Over three years after it was first announced, Channel 4’s intimate, steamy and erotic fanifiction series is airing on TV.
Originally called The Really Rude Puppet Show, the rebranded No Strings Attached will now land on E4 (as opposed to Channel 4 itself) and the network has even shared a first glimpse at what to expect.
Hosted by Bake Off star Mel Giedroyc, the heavily-delayed series – set across six episodes – sees a string of celebrity guests read aloud erotic fantasy stories about themselves, while grinning and bearing the sheer horror if it all.
Every sordid tale has been written by a fan and cobbled together by script editors with the celebrities experiencing it for the first time as they proclaim it on national television.
The six famous faces are TV personality Sam Thompson, Gogglebox star’s Scarlett Moffatt, broadcaster Melvin Odoom, Atomic Kitten’s Kerry Katona, Loose Women regular Coleen Nolan and musician and actor Martin Kemp.
To heighten the sensual drama to the absolute max, and stir untold chaos, certain scenes have been recreated using puppets to curtail any actual human nudity on screen.
As put by Mel: ‘This is going to be a celebration of erotic fan fiction. With puppets. Imagine a world where Jackie Collins meets Thunderbirds. I’m so looking forward to a trip to Love Island… via Tracy Island.’
As each guest unveils of the unhinged sexual exploits put before them, they’ll also be sharing revealing ‘unheard and revelatory anecdotes’ from their actual lives, no doubt rivalling the shenanigans of their fictional counterpart.
Touted as an ode to the world of fanfiction – works penned by hobbyist writers about fictional characters and celebrities alike – ‘some of the most successful writers having gone on to achieve book and film deals, including, most famously, E.L. James’s multi-million-pound raunchy romance franchise Fifty Shades Of Grey.’
It’s unclear why, after a three-year wait, the show has decided now is the perfect time to land but it’s finally here, nonetheless.
Channel 4 has been rolling out experimental TV in recent weeks with a new episode of Dispatches becoming the first programme on in Britain to use an AI (artifical intelligence) presenter.
Fans were left shocked when the investigation, Will AI Take My Job, revealed at the end of the episode the host was, in fact, not a real human.
At the time, Louisa Compton, head of news and current affairs, specialist factual and sport at Channel 4, said: ‘The use of an AI presenter is not something we will be making a habit of at Channel 4 – instead our focus in news and current affairs is on premium, fact checked, duly impartial and trusted journalism – something AI is not capable of doing.’
No Strings Attached begins Tuesday 11th November at 10pm on E4.
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