Scouse Flirtation, Secret Parties and Chorizo Chomping… with Donna Preston and bride Leah

The gold envelope of doom arrived again to announce the start of Love Hate week on MAFS… and while some couples are fully dancing around the kitchen in their underwear - for others - it’s make or break time. Has everything changed for Maeve and Joe? Have Rebecca and Bailey burst their bubble? Will Julia-Ruth and Divarni be able to bring it back from the brink? And when will John and Abigail give us a full performance of their dance duet?! Newlywed bride Leah pops into the studio to tell us all about the rollercoaster of married life, why scousers are naturally flirty and whatever the heck happened to that rose quartz on their wedding day… We also find out some cheeky behind the scenes exclusives in a game of Two Truths and a Leah! And remember to cancel your gym membership! No need to get buff when you can just buy a mini sewing machine. To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit ⁠⁠⁠tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonjour! How you doing?!  Three more couples have joined the experiment! Join Lucinda Light and one of our favourite TV couples Marcus and Mica for a well-needed debrief … because we’ve just seen three more couples get married to a stranger!  Abigail and John have fallen for each other faster than Joey Chestnuts can eat a hotdog, Leisha was worried she might be too much for Reiss and April is searching for a deeper connection with Leo…   Meanwhile, it was in-laws week and we got to know Keye’s mum *very* well!  It feels like time with friends and family was well-needed for Grace and Ashley - but it might have driven a wedge between Julia-Ruth and Divarni…  Newlywed Mrs Hotdog (aka April) has taken some time off her busy travelling schedule to pop by the studio to tell us about meeting her match - and just how thrilled she was to see a mullet waiting for her at the end of the aisle. We play a very sophisticated game of HOTdog or NOTdog to find out a little more about what makes her tick… Does anyone know where Reiss does his supermarket shop? Asking for a friend.  To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, turns out strawberries and cream isn’t just a tennis thing after all… It’s experts week, and things have been hotting up for (some) of our couples! MAFS legend Lucinda Light is joined by the wonderful David Potts for this week’s debrief. For one of our couples - the honeymoon bubble has burst… can they turn things around? And can an intimacy workshop take things to the next level for our newlyweds? One thing’s for sure, Leah looked fabulous in that candy bra. It wouldn’t be experts week without an expert - so our amazing expert Charlene is here - and we’re also joined by our beautiful bride Sarah. We find out about how Sarah feels about the challenges she’s faced and lessons she’s learned so far in the experiment - and Charlene gives us an insight into the different types of intimacy, and why some couples move at different speeds to others. With in-laws week looming and the arrival of new brides and grooms imminent - what could be next for our newlyweds? One thing’s for sure though, we won’t be borrowing Joe’s salty pancake recipe. Or his toothbrush now we think about it… To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit ⁠⁠tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aloe, Vera! There’s a cyclone on the way -  stay inside, secure your windows and prepare to build an intimate connection with your new husband.  Our couples are well and truly in the honeymoon period - and so are we! Lucinda Light is joined by TV and radio presenter Yinka Bokinni for the ultimate MAFS debrief as we join our brides and grooms on the experiment of a lifetime. It’s time to find out if flying sparks at the top of the altar will mean a happy marriage, if eating a scorpion will bring you closer to your new wife, and if ziplines are an appropriate honeymoon activity…  And you know we love to give you an exclusive, so we’ve got our fabulous newlywed groom Keye in the studio! He bought the energy, he bought the gossip and he scared away quite a lot of the local wildlife in a little game we like to call - Davide Attenborough.  Now, It’s THYME for our couples to move into the apartments… will it leave them needing some SAGE advice from the experts or will it prove that they are MINT to be?! Ok, promise we’ll stop with the herb jokes now.  To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit ⁠tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wedding season is here - and boy, have we received a lot of invitations! The brand new season of MAFS UK has finally arrived - and you've been matched with Lucinda Light for the ultimate debrief right here on MAFS UK It’s Official! She’s been there, done that, and got the wedding ring - and she’ll be here every week as we follow the brides and grooms as they embark on the experiment of a lifetime. She’s joined today by MAFS superfan Danny Beard - as we reflect on the first two weddings of the series. Keye and Davide are smitten, but Sarah and Dean aren’t singing from the same page of the songbook. Will it be happy ever after for our newlyweds? And as if by magic - Dean joins us to reveal how he was really feeling on his wedding day - and (almost more importantly) to show us some of his many talents… in a game we like to call Dean Idol (full credit to Danny for the title) Fancy some more wedding bells? Well, good news - we have seven more couples ready and waiting to tie the knot - and we’ll be here every week to dive right into all the details - with celeb superfans, the experts and our gorgeous brides and grooms. Don’t forget to RSVP! To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you RSVP’ed? The brand new series of MAFS is here and you’re invited.  