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00:00Welcome to the First Dates Beach Club, where a fresh group of singles is arriving.
00:05What's in your bag? Are you moving it? Bucket and spade. I've got my pink bikini.
00:09Here, some will dive in head first.
00:11I'm going to put my fingers in his mouth later.
00:13Are you?
00:14What are they doing to me, eh?
00:15While others struggle to stay afloat.
00:18Where's he gone? He's gone.
00:19There's the ick.
00:20First dates might lead to seconds.
00:22Where's the kiss?
00:23You did not.
00:23Yes.
00:24And with new arrivals comes a sea of possibilities.
00:27That'd be second date.
00:28This is what the sun does to people, Fred.
00:30But when the sun sets on their time at the beach club, will this be more than a holiday romance?
00:35Wow.
00:36Marriage, kids, where are you at?
00:38Previously on First Dates Beach Club.
00:41They're fast.
00:42They might be.
00:42Oh!
00:43Sparks flew by the sea for Layla and Charlie.
00:47Oh, what do I get a handsome?
00:48Shit, I'm a Layla.
00:50And their first date?
00:53Sealed with a kiss.
00:54Yes!
00:55Meanwhile, Jessie's quest for love.
00:57You're a very handsome man.
00:58Yeah, it's a very beautiful man.
01:00Made great strides.
01:02Shall I set you up tomorrow for a nice date?
01:04Something a bit different?
01:05Yeah, definitely.
01:06But for Charlie, the tides of passion took a turn.
01:10Nice to meet you.
01:11You smell gorgeous.
01:12And big decisions loomed before the sun set on the beach club.
01:16Want a drink?
01:16Don't know what I want.
01:17It's going well between us, isn't it?
01:22Yeah.
01:23I can feel that vibe, can't you?
01:24Don't you, Vic?
01:25Yeah, sick.
01:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:27I'd like to keep this vibe as well.
01:30Yeah, I did show a kiss with Layla.
01:31It's your first date.
01:32You've got a kiss on a first date.
01:33Everyone kisses on a first date, right?
01:34I've got two types, yeah?
01:35You and blue-eyed, dark-haired.
01:36Yeah.
01:37Obviously, that Scottish girl coming in, she's, like, my other type.
01:57Yeah.
01:59As much as I like Layla, I'm open to speaking to other people and seeing what comes of it.
02:04I think it would be criminal for me to not explore with Ellie.
02:08If I go on a date with her, I don't want you to think, like, oh, I'm being muggy or whatever.
02:11No. Okay, babe.
02:12All right, then.
02:13I don't think it's nice when you go on a date with someone and then, like, they're talking to another girl.
02:18I want you to, like, explore what's best for you.
02:20But I think we are going to have another date.
02:22Sure.
02:23It's on the cards, isn't it?
02:24I think if he came into this place knowing he's going to keep his options open,
02:30he shouldn't necessarily gave me a kiss.
02:32For me, that does mean something.
02:36Right, so, you're open to dating other people.
02:39You ain't going to get no more kisses from me, boy, until you work out what is it you want.
02:44Why are you beefing?
02:46I ain't beefing.
02:47I'm just letting you know where I stand.
02:48I ain't going to settle for that crap, so, yeah.
02:51Yeah, fair enough.
02:52Good. I'm glad we've got an understanding.
03:03See you later.
03:04Take care.
03:07Bye, guys.
03:08Bye.
03:09Bye.
03:11Don't do anything we wouldn't do.
03:13I think we've got our workout out for tomorrow.
03:18Yeah.
03:19This is going to be another exciting day in the beach club.
03:23Couple of drinks after work, then?
03:24Yes.
03:25Yeah.
03:25Let's go to the village.
03:27Come on.
03:27My round.
03:28Let's go.
03:43I feel like Fred will love this because it's perfect and he wanted it more perfect, didn't
03:54he?
04:04Right, there we go.
04:04Right.
04:06This is brilliant.
04:07This is the date.
04:08Look, they're kissing.
04:10Oh, I like you.
04:11Yeah, I like you too.
04:12Oh, do you want to come back on a second date?
04:14Yes, you bet.
04:15Oh, no, there's a better looking pineapple.
04:17Oh, I don't know where to go.
04:19The grass seems to be greener.
04:23Right.
04:23Well, let's do this, shall we?
04:24Yes.
04:25Okay, we're open.
04:26Yes.
04:26Let's go.
04:32Hoping to find love as golden as his tan is 21-year-old Essex boy, Finn.
04:38How are you, Finn?
04:39I'm excited.
04:40Stereotype of an Essex lad is fake tan, fake teeth, sunbeds, a lot of hairspray.
04:47Does my hair look okay?
04:48Ready for the Aferol spritz, that's why.
04:53Come with me.
04:54This is nice.
04:55I had another outfit, but I got fake tan on it.
04:57Being on holiday brings out the romantic side of everyone, but I don't think I've ever felt the
05:01feeling of being in love.
05:03It is the weather for spritzing, my friend.
05:05It is.
05:06It's like a holiday drink.
05:08Because I come across as this loud, confident person, people do have many misconceptions
05:13about me, but really, I'm not actually that confident.
05:16Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe.
05:18You looking for a guy or a girl?
05:19Guy.
05:20I've been in one relationship, which was four years ago, and I'm only 21.
05:22Oh, you're young.
05:23Yeah.
05:24You're just looking for something a little different and a little new then?
05:27Yeah, just something I can, you know, vibe with.
05:29Vibe with, exactly.
05:30Have a little fun with.
05:31My celebrity crush would probably be Shawn Mendes, or like the Tim Fee Chalamet kind of look.
05:37Curly black hair, you know, I like that sort of vibe, but the most important thing is family man.
05:42You know, leave me downstairs, I'll have a cup of tea with your mum.
05:45Pour a bottle of pink Prosecco watching a movie.
05:47Oh.
05:47Do my curls look all right?
05:52Curls look great.
05:54Thanks.
05:58The moment is here.
06:03Hair full of volume and heart full of hope is Finn's date, 22-year-old Alex.
