Phone Swap: the dating show that swipes through your ex’s texts

A new series asks prospective partners to exchange their mobiles. It's the perfect fodder for our tech-craving times ... and also oddly charming

"I don't know if you want me to talk about that picture," rugby lad Shaquille asks politics student Demi. "You've got something in your mouth "" His date looks mortified. And so begins Phone Swap, a new dating show in which two singletons exchange phones with potential partners.

Now I know what you're thinking: if you were going on a programme where someone had to look through your phone, wouldn't you clean it up a little? Check your camera roll, add some things to make you look like a better person - meditation sounds, language apps? But alas, it really does appear that the show-makers stopped their charges having a quick blitz " or perhaps Demi just forgot to bin her nudes.