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This programme contains strong language,

nudity and scenes of a sexual nature

12 virgins have travelled to a paradise island

to take part in a unique experiment.

The word virgin,

people see it as a joke.

It's quite upsetting.

I'm 23, still a virgin.

I feel like there's something wrong with me.

In a world where sex is everywhere...

My God.

Terrified, absolutely terrified.

..the truth is surprising.

There are more adult virgins than ever.

Being a young adult in this day and age, it's difficult.

Social media. Dating apps.

Influencers.

TV shows.

Porn. Porn. Porn. Porn.

Porn is everywhere.

Are you self-conscious about our genitals touching each other?

Now... Yeah.

..this radical retreat is offering a very hands-on solution...

Ahhh, yeah.

She's a miracle worker.

Woohoo!

Oh, God, yes.

..overseen by a group of experts...

Yeah.

Like that? I like that.

..ready to do anything to help Britain's virgins...

There's the clitoris.

Do you have any questions?

..lose the one thing...

Do I make you nervous?

..they feel is holding them back.

I would love to have sex with you.

I do feel like there's a barrier between me and sex.

I want to lose my virginity.

It's now or never.

But when the moment arrives...

Would you like to move to the bed?

..who will be ready...

I just don't want anyone to touch me.

..to go all the way?

You're so sexy.

Yeah, so good.

In the first phase of the course,

the virgins tried to overcome the shame of sexual failure...

I didn't handle the rejection too well.

..and started to express their sexual desires.

She'd push me down and I'd probably do something with oral sex.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Jason arrived on the island barely able to shake hands.

Oh, hello. Welcome.

Thank you.

He panicked when things got touchy-feely.

Feels too intimate.

A little overwhelming?

Yeah. Yeah.

But Zac leapt ahead.

I would like to go all the way.

I would love to have sex with you.

And there were early signs of attraction.

I, err, think you're very pretty.

Thank you.

Do you think Ben likes me?

Now, things are set to escalate with the next phase of the course...

..erotic touch.

Oh, yeah.

Nothing happens if you're not good at touching.

That's what creates all the pleasure and sensation in our body,

and that's eventually what gets us to orgasm.

MOANING

Hello, Hello.

Hello. Hello, Charlotte.

How's your sunburn?

It's the morning of day three on Virgin Island...

Have you guys read your letters?

No. OK, what is this?

..and time for the group to discover what's in store

for them over the next two days.

Oh, God.

"The next phase of the course is all about touch."

Ah, great.

I mean,

I'm fine with like friendly touch,

but as soon as it becomes like an intimate touch,

I think it'll be much more difficult for me.

I feel sick.

Biggest fear is touch.

Sexual touching, I've never done it.

Like, no, that's not me.

Oh, God. Touch.

Yeah, that's really hard for me.

Yeah, nervous.

God knows what they have planned.

No idea.

Probably just outright sex to start off with, won't it?

For this group, the idea of intimate touch is terrifying...

Oh, here we go. Here we go.

..but now it's time to face their fears.

Hello. Welcome. Good morning.

Oh, my God, what are we doing?

Why is there a bed in this room?

I imagine all of them will be quite anxious,

but you can't learn how to give and receive pleasure

by just talking about it, you have to practise.

So, this first exercise today is called

"Touching for your own pleasure."

One of the problems is if you touch being worried about

the other person, and thinking,

"Oh, are they OK. Am I doing it right?"

Then you get all performance anxiety in your head.

Until you actually feel the sensation of touching

for your own pleasure,

you can't get to that next level.

It's like the first step.

Right, who's ready to touch for your own pleasure?

In my childhood, my family, we were never huggers.

I hated being hugged. I just never liked it. Never have.

I'm not an intimate person at all.

In my adult life, never kissed anyone,

but I'd like to be the opposite.

I'll pop on there.

Yeah. Ooh.

The end goal is to actually try and lose my virginity and

find a girlfriend, be more intimate.

But can I pull it off?

Can I do this?

See if you can take a deep breath down into your belly

and connect your body with your hands.