06:09How are we going, Alex?
06:10Yeah, good, good, very excited.
06:12Spain is just the place of love, and I'm so ready for it.
06:19My nan, she was so thrilled when I told her about this.
06:22She got me this really cute little robin charm for my bracelet, which is so sweet.
06:26So she's here with me today.
06:28Shall we go meet your date?
06:29Let's do it.
06:29Come then.
06:30This dream man, he has really nice hair, five foot ten and above.
06:35Takes pride in like, what they wear.
06:37Down for a laugh, completely themselves, and doesn't care what society are saying.
06:40Cheers, Fred, thank you.
06:46Hello, are you okay?
06:46Hi, I'm Alex, nice to meet you.
06:48Alex, I'm Finn, lovely to meet you.
06:49How are you?
06:50Nervous.
06:51I feel sick.
06:54Oh dear.
06:55Hi, how are you doing, Merlin?
06:57What can we get you?
06:58You want an Aperol?
06:59Yeah.
06:59I'm going to get an Aperol Spritz.
07:00Yeah.
07:02Sick glasses, Merlin.
07:03Love them.
07:04I'm actually shaking, look.
07:05No, I don't know why I'm nervous.
07:07It's horrific.
07:07Thank you so much.
07:10Oh my god, that is unreal.
07:12It's nice, isn't it?
07:13Yeah.
07:14I needed that.
07:16Do you look great.
07:16Thank you, so do you.
07:17I like your shirt.
07:18I had a beige top for today, but I got tan all over it, so.
07:22Oh.
07:23Yeah, I cheat.
07:24I fake tan, so.
07:25Oh really?
07:25I did make it a tan, but I'm so pasty.
07:27So it just kind of doesn't really do anything for me.
07:29Oh, maybe I can do it for you.
07:32Yeah, please do.
07:32For me, what's really exciting about the beach club, it's about the possibilities here.
07:40I want people to have the very best chance at finding love.
07:44You know, they might not just have one date.
07:46Maybe they'll have two dates.
07:48It's key that we create a romantic setting.
07:50That's what we're here to do.
07:51Ready to test the waters on their second date, Jesse and Darren are swapping cocktails
08:02for casting lines on a fishing trip.
08:05What happened last night after you left the beach club?
08:08We went into town and shared some drinks and shared a kiss and then I walked her home
08:16like a gentleman and that was it.
08:18Are you going to impress me with your fishing skills?
08:23With my rod.
08:24Yeah.
08:27Where did you find him?
08:28Because he's amazing.
08:30He's funny.
08:31He is so kind.
08:33He's so hot.
08:35You've seen him, right?
08:36He is hot.
08:44Come here, Austin.
08:46Not enough, clearly.
08:47I'm not catching anything.
08:49I always pick like an activity to date, always.
08:51Yeah.
08:52Okay, what's your favourite activity?
08:53Mini-girl.
08:53How many times have you taken a girl on a date to a crazy girl?
08:56The majority of first dates, I'm pretty sure.
08:58So how many is that?
08:59I don't know, I don't count.
09:01Well, I shouldn't have to be having first dates now, should I?
09:03Oh, he's a charmer, this one.
09:07I feel like we're going to get tangled up.
09:08Oh, all right.
09:10Don't get too excited.
09:13A lot of people get really into fishing, don't they?
09:15Yeah, my daughter, she really enjoyed fishing when she was younger.
09:18She had a little pink rod and everything.
09:20Oh, that's cute.
09:22My daughter knows when I go on dates.
09:24Oh, does she?
09:24Do you tell her?
09:25She'll ask how the date went, but she doesn't get too involved.
09:28But she'll say, like, you should meet someone, or it's about time you've met someone.
09:33I find it really hard when my dad got a girlfriend.
09:36He didn't have his girlfriend for ages after my mum died, and he's now remarried.
09:41Okay, and you get on with that and, like...
09:43Yeah, she's really nice.
09:44Oh, good.
09:45But it's hard when it's not your mum, right?
09:47Yeah.
09:50I mean, you'll have that melancholy, won't you, forever?
09:52Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:53I'll always miss her.
09:55I guess for a long time, I think my heart was quite shut off.
09:58And also, it was weird thinking the person I meet will never have met my mum.
10:02No, that makes sense.
10:03I'd say I feel a little bit more closer to her after the second date, and her family values,
10:08they seem to match up with mine.
10:10Feelings-wise, I like Jessy, and I would like to continue seeing her.
10:13Yeah.
10:15Yeah.
10:17My hands are...
10:20They are cold.
10:20Yeah, they are.
10:22You know what they say?
10:24Cold hands.
10:26Warm heart.
10:27Is that what they say?
10:28Yeah, that is what they say.
10:28You've never heard that.
10:29You've never heard that?
10:30I was always, big feet, big socks.
10:32That's the moment, yes.
10:36Jessy, are you a bit in love?
10:39I think it might be too soon to say love.
10:41But I definitely am...
10:43I think he's an amazing guy, and I'm really excited to see where it goes.
10:49Have you had a nice day?
10:50Yeah, really nice.
10:51It's been nice to spend some more time with you.
10:52Mm.
10:53Yeah, that's been nice.
10:54Yeah.
11:06I'm so happy you're drinking.
11:07I was really nervous as soon as I got here, I was like,
11:08please don't tell me he's going to get, like, an iced coffee.
11:11Big drinker, to be fair.
11:12Good.
11:12I do, like, like a night out and...
11:14Oddly find that green flag to me.
11:16I'm a team leader at Weatherspoon, so I...
11:18Oh, no!
11:18See, it's not like a career thing.
11:24It's not like a career thing.
11:26No.
11:29So, what's your nights out with your mates like?
11:31Been to heaven quite a few times, actually.
11:33Oh, no!
11:35There's the ick.
11:37There's better queer venues in London.
11:40How are you?
11:41Hi, Fred.
11:42Fancy a bite to eat?
11:43Yeah.
11:44Yeah, lovely.
11:44Let's do it.
11:45It's so nice.
11:46It's lovely, isn't it?
