Matt and Emma Willis return to host as 30 new singles step into the Pods from 19th August on Netflix.
The Pods are open for business again. Love Is Blind: UK returns to Netflix on 19th August for its third series, bringing another group of singles willing to gamble on love without ever seeing the person they are proposing to. Emma and Matt Willis are back to guide the chaos, and if the trailer below is anything to go by, this series promises tears, tempers and plenty of emotional whiplash.
When to watch: the full release schedule
Netflix is staggering series 3 across three Wednesdays rather than dropping it all at once, and the split tells you exactly where the drama falls:
- Wednesday 19th August, episodes 1 to 8: the Pods, the engagements, the couples’ getaway and those first meetings with family and friends.
- Wednesday 26th August, episodes 9 and 10: the wedding episodes.
- Sunday 30th August, episode 11: the reunion.
Eleven episodes in total, which means the reveals and the early real-world friction all land in one enormous first sitting.
From the Pods to the altar
The format remains as high-stakes as ever: strangers date through a wall, form connections purely on conversation, then propose. Only after the engagement do they meet face to face. Then the real test begins, moving in together, meeting families, navigating everyday life, and ultimately deciding whether to say “I do” at the altar. Not everyone makes it.
This series was filmed across the UK, Sweden and Spain, and comes from CPL Productions, a Seven.One Studios company, with Nazleen Karim, Danielle Lux and Murray Boland as executive producers and Sarah Carnie directing.
Meet the women
Fifteen women enter the Pods this series:
- Chevanique, 29, Birmingham, nurse
- Ciara, 29, London, pilates instructor
- Cuba, 29, London, yoga and fitness coach
- Faye, 28, London, executive assistant
- Hannah, 27, Leeds, chartered accountant
- Francesca, 29, London, hr associate
- Katie, 30, Doncaster, project manager
- Komel, 34, Glasgow, senior finance officer
- Lydia, 31, Cardiff, senior product manager
- Monum, 29, Bury, audiologist
- Neive, 27, Perth, Scotland, car salesperson
- Sammy, 33, Manchester, wellness coach & entrepreneur
- Sophie, 27, Greater Manchester, operations team leader
- Yasmin, 32, London, physician associate
- Zelania, 29, London, marketing manager
A few to watch: Chevanique, a sexual health nurse who describes herself as unshockable and wants to settle down before turning 30. Cuba, who became single after discovering her fiance was cheating while she visited him in Nigeria, and found her footing again through meditation and a ten-day silent retreat in India. Yasmin, who grew up in a strict religious household, has never had an official boyfriend, and now embraces the vitiligo she once tried to hide. And Hannah, a chartered accountant and Hyrox enthusiast whose dad helped her write her Hinge profile, and whose stated ideal man is Freddie from series 1.
Meet the men
And the fifteen men hoping to propose sight unseen:
- Ajay, 33, London, fitness coach
- Alex, 33, Birmingham, business development manager
- Blue, 32, London, plasterer
- George, 32, Derby, bank relationship manager/wine bar owner
- Jack, 30, Perranporth, Cornwall, chef
- Jacob, 32, Colchester, business owner
- Jonathan, 32, Hertfordshire, tech recruiter
- Jordan, 29, Birmingham, teacher
- Joseph S, 33, London, senior project manager
- Luke, 29, Doncaster, planning officer
- Met, 35, London, technology recruitment
- Michael, 31, Preston, teaching assistant
- Ryan, 33, Manchester, public speaker and entrepreneur
- Si, 36, Newent, Gloucestershire, motorsport technician
- Taylor, 31, Hertfordshire, head of sales
Standouts here too: Blue, a plasterer whose siblings are called Beau and Buck, and who has swapped chasing his first million for chasing connection. George, who comes from a long line of cheese business owners and answers to “mini cheddar”. Ryan, an international public speaker who has not watched television in fifteen years, which should make the Pods interesting. And Luke, a Star Wars obsessive who has been single his entire adult life and admits he has been too picky.
Your hosts: Matt and Emma Willis
Matt and Emma Willis return for a third series, and they remain one of the format’s genuine assets. Matt made his name as a musician and co-founder of Busted, Emma as a broadcaster and former Big Brother presenter. They married in 2008 and have three children, which is precisely why the couples-counselling energy they bring to the reveals and the altar lands better than a neutral presenter ever could. They have lived some version of this.
Fancy a go yourself?
Netflix has already opened casting for series 4 and is asking for bold, open-minded singles willing to do the whole thing sight unseen. If watching this lot makes you think you could do better, applications are open now.
Catch up first
Series 1 and 2 are both on Netflix if you want the full back catalogue of Pod drama before the new lot arrive. If you would rather think about why we all watch this sort of thing in the first place, our feature on how pop culture shapes our views on love and dating is a decent companion piece. And for something with rather less crying, The Gentlemen returns to Netflix in September.
Love Is Blind: UK series 3 starts streaming on Netflix from 19th August. Watch the official trailer and prepare for the drama.
Images: Netflix.
