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00:00First Dates restaurant.
00:01Oh wow, this girl, she looks like a Hollywood star.
00:03A place where eyes meet,
00:06passions ignite.
00:08What does romance mean to you?
00:10Love, passion.
00:11And Cupid's arrow often hits its mark.
00:15Oh, she's just nailed it.
00:19Oh, you drunk?
00:23Stop being nervous, stop being nervous.
00:25Uh oh, she's coming.
00:27Singletons from all over the country.
00:29What are you expecting from your date?
00:30Marriage and kids.
00:32Have been brave enough to let us eavesdrop on their real blind dates.
00:36No one loves me more than I do.
00:38Some of them will crash and burn.
00:40He's so boring.
00:42How old was your last boyfriend?
00:4322.
00:45I've got these pants on called Spanx.
00:48Others are about to strike it lucky.
00:52Is that your sex face right there?
00:53Yeah.
00:54They've been meticulously matched.
00:56I do like the Northern Bulls.
00:58All right.
01:00Based upon their likes and dislikes.
01:02What do you prefer?
01:03White chocolate or dark chocolate?
01:04Dark chocolate.
01:06Dark chocolate.
01:07Have a good night.
01:08What happens next is down to them.
01:11We love to wax your nostrils.
01:13You'd love to pause.
01:14The saying goes, there's someone out there for all of us.
01:18These people are all hoping that it's true.
01:26The nice thing about dating at my age is you don't have to meet their parents.
01:36It's a big, big city and it's always the same.
01:40Can never be too pretty.
01:43Tell me your name, is it out of line?
01:46If I was to be bold and say what to do.
01:49There's two new dishes that we have.
01:50What's that?
01:51Toad in the hole.
01:52I know what toad in the hole is, but I haven't heard a French person say it.
01:55The toad in the hole.
01:57Yeah, it's worth it.
01:58Okay, guys, so please take care of Austin and let's make love happen.
02:02Let's go.
02:04Let's make love.
02:05Love is like a gift.
02:07Wonderful to give, but even better to receive.
02:09What does romance mean to you?
02:12Oh, it means warmth and love and passion.
02:16The secret of the perfect gift, choose your wrapping very, very carefully.
02:21I feel like a bright knob in a sparkly dress, though.
02:24I feel really silly.
02:25I'm not girly very often, so I'm like...
02:28Or just add a little pink bow.
02:30It's not your average bow type.
02:32I thought, you know what?
02:33I'm going to make accounts and see sexy.
02:36But of course, the most exciting part is finding out what's inside.
02:44You never know.
02:45It might just well be what you always wanted.
02:49Do I have some?
02:52Billerickey baking enthusiast Felicity
02:55is hoping she's found the recipe for love.
02:58Is this a little present for me?
03:00I'm fortunately not.
03:01No, what is it?
03:02Brownie and cookies.
03:04You know the way to a man's arm?
03:05Yeah.
03:06Follow me. You're the first.
03:07But her day job is slightly less appetising.
03:11Hello.
03:13I'm a podiatrist and that literally involves feet.
03:17Yes, feet.
03:18Lots and lots of feet.
03:21What can we get you to drink?
03:22A prosecco.
03:23A prosecco.
03:24A perfect foot, toes nice and straight, a nice little arch in your foot.
03:29Thank you very much.
03:30And hair on the toes is a good thing, ladies.
03:33It means that you've got good circulation, so don't be getting rid of those hairs.
03:38And tell me a little about what you're looking for today.
03:42I need someone that sort of gets me.
03:46I'm a bit weird.
03:49There's so many guys in this world, there must be somebody else that gets my weirdness.
03:58It's in The Matrix, where he, like, gets shot at and he bends over backwards.
04:03That's my move.
04:05This is Jethro.
04:07He's a mover and shaker in the city and on the dance floor.
04:12Does it get the lady?
04:14Initially, and then it scares them off, because that's all I do.
04:17Shall I take your jacket, Jethro?
04:18Yes, that'd be great, thank you.
04:20A little bit like Marmite, to be honest.
04:22Some, like, either find me hilarious and quite enjoy meeting me,
04:25and then episode just be like, who is this idiot?
04:28What is he talking about?
04:29Get rid of him.
04:30Hello.
04:30Hello.
04:31How are you?
04:31Hey, you all right?
04:32Hiya.
04:33How are you?
04:34Going double.
04:35Yeah, double, exactly.
04:37What's your name?
04:38Felicity.
04:38Felicity, I'm Jethro.
04:40Nice to meet you.
04:40Jethro?
04:41Jethro.
04:41Jethro.
04:42Jeff and Thro.
04:43Jethro.
04:44Jethro, yeah.
04:45Jethro.
04:46That is, unfortunately, my name.
04:47No.
04:49I got you a little present.
04:51Oh, my.
04:52Have a little open.
04:53Do you like food?
04:54Do I like food?
04:55I love food.
04:56Oh, my.
04:57Oh, are you big?
05:02Oh, my God.
05:04I'm so happy that you got stuck in.
05:06Well, you kind of got it, haven't you?
05:08I've never been given a gift on my first day.
05:12So what do you do?
05:13I'm a podiatrist.
05:14A what?
05:15A podiatrist.
05:16What does that mean?
05:17Should I know what that is?
05:18It's a part of the body.
05:21Have a guess.
05:23Venus?
05:26Feet?
05:27Yeah.
05:27Oh.
05:28You've got a foot fetish.
05:30No!
05:31No!
05:33Usually people are like, oh, yeah, she works for kids.
05:36And I'm like, no, no.
05:38She does foot jobs.
05:41Oh, God.
05:45No worries.
05:47Here we are.
05:50I'm so sorry to disturb you.
05:52One thing I keep forgetting today, it is my first day.
05:54Um, what sauce would you like?
06:01Hello.
06:05Hey!
06:08Bastards.
06:09When it comes to love, 25-year-old mental health nurse Damien
06:14certainly doesn't have the luck of the Irish.
06:17How are you?
06:18Hi, Art.
06:18What's your name, please?
06:19It's Damien.
06:19Where are you from, Damien?
06:20I'm from Darien, Ireland.
06:21Oh, very good.
06:22Yeah.
06:22Nice accent.
06:24Shall I take your jacket?
06:25Yes, please.
06:27My dad actually always says to me, um, that I kind of give it away too, too easily.
06:33Please follow me.
06:34You're the first.
06:34Not that I'm a slut.
06:36Um, but more that, um, I tend to not think with my head and more go with what my feelings
06:42and what my gut tells me.
06:44Hello there.
06:45How are you doing?
06:45What can we get you?
06:46Any lager will do, really.
06:47Hot lager.
06:49Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo, woo.
06:54Wow.
06:55Hey.
06:57Woo, it's Friday, fuckers.
06:59Oh, sorry.
07:00Can I be very direct?
07:01Do you have Tourette's morning shots?
07:03Um, kind of, yeah.
07:07No, I thought it'd be better to ask than ignore.
07:10Yeah, that's fine.
07:13It's like having this constant companion follow you around that upsets you, that makes you laugh.
07:19Woo, it's Christmas.
07:21It's when it catches me kind of unawares.
07:25I'm on loads of drugs.
07:28I'm not actually, by the way.
07:31Just to let you know I'm not.
07:35I think it comes, it comes with the nerves.
07:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:43It makes me really nervous that someone could just, like, see the Tourette's and just think,
07:49oh, dear Jesus Christ, and walk away.
07:54Damien's date is six foot four businessman.
07:58Period paints.
07:59And part-time model, Kai.
08:02Your date has already arrived.
08:03Should I take your coat?
08:03Yes, please.
08:05Wow.
08:06I've been told it can be quite intimidating.
08:09I don't know why, because I'm a pussycat, really.
08:11I just, you know.
08:12Where are you coming from?
08:13You're coming from far away?
08:13Manchester.
08:14Manchester?
08:15Yeah, yeah.
08:15Wow.
08:16I do like Irish guys.
08:22Yeah, Northern Irish, Southern Irish.
08:24I love it.
08:25I don't know, it just, it just gets me.
08:29Nice, thanks.
08:30Kai.
08:30Jamie, nice to meet you.
08:31Nice to meet you.
08:32How are you?
08:33Yeah, grand, grand, grand.
08:34Hey, a bit nervous, but.
08:36I'm shitting myself.
08:37Yeah.
08:38God, this is terrifying.
08:40Yeah, I know it is, really.
08:41Hey.
08:43Hello.
08:44What can we get?
08:44Um, can I get Negroni, please?
08:47He's gay.
08:48Sorry, I've completely forgot your name.
08:49I'm so nervous.
08:50Damien, Damien, I'm yours.
08:51Okay, I've got it.
08:51Kai.
08:52Kai, I'm just too nervous.
08:53Yeah.
08:53Where are you from?
08:54I'm from Derry, in Ireland.
08:55Okay.
08:56But I'm living in Brighton.
08:57Oh, wow.
08:59Hey, Ginger.
09:02I'm sure you probably noticed that Tourette's as well.
09:04Yeah.
09:05So, yeah.
09:06Just a kind of, the disclaimer.
09:08Yeah, I saw that.
09:09That's fine.
09:09Is there anything weird that you might say, or like?
09:11I've got a gun, seems to be one more.
09:13Yeah, it's really, yeah.
09:15Oh, dear.
09:16Yeah.
09:17Awkward.
09:18Hey.
09:19Well, cheers, anyway.
09:20Hey, well, cheers.
09:21Cheers.
09:22Nice to meet you.
09:29All right, so are you fussy with food?
09:32No, not at all.
09:33I'm too big a family to be fussy with food.
09:36How big?
09:37Very big.
09:38Are you one of?
09:39Eight.
09:41Eight?
09:41Eight, yeah.
09:42My parents are, like, very religious.
09:45Oh.
09:45So, they're, like, tea-total, no-sex-for-marriage Christians.
09:50Whoa.
09:50Wow.
09:51When I was growing up, we had, like, this sex education for Christians.
09:55It was this book called The Chocolate Teapot.
09:58So, like, we're just, like, sitting down with my mum, there's this one section.
10:01It's like the masturbate section.
10:03Mum's like, OK, well, we'll skip that section.
10:04I was like, thank God for that.
10:07So, Plymouth, four, three, three years?
10:10I just wanted to get far away from home.
10:12Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
10:13Far away from home as possible?
10:14Yeah, you got it.
10:15Ditto.
10:16I'm the same.
10:17Yeah.
10:17Went away from those Christian parents.
10:20I want to have sex before I'm married.
10:22Leave me alone.
10:24I'm going to be 28 soon, so I'll be the year of the man, you know?
10:28You know, I know the year of the man.
10:29It's like, when you're 28 and you're most, like, appealing to women.
10:33Oh, my God.
10:34You're going to make me do an oyster, aren't you?
10:36Even if you don't like it, all you do is just plaster it in Tabasco,
10:39close your eyes and swallow.
10:41It's kind of like the end of a blowjob.
10:46My mum's always like, you need to go for the boring ones.
10:50That's her advice to me.
10:52Why do you always go for the bad boys?
10:55Go for the boring ones like your father.
10:59Is that your sex face right there?
11:00Yeah.
11:02But then I'm just like, why would I settle for a boring one right now?
11:06Maybe in a couple of years' time.
11:10I'm getting my lob out.
11:13Which way do I do it?
11:14I'm going to have to teach you that.
11:15I'm not sure I want a second or third date.
11:19Third?
11:21Third date's a charm, right?
11:23Fifth.
11:24Fifth?
11:26Yeah.
11:28I might die tomorrow.
11:29I don't even make it that far.
11:32Oh!
11:34Wow!
11:35How long have you been single?
11:37Um, kind of on and off for about two years, maybe.
11:40What is on and off?
11:41I say on and off.
11:42I've been on dates, but it's never amounted to anything.
11:45People kind of pull away after a while.
11:48Yeah.
11:48Um, I do kind of worry as well.
11:51See that the Tourette's might be a problem.
11:53Um, hey!
11:56Kind of feel like people are embarrassed to introduce me to their family and friends and stuff like that.
12:01I don't think it should have mattered, really.
12:03Hey!
12:06Hey!
12:08Whoops!
12:10I'll just get my coat here.
12:12Pardon me.
12:14I'm not normally this bad, by the way, either.
12:16Hey!
12:18Nipples.
12:19I've got three nipples.
12:23It's fine.
12:23It's cool.
12:24Last day I went on, literally having a few drinks.
12:27It's going quite well.
12:27And he went, do you remind me of someone?
12:29I was thinking, who's it going to be, Dental?
12:31Washington?
12:32Right, and you're going to hit the donkey from Shrek.
12:34Not even lying.
12:36Well, if you've got all our donkey-like aspects, that's not a problem.
12:54Are you really a dancer?
12:56What kind of dancing?
12:57Street.
12:58Pop-in-lock-in.
12:59Let me see, then.
13:05Oh, I'm a bit impressed.
13:06I am.
13:13So, what do you do?
13:14I've got my own business right now.
13:15Right.
13:16And it's random, because I don't feel like the typical businessman, really.
13:20Right.
13:20I mean, a model part-time on the side, anyway, just for, like, a laugh.
13:24Do you know what I mean?
13:24And get some money.
13:25Yeah, it's just for a laugh.
13:27I get some nice pictures to show me now.
13:29I mean, when you look like that, you do.
13:30Give over.
13:34I'm actually studying at the moment.
13:35I'm doing mental health nursing.
13:36Why did you choose it?
13:37How did you get into mental health?
13:38Well, I love, like, working with people and trying to help them out.
13:43Yeah.
13:43I've had my own issues in the past, but I had a kind of breakdown back in 2013.
13:50That was my Britney's 2007.
13:54So, that was my kind of, yeah, I had a really bad year that year.
13:58You're making me emotional.
14:00Yeah.
14:01It was emotional.
14:01Yeah.
14:02I was in love, and I took that break up really hard.
14:11I just didn't think that I could cope.
14:16It was at that time that the tics started.
14:19I couldn't even speak, because I was just ticking constantly.
14:24And I remember my dad kind of getting upset, and I could tell that he was trying to hold
14:32back tears, and so, because of that, I decided, right, the best way to kind of cope with this
14:37at the minute is joke about it.
14:39Woo!
14:40Hey, party!
14:43I don't even know if it'll go, if it'll stay, and I've made my peace with it.
14:48I'm like, either way, I've changed, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
14:54I think I've had, well, I know I've had depression, like, on and off since I was about 14 years
14:59old.
15:00And I had a hard time, like, four years ago.
15:03Right.
15:03Went through quite a really bad period.
15:06You could call it a breakdown if you want, um...
15:08A brand new moment?
15:09Yeah.
15:10I'm very, very, very, very good at hiding it.
15:15I'd say it's like the weather in your head.
15:18You can just wake up one day, and there's a big black cloud, and you're like, oh, shit.
15:23I accept it now.
15:24I didn't accept it before.
15:25Right.
15:25And since I've done that, I can manage it better.
15:29Because before, I was just blaming it on everything else.
15:31Yeah.
15:32It's not.
15:32Yeah.
15:33I just have to accept it.
15:34Do you know what I mean?
15:35Who owns that kitten?
15:36Hey, kitten fucker.
15:40I'll just be background noise.
15:41Hey.
15:42Yeah, it's like, filter them out at some point as well.
15:45I'm just getting used to it.
15:47Yeah, you're getting used to it.
15:48That's it.
15:51Enjoy it.
15:56You all right?
16:02How come you're singing?
16:03I scare people.
16:05You scare people?
16:05Yeah.
16:08No, when me and my friends go out, we usually do the crab dance.
16:11Oh.
16:12That's why I'm single.
16:13What, because you do the crab dance?
16:14Yeah.
16:15So what is the crab dance?
16:16Can you do it right now?
16:17Yeah.
16:18Oh, that one.
16:20This one.
16:21More just like...
16:26Side to side.
16:27Guys, you're just like, it's no from me.
16:31It's a no from me.
16:32I'm out.
16:34Love it.
16:35My ex-boyfriend totally embraced the weirdness.
16:38So we totally got each other on that sort of level.
16:40We were just weird all the time.
16:42Do you know where the toilets are?
16:43You've got to run away.
16:46So ex was right guy, wrong time.
16:49The one that got away.
16:55Is it your type?
16:56Yeah, definitely.
16:58Oh, that's so cute.
17:00You're so pleasantly surprised.
17:02Pleasantly surprised.
17:03Do you think you fancy it?
17:04Yeah.
17:06Wow.
17:07I am so happy.
17:08Am I being too strong?
17:10No, not strong enough.
17:11Go on, get up and yeah.
17:13Yeah.
17:18Commitment is a real issue.
17:23I think what it is as well, like what if I start to really, really like you and then
17:28you give me the no.
17:34Widower Joe has lived alone for 13 years.
17:39At 79, he wants more letters after his name than just O.A.P.
17:45Every time I say it, it creates a reaction from people.
17:49What?
17:51You're studying for a degree?
17:53I said, yeah.
17:53How old are you?
17:5479.
17:56I'm looking forward to it.
17:59Yeah.
17:59Don't like being on my own.
18:02I'd much rather be with a nice woman.
18:06Fellow South Coast resident Dee has discovered the reason why finding a man in her golden
18:12years has been a challenge.
18:14Do you know, statistically, there are five women to every one man after the age of 50?
18:21Because you all start dying off so young.
18:23Leave us all, you know, with no one to date.
18:26How are you?
18:27Hi, very well, thank you.
18:28How are you?
18:28Very good, thank you.
18:29Very good.
18:30You know, I was singing Pretty Woman in my head when you were walking with all your frou-frou
18:33and everything.
18:34Oh, thank you.
18:35Well, if my date is half as nice as you, I shall be delighted.
18:39He's actually very nice.
18:40He's arrived.
18:41Would you like to follow me?
18:42Yes, I will.
18:42With pleasure.
18:44I'd like him to have a jacket of some sort on, a sparkle in his eye.
18:49Definitely got to have a twinkle in his eye and a nice smile.
18:52He's got to have a nice smile.
18:55Pleasure.
18:56Hello.
18:56Hello.
18:57Hello, hello.
18:57Nice to see you.
18:59To see you.
19:00Nice.
19:00Glass of glasses.
19:02Yeah.
19:02Thank you very much.
19:03Here's the menu for you.
19:05Enjoy your date.
19:06Thank you very much.
19:10Nice.
19:11Thank you very much.
19:11Very, very nice.
19:13Where have you come from?
19:14Do you know Bournemouth?
19:15I live about half an hour away from Bournemouth.
19:20I have done online dating, but the people I meet don't have the finesse.
19:26They don't have the polish.
19:28I just want a bit of niceness in my life.
19:31You know, intelligent conversation.
19:32I yearn for intelligent conversation.
19:36Studying for a degree.
19:38Oh, yeah?
19:39Yeah.
19:39History.
19:40History.
19:41And this month, my assignment is Faust.
19:45He was like Shakespeare for the Germans.
19:47Oh, right.
19:48I want somebody that reads, because there's a really silly thing I do like.
19:52It's like being in bed on Sunday morning, reading your book next to each other.
19:59To me, that's the goodness.
20:04So, my friend the other day told me, like, it's such a good start up of the line.
20:08He's like, tell me something you wouldn't tell your parents.
20:11Have you tried it?
20:12I'm going to use it on right now.
20:13So, tell me something you wouldn't tell your parents.
20:17Oh, I can see the cogs in your brain being like, shit.
20:20The bum is out of bounds.
20:26Good to know.
20:28He took the piss out of me, and I took the piss out of him.
20:32Half.
20:33No, it's all right.
20:34Half.
20:35No, it's fine.
20:36We just had good chat.
20:37Real good chat.
20:41Thank you for these.
20:43It's all right.
20:44Any time, babes.
20:49Would you like to see each other?
20:55I'll let you answer that first.
20:57I'm going to go, yeah.
20:58Yeah, no, definitely.
21:00I'm going to go straight up, yeah.
21:02Yeah, no, I'll definitely see you again.
21:04Yeah, no, definitely fancy.
21:05Thank you very much.
21:06Have a good afternoon.
21:07Bye-bye.
21:08Bye.
21:09Bye.
21:09Bye-bye.
21:15So good.
21:17So good.
21:18So moist.
21:19Mmm.
21:20Stop making noises like that.
21:23Mmm.
21:24Mmm.
21:24Oh, yeah.
21:25That's not.
21:26After you.
21:27Oh, thank you.
21:28Cool.
21:29I think you've got my weirdness.
21:31Oh, good, because, like, I feel you've got mine, too.
21:46You can do it.
21:47That's sick.
21:50Well, best of luck to it, surely.
21:52Uh-huh.
21:53Yeah, I mean, yeah, well, we'll sail on that last time, right?
21:59I guess I'm always waiting in the wings, aren't I?
22:00Whoa.
22:01You know what they call it in French?
22:03Le bouton train.
22:04Le bouton train.
22:05Yeah.
22:05It's the horse that prepare the female horse before the stallion.
22:10It is you.
22:12You got it?
22:12You got it, girl.
22:16My late wife, everybody loved the attitude.
22:19She was a very active woman, fireball.
22:23Yeah.
22:24And, uh, in fact, I felt a bit, sort of, in the background.
22:28That's how it should be.
22:29That's how it should be.
22:30She gave me a lot of confidence.
22:32Confidence, yeah.
22:36This was taken after we did the, uh, rituals.
22:42She looked absolutely breathtaking.
22:46She's so beautiful and she had lovely eyes.
22:51She was a wonderful wife, mother, and a friend.
22:54See, I think, in a marriage, if you're not friends, it won't work.
22:59But if you care for each other, it'll last forever.
23:02So, I presume you're a widower then?
23:04Yeah.
23:05How long ago did your wife...
23:0613 years.
23:11Amazing, amazing woman.
23:14Really amazing.
23:15I'd love to have a woman, put the music on, have a glass of wine.
23:19No, why can't you put the music on yourself and have a glass of wine?
23:21Have a hug.
23:22I can't hug myself, can I?
23:24Oh, you're talking about that?
23:26Yeah.
23:27OK, yeah, yeah.
23:28Yeah.
23:29Not every night.
23:30Gosh, I hope not.
23:32You know, it couldn't count six nights, but yeah, but not every night.
23:43Oh, my God.
23:51Hey.
23:55Sorry.
23:57I've got a spot on the face.
23:58No, no, no.
23:59I just point.
23:59It's a thing.
24:02It's more when I'm comfortable around someone.
24:04I'll say, slap someone on the leg.
24:06I'll do this one where I'm like, shh, and just shush people on the face.
24:10Oh, dear.
24:13Gay boy.
24:14It's all right.
24:15All right?
24:15Yeah.
24:17Jesus, he's out of my league.
24:19He's, he's, he's a big, tall, handsome fella.
24:23I've done well here.
24:26Ginger.
24:28Ginger.
24:29I was like, OK, you've got Tourette's.
24:31He's stuck his middle finger up at me a few times.
24:34But I kind of like that.
24:37You're not that ginger, actually.
24:38I can kind of see it like the beard.
24:39Yeah.
24:41Nowhere else.
24:45Forward?
24:46Just checking.
24:48No, no, no.
24:51Hi.
24:53Hey.
24:54Ginger.
24:56That's you, not me.
24:57What?
25:00Hey.
25:00You all right?
25:01Yeah, I'm good.
25:01I'm good.
25:02You good?
25:03Yeah, I'm good, thanks.
25:07Would you like to see each other again?
25:11Yeah.
25:12I would.
25:13Yeah.
25:13I would.
25:13Definitely.
25:14We've had a good laugh, haven't we?
25:15I've had a good laugh.
25:16Yeah, I'm a really good one.
25:18Mm-hmm.
25:19Yeah.
25:21It's good to say, yeah, yeah.
25:22It's good to say, yeah, yeah.
25:24Cheers, mate, see you.
25:25Hey, wow.
25:26Have a lovely day.
25:27Take care.
25:27Thank you very much.
25:28Bye.
25:28Bye.
25:29I'd be excited to introduce my friends.
25:32Would you?
25:32Yeah.
25:33Oh, I don't want to score.
25:36Go on, ladies first.
25:37Are you gentle, man?
25:38I know.
25:41There you go.
25:42There you go.
25:45That's a good thing, right?
25:46You've made it.
25:47You've made it.
25:48I think he likes me.
25:51How's your day, all right?
25:52Been fun, yeah?
25:54Let's go.
26:02Come fly with me.
26:04Let's fly.
26:05Let's fly.
26:05Let's fly away.
26:07To some exotic.
26:09Da, da, da.
26:10Come, babe.
26:11What does romance mean to you?
26:13Oh, it means warmth and love and passion.
26:16Ooh.
26:18I'm a very passionate man.
26:20Yeah?
26:21Yeah.
26:21Do you have to take Viagra?
26:23Sometimes.
26:25Not always.
26:26No?
26:26No?
26:30No?
26:30No?
26:30No?
26:31No?
26:33No?
26:34No?
26:36No?
26:39No?
26:4124-year-old carpenter, Abby, is here on her first ever formal dinner date.
26:49My mum can't wait to see me dressed up.
26:52I think she's quite excited about that.
26:55Hi, Mum, you all right?
26:59Oh, not too bad. I'm a bit nervous.
27:01I always look like a boy.
27:03You go out to the pub on a Friday night with the lads after work
27:06and I'm dressed like this and everyone just assumes, don't they?
27:10Hello, how are you? Not too bad, thank you.
27:12Must give off some kind of lesbian vibe, I suppose.
27:16Don't know.
27:17Take a seat. Cool. Thank you very much.
27:20Hello. Hi, you all right?
27:22Very well, thank you. How are you?
27:24It's lovely in here. Yeah.
27:26What would you like? Do you do cider?
27:28Can I just have a pint? Is that allowed?
27:30Cocktails are good and stuff, but I don't know how many I can have
27:32before I get pissed.
27:36And what do you do for a living?
27:38I'm a boat builder. You're a boat builder?
27:40Yeah, so I'm a carpenter.
27:43People look at you,
27:44especially me, and it's like, she can't build a boat.
27:47Like, fuck off. Are you joking?
27:49What sort of size boats are we talking here about?
27:51I've been working on a project full-time now.
27:54She's 67 foot, I think.
27:57I don't know, I get tired of always being the bloke.
28:00Actually, I do want a man to put up my shelves
28:02and do all those things
28:04so I can be the girl.
28:09Cast in the role of man
28:12is special effects technician James.
28:15Growing up, I was...
28:16I used to drive my parents absolutely crazy
28:18by taking things apart.
28:20Sometimes they'd go back together again,
28:22sometimes they wouldn't.
28:23Hey, good afternoon. How are you?
28:24Hi, I'm good. How are you?
28:25I like the idea of somebody
28:27that can get their hands dirty and stuff.
28:29I find that really attractive.
28:31Enjoy.
28:32Hi, how are you doing?
28:33Yeah, not too bad, thank you.
28:34How's it going?
28:34Abby, nice to meet you.
28:36Yeah, and you?
28:39So, yeah, what do you do?
28:40Er, I'm a boat builder, so...
28:42Boat builder?
28:43Yeah, carpenter.
28:44No, it's good fun, I like it.
28:45Nice, nice.
28:46What do you do?
28:47Er, I do special effects for TV and film.
28:50Oh, right, cool.
28:51Yeah, bit of engineering, but, er, would work.
28:54Same sort of skills, really, I suppose.
28:56Yeah, yeah.
28:57Well, cheers.
28:58Cheers, yeah.
29:01Who goes?
29:01Blind dates and stuff.
29:02Yeah.
29:07Joe.
29:08Yes, Dean.
29:09Are you listening to me when I speak?
29:12Actually, I have a hearing aid.
29:13Yeah, I've got two.
29:17Join the club.
29:18Wait a minute, I want to tick the nose box.
29:21I was married for 15 years.
29:24I got married again, but we don't talk about that,
29:27because it lasted six weeks.
29:29Is everything all right?
29:31You're enjoying?
29:32If somebody treats me badly, then I'm not interested.
29:36I've been let down so many times, but, in a way, that's good,
29:39because it's made me strong, and it's made me the person I am today.
29:43Very nice.
29:47So gorgeous, that guy.
29:49I'm gorgeous, aren't I?
29:50Oh, you're gorgeous, too.
29:53Did you hear that?
29:54Yeah.
29:55Oh, good.
29:58What have I got?
29:59I've got 20 years left, if I'm lucky,
30:01and I just like some happiness, really.
30:03You know, someone to take care of me, please.
30:08I can make you the most beautiful, traditional Jewish meal.
30:12Latkes.
30:13Oh, latkes.
30:14Oh, latkes.
30:14Oh, I can make latkes.
30:17I can wash up.
30:18I'm great.
30:18I'll cook.
30:19You wash up.
30:20I think she wants to see me again,
30:23but I might be wrong.
30:24I'd definitely fancied her.
30:27So, what shall we do?
30:28Go halves?
30:29I'll pay.
30:30You sure?
30:33How are you doing?
30:34OK.
30:34And you?
30:35Fine.
30:36Good.
30:40We've done our bit.
30:42We have.
30:42Now, it's up to us.
30:44On our own.
30:45Are you two going to see each other again?
30:48Shall I answer first?
30:49Yes.
30:50I would love to see her again.
30:54Me too?
30:56Yes, I'd like to see you again on our own home grounds.
31:00Yes.
31:00Yes.
31:01Come on then.
31:01See you.
31:04There we go.
31:06We could go in a nice restaurant on the front, I know.
31:08That sounds better.
31:09Shellfish.
31:10Oh, I love shellfish.
31:11Yeah?
31:11Oh, it's my favourite.
31:13OK, then.
31:13Forget that.
31:14Yeah, we've got a date.
31:16There we go.
31:16Shall we go elsewhere?
31:17Have a drink?
31:18Yes, have a drink.
31:18Yeah, definitely.
31:21Very romantic.
31:23That is.
31:24I like that.
31:26Yeah, lovely.
31:27Lovely few hours.
31:28Didn't it fly by, though?
31:29It did, yes.
31:30But very quickly.
31:36I'm not used to all this fancy dinner stuff.
31:38Are you not?
31:38No, this is a bit new for me.
31:40OK.
31:41Basically, I live on either sardines on toast or beans on toast.
31:48Beans on toast for one.
31:51It sucks, doesn't it?
31:52Nobody likes that.
31:53I've managed to keep this whole thing a secret until yesterday.
31:57Everyone at work found out, so I got an evening's worth of ribbons.
32:01With a lot of blokes around, you have to have a thick skin.
32:04You get absolutely sick of willy jokes.
32:07It's like, oh, my God, another willy joke.
32:09LAUGHTER
32:12There's not a lot to understand about men.
32:14Once you've spent that much time around blokes, like, in a lot of ways, they are all pretty similar.
32:21Yeah, you see through it.
32:23Never told a willy joke in your life, have you?
32:26No.
32:27It's like you're seeing the behind the scenes of everything before you've seen the play.
32:32Like, so when you go to the play, it's like, oh, I already knew that was going to happen.
32:37So how long have you been single, anyway?
32:40Probably a year and a half, I think, maybe.
32:43OK.
32:43Yeah.
32:45But it's kind of, kind of by choice, I think.
32:48I'd rather be on my own and find someone that I really like.
32:54If I'm going to do it, it's got to be worth doing.
33:03LAUGHTER
33:0939-year-old AJ has arrived early for his date.
33:13It's not your average boat either.
33:16I just find it half putting in the slack.
33:18You work out where the slack is and where, in the time process,
33:23you need to either give the slack or reduce the slack.
33:27That's the true joy of both eyes, is being able to tie it in the first place.
33:29I think that's probably why I do it, just because I'm a bit pretentious like that.
33:32LAUGHTER
33:33Despite being an expert in tying neckwear,
33:36there's one particular knot he's struggled to master.
33:40So I have proposed to three women in my life.
33:43All of whom have said yes, but have never been married.
33:47I think I'm trying to break some sort of speed record.
33:50You know, meet someone and get engaged by the end of the day.
33:53But that's not how relationships work, believe it or not.
33:56At 39 years old, I've suddenly realised.
34:03AJ's date is photographic retouch manager Hema,
34:07who, at 32, is finding it hard to pull.
34:11How are you?
34:12Hello.
34:12I thought you couldn't do it.
34:14It's pretty heavy.
34:15Shall I take your jacket?
34:16Marriage is important to my family.
34:18My cousins and my sister all kind of got married in the same year.
34:22And I was like, they're like,
34:23oh, hey, I'm the single one.
34:26Because I'm the eldest.
34:28They're constantly asking, am I going to get married?
34:30Come with me.
34:32I can't wait for the day.
34:33She's like, this is my boyfriend.
34:35I'm getting married.
34:36OK, now you can leave me alone.
34:40Hello.
34:41Hey.
34:41How are you doing?
34:43Hello.
34:43Emma.
34:43Emma, nice to meet you, AJ.
34:45Hi.
34:45Please, take seats.
34:48Oh, God.
34:49Let's climb into the seat.
34:50How are you?
34:50I'm good, thanks.
34:51Good.
34:51How are you doing?
34:52Yeah, I'm good.
34:55Tell me about you.
34:56Well, basic work in retouching.
34:59I know, it sounds a bit dodgy.
35:01So, kind of touch-up photography for print.
35:06I've been single for five and a half years.
35:08I probably haven't been on as many dates as I should have in that time.
35:12Probably less than ten.
35:14Would you have to follow me, please?
35:15Sure.
35:16And you kind of question, what did I do wrong?
35:19What didn't they like about me?
35:20Height has always been, like, an issue.
35:22I want one.
35:23I feel like I'm at home already.
35:25There we go.
35:27Now I'm at the right height.
35:29High level.
35:29What do you do?
35:31I'm one of those very rare things.
35:33I'm an Indian accountant, is what I am.
35:35There's not many.
35:35There's not many around.
35:37But I said to myself, right, I'm going to make accountancy sexy.
35:42Oh, my God.
35:43I failed.
36:09Where did you get your dress from, by the way?
36:11I was on eBay.
36:13A slush.
36:14I'm looking for something sparkly.
36:15I feel like a right knob in a sparkly dress, though.
36:18Why?
36:18Well, I usually just wear, like, little boys' jeans from Primark.
36:22I'm not girly very often.
36:24When I was little, my mum, I think, desperately wanted me to be girly.
36:29Like, she had to pay me once £5 to do the Maypole and wear a dress.
36:33Hey, dear, you like that?
36:34Yeah, that's too good.
36:36Are you doing this?
36:38Erm...
36:39I'm a tomboy.
36:40It's too much of a tomboy, really.
36:42You know?
36:44Does that seem harsh?
36:45No.
36:47Well...
36:48I think men are often really intimidated by girls that are...
36:55...manly.
36:56And I suppose what I want is for someone to see beyond that, but I don't want it to change.
37:02I just want someone to know that there is more to me.
37:11Have you come out of a long relationship?
37:13It was four years.
37:15And, you know, if you're with someone, like, I would want to be married.
37:20And then they say they don't actually want to be married to you.
37:23You're just a bit like, what is wrong with me?
37:26Like, why is everyone marrying everyone else?
37:28Like, it just doesn't make sense.
37:34I've actually proposed three times.
37:38Wow.
37:39Yeah.
37:39Oh, my God.
37:40Yeah.
37:41I'm trying to get...
37:42OK.
37:42I'm trying to get a collection.
37:43It's like a get...
37:43I've got a Panini album.
37:46Yeah, cos I...
37:47Yeah, oh...
37:50I can joke about it, but I don't think it is anything to be particularly proud of.
37:55Cos it could be that I had three opportunities of happiness and I'd blown it.
38:03But actually, looking back, I just wasn't mature.
38:05Yeah.
38:05I wasn't mature enough for a relationship.
38:06I wasn't mature enough to get married.
38:09Now, ultimately, that's what kind of ended things.
38:11Yeah.
38:12I think it was born from my parents' relationship.
38:16Mum met my dad for the first time on the wedding day, but they weren't compatible.
38:23I've seen what bad looks like in a relationship.
38:27I want better than that.
38:29I want to prove that it exists for me.
38:32Oh, my God, I'm going to cry, perhaps.
38:35It seemed the right thing to do in that moment.
38:37Yeah.
38:39But actually, looking back, I was a bit trigger-happy.
38:57How's it going?
38:58Food or the day?
38:59The day.
39:01It's very attractive.
39:02Really interesting.
39:03Good fun.
39:04It looks like it's going really well.
39:06Now you've just tempted fate.
39:07Oh, God, let's touch some wood, shall we?
39:09Fuck off.
39:10Where it gets me some wood around here.
39:14It's just like a mustachio that I like.
39:18Bigger than Mr. Mustachio's mustachio.
39:22So I don't know.
39:25I have to go back.
39:26God, he's going to think I'm, like, taking a poo.
39:36Crikey.
39:37Oh, my God.
39:38Like...
39:38I thought you'd legged it.
39:40You got something.
39:40Oh, you're joking.
39:42The one faux pas that did not meant to me.
39:46Is it something that you're going to keep, do you think?
39:48I don't know.
39:50What do you reckon?
39:52It's, like, quite, like...
39:54Which I'm assuming is a good thing.
39:57Um...
39:58Yeah.
40:05I do like these light bulbs, actually.
40:07I love the Edison lights.
40:09I had a really cool idea on the boat.
40:11Like, if you ran copper piping all around the outside,
40:14so all around the cabin sides in the wheelhouse.
40:17Yeah.
40:18I think the main thing that we had in common was building
40:20and fixing and practical... practical things, really.
40:25And you can get LED ones now.
40:28What, Edison?
40:29Yeah.
40:30It's a pretty rare thing to have in common.
40:32For a point to go, it is a rare thing to have in common.
40:35I don't get that.
40:36I don't get that at all.
40:38But not necessarily the key thing that I'd be looking for.
40:43OK.
40:44Awesome.
40:44Do you want some money or anything?
40:46That's all right.
40:46I'll get this one.
40:47Sure?
40:48Yeah.
40:49Right.
40:49I'll buy a round if we get out.
40:52Yeah?
40:53Deal.
40:54Sorted.
40:56I've gone all girly and stuff, which I don't usually do.
40:58And I maybe sort of pulled it off.
41:01I tried.
41:04You got mints?
41:05It's like a souvenir of the evening.
41:08Yeah, keep it.
41:09Keep it.
41:10I'd like to see him again in a more casual setting.
41:13He was nice.
41:14He was nice.
41:16Thank you, guys.
41:17Have a lovely evening.
41:18Take care.
41:19Cheers.
41:20It's all right?
41:21Hello.
41:29Do you want to go on a second date?
41:34You can go first.
41:37If I'm entirely honest, no.
41:40No, I don't think I do.
41:41No.
41:42No.
41:43I couldn't.
41:45Yeah.
41:48There was no initial connection as such.
41:52A little bit uncomfortable.
41:54I think you were a bit out of your comfort zone.
41:56Next time I'll wear my jeans.
41:58That's how you'd rather be?
42:00Yeah.
42:00Than be like that.
42:02You know?
42:06Thank you, ma'am.
42:07Yeah, I'll do it again.
42:08It has been nice dressing up and stuff.
42:10It has been cool.
42:11But it's just not me.
42:13It's not who I am.
42:15But it is nice to do sometimes.
42:23Bye-bye.
42:23Thank you very much.
42:32Do you think you will ever get married in the future then?
42:37Yeah, all my life I've wanted to get married.
42:40Yeah.
42:41But probably for the wrong reasons.
42:43Yeah.
42:45Now, my mum will say to me, meet someone.
42:48Meet a girl.
42:49Don't have to get married.
42:50Just meet someone.
42:51Meet a girl.
42:51Meet a boy.
42:52Meet a dog.
42:53Just find someone.
42:56Yeah.
42:57But I want to meet someone.
42:58Yeah.
42:58Because you want that.
42:59You want that closeness.
43:00Yeah.
43:01You want that closeness, don't you?
43:02Surely.
43:03She's bright.
43:04She's beautiful.
43:05She's engaging.
43:06Just what you'd want for a date.
43:09Would you rather have...
43:13really big bug eyes or lobster hands?
43:21Eyes.
43:22You're going to choose eyes.
43:23So I'll be looking into your eyes and it'll be like...
43:25All 16 of them.
43:27Yeah.
43:29No.
43:32Oh, look at them.
43:34I don't even know the restaurant's closing around them.
43:40I love laughing and he made me laugh a lot.
43:43Do you snore?
43:45No.
43:46Do you?
43:47Of course not.
43:48I don't even snore.
43:52Is Argos still open?
43:53Can I get a ring?
43:56I'm sure there's an old adage there somewhere.
43:58Yeah.
43:59Four proposals makes them mine.
44:02Yeah.
44:03With the last ones here.
44:08That's your fault because you keep talking.
44:12Hey.
44:13Hello.
44:14I'm seeing you here.
44:19Would you like to see each other again?
44:23Oh, wow.
44:24You go first.
44:30It's...
44:31It's...
44:33It's the...
44:33It's the mustachio.
44:36Oh, is that it?
44:37It's just...
44:37That's all it is.
44:38It's just like...
44:39Yeah.
44:41I just...
44:42I've never done a moustache before.
44:45Thank you very much.
44:47Bye.
44:48Bye.
44:49Goodnight.
44:50It's not real, by the way, to hear that.
44:52Oh, so you can just take it off.
44:54Yeah.
44:54Put it to the side.
44:55Yeah.
44:56It just comes out for special occasions.
44:58Oh, my God.
44:59Put out the ring.
45:05Well...
45:05I think we got on really well.
45:07So, for me, I'd kind of like to get to know you a bit more.
45:10I think, yeah, my mum would probably love him.
45:14I don't know what his mum would think about me.
45:15Oh, she'd...
45:16She'd be over the moon.
45:18I know.
45:18You're...
45:18You're fantastic.
45:20Erm...
45:22Oh, sorry.
45:22I wasn't about to get down or anything.
45:24No.
45:24Just adjusting myself.
45:25Oh, my God.
45:27Exit town, please, mate.
45:43Hmph.
46:09You're fantastic, mate.
46:16Double trouble on the way
46:17Next time in the first date's restaurant
46:20If me and Jack really liked the same bird
46:23We would compete, yeah
46:24He wouldn't make a move on her
46:26If I'm pursuing her
46:28Who would you pick out of Jack or Josh?
46:31It's hard to choose between the two
46:32A little back again
46:34Fuck the sparkly dress thing
46:36Totally not doing that
46:37Should we just have a rollie for pudding?
46:39Yeah!
46:40I'm looking for someone to accept me for who I am