11:47Yeah.
11:48My relationships tend not to work out because I do settle for the wrong people.
11:55Cheers.
11:56Hello.
11:57Have a good day.
11:57Have fun.
11:58Thank you so much.
11:58Cheers.
11:59It gets to a point where you kind of settle for less,
12:05which isn't great, obviously, but that's just the way I know, really.
12:09That's why I'm here.
12:11Have some boys ready to order.
12:13Could I get the pork belly bites, please?
12:15Torreznos in Spanish.
12:17Oh, yeah.
12:18Say it.
12:19Torreznos.
12:21You need to roll it.
12:22Can you not roll your R?
12:23Yeah.
12:24Oh, say it again.
12:26Torreznos.
12:27Torreznos.
12:28I do think I am a nice person, and I feel people take advantage of that.
12:33They end up walking all over me, and it breaks my heart every time.
12:36So, I've had my heart broken about 18 times, but I've only ever been in one relationship.
12:40Lovely salad.
12:42So, it says a lot.
12:44And your torreznos.
12:45Do you want to say it again?
12:46Oh, thank you.
12:47No, I can't.
12:48Very good.
12:49It's not good.
12:50Don't lie.
12:53So, why do you wear a crucifix?
12:54Are you religious?
12:56No.
12:58Oh.
13:01Are you?
13:03Not at all.
13:04What?
13:04Are you, like, atheist or?
13:06Hmm.
13:07I'm an atheist too, like.
13:13The cross really gives that.
13:14What's your favourite thing about holiday romance?
13:25When you're on holiday, you're just in the present.
13:27Let's enjoy this for the moment for what it is now.
13:30I'm at that stage now where I don't want to, like, go on Grindr and sleep with someone down
13:38the road.
13:38I don't want that.
13:39Do you know what I mean?
13:41With gay dating apps, there is a lot of stigma of people use it just to hook up with each other,
13:46and that's not what I want.
13:47I haven't slept with someone for, like, a while.
13:51Like, I don't just want to sleep with someone for, like, no reason anymore.
13:54Like, I want to actually get to know someone.
13:57Isn't that sweet?
14:03I could sit here all day, mate, and indulge in this absolutely blistering sun.
14:06I could.
14:08Cheers, my man.
14:09Nice to meet you.
14:10Cheers, mate.
14:11Ben, wasn't it?
14:12Was it Ben?
14:12My name's Charlie.
14:13Who's Ben, then?
14:14I don't know.
14:15Bill and Ben the flowerpot, man, isn't it?
14:19After riding the waves of romance.
14:22I had a good date yesterday.
14:23Beautiful girl.
14:24Absolutely stunning.
14:24Like, my type down to a tee.
14:26We had a kiss and stuff.
14:26Charlie is ready to dive back in and face the rocky shores of his beachside dramas.
14:32But I feel a bit disrespectful because, obviously, I've kissed Aloe.
14:35And then this other girl's come in.
14:37I had a little chat with her.
14:38Not too much of a flirt.
14:39Just a little, like, mooch and that on the bed over there, whatever.
14:42I'll probably have a date with her as well.
14:43I feel a bit bad.
14:49I finished uni in April.
14:50I graduated in July.
14:50I did forensics at uni for three years.
14:52Wow.
14:53Yeah.
14:54So I'm going to take it you're probably more academically there than me because you studied
14:57a fancy subject.
14:59Sorry.
14:59I'm really grilling into you.
15:01I drive on humour.
15:03But I feel like it probably comes from a deep place of insecurity.
15:07I was a really fat kid when I was younger and I was, like, so teased at school about it.
15:16And I was also, like, really ginger and I was really gay and whatnot.
15:20In secondary school, people would call me the F-slur.
15:22They'd be teasing me, picking on me, physically beating me up.
15:25I've always been authentically me.
15:28It's just people hadn't liked that.
15:29That's probably why I've suffered from quite a lot of body image and kind of
15:35mental strain towards being queer.
15:37But, yes, it was a really tough journey.
15:42I still have a lot of body image struggle.
15:45Yeah, it's hard.
15:46It's horrific.
15:48Especially, like, in the gay dating scene, there's so many standards and stuff.
15:52And you've got, like, your twins and you've got your twunts and you've got, like, bears and stuff.
15:56It is so damaging to be, like, I have to fit into this category otherwise I'm literally never
16:01going to get wifed up.
16:02If someone asks me to go on a date, I'm like, yeah, but you might not like me because
16:05I don't fit into, like, the category that you might want.
16:07And it's like, ugh.
16:09It makes me feel absolutely incapable of finding love.
16:14But I feel ready to tackle on what's coming.
16:18And I really hope it is love at the beach club.
16:22I feel like what I'm looking for is someone who's just got that, like,
16:26soft, vulnerable side to them.
16:27Yeah.
16:27Do you know when you're, like, laying in bed sometimes, you're like, oh,
16:29I just watched a film with someone.
16:31Like, it's just nice.
16:31It's literally, like, me every day, though.
16:33Yeah.
16:33Like, I'm such a...
16:34It's soppy, like, I just need to cuddle.
16:37Sometimes I prefer cuddling over, like, anything else.
16:40Yeah.
16:42The other stuff is important to me, though.
16:45Yeah, no, of course.
16:46Yeah, no, obviously.
16:47Obviously.
16:48Yeah.
16:49Yeah.
16:49Yeah.
16:50But, um, yeah.
16:54Fun.
16:56Should we take these outside?
16:57Yeah.
16:58Let's go.
16:58Come on.
17:02Ooh, look at that.
17:03I think they look so good together, anyway.
17:06Really suit, don't they?
17:08I'm coming for you, handsome Charlie.
17:11You're ready for your date?
17:12I was born ready, yeah.
17:13Yeah?
17:14Come on.
17:15Our daters, they have the time to make other connections.
17:19They can make connections, of course, with the date that we've planned for them.
17:22But maybe they've got plans of their own.
17:24I'm nearly 30.
17:25I've got to settle down now, you know?
17:27They've got time to follow their arts, to find the right person for them.