Think of your hands as like,

"I'm going to get pleasure out of her arms",

you know what I mean? Yeah.

For yourself. I wank off your... Oh, I'm sorry.

I may wank off your arm. Sorry.

Do you know what I mean?

I'm sorry.

See if you can breathe a little bit while you do it

so that you actually feel the sensations.

LOW BREATHING

For Jason,

just a few seconds of touch is all he can handle,

but Celeste isn't finished with him yet.

When I'm touching you, I just want you to see,

like, let yourself take it. Feel it.

Yeah, just feel it. Yeah.

Good. Yeah.

Good work.

Good on you, mate, honestly.

Yeah, it was great.

I'm on cloud nine.

OK, who's next?

Encouraged by Jason's example, the others get touchy. too.

Just explore the sensations in your hands.

Now see if you can take a deep breath down into your belly

and connect your body with your hands.

Did you feel the difference there?

Yes, that was amazing.

Good work.

The session seems to be going well,

so Celeste and Danielle decide to turn up the heat.

Something that helps touch get even better is sexual energy.

I want to invite Ben and Holly to demonstrate.

Oh, God.

30-year-old Ben is the oldest in the group

and has had more opportunities

to get intimate than any of the others.

Over the last ten years, I've been on dates

with about 40 different women.

Mostly women I've met on just dating apps.

Some, it's just been one date, up to and including

an ex-girlfriend of mine who was probably about, you know,

15-plus dates.

We did sort of tried making out a couple of times,

but I wasn't comfortable doing stuff,

so we hit a brick wall.

You know, what I really need is someone to teach me this stuff.

I'm not very, um, not very good with the energy mumbo jumbo,

so you'll have to guide me through. That's OK.

I'll help you, OK?

Just remember a moment that you felt kind of excited about someone,

or excited about an experience.

Yeah?

You are holding a lot of tension in your mouth. Mm-hm.

Can you like open your mouth a little bit?

And then relax it.

Yeah.

It's OK. Play with it.

You need to play with it, its OK.

Let yourself feel it, like,

oh, here you go, did you feel this quiver?

Err, dunno. No? OK.

I think it's just lack of experience

and lack of success at reading sort of social signals.

You know, there's probably been occasions where I probably

could've got physical or just kissed,

and they'd have been absolutely fine with that.

In fact, they may have even wanted it,

but I didn't because I can't read the signs.

I don't want a woman to think I'm a creep or that I'm handsy

cos that's just not me.

Just let yourself enjoy Holly.

Fantastic.

You have very sexy, energy, right?

Feels good? Yeah.

OK. You did it.

See if you want to enjoy. Good work.

So, Tom, Taylor.

Last up is Taylor,

who, after coming out as bisexual at university,

has always found the idea of intimacy with anyone agonising.

Any time I've had something nearing a sexual experience,

it's been so overwhelmingly negative that when it comes to it,

I freak out, and I really don't want to do it,

and I get that feeling in the pit of my stomach that makes me stop.

That's why I'm here is to like try and work out

what it is that's holding me back and how to move forward with it,

because it would be really nice to just be able

to have what everyone else has.

OK, so I'm going to invite you to feel into your desire, Tom.

Hmm.

This is really good.

Keep it steady.

It's really good.

Really good.

You keep it steady, I'm gonna check what's with her, OK?

If she can receive it.

I'm great. This is great.

Yep. Can I, look, can I touch your belly, OK,

just to help you out, sweetie, OK?

Good, let it shake, let it cry, you're safe now, OK?

You know you're safe, but your body forgot.

OK?

Yeah.

So I'm here.

Despite Danielle's reassurance,

the exercise still proves too much for Taylor.

Yes, you're doing great, Taylor.

Yeah, let it cry, don't...

I think that's enough. I think that's funny.

OK, sweetie, can I hug you?

Yes, you did great. Thank you.

I'm so proud of you. Sorry.

That's fine.

Don't worry. It's not a "you" thing.

It's fine, honestly.

I'm really proud of you. OK. Thank you.

Really proud of you.

Good work. We love you, Taylor.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

You did really well.

For the group, the workshop has thrown up very mixed emotions.

Taylor, why was the looking thing so hard for you?

I think as soon as it becomes a intimate, sexual thing...

Yeah. ..I shut down.

It sounds ridiculous cos we're only looking at each other

but that's something I clearly need to work on.

I usually run the opposite way if anyone looks at me like that.

But if you're not crying, you're not doing it right.

Louise, did you catch his wanking comment?

Yeah.

I'll just wank your arm.

I didn't... Do you know what I mean? I didn't think, OK.

I love that you haven't got a filter.

I feel absolutely fantastic.

I understand now why people like touch.

I'm not just saying that, it actually, it genuinely does.

I can't really convey how good it feels now.

How did you find the whole thing as a whole?

Um, quite intense.

Well, I had, I had lots of fun. Yeah.

When I was doing it, I did feel like,

you could feel the connection, couldn't you, really?

Yeah.

Yeah, ah, it's that New Age mumbo jumbo.

That's, like, nonsense.

I'm quite a logical person,

and it's just a lot of, some of that stuff,

it just doesn't, doesn't connect with me.

All right, do you want me to like try it and see if you can feel me?

Yeah, all right. OK.

Despite his scepticism,

there are some things Ben is open to trying...

Bye! See you guys in a bit.

..especially if it's with Charlotte.

Are you open to receiving my energy?

Yeah.

See? you can feel it now.

What's it feel like to you?

Bewitching.

Ooh.

Many of the women here I find attractive,

I mean physically,

but there's something about Charlotte.

I really do like her, and it's just, I, you know,

I like how we connect.

I mean, I don't know if it's mutual or not,

but she's a very confident person,

and she's just got that thing about her.

I feel like I'm doing voyeurism just watching.

You enjoying that?

No.

I'm going to walk away now.

Sorry.

Nyah.

Are you jumping in?

Viraj, you don't know how much respect I have for you right now.

Woohoo!

Viraj is in.

It's day one of the touch phase of the course,

and after an intense morning, a chance for the group to unwind.

Who's your celebrity crush?

I have quite a lot of like female celebrities.

Like, I like Charlize Theron.

She's just stunning.

I like Henry Cavill,

but not in Superman, I like him as the Witcher.

I really like Henry Cavill cos he's really nerdy as well.

Mm-hm.

What do you think when you hear virgin?

Cos for me, it's shame, failure, undesirable, weird.

Yeah, it's definitely mostly negative connotations.

Yeah.

I've had people call me a virgin, and it does feel like an insult.

I know it's not, it's a matter of, it's a matter of fact,

but it does feel like an insult when someone says it to you.

Makes me feel weird in a way.

A lot of people younger than me know more about sex than I do,

but, um, I'm hoping to change that.

Jason's feelings about his lack of sexual experience

haven't gone unnoticed by the experts.

Any time there was an increase in intensity,

he would resort to humour

so that he could distract himself from what he was feeling.

We're going to work on that today,

actually staying with the breath as sensations rise.

Yeah, receiving is a huge thing for him.

Now the experts want to build Jason's confidence,

and Joy has a plan to help him with his horror of hugging.

Hello, again. Hey, come on in.

Thank you.

And have a seat.

Excellent.

So, what is it that happens when you're in a hug?

What do you notice? It just feels weird, like alien to me.

When I see people hugging, it just freaks me out.

I don't know why.

So we want to work towards a hug that feels really good?

Yeah.

So let's stand here cos it's a little more even.

I'm going to touch your arm first.

OK.

Do you want it? Yeah, go ahead.

And you feel me.

And you can put your hand on my arm... Yeah. ..if you'd like.

Yeah.

I feel sick, not in a bad way,

I feel like in a good way, like British slang.

Oh, sick. Oh, yeah. Yeah, like "sick," yeah. Yeah.

As usual, Jason tries to mask his awkwardness with humour...

I'm quite robotic I feel like,

but you're moving your hands yourself... At first...

