THE government is “not satisfied” with Channel 4’s response to allegations of rape and sexual assault made by women who appeared on Married At First Sight UK, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said today.

Participant Shona Manderson accused her on-screen partner of sexual misconduct, while two anonymous women alleged they were raped by their on-screen husbands.

All three men deny the allegations.

The show sees single people matched by “experts” to “marry” strangers who they meet for the first time on their wedding day.

Ms Nandy said: “Everyone has the right to be safe and treated with dignity.

“We are not satisfied as a government with the response that we have received, and I will be discussing this further with Channel 4 in the coming week.”

Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra said she was “deeply sorry” after the allegations emerged in a BBC Panorama documentary, adding that welfare was “a primary concern.”

All previous seasons of the show have been removed from Channel 4’s streaming platforms.

Production company CPL said contestants were “not pressured in any way or expected to be intimate” and that solo sleeping arrangements had always been available.