Three men and three women move into a specially constructed house where they periodically meet in a 'dating room'.

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The catch is, and the more astute amongst you may have gleaned this from the title, is that the dating room is pitch black. The participants cannot see a thing, but the audience can see everything thanks to night-vision cameras. Over a series of meetings, the participants are given the opportunity to determine who their ideal partner is through various non-visual methods such as speech, smell, and compatibility tests.

After this, each participant works with a sketch artist to create a this web page of his or dating chosen partner, which is then passed to the person in question.

At the end of dark session, each participant returns to the dating room together with their chosen partner, and the light is turned on for 15 seconds. After this, each of them must decide whether they will go on a proper date with their chosen partner by going to the library, or whether they dark leave the house and stand them up.

The third series of the programme tweaked the format slightly, by starting proceedings with eight individuals. After an initial group date in the dark of coursethe group were given just one minute to decide which two people - one man and one women - they would like to see removed from the proceedings.

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The remainder of the episode then played out as normal. Based on an idea by John de Mol. Original format by Talpa Click at this page B.

One of the suitors in the first episode of the second series was Ben Clarke, who was previously a contestant on the fifth series of The Apprentice. Wikipedia entry. Weaver's Week review. Dating in the Dark. I cannae see! Here's the women's headquarters Like what you see?

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