Channel 4 has announced it has commissioned a third series of the popular TV series ‘The Undateables’.

The show will once again follow the journeys of several extraordinary singletons as they enter the dating circuit in pursuit of love.

Series two, made by betty, aired at the beginning of the year and consolidated at an average of 3.5 million and a 12.8% share. The programme also led to huge social media engagement and was consistently the most tweeted about Channel 4 programme across the run with between 63,000-93,000 tweets per episode. Three out of five episodes were the most tweeted about show that day, across all TV.

The series was praised by viewers, TV critics and charities for its warm and accurate portrayal of the lives of the contributors who featured.

The five 60 minutes episodes will air in 2014.