17:32That's what matters to us.
17:34Okay, so sit here, please.
17:35Thank you very much.
17:36I'll bring you drinks in a minute.
17:39What I like about Ellie, first of all, she's very beautiful.
17:43You're welcome.
17:44She's got lovely tattoos as well.
17:46Oh, God.
17:47And please don't talk to me about her accent.
17:49That accent is just, oh.
17:51Charlie.
17:52After skimming the surface of their connection.
18:02Hello.
18:03Ellie is ready to take the plunge to see if lust can transform into love.
18:08Do you like my dress?
18:09Yeah, it's beautiful.
18:10Thank you so much.
18:11That's so nice of you.
18:12I definitely feel like there's so much more to me that meets the eye.
18:17I am a massive geek, deep down.
18:20I love building Lego.
18:21And I'm a big, true crime geek as well, actually.
18:25Actually, me and Jeffrey Dahmer are both Gemini's.
18:29Are you going to go on a date today?
18:30Yes, I know.
18:31I'm really excited.
18:32Now I know that I'm going on a date, that's definitely bringing out the nerves a little bit.
18:36All right, follow me and come with me.
18:39I have many a dating horror story.
18:41I'm on dating apps, but I think meeting people in person and meeting them authentically is always the best way.
18:48Hello.
18:49How are you looking nice?
18:50Hello again.
18:50Good to hear you.
18:51Yesterday, I did have a little taster with Charlie, so I figured I'd just put my trust and see what happens.
19:01What a gentleman.
19:02It's all right.
19:03I like your outfit.
19:03It's nice.
19:04Do all that for me?
19:06Yeah, you like raisin.
19:07It means a lot.
19:09So I'm glad to see you again.
19:10I am.
19:11Yeah, I really am.
19:12I liked our chat yesterday.
19:13Yeah, as well, isn't it?
19:14Yeah, it was nice getting to know you.
19:17Do you like something, boys?
19:18Yeah, and I love an accent.
19:20Do I?
19:21Yeah.
19:21Do I mind?
19:22Yes.
19:22Do I?
19:23I do.
19:24I think it's really nice.
19:25We're long distance, are you?
19:26We are long distance.
19:27I can travel.
19:28Can we drive?
19:29I drive.
19:30I'm not a good driver, but I can drive.
19:33I'm sure I can make it to you in one piece.
19:35Yeah, actually.
19:36I tend to go for guys who have dark hair, and I do like height.
19:41I want someone who's a bit of a geezer.
19:43It's quite rough and ready.
19:45They can laugh me into bed.
19:47I do love a bad boy, but it's trying to find that happy medium between a nice guy and a bad boy.
19:53But, yeah, I can't remember what I was doing.
19:57How much fancy do I think?
19:59I do fancy a lot.
20:00Do you?
20:01Yeah.
20:12What a sight.
20:13Stop it, you flat.
20:15Well, I take it your date went well.
20:17Yeah.
20:18Yeah.
20:18Really good.
20:19Yeah, it was really good.
20:20Thank you, Fred.
20:21No problem.
20:21You chose well for us.
20:22Thank you very much.
20:23You enjoyed it, right?
20:24I did, yeah.
20:25We didn't catch that.
20:25We're only supposed to catch one fish.
20:28Yeah, the best one.
20:31Oh, really good.
20:32Come with me.
20:38Oh, my God, this is so nice.
20:39It's actually a swinging snake.
20:41Oh, my God.
20:43Wow.
20:44What do you imagine I was?
20:45Who was I?
20:47Curly hair.
20:48Really?
20:48Actual curly hair.
20:49Yeah.
20:50I have a few things that I'm, like, I feel quite vulnerable about.
20:53I hate being so tall.
20:54Like, I don't know why.
20:55I've never liked it.
20:56Really?
20:57Yeah.
20:57I'm attracted to tall people.
20:59Yeah, me too.
21:00Yeah.
21:00Like, I was so thrilled to see that you're six foot two.
21:03Like, I was like, wow, that's amazing.
21:05Our vulnerable sides really correlated.
21:07And kind of just, like, how that's brought us together to here was really special.
21:12I thought.
21:14I feel like when you're comfortable with someone, like, you really know you're comfortable with someone.
21:19I think that's what's so lovely, like, about yourself is that you have come from this perspective
21:23of, like, you don't expect the body image thing to be there and whatnot.
21:27And I think that's really nice to see.
21:28Yeah.
21:29It's, like, refreshing.
21:30On initial attraction, it was the curly hair.
21:34I love a curly-haired man.
21:35I would like a second date with Alex.
21:37But, you know, I always get the vibe from someone that, oh, yeah, they like me.
21:40And then it turns out they don't.
21:43If I get along with someone, I get along with someone.
21:45Yeah, exactly.
21:46Yeah.
21:46But, um, yeah, I feel like it's really good.
21:49Yeah.
22:01Oh, look at him.
22:04Oh, my God, but I probably, like, tongue here.
22:11Right, these are empty.
22:12Right, these are empty.
22:14Shall we head off?
22:15Shall we?
22:16Um, that was great.
22:20That was great.
22:21They are going on a second date.
22:23Oh, that's great.
22:24Uh, yeah.
22:25Hey, guys.
22:26Bye.
22:27We'll see you tomorrow.
22:33How are you feeling?
22:35I am very flustered, like it's, you know, um, and I don't really know why.
22:41Um, it is very hot in here, isn't it?
22:47What would your dream home be, then?
22:49I've always liked the idea of living by water, like a little stream at the bottom of the garden or something.
22:53Mm-hmm.
22:54I've always said that I'd love to live on a boat.
22:56Oh, would you?
22:56Yeah.
22:57Oh, don't do that.
23:00It's okay.
23:00That's quite sexy.
23:03What, grabbing your lip?
23:04Yeah.
23:04You like that?
23:05Yeah, more than I realised.
23:07Never had that done to me before.
23:09With more than just the sun heating up.
23:16Oh, look at that.
23:17Oh, that's gorgeous.
23:19Beautiful.
23:20Thank you so much.
23:22Layla is back and spilling the sangria with fellow sizzling single, Ajoa.
23:28I went on a date today.
23:30Okay.
23:30With a boy, Charlie.
23:32Oh, okay.
23:32So tall.
23:33Like, 6'5".
23:34That is tall.
23:35Handsome.
23:35Yeah.
23:36But mostly important, his personality.
23:38He's so funny.
23:39Really?
23:39He's so funny, babe.
23:40So you're feeling him?
23:41No, I am feeling him.
23:42Okay.
23:43It gets better from him, right?
23:44So we're not kissing?
23:46I know, right?
23:47But he then came back to me later, sat right here and said to me that he wants to get to know another
23:52girl.
23:52It's a bit of a kick in the teeth, though, isn't it?
23:54Yeah.
23:55Do you know what I mean?
23:56Is he here?
23:57I don't know.
23:58No, I haven't seen him.
24:01How are you feeling?
24:03I've got no idea.
24:06A bit all over the place.
24:07I stood with my ground.
24:08After the date yesterday with Charlie, was he talking to another girl?
24:13But he is in my head.
24:14Yeah, I've been thinking about him.
24:16And I hope that we could go on a second date.
24:19Looking forward to today, Leila?
24:20Yes, I am.
24:21Are you here?
24:21She's been telling me all about Charlie.
24:24Charlie.
24:24Where is he?
24:26He's on a date with Hel.
24:28Oh!
24:29Oh!
24:35I date you guys in...
24:38It's all right.
24:39You're supposed to meet for Wes?
24:40I do.
24:41What did you last say?
24:42I can't tell you that.
24:43Won't come true.
24:44It may.
24:46So, what's the game plan?
24:48I don't know.
24:49It doesn't feel very nice.
24:50It doesn't.
24:50He seems smitten.
24:51I think he likes me as well.
24:52OK.
24:53I think he does.
24:54I said to him, like, if he finds a better connection with her,
24:57then that's fine.
24:58He's definitely doing that now.
25:08What's that, but this is?
25:10Hola.
25:16I love, like, a dad bod.
25:17Do you actually, though?
25:19Because I wobble a little bit when I walk, you know what I mean?
25:20I like that.
25:21Do ya?
25:22Ooh.
25:28Oh, my God.
25:29I can't.
25:30I keep looking for Charlie.
25:31How do you actually feel about that?
25:33You feel like, but if he likes me...
25:36Do you know what I mean?
25:37But some guys, I guess they need to, like, have a little look around
25:41to realise what they got in front of him.
25:42Mm-hmm.
25:43And if it's meant to be, we'll just sort of, like,
25:46shimmy-shimmy back together.
25:47I think I might have another cocktail.
25:49Do it now.
25:50Do it now.
25:58This is Megan, a 36-year-old ex-model ready to swap the catwalk
26:03for a walk down the aisle.
26:05I love that dress.
26:07Embracing the sun.
26:08Having uprooted from South Africa to the UK,
26:11Megan is hoping to re-root her love life.
26:14Started using ChatGPT to help me with dating, with texting guys.
26:20I've got a date for you.
26:21It's all set up.
26:21Yay! I know.
26:22I'm so excited.
26:23You better be amazing.
26:24Yes, of course.
26:25Come with me.
26:27If I write a message, it'll explain the tone of the message.
26:31Or if I haven't heard back from the guy, he'll go, hold tight.
26:35Either the ball's now on his court.
26:37I cannot wait for the food, and I'm dying for ham croquetas.
26:41Like, in my life, in and around my mouth.
26:44I tend to hear people call me a loudmouth because, well, for one, I'm South African.
26:49I'm trying to have more of a filter now because men do find me pretty intimidating.
26:54I have been told.
26:56Fred, are we excited for my husband?
26:59My husband.
27:00He won't be long now.
27:01Sorry, we've moved from wanting one date to wanting to get married, Max.
27:07I'm looking for someone gorgeous, obviously, dark hair, lovely English accent.
27:13And someone who is emotionally stable.
27:16It's, it's, that is asking for a lot.
27:21How are you feeling?
27:23I'm feeling good.
27:24I am feeling really good, actually.
27:28There's another level to good.
27:29I'm feeling that.
27:30Armed with a smile is happy-go-lucky Mike.
27:34A model and actor awaiting his leading lady.
27:38How's it going?
27:39How are you?
27:39Oh, fantastic.
27:40Look at this place.
27:42What is feeling about look?
27:44Barry Manilow.
27:45No, it was not.
27:47Actually, sadly, I learned love from films.
27:51Alicia Silverstone, she was like Batgirl in the early Batmans.
27:55I was in love with her.
27:56So tell me, have you been dating much?
27:58Do you know what?
27:59No, I haven't.
28:00I've just been work, work, work.
28:02Like romance films, I want that happy ending and to get with the girl and see where it rolls.
28:08I'm looking forward to potential to find the connection.
28:11Yeah, I'm excited.
28:12Your date is already here.
28:13Oh, really?
28:14Yeah, it's very pretty.
28:15Very beautiful woman.
28:15All right, now I'm a little bit nervous now.
28:20There you are.
28:20Hello, how's it going?
28:22Hi, how are you?
28:26And your name is?
28:27Mike.
28:27Megan.
28:28Megan.
28:29Grab a seat, man.
28:30Would you like a drink?
28:31He makes the best of everything.
28:33The best of everything?
28:34So there's a pina colada, if you're interested, or there's an Aperol spritz that comes in a bowl.
28:40Don't worry, this wasn't all today.
28:41Megan came yesterday.
28:42All right, don't worry.
28:43Oh, yeah, yeah.
28:44Yeah, I've been seeing Megan drunk the whole afternoon.
28:48Hi, I'm Megan.
28:49I've tried the entire menu.
28:50Yeah, exactly.
28:51I'm not actually drinking right now.
28:53Oh, okay.
28:55Do you have a zero percent gin?
28:56I'll just rustle you up something.
28:57Not too sweet, though.
28:58Not too sweet.
28:59That's fantastic.
29:08Oh, that was good.
29:10That's proper cheesy there, isn't it?
29:11That's the best cheesy I've ever had.
29:12Is it?
29:13That's a bass cheesecake.
29:14Have you been to San Sebastian?
29:17I don't even know where that is.
29:18That's like a whole new thing, doesn't it?
29:19Okay, it's in the Basque country.
29:20In the Basque country?
29:21In northern Spain.
29:22I like it, but I also like, it tastes like it's got stilton in it.
29:25Yeah.
29:31Cheers.
29:33Virgin Cocktail.
29:35I've got reasons.
29:36It's because I've literally just had surgery.
29:38So, if you want to see...
29:40Oh, my God.
29:44Exactly.
29:45Fuck.
29:45That face.
29:46What the feck happened?
29:48I had the big sea scare.
29:49Oh, shit.
29:50Sorry.
29:50Yep.
29:52You don't realize how precious life is and you worry about everything until your life is under threat and you think you will actually die.
29:59I was working and I had a customer say, it looks like your thyroid's really inflamed.
30:03Like, that's amazing that she could pick that up.
30:05I went down to A&E, got a couple of tests.
30:08There was like a week or so where, you know, that feeling of like, am I going to die?
30:11Yeah, it's not easy when someone says that to you, but you can't just stop life.
30:18It's horrible, but I just got given the all clear three days ago, so I was just so thankful.
30:25I'm ready for the next chapter of my life.
30:28Are you ready to come to the restaurant and have a bite a week?
30:31Yeah.
30:31I'm dying to.
30:32And I can put that behind me and be, you know, live life, laugh.
30:38What's that thing that people have on their walls?
30:39Let me take that for you.
30:43That's all right.
30:44Did you see that?
30:45It was automatic.
30:47You didn't even have to lift a finger.
30:52How beautiful is that dress, girl?
30:54Nice, wonderful.
30:55Thanks, guys.
30:56Enjoy.
30:57Yeah, gracias.
30:59So do you have to wear a little time?
31:00Oh, actually, no, I can take it off.
31:02I mean, if...
31:03Yeah, fine.
31:03It's all good?
31:04Yeah, go away.
31:05Yeah, go away.
31:06Okay, what are you going to go?
31:08I'm definitely doing the ham crocators.
31:10Pork belly bits.
31:11Because the prawns, if I have to pick the prawns, my fingers are going to smell like prawns.
31:15I don't mind.
31:16I ate, like, three garlic cloves during breakfast.
31:20And I was like, if I don't like anyone, I'm just going to talk really closely to them.
31:23I love all these little tattoos, you know?
31:30Do you like them?
31:31Quirky, yeah.
31:31I actually have a little tattoo here.
31:33You won't really see it now, but it says misunderstood.
31:36And I feel like that definitely disguised me.
31:38Mmm.
31:40The guys that I normally attract are sometimes quite harsh and they don't like certain things
31:48about me, so they always try and change that, which I've never really understood because
31:53I'm the exact same way that I was when you first met me, so why do you want to change me?
31:57I feel like my whole life people have tried to shrink me down.
32:02I've always been too loud or too flamboyant.
32:05Has a man ever accepted you like that?
32:07Once.
32:08He died.
32:09Really?
32:11Yeah, he died when I was with him.
32:13That was my last boyfriend six years ago.
32:17He was a kind, sweet, caring, gentle boy, and he was the nicest person ever.
32:23And I've never, never came across someone who's like that again.
32:30How did he die if he got one last time?
32:32So he killed himself.
32:33That's fucking right my heart.
32:35It is.
32:36It's really sad.
32:38And when that happened, that was really tough because I was just 20 at the time.
32:41Yeah, yeah, fucking hell.
32:42And I thought he was really happy.
32:47He obviously just had demons, which he didn't want anyone to know about.
32:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:51It was single-handedly the worst thing that I've ever went through.
32:58And I struggled with my grief for a long time.
33:00It's really, really sad.
33:02I'm really sorry that's happened.
33:04Do you know what?
33:04Like, I've been there, yeah?
33:07I felt I've been homeless.
33:08No one's turned through, no money.
33:10That's what I thought I needed to do.
33:12But the fear of not existing anymore or being here and experiencing life anymore
33:17terrifies me.
33:17So I knew I would never do it.
33:19Yeah.
33:19Do you know what I mean?
33:20It sounds like you've been through Shet 2.
33:23Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
33:23No, I have, I have, I have, I have.
33:24Definitely.
33:24But that's, that's heartbreaking.
33:25And Megan's living there with her date.
33:40He's very talkative with his hands, checking he's Italian.
33:43Here we go.
33:45Here we go.
33:47Thank you so much.
33:48Thanks.
33:49That looks amazing.
33:50Yours?
33:51Make a little space.
33:52There we go.
33:52Oh my God.
33:53Oh my God.
33:54Oh my God.
33:55Oh my God.
33:56You always can.
33:57It's fine.
33:58It's okay.
33:59I share food, so I'm good.
34:00I don't.
34:01I don't.
34:01She wants to try yours, but you can't try hers.
34:09If you need some help.
34:10Seriously, just, yeah, go for it.
34:12Okay, thanks.
34:13I'm so bummed.
34:17I'm a massive, massive, massive foodie.
34:20When I'm stressed or when I want something fun to do,
34:22I'll go home and cook a meal or bake a cake.
34:25Why aren't you eating?
34:28You're not lacking.
34:28It's because it's just so fatty.
34:30Oh God.
34:32Do you watch what you eat all the time though?
34:34I do watch what I eat.
34:35Um.
34:36Really?
34:37Wow.
34:37It's been healthy.
34:39I started modelling when I was 15 in South Africa,
34:43but it was always the case of your bum is big.
34:47You need to lose your bum.
34:49But it makes me feel better.
34:50Like when you eat.
34:51This makes me feel better.
34:53So I then came over to London, which was even harder.
34:59I mean, the rejection here.
35:01Constantly being told that I need to lose weight.
35:06Yeah, have it, please.
35:07I'll take that one, eating one.
35:11So eventually I was like, dude, I'm done.
35:14I'd rather have a happy laugh, eat and find someone who I can go do all the fun stuff with.
35:21So talk me through your day.
35:23Just wake up, have a wee.
35:25A wee wee.
35:26Maybe a little wee wee.
35:28And then I cold plunge.
35:29I'm off.
35:30Cool.
35:31So who's next?
35:32I try to cold plunge.
35:34It was terrible.
35:36I hated it.
35:37It was like, why would people put themselves through this?
35:39It feels so different.
35:41Yeah, I felt pain.
35:42Pain.
35:43I meditate every night before I go to bed for 10 minutes.
35:48It's the most important part of the day, I think, because it de-stresses you.
35:52I go to bed and I literally lay there like a hot dog and I will just drift off to sleep in like one, two minutes.
36:00I'm a gym goer, so.
36:01I'm not a gym goer.
36:02I'll just smash.
36:02Are you not a gym goer?
36:04I overeat and I don't go to the gym.
36:07I need a wee.
36:10Don't eat that though, if you don't want to eat it.
36:12Don't let them take it away either.
36:14No, no, I won't let them take it away.
36:15Please.
36:16I'm so stoked though that you didn't, um, didn't like it.
36:20It's all yours.
36:21Yeah, exactly.
36:22Don't let me go for it.
36:23Don't.
36:25Happy Michael.
36:26How is it going?
36:27You've got to leave it because she wants it.
36:30Perfect.
36:34I'm eating all of his food.
36:38You really have to be up to me today, I appreciate it.
36:40I know I have.
36:40Yeah, you have, I actually appreciate it.
36:41But you know what?
36:42I appreciate your vulnerability.
36:43I don't normally do that.
36:44Yeah, no, no, I can tell.
36:45But I feel like you have too.
36:47Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
36:48But I appreciate your vulnerability.
36:49It means a lot.
36:50She has actually been through the wars, bless her heart,
36:53with everything that she's been through.
36:55And I sort of felt her pain in a way.
36:58And I could understand where she was coming from.
37:01And I understood why she has this war, this guard about her.
37:05You've made me feel really comfortable.
37:06Good, good.
37:07Which not a lot of people do.
37:08No.
37:09It's only a 45 minutes flight to Scotland as well, by the way.
37:11Yeah, exactly.
37:12Even though I don't like flying, I'm terrified of propeller planes.
37:14But I'll do it for you.
37:15You can do it for me.
37:16That's good to know.
37:18Good to know.
37:19Good to know.
37:27Would you like another one?
37:34Come on in.
37:35Can I have another meant to be?
37:38Because some things are just meant to be.
37:40You can, though.
37:46So, guys, here's your bill.
37:48Look, I'm getting this one.
37:49Are you sure?
37:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:51I'm going to have to tell me twice.
37:55He's done.
37:57De nada.
37:59Cheers.
38:00First date went well, didn't it?
38:01First date.
38:02Nice, didn't it?
38:02Amazing.
38:03Cozy.
38:04And today has been such a nice day.
38:07Stunning.
38:08How was your date yesterday?
38:09Yeah, it was good.
38:10Yeah, it was good.
38:11Yeah, we did have good chemistry, and we got on really well,
38:13and that, whatever, and obviously I kissed her and stuff.
38:15Oh, you kissed her.
38:16Yeah, I did kiss her.
38:17Yeah, yeah, I did.
38:18What, after the dinner?
38:19After the dinner, yeah.
38:20And then you walked in.
38:22Like, I'm like, you've, like, really thrown a massive spanner
38:24in all the work.
38:26Like, major.
38:26So you're an actor, slash?
38:32Model.
38:32Yeah.
38:33Writer.
38:34Okay.
38:34And I was doing removals as a job, so I was, like, mega fit,
38:38because I'm doing that and go to the gym,
38:39so it was just, like, a constant thing.
38:41Do you think you're a good listener?
38:43Yes, if I want to listen.
38:46I'm starting a YouTube channel.
38:48Okay.
38:49On.
38:50With traveling.
38:51There has been times where I've also gone halfway through a date,
38:55is it working?
38:57My mum always says, a bit too picky, but I said I would rather be picky
39:02and eventually end up with someone that I absolutely love,
39:06rather than someone who I picked because I wanted to settle down.
39:09I feel like more of, like, a friendship vibe than a romantic vibe.
39:15Or do you feel different?
39:17I see there's a lot of things that we kind of differ with.
39:21Like, you're getting a few things in that.
39:24Definitely.
39:24You're such a nice person.
39:26I really like you.
39:27The spark wasn't there.
39:29The friendly vibe, the vibes were there, but the spark wasn't, yeah.
39:33Have a lovely evening.
39:34Yes, muchas gracias.
39:36I genuinely had such a good time.
39:40She has a lot of love to give, and I can see that,
39:43but it just wasn't for me.
39:44And it's going to be for some lucky guy who's going to meet her,
39:47and they're going to have an amazing life.
39:49And hopefully I find mine one as well.
39:55Hello.
39:56What's up?
39:57How are you?
39:58Where's he gone?
39:59He's gone.
40:00Well, you called it today.
40:02Si.
40:02Wow.
40:03Hello.
40:04Good on you for telling him straight to his face.
40:07I love that.
40:07He's so refreshing.
40:08Such honesty.
40:09It's good.
40:10Okay, good.
40:11Plenty of fish in the sea.
40:12Si.
40:14Best love is self-love.
40:15Take care.
40:17So if I'm not leaving here with someone,
40:19I still have myself and my friends and my family.
40:22So I'm very lucky in so many other ways.
40:25So how's he going with his own?
40:34He's amazing, yeah.
40:35Like, she's proper, like, down to earth.
40:37Obviously, the distance is quite far between the two of us,
40:40but, yeah, I've had a really good day with her.
40:41Did you think about Leila?
40:42Because I think that she liked you.
40:45Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I know.
40:46I think we probably would work together.
40:48Obviously, I just think one's a bit more me than the other.
40:51Do you know what I mean?
