Looking for love? Dress as a shark! Is Sexy Beasts a new low for dating shows?

A disturbing new Netflix series makes dates dress up as animals - from rhinos to insects - so that choices are made on personality not looks. So why is everyone involved so hot?

Ass first, personality second," says a deadpan beaver at a bar. Meanwhile, a panda with pleading eyes says she wants a baby by the age of 26. A rhino in a dress shirt chips in with Vulnerability is our biggest muscle" - and gets a high five from a delighted dolphin.

What fresh hell is this? Are we not, for just one moment, deserving of a rest? Netflix says no. After holding us hostage for three weeks with Love Is Blind - in hindsight, not a good use of our last days before the pandemic - the evil-genius algorithm has come up with another dating experiment".