This is MAFS UK: It’s Official - with Lucinda Light! She knows everything you could possibly know about MAFS - she’s been there, done that and got the wedding ring… and she’ll be here every week with celeb superfans, the experts and our gorgeous brides and grooms for all the exclusives, the juiciest goss and all the spiciest opinions about the brand new series of MAFS UK!  Today, Lucinda is joined by someone who we’d all love to find waiting for us at the end of the aisle… it’s podcaster and Made in Chelsea alumni Liv Bentley! Our singletons are nearly ready to nest up together - so we’re going to play a game of Lucinda’s Lovebirds… to see if our matchmaking skills are up to the test…  We’ve committed, we’re ready to put a ring on it, and we’re about to head down the aisle… and this is the place to be for your weekly MAFS debrief.  We’ll see you at the end of the aisle! To find out more and to enter to win a £5000 TUI holiday voucher, visit tui.co.uk/mafsuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the moment we first laid eyes on Kieran’s teeth - we knew this was going to be a cracking series…  They chose to stay in the last episode - so this time, we’re sticking to our word and making them stay… we have Paul C Brunson and Zeze Mills on the It’s Official sofa to take a nostalgic look back at the series as a whole!   And we’re joined by the man, the myth, the legend… our brilliant groom Luke! We find out all about his time in the experiment - and we workshop some words that might have worked better than ‘terrorise’ in his letter to Amy.  As well as that - it’s showbiz’s most glamorous and anticipated night of the year… The MAFS Awards 2024! Who are going to be the big winners of the night?! And guess what… we even have a *teeny-tiny* trophy for one lucky person…  Thanks for joining us for this series of MAFS UK: It’s Official - actually can someone pass a sick bag? I’m feeling a bit nauseous - probably shouldn’t have tried to write this podcast description on a helicopter ride.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two vow renewals and a funeral… that’s actually such a good idea for a movie. Someone should make that.   The experiment is over! Two of our couples have committed to one another at final vows and brace themselves for the reunion… and we also had a lovely dinner party where we reunited all our brides and grooms and there was absolutely NO drama or stress at all :)   Chloe is joined by the legendary Zeze Mills to debrief our last week in the experiment. Did we expect it to end like this? And how do we think our couples are going to fare outside the experiment?   We’ve also invited Lacey and Paul C Brunson to the couch - to regroup on everything we’ve learned from the experiment! Lacey reveals how she and Nathan made yet ANOTHER lifelong commitment to each other and *just* how excited she was for that salsa class…  And we’re bringing back fan-favourite game Luke-y Dip - for a second round… this time - with a vow renewals twist…  Btw - we googled the halfway point between Manchester and Walsall. It’s Stoke-on-Trent. Just FYI!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, take a look up at the sky… and if you’re lucky - you might just see Lacey looking down at you. That’s Lacey the star, not Lacey in a helicopter. Something tells me Nathan won’t be getting her another helicopter ride any time soon. It’s the penultimate week of the experiment! We’ve said a sad farewell to one of our couples and we’re heading out on final dates… don’t forget your sick bag!Today - Chloe is joined by the wonderful Mariam Musa so we can regroup on our psychological takes before we head into next week’s vow renewals. Which of our couples will manage to work their way through the challenges of the experiment - and who will thrive on the outside? The clocks are ticking! And we have two VERY special visitors on the sofa - our beautiful bride Sacha and our exceptional expert Mel! We find out how the end of the experiment felt for our self-aware queen Sacha - and everything that the MAFS process has taught her about herself… And it’s nearly the end of the experiment - so we’re bringing out the Memory Box to test how well you’ve all been paying attention…  we hope you’ve been taking notes!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE! How good does it get?! Things are getting towards the serious end of the experiment now - our couples are doing *serious* things like thinking about how to make things work long term, spending time with their families and prancing about a dance studio wearing feather boas. Sooooo serious. Chloe has her iconic bestie Joe Baggs on the sofa with her to discuss everything we’ve seen in Partner Swap Week and Doing DIY For Your In-Laws Week… oh sorry - we mean Homestays Week.  Kieran and Kristina are also here - things have been emotional for them this week so we’re very excited to have a chit chat with them about their time so far in the experiment. And we couldn’t have Kieran and Kristina on the show without having a sing-song, could we? We *may* have just written the next number one hit…And just to let everyone know - from this point onwards we’ll only be accepting apologies in malt loaf form. Thanks!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices