Love Cave is a fictional reality television programme within the Hollyoaks universe, first mentioned in 2022. Many characters enjoy following the series—some more openly than others—and it is frequently a topic of conversation or the focus of a cosy night in. The programme appears to follow young people looking for love in a cave. A spin-off known as Celebrity Love Cave is also known to exist, with Couples Love Cave potentially existing in the future. Former Love Cave participants have appeared on Useless Celebrities, another fictional television series.
It is assumed that Love Cave is a fictional counterpart to Love Island, however the latter has also been known to exist within the Hollyoaks universe—referenced in episodes 5018, 5046, 5813, 5937 and 5994.
List of Mentions[]
| Episode | Description |
|---|---|
| Episode 5808 (16th March 2022) | Pearl asks Zoe what she's watching on TV—Zoe responds that it's Love Cave. "Ten sexy singles get trapped in a cave naked. The last one to ask for a coat wins". |
| Episode 5908 (3rd August 2022) | Prince suggests hiring Bianca from Love Cave for Hollyoaks Haven. Zain mentions a participant called Chardonnay. |
| Episode 5911 (8th August 2022) | Cindy suggests to Grace that they watch Love Cave tonight. |
| Episode 5912 (9th August 2022) | Cindy invites Theresa and Verity over to watch Love Cave. |
| Episode 5934 (8th September 2022) | Zara pulls Cindy away from a Love Cave marathon. |
| Episode 5935 (9th September 2022) | Zoe mentions that she likes to eat chips and hot sauce whilst watching Celebrity Love Cave. |
| Episode 5949/5949A (29th September 2022) | Shaq jokes that he should have stayed at home because Love Cave is on. |
| Episode 5958 (12th October 2022) | Darren refers to Romeo as a "Love Cave reject with more abs than brains". |
| Episode 5986 (21st November 2022) | Zoe tells Maxine and Grace that she's had a long shift at work and just wants to get in her pyjamas and watch Love Cave. |
| Episode 5994 (1st December 2022) | Peri mentions Love Island — perhaps accidentally instead of Love Cave. |
| Episode 6005 (16th December 2022) | Ella refers to Shing Lin in a conversation with Leah as a "Love Cave horn-ball" for kissing Charlie. |
| Episode 6044 (9th February 2023) | James, Donna-Marie and Ste discuss Love Cave. |
| Episode 6055 (24th February 2023) | Leah and James bond over Love Cave stars appearing on Useless Celebrities. |
| Episode 6060 (3rd March 2023) | Romeo invites Rayne home for a Celebrity Love Cave binge. |
| Episode 6081 (3rd April 2023) | Maxine tells Beau that she had the office to herself so caught up on a few episodes of Love Cave. |
| Episode 6082 (4th April 2023) | Donna-Marie comments on "what's-her-face off Love Cave" on the front cover of the magazine that Romeo has bought for Juliet. Later on, Romeo makes a Love Cave-inspired romantic gesture to Rayne. |
| Episode 6093 (19th April 2023) | Ste tells Donna-Marie that he thought Leah would never forgive him after he took Love Cave off series link. |
| Episode 6096 (24th April 2023) | Hunter reads out a social media comment to Romeo, describing him as "the fittest thing I've seen since last season of Love Cave". |
| Episode 6100 (28th April 2023) | Leah mentions wanting to be home in time for tonight's Love Cave evictions. DeMarcus pretends he doesn't watch it, but Vicky reminds him they watched it together once. |
| Episode 6102 (2nd May 2023) | Scott thinks he saw Tanya from Love Cave in the Eurovision Village, but it appears to be somebody who looks like her. |
| Episode 6136 (20th June 2023) | Lizzie and Maxine wait for Zoe so they can start watching Love Cave. |
| Episode 6137 (20th June 2023) | Sharon mentions being obsessed with Love Cave. |
| Episode 6152 (11th July 2023) | Felix mentions that DeMarcus has become interested in Love Cave, and that he has bought him a magazine that features a four-page spread on Rochelle's new crib — Rochelle presumably being an ex-contestant. |
| Episode 6175 (11th August 2023) | Nana McQueen says she has been pulled away from a Love Cave binge, and thinks she's addicted. |
| Episode 6181 (21st August 2023) | Rayne Royce says Faye Fuller has represented 7 contestants on Love Cave and hopes her and Romeo Nightingale can be signed by her in order to appear on the couples spin-off. Nadira Valli also references a past situation on Love Cave, and Dave Chen-Williams joins Cindy Cunningham's binge of at least 5 episodes on catch-up. |
| Episode 6182 (22nd August 2023) | Romeo Nightingale looks at Love Cave's socials, where they are looking for the next generation of power couples. |
| Episode 6184 (24th August 2023) | Rayne Royce is determined to be cast in Couples Love Cave. James Nightingale notes that he is familiar with Love Cave, and it "might have been on in the background". |
| Episode 6195 (8th September 2023) | Rayne Royce is frustrated that Faye Fuller has zero interest in her upcoming Love Cave audition party. |
| Episode 6197 (11th September 2023) | Rayne Royce does a coercive control live stream to raise her profile for Love Cave. Faye Fuller assumes she is a victim of coercive control from Romeo Nightingale and spins a story to the press because the producers love a "survivor". |
| Episode 6198 (13th September 2023) | Rayne Royce acknowledges how she has been obsessed with her Love Cave plan. Dave Chen-Williams and Cindy Cunningham watch Love Cave together, and discuss how Janice has copped off with Phillipe when she was kissing Chad yesterday. |
| Episode 6200 (15th September 2023) | Rayne Royce introduces herself on a live stream as "A future star of Love Cave". |
| Episode 6205 (22nd September 2023) | As Romeo Nightingale tries to back out of the event, Rayne Royce reminds him their goal is Couples Love Cave, with emphasis on "couples". |
| Episode 6206 (22nd September 2023) | Rayne Royce worries she'll miss her chance to go viral on Love Cave if her party event is ruined. |
| Episode 6207 (25th September 2023) | Faye Fuller tells her intern that Rayne Royce is exactly what Love Cave needs, as she creates drama. |
| Episode 6208/6208A (25th September 2023) | Faye Fuller speaks to Love Cave producers who have decided that Rayne Royce isn't welcome on their show. |
| Episode 6209 (26th September 2023) | A Love Cave towel is placed over Rayne Royce's corpse for her dignity. |
| Episode 6219 (10th October 2023) | Lizzie Chen-Williams, Phoenix Hathaway and Nadira Valli plan to sit down and watch Love Cave on FilmFilter. |
| Episode 6221 (12th October 2023) | Zoe Anderson looks forward to getting home to watch Love Cave. |
| Episode 6223 (16th October 2023) | A social media comment calls Romeo Nightingale "Ted Bundy meets Love Cave contestant". |
| Episode 6241 (9th November 2023) | James Nightingale criticises Ste Hay's parenting style, as Ste often turns a blind eye, bribes the kids and then ignores the problem and has a Love Cave marathon instead. |
| Episode 6248 (20th November 2023) | FilmFilter advertises that the latest season of Love Cave drops this week. |