..but I'm like, yeah. At first, I just want you to receive.

OK. So you can get a sense of

what it feels like to be in this moment.

Mm-hm.

..but Joy perseveres...

Yeah, that's really nice.

..before escalating intimacy.

Can I come even closer?

If you want to, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Like that?

Yeah, we can move like that or just staying connected with your breath

so you don't lose that sense of...

..the moment.

JASON CHUCKLES

Yeah, can I come even closer still?

OK, we can get closer, yeah, OK.

Can I touch your neck?

Yep.

Feels good.

Would you like to do a hug?

Why not? Let's do it. Yeah, let's do it.

How is this?

Yeah, awesome.

Yeah, cool, yeah.

Thank you. All right. See ya. See ya.

Whew!

That was great.

After the session, Jason's confidence is sky-high...

..and that's not the only thing that's up.

What happened?

So I was standing like this...

Like that. That's really good, dude.

I'm getting there. I'm getting there.

I'm in a really great mood.

I feel like I'm glowing.

I didn't think I'd do this.

I'm really proud of myself.

When this finishes, I'm going to be a sex god...

I mean, yeah. ..a sex guru. Yeah, we're going to leave here

as absolute professionally trained sex demons.

While Jason's conquering new heights...

I haven't really gotten much out of mine yet.

I just feel like I'm letting the team down.

..Taylor's still struggling.

After crying in this morning's workshop,

the experts feel there may be more

to Taylor's tears than meets the eye.

Even though she was being emotional, she wasn't actually

letting go and going into her emotion.

I feel like she's hiding, and that's probably been

a survival tactic that has worked really well for her.

Yeah, she is so scared.

Danielle wants to discover what makes Taylor so anxious about intimacy.

So, how do you feel with guys as opposed to women or girls?

They're a lot scarier.

Do you ever see someone very chiselled,

and you're just like, "I just want to touch the muscle?"

I don't know. I don't know. I don't think so. Not a habit?

I like hair.

Like, I've always, I want to touch people's hair.

Like, that interests me cos it's soft,

but like I'm not like... Interesting.

..I don't want to touch muscle.

I don't prefer it.

When I was in secondary school,

I felt the shift into realising that maybe I wasn't exactly

the same as all girls.

But being gay was like the worst thing.

So while I'm still in the process of like working out what I want,

all of these opportunities are passing me by.

And it just makes me feel a bit, a bit rubbish.

Do you have women lovers or...?

I had one really negative experience.

She got annoyed at me that I wasn't enjoying myself.

She did stop but she seemed really disappointed,

and she was upset with me,

and it kind of ruined that friendship. Yeah.

I don't see myself as desirable.

Right. Because I am a lot.

What are...?

Oh, now we're getting there, my love.

OK. So, there's a part of you that feels

people wouldn't want to be with you.

Yeah. Yeah.

I get told a lot that I'm loud,

and I'm tall,

and I take up a lot of space and...

Yeah.

And that's what makes you so special and beautiful.

SHE SOBS

Oh, baby.

SHE MURMURS

Yeah.

Your feelings are so great, sweetheart.

STILL SOBBING

Yeah.

Just talking about my experiences always makes me upset,

but I've had quite a few negative experiences

and, of course, those are the ones that I need to talk about

for this to work.

Thank you. Yeah.

But I've had... I've had a breakthrough, I think.

Thank you very much. Bye.

I left happier than when I went in,

and forward is always good, isn't it?

So, as long as I'm going forward, I'm happy.

Are you nervous? No.

No? I mean, other than falling off the cliff, yes.

It's late afternoon on Virgin Island...

Jesus. Yeah, this is quite steep.

..and Celeste and Danielle have hatched a plan

to push the group further.

Right, let's get a mat down.

We want them to start just getting comfortable

with any kind of touch.

Massage is something that a lot of people have experienced,

and we're hoping maybe they'll take off a piece of clothing,

start feeling more relaxed around touch

and maybe, you know, eventually nudity.

Are you taking your top off, or...?

Go on. I'll, like, lift it up for you.

Through massage, the experts can assess how comfortable the group are

with exposing their bodies...

Is it cold? A little bit, yeah.

..and touching each other for pleasure.

You're really good at this.

Thank you.

I have my skillz - all of them end with a Z!

THEY LAUGH

Where did you learn it? My family does them. Ah.

We grew up giving each other massages.

You're shaking a bit. Are you sure it's all right?

No, no, I'm fine... You're like this.

SHE LAUGHS

Relax, relax.

Yeah, I need to be more loosey-goosey.

While uptight Ben struggles to relax...

I'll whack this off.

..the experts are keen for Jason

to build on his growing confidence around touch,

with the island's most outspoken virgin, Charlotte.

How's this? Fine. Yeah?

It just feels, I dunno, weird, but in a nice way.

Why are these horrible stretch marks?

I don't know, all right! You didn't say horrible, did you?

Well, it's just it looks painful.

It looks like you got fat. You should see my arse.

There's more on my arse. OK.

I'm bored now. Yeah, I'll massage you. Yeah, I'm bored now.

Right, which arm first?

This one. This one. Yes.

OK.

OK, why are focused on one area? You need to go up. I... See...

OK, do you want me to show you on you? No, no.

Let's just go. I'll put more oil on, whack it on.

For Jason, intimacy with another member of the group

is proving tougher than with an expert.

More thumb, more movement!

You need to be doing the whole arm.

So, what...? Like that? How about there, like that? That's all of it.

Jesus Christ, what are you doing?

It's like wanking off your arm, like that.

That's how you do it, but slower.

OK, now I definitely want you to stop.

Hello, hello.

How was the massage?

Meh.

Oh.

THEY LAUGH

Hmm.

So, did you not like it? It was a disaster.

I whipped off my shirt and everything.

"Urgh, you've got stretch marks. Urgh!"

So I said, "All right." Fucking nightmare.

HE SIGHS

Maybe not being berated a lot would've felt nice.

I've always hated my body,

especially my back with the stretch marks.

Um, I know it's a little thing, but for me it's quite big.

Although Jason's suffering from overexposure to Charlotte...

These yours? Yes. You've already tried them on.

..Ben can't get enough of her.

I always find I end up getting very sleepy in the summer

because of the hay fever tablets I take. What?

I get very sleepy in the summer with all the hay fever tablets.

OK, ah. Cos they're the drowsy ones.

The big question now is, is the feeling mutual?

How many songs can you get on there anyway?

Oh, I have like... I have 1,070.

Pretty good. Yeah.

I mean, it's sort of great that we've gotten to know each other

and that we can... You know, we feel comfortable around each other.

But I'm not interested.

And so, it's going to be tricky.

You know, this is my friend,

this is someone I'm going to have breakfast with tomorrow

and I'm gonna have to be cruel to be kind

and tell him that I'm not interested.

Breakfast, breakfast, breakfast.

Morning. Morning, guys.

You all right? Hello. Hey, hey.

You all right? Yeah, I'm good, thank you. Have a good sleep?

Er, so-so.

It's day two of the touch phase,

and the sessions are about to intensify.

Really, in order to have amazing sex, you need to touch.

You won't be able to make any moves,

you won't be able to seduce someone if you're feeling anxious

and worried that everything that you're doing is wrong.

A lot of people, they're holding back all of those animal instincts.

They just need to open up.

I think it's one of those things where you've got to just

keep on going and try to get yourself to the next step,

ideally without crying, but we'll see.

I'm dreading the group activity.

It's just getting more intimate with touch.

I feel nervous after yesterday's massage catastrophe. Yeah.

I'm not sure what I want to happen next, really -

just being desired - that's the key thing for me.

And that's why one of my issues is being wanted and desired

and I don't think I've had that a lot.

But, um, just see what happens and go with it, I guess.

Let's get in first on the back row. Yes, my plan exactly.

Hello. Welcome back. Welcome back.

Hello. Hi.

Oh, God, here's our therapists.

