Bros in arms... and not a lot else

Think Gladiator meets Towie with a bit of Love Island and you get the picture of this reality show. Eight well-oiled and heavily-tattooed beefcakes in leather loincloths – and little else – pit themselves against one another while their bikini-clad girlfriends cheer them on. The lads compete in a purpose-built Roman amphitheatre as they tackle tests of strength worthy of Spartacus. It’s vain, vacuous and ridiculous… yet strangely compelling. At one point Dino tells the others that a lot of things come from Rome “including Latin I fink” as he ponders whether they invented pizza. The phrase fall on their own swords springs to mind – but might be misinterpreted in this parallel universe…