First Dates is our ultimate guilty pleasure when it comes to fly-on-the-wall television. We don’t have to call up and vote for who we want to stay in, there are no cruel tasks for contestants to tackle (other than, y’know, getting to know one another over dinner), and there are no celebrity judges to impress.

So what if the Channel 4 show is aimed squarely at our love of eavesdropping and insatiable appetite for bad dating stories? Its success lies in the fact that it also takes into account the sneaky part of us that is rooting for a happy ever after.

So it’s no shocker that the USA have bought the rights to the show and whipped up a special American version.

First Dates fans, Drew Barrymore is taking the show stateside