'Muslims Like Us': BBC planning reality show on Muslims living together

The show will feature ten people including Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, and people who have converted to the faith

The BBC has announced plans to launch a reality TV show which will follow a group of Muslims living together.

Produced by the makers of The Great British Bake Off,  ‘Muslims Like Us’ will feature 10 people, including Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, and people who have converted to the faith, who will be invited to live in a house.



The show aims to explore diversity within the British Muslim community and will invite participants from a range of backgrounds to engage with the local community and interact with a number of non-Muslims.

According to a spokesperson for the BBC, “BBC Two and Love productions are working on a two part series which aims to get behind the headlines and explore the full range of attitudes and beliefs in the British Muslim community today. We will announce further details in due course.”

Kieran Smith of Love Productions said, "[It is] a conscious decision to reflect pluralism within Muslim communities. They will live together and create what I guess is a halal environment. The challenge for them is how they negotiate with one another and how they live with one another.”



"What are they eating, where are they praying, how are they praying? All of those conversations will be part of the series. So it certainly isn't a look at Muslims as extremists – it's actually looking at pluralism within British Muslim society," Smith added.

The show is expected to air on BBC Two however a launch date has not yet been announced.

This article originally appeared on Evening Standard