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Romantic telly to watch this Valentine’s Day ❤️

It doesn’t need to be Valentine’s Day for us to be in the mood for a little romance... Check out these top shows about love and dating if you’re feeling all lovey-dovey.

Everything I Know About Love 

Watch on BBC iPlayer 

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Based on the best-selling novel by Dolly Alderton, this feel-good drama follows four friends through their twenties on their search for love, but ultimately is just as much about their friendship as it is their dating lives. 


Love Life 

Watch on BBC iPlayer 

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Focusing on a different character each season, the show stars Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper. Check out both seasons of this rom-com anthology series on BBC iPlayer following the dating lives of New Yorkers and the defining relationships of their lives.  


You & Me 

Watch on ITVX from Thursday 23rd February 

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This new three-part drama starring Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown has been described as a quintessentially modern relationship drama all about the ups and downs of finding love. Told across two timelines, it gives a unique, warm and uncompromising idea of modern love.  


Love Island 

Watch on ITV2 every night at 9pm + ITVX 

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In this hit reality show, 12 singletons head to a villa in the sun while looking for love. Each week, the islanders will couple up, but with challenges putting their relationships to the test and a huge cash prize up for grabs, the path to love won’t be easy... 


First Dates Valentine’s Day Special 

Channel 4, Tuesday 14th February 

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The First Dates restaurant is opening its doors on Valentine’s Day for single people hoping to find love on a blind date in this feel-good series. Will there be a spark, or will it just be plain awkward?  


Dating with my Mates 

Watch on UKTV Play 

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This reality series sees a group of single friends go out for a three-course dinner. The twist? During very course, a date will join the mates at their table. If the date feels a connection with any of the mates, they can come back at the end of the meal – but they can only ask out one of them, and the mates can only say yes to one date.  


Normal People 

Watch on BBC iPlayer 

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Who can forget this iconic series based on Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel? The Irish drama follows Connell (Paul Mescal) and Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) through their teens into their early 20s and the intense highs and lows of their relationship together.  


Pride and Prejudice 

Watch on UKTV Play 

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You can watch the classic 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in full on UKTV Play. Tune in to see Colin Firth in that white shirt scene.  


Bridgerton, S1-2 

Watch on Netflix 

 

Who can resist this modern take on a regency romance. Following the Bridgertons and several other well-to-do families in Georgian society, this steamy romantic series has had us all swooning since its release. Watch both seasons of the hit drama now on Netflix.  


Heartstopper 

Watch on Netflix 

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It’s impossible not to ❤️ this adorable romantic comedy on Netflix. Following two teenage boys, Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke), it follows the pairs’ blossoming romance as they navigate school life, their sexual identities and young love. As if you needed another reason to watch, the series also features the one-and-only Olivia Colman.  


The Summer I Turned Pretty 

Watch on Prime Video 

In this coming-of-age drama, Belly Conklin has just turned 16 and is heading to the beach for the summer. But she’s grown up a lot over the last year, meaning this summer is going to be a little different from the ones she’s had before... 

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