to that painting. Hollie Richardson DTF St Louis 9pm, Sky Atlantic Fresh from the fallout of Lily Allen’s tell-all album about her messy open marriage with David Harbour, here’s her soon-to-be-ex-husband starring in a black comedy drama about a married man who discovers an app for people who are “down to fuck” strangers … Ouch! Linda Cardellini plays his equally bored wife and Jason Bateman is the friend who introduces him to the app, which certainly spices things up. HR Silent Witness 9pm, BBC One The concluding two-part episode in the latest season of Oxfordshire-based forensic pathology involves the apparent suicide of a young British Chinese activist found floating in a river. But why is Dr Nikki (Emilia Fox) meeting so much obstruction from Sean Gilder’s DI Casey? Phil Harrison AI Confidential with Hannah Fry 9pm, BBC Two In March 2018, a driverless Uber struck a pedestrian in Arizona at 39mph. “By the time Rafaela Vasquez looked up … it was too late.” In her first TV interview, Vasquez talks to Fry, who also learns about AI’s systemic flaws and the (pot...