So, today we're going to go much deeper into touch

and work on dis-inhibition,

and that means letting out a little bit more of your wildness,

a little bit more of your inner animal.

Oh, God.

We are wired for sex, right? We are wired to go after it,

and yet society says, "Shame, shame, shame."

And it's... You know, we shut down,

and the animal game helps people to feel the passion

and desire in their body.

So, I know, Tom, that you've taken some acting classes,

so I'm wondering if you'd be willing to demo with me?

Yeah, sure. Yes.

Let's get on our hands and knees.

I want you to just start to feel your senses.

We close our eyes, and we start to feel this animal inside of us,

and we let that animal go after the other person,

actually letting it move, letting it out in our body.

DEEP SIGHS

Tom may be finding his wild side...

..but for the rest of the group...

..it's too much to bear.

DEEP SIGHS

THEY LAUGH

That was so fun. That was a lot of fun, to be fair.

I enjoyed that.

I felt like a pervert. THEY LAUGH

It was very Jungle Book and I was feeling very Downton Abbey.

I was like... THEY LAUGH

I was like, "It's lovely. They're really enjoying it, but also..."

THEY LAUGH

So, someone want to try it?

Somebody want maybe 80% to try it?

The whole roleplay animal thing

just really freaks me out.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yay.

OK. Does someone want to try it with Charlotte?

Yeah, I'll do it. Amazing.

How are you? Just... Hmm.

You can change your mind.

Yeah. I... Yeah, I won't do it. It's fine. Yeah, OK.

Do you want to do it with Charlotte?

Do you want me to do it with you? OK.

Are you OK? Yeah.

I've just always felt like I'm ugly and repulsive in some way.

I know that objectively I'm not.

But I was bullied in school,

and I think the dating experience sort of reinforced that.

I'm just not that good-looking. Why would any girl be interested in me?

So, I struggled to...to sort of initiate, er, you know,

contact or intimacy.

We're gonna find our place on the rug.

Real life is awkward, unfortunately,

and you just simply, you know, you just move on,

you go, "That's... That's how it goes."

And I'm just not very good at that.

Start to notice that there's another animal here with you.

DEEP SIGHS

Men are expected to make that first move.

I think for guys like me who just struggle with that,

making the move and reading the signs, it's very hard.

DEEP SIGHS

EXPERT LAUGHS That's my happy laugh.

This was so hot.

Did you feel any arousal? I'm curious.

I think some, yeah. Yes.

Acting like a zoo animal - that was not for me.

Oh, that was just... It was a bit rough. It was cringe.

I find it interesting - they pretty much say, "Oh, you've done drama,

"so you've done this sort of stuff."

Like, I'm not sure I've gone quite that far in drama, to be fair.

How did you feel about it all? I flipped our instructor.

I noticed.

Like, I could hear people talking and giggling and I was like...

I had to kind of try and block that out. Yeah.

It's like it was like watching a porno.

I felt like a proper pervert.

Were you getting turned on? No.

I thought you'd be one of the first ones up, Jason.

No, I absolutely hated that.

In the back of my head, I had a bit of trepidation about...

..a bit of fear about it, so I didn't want to do that.

Jason's massage experience has set him back,

and the experts have sensed that something's changed.

Jason - he's been so gung-ho, and I thought he would be gung-ho today,

but he was way more reserved.

We did in our session have very close body-on-body,

but he wasn't able to then move the energy into something more sexual.

OK, so maybe I can build on that, yeah.

Celeste decides Jason needs to put his massage fiasco behind him

in a one-on-one session to boost his sexual self-belief.

The only person I've had a sexual experience with is my right hand.

I'd love to have more confidence,

I'd love to be able to be intimate - yeah, that's my goal.

reach his goal, Celeste wants to try

a different approach to unleash his inner animal.

So, we had the animal game and the touching. We did.

Yeah. Seems like the animal game was not doing it for you.

Not my cup of tea, no. So, I was thinking

maybe trying some different connection positions

to build confidence. Yeah.

Maybe you, like, lying down and us, like, touching each other?

