This is the second programme in a three-part documentary that challenged 12 teenagers to stay celibate for five months, with the help of two Christian youth workers.
The teenagers, aged 15 to 17 and all from Harrow, northwest London, attended weekly "romance academy" sessions.
They also spent a week sharing a house with two rules: girls and boys were not allowed in each other's bedrooms, and no alcohol was allowed.
The youngest participant, Wesley, is 15 but lost his virginity at 12.
However, some of the others have never had sex and represent a cross section of their age group.
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