To have and to hold and to appear on TV...

If you were minded to, there are lots of ways you could find a 'lifetime partner'...  You could:

• Go on a blind date
• Meet them at work
• Be partnered off by your friends
• Bump into them walking the dog
• Go online dating
• Sign up for a TV show

So you don't believe the last one?  Well, you should!  Channel 4 have commissioned a TV programme called Married At First Sight which is based on a Danish format.  And it's for real!  A pool of 200 people will be assessed and matched by a panel of experts, leading to 6 strangers being married to each other live on television, having never clapped eyes on each other before.

Be warned if you fancy meeting your forever partner this way though - in the Danish show, none of the couples managed even a year.  So, whilst 'love' may not hold us together, it seems getting married on TV won't do it either...