I'm here to try new things, so, yeah.

Well, let's try it, so you can lie down, like here.

On my back or...? Yeah, lie down on your back,

like with your head down there.

I'm going to, like, move in here.

Maybe I'll take off my glasses.

See if you can, like, just connect with your sexy energy.

If you feel the urge to touch back, feel free.

OK. OK?

And there's a little bit of intensity

that we're going to kind of try to build between us.

DEEP SIGHS

Whoops.

And you can touch...I can touch your breasts?You can, yeah.

Yeah.

As his confidence builds...

You're doing good.

THEY LAUGH

..Celeste makes things harder.

Now I want you to see if you can take your energy seriously now

and look at me like, "I want to fuck you," kind of vibe.

SHE LAUGHS

OK. I'll try.

So good. So good.

Oh, just...

Oh, good.

Oh...

You need a little break, or are you...? I feel a bit hot.

You need a little break? Yeah. OK. Hoo!

It's a lot.

It's amazing.

A lot different than hugging.

A lot different than hugging. Yeah.

That is your inner animal.

When you take your desire seriously, it's very compelling.

Whoa. Whoa.

OK. I'll see you soon. Yeah, see you soon. Have a lovely day.

You too. Right, then. Bye. Bye.

Thank you.

I'm feeling incredible, absolutely incredible.

She's a miracle worker.

I was a virgin... Well, I am a virgin still,

but I'm like a different virgin now. I'm closer to losing it.

Ben. How did it go? I kissed her.

Oh. On the cheeks.

You're on cloud nine, are you?

I'm lying down, yeah, and I'm there cupping her breasts,

squeezing and what... Ahhh.

How did that feel? Great.

Felt all glowing, like, "Woohoo!" "Yippee."

I feel like Jason is a superstar.

I can't believe how much he has blossomed today.

It is insane. He brought his sexual energy,

eye contact.

He really got what sex is all about.

Are you dancing?

SHE HUMS

We're like the top hat sort of thing! Oh, yeah!

Ooh, I smell banana.

The touch phase of the course is drawing to a close...

Ooh, whipped cream, chocolate.

Strawberry laces. Do you like strawberry laces?

I do like strawberry laces. OK.

..and the group have been served up a tasty exercise.

Smallish bite. I'm not going to put it in too much.

There's something very sensual about feeding each other.

You know, the experience of putting food into someone's mouth,

especially if you do it with, like, a little bit of flirtatiousness.

When you laugh, I know where your face is, and I can slap it!

Technically, this will be the first act of penetration,

so I'm very curious how they put objects inside one another.

Put the whole strawberry in.

Open wide.

I'm not opening my mouth wide.

You can trust me, you can trust me.

Many of the group are throwing themselves in.

You dropped it, man!

Have you ever fed someone before? No. No. You're the first person.

But not everyone is feeling fruity.

Urgh!

I feel like this is probably not the most romantic.

No. No.

So far, on the course, it's Ben and Taylor who are holding back

the most, so the experts want to see if they can help, starting with Ben.

The animal game was really hard for Ben.

When he volunteered to help out Charlotte

and she said no, she didn't want that, he was very sad.

Yeah, he needs to understand rejection,

and, like, how you survive that as a man dating women.

After Celeste's breakthrough with Jason,

she wants to help Ben find his sexy side,

but spontaneity is not his strong point.

I'm quite logical person. I like to think things.

I like to plan for things.

Probably the best example, and this is gonna sound quite sad,

but it's true - I've got a spreadsheet on my PC at home

with just like every date I've been on.

I see dating in the same way

a football manager would see their team.

I like to analyse...analyse things and see what I can do better.

So, can Ben ditch his spreadsheet approach to sex,

with some hands-on practice?

I think if you learn how to hold

a little bit more flirtatious energy, like...

Yeah. I'm gonna do it now with you for a second

and show you what I mean, like...

I'm really enjoying being here with you.

That's what I would do to them? Yeah.

So, as you talk to me, just at some point, when you're talking,

give me a touch while you're talking.

I mean, this is quite crude but you are sort of my type,

so it's like, you know... That's not crude. That's a compliment.

Yeah. Thank you. I mean, you are quite attractive,

so, I mean, you know...

I usually go for the hair, actually, sometimes. Yeah?

Yeah, so I sort of do that and... Yeah, it's...

That's actually my total weakness.

Oh, really? Yeah, but I like it really, really slow, like...

Then I feel, like, very precious.

Yeah. Yeah.

So, like...

And I think even if you go a little bit slower,

so then it feels more, like, sensual.

I do feel tingly when you do that.

Yeah, well, maybe I'm better than I thought I was, but... Mm-hm.

You know, it's...it's not something

I have sort of conscious control over. I just sort of, you know...

That's what's good about it - is I feel like you're touching me

just because you desire me and you want to touch me,

not like you're thinking about it, and that's hot.

Yeah.

By losing himself in the moment,

Ben's gaining a flair for the physical.

If you just want to, like, come in and kiss me on the cheek...

..you don't have to, but you can.

Yeah.

Oh, my goodness... What?

Look at you!

Makes me want to touch you back.

Wow.

You don't realise how much of a confidence-booster this is -

to know I'm doing it good.

It's really great.

You're getting better every time.

Thank you.

It's baby steps, but Ben's session has been a success.

Now the experts want to get to the bottom of what's troubling Taylor.

The furthest I've ever gone with a boy is...

I met a nice guy. He was very attractive and very lovely.

I invited him back, and I was like, "Right, you can do this."

I'd convinced myself I was going to lose my virginity.

But I freaked out.

I hit that invisible barrier

and I was just like, "Nope, I can't do it. That's it, I can't."

And he left, and then I just felt so bad and disappointed in myself,

and like I'd let him down, cos I couldn't follow through.

To clarify her thinking, the experts want to pair her

with male surrogate partner therapist Andre.

So, my role in this is to basically stand in

as what could be a potential partner or a potential lover.

And I'm here to support you through the emotion,

the communication transparency.

Surrogate partners help by forming a therapeutic relationship,

supported by a clinical therapist.

I will leave the two of you to enjoy your time together.

Thanka you. All right. Thank you very much.

I'll see you soon. Take care.

Hmm.

I'm scared.

Sorry. It's OK.

I've got a lot of emotions about this whole thing,

and they're kind of trickling into everything.

There's nothing to be sorry about in displaying emotion.

So, what could potentially be a desired, like, goal or outcome?

Less of this.

OK, then we're on the right track.

I want less of this, and just feeling more comfortable,

like, in a situation where...

I feel like any time it comes to a situation - sorry - where,

like, sex is on the table, I freeze up and I panic.

Mm-hm. I just don't want anyone to touch me or anything like that

because I just feel wrong.

Mmm, OK.

Well, that is exactly why I'm here

and we can practise with one another.

We can explore the things that you came here to explore.

Oh, God.

I just want to see how you're feeling.

It feels like there's, like, a knot in my throat.

So, it's generally, like, an uncomfortable feeling?

OK.

Is there anything I can provide for you? Would you like a hug?

No, thank you. OK.

The therapy that was explained to me terrifies me

down to the very depths of my very core.

Well, then, if you'd like... you're welcome to head on out

whenever you're ready.

OK, thank you very much. You're very welcome.

I don't know if I've made any actual progress,

because I just kind of get a bit weepy.

I really liked Andre, and he was really lovely.

I'd love to be his friend,

but I've been trying to work out why I'm so panicked.

I think it scares me, the fact that he was a man.

Sorry.

Can I just have one minute?

I think I'm upset about more things than I let on.

Next time... Arghh!

..Jason gets back in the groove...

Just feel the pleasure.

I've got a boner.

..Taylor tries a fresh approach...

It just feels such a relief to not feel scared at all.

This is my body!

..and Emma reveals a secret...

You're so much stronger than you think and wiser than you know.

..as island dates...

Do I make you nervous? A little bit.

..hot up.

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