40:52You know, we're talking about love and feelings there.
40:54Yeah, yeah, of course.
40:54It's got to be true.
40:55Yeah, 100%, yeah.
40:56Is she still here?
40:57She's still here, yeah.
40:57See if she can come here.
41:00Yeah, but I don't want to be in the middle.
41:01Oh, I love it.
41:02This is one step too far for me, this one.
41:05I'll leave it to you that way.
41:06Cheers, mate.
41:07How did it go with Charlie, actually?
41:18It was good.
41:19I think he's a really nice guy.
41:21What's the vibes?
41:23So, we get on really well.
41:24Yeah.
41:25Yeah, I feel like...
41:26All good?
41:26You OK?
41:27Yeah, not too bad.
41:28You all right?
41:28Ladies, you all right?
41:29Yeah, you all right?
41:29Yeah.
41:29Can I have a drink quick?
41:30Yeah, come on in.
41:33You all right, yeah?
41:34I don't want to, like, listen in, so...
41:35No, I know.
41:36Yeah, let's make it come.
41:36It's a bit tricky for you, actually, isn't it?
41:41You had a good day?
41:43Yeah.
41:44Yeah?
41:44Yeah, it was good, yeah.
41:46It went well.
41:46Better than I thought.
41:48Yeah?
41:48Mm.
41:51I'm going to be asking her to go on a second date with me.
41:54OK, yeah.
41:57It's not like you thing.
41:57I just think with her, it's just a little bit different.
42:01It is.
42:02Don't look at me like that.
42:07Are you disappointed?
42:09Well, yeah, because I liked you.
42:11We can be friends, though.
42:12No, I don't think so.
42:14I think I'll pass.
42:16See you later.
42:17Mm-hmm.
42:17I think the way he's moved isn't the best way to go around it.
42:24Hats off to you, Charlie.
42:27But that's not how I move.
42:29Would you like to follow me?
42:30Say that, ladies.
42:31Take care, bye.
42:32She is, like, breathtakingly beautiful, isn't she?
42:36Yeah, she is.
42:37Absolutely stunning.
42:38And she'll definitely find someone.
42:40I'm sorry we did not find you, love, at Beach Club.
42:43If it's meant to be, it would have been.
42:45Not going to give up on love.
42:47I definitely feel there is somebody out there for me.
42:50But for now, I've got two boys at home that love me.
42:54That's my world.
42:55What have you learned from first date, speech club?
43:00To never kiss a man on first date again.
43:08Such an awkward chat.
43:10So what got said?
43:11So obviously I've been on a date with Elle and that,
43:13and, like, I feel like I've got more of a bond and connection with Elle.
43:17You were honest and that's all in it?
43:19Yeah, I was honest. Yeah, I was honest.
43:20Said it as it is, you know what I mean?
43:21You can't please everyone.
43:22As much as I feel bad, I've done the right thing
43:25because I've put myself first.
43:26And, yeah, from here, hopefully something will blossom into something beautiful.
43:30I think we should have another date.
43:31Yeah, me too.
43:32That's right.
43:33A million percent.
43:34I think that would be fun.
43:36I am a little bit in my feels with Charlie, yeah.
43:39And it's been a long, long time since anyone's ever made me feel like that.
43:44Why not?
43:45No.
43:52Love cannot be rushed.
44:00It takes time to know people.
44:01It takes time to trust people.
44:04And so our daters here are in the perfect setting to just do that.
44:09Take your time and make sure it's right.
44:11There's been a few things that you've said I'm like, this man is switched on.
44:17I like to think so.
44:18Yeah.
44:19Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
44:20I can also switch it off at any time and just have like nothing with drivel coming down.
44:24I can do that as well.
44:25Getting to know him more makes me feel like it is a really good match.
44:29Even more so.
44:30We've actually had like quite nice dates and a good time with each other.
44:34We've had a great time.
44:35I love a holiday romance.
44:37And at the moment it's really nice because we don't really have to have future plans.
44:41Don't worry about the things you can't control.
44:44Yeah, that's very true.
44:45Just have a good time.
44:46Enjoy it.
44:47I have been enjoying it.
44:48You should have a good time later as well.
44:51Yeah.
44:51But my sister messaged me today saying don't try and push him away.
44:55Enjoy the now rather than rushing off ahead because I have a tendency to do that.
45:01I like to be busy but I also really like to have chill time.
45:05I need my sleep.
45:06I'm very precious about my sleep.
45:08See, I'm alright.
45:08I can go with or without.
45:10Or the sleep thing.
45:11That might be an issue.
45:13You're trying to pick up on red flags now, aren't you?
45:15No, not red flags.
45:15Just incompatibility.
45:17But I'm looking for a long time romance when the time here ends.
45:23It's almost like a self-protection thing.
45:26I think that's why a lot of things don't go further than what they should be.
45:29Because nobody's ever perfect, right?
45:30No, of course not.
45:31But like to go searching for them or to point them out.
45:35Yeah, okay.
45:36Yeah, don't do that.
45:37Okay, I'll stop it.
45:48Next time.
45:49Hello, mate.
45:50Fresh sunk his faces.
45:51I love your outfit.
45:55Waves of connection.
45:58Do you want to try some octopus?
45:59That'd be great.
46:00Do you want to try some fish?
46:01Go on then.
46:02We'll swap seas.
46:03Yeah, swap seas.
46:04There we go.
46:04They're even saying the same words.
46:06Come on.
46:07And heart set to sail.
46:09Normally it gets to about the fourth date.
46:11The guy seems very keen.
46:12Right.
46:12Then they seem to not be quite so interested anymore.
46:15Is this more than a holiday romance?
46:18Support information for the themes raised tonight can be found online at channel4.com slash support.
46:31Alfred's back with holiday heartthrobs aplenty.
46:33Nine o'clock next Tuesday.
46:35And some familiar faces to the restaurant for brand new first dates at Christmas.
46:39Next tonight, Kieran Culkin, David Tennant and a Seti score for a great cause.
46:44A Celeb Gogglebox for Stand Up to Cancer.
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