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00:00He pulled a cracker.
00:11Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but in here is delightful.
00:15Have a hot drink.
00:16Hey, joy in the way, everyone.
00:17The first day's restaurant is magical at Christmas.
00:20I don't know what it is about everyone, but they are just so loving.
00:24Even Fred's happier at Christmas.
00:26Yeah, yeah, you can do everything.
00:28I have to say, you have done a fantastic job at decorating the restaurant.
00:34It looks incredible.
00:36Love is certainly in the air at Christmas, and you can feel it.
00:39It's tantalising. It just sparkles.
00:41Now, look, all the daters, we have to give them the best present that they've ever had.
00:47The gift of love?
00:48I was going to say that.
00:50You keep stealing my lines.
00:52Christmas is my favourite time of the year.
00:58It's a time when we toast to new beginnings.
01:01Let's go, guys.
01:02Let's do this.
01:03Thanks, Merlin.
01:05Cheers.
01:06Cheers.
01:07You are only allowed in if you're on a good list.
01:10You know me.
01:11I like naughty people.
01:15Ho, ho, ho.
01:17This is Wes, a barber shop owner from Essex, who's hoping he can light up someone's Christmas.
01:27The party isn't really a party unless I'm there.
01:29I'd like to say that I'd make people have a good time.
01:32Bit like Fred.
01:33Do you know what I mean?
01:34Just rocking around, just checking everything's all right.
01:36Like a party concierge liaison person.
01:38Where are you from?
01:39Uh, Essex.
01:40I thought you were.
01:41It's just the way you were walking.
01:42You look like a geezer, no?
01:43Yeah, well, I don't know.
01:44Maybe.
01:45Are you?
01:46Yeah, about to be, yeah.
01:47Can you chat up any girls?
01:48I'll give it a go, yeah.
01:49Yeah?
01:50I think, yeah.
01:51Can you find a way to their heart?
01:52Yeah, hopefully.
01:53Can you rate yourself about a ten for me?
01:55I'd say a solid eight.
01:58I was expecting higher.
01:59I know, but you can't say that you look like a right **** on you.
02:02I mean, idiot.
02:03Sorry.
02:05Hey, Dan, fella, you all right?
02:06Thank you, very good.
02:07How's he?
02:08Nice, what's your name?
02:09Uh, Wes.
02:10Hello, Wes Merlin.
02:11Merry Christmas.
02:12Yeah, Merry Christmas to you too, mate.
02:13What can I get you?
02:14I'd like a pint, please, mate.
02:15Yeah?
02:16Handsome, thank you.
02:17On that side, that is the devil.
02:19Devil on your left side, angel on your right.
02:21And the angel's telling the devil to be quiet.
02:24So it's your good side trying to tell the naughty side
02:27to just hush it a little bit.
02:29Are they anyone's faces?
02:30No, no, just random ones, but I must admit, this one...
02:34That angel looks a spitting image to one of my best mate's wives.
02:39Yeah, that goes down well.
02:41Go well.
02:42Lovely, mate.
02:44It's nice of you, isn't it?
02:45Pleasure.
02:46Yeah, glad you like it.
02:47What did you do?
02:48You're a barber.
02:49Do you actually cut hair or are you just showing the show?
02:50Yes.
02:51No, no, I cut hair as well, yeah.
02:52Do you reckon I'd suit a Mohican?
02:53Maybe a mullet.
02:56Talk about the Christmas cracker you want sat here.
02:58Blonde, short, slim, light eyes, preferably.
03:04Outgoing, funny.
03:07Don't take yourself too seriously.
03:09Oh, God.
03:10All right, well, listen, you enjoy your pint.
03:11Thanks, mate.
03:12Anything you need, you give me a holler and we'll come running.
03:14Jaegers.
03:15Too early for that, man.
03:16Oh, la, la.
03:24Can you tell instantly if you're into someone, if you fancy someone?
03:27Within, like, five seconds of seeing them.
03:29One second, I'd say.
03:30I love your style, I love your elegance.
03:34How are you?
03:35I'm very good, how are you?
03:36I'm good, what's your name?
03:37Merry Christmas.
03:38Merry Christmas.
03:41Ready to unwrap Mr. Right this Christmas
03:44is 34-year-old Chloe.
03:47Christmas this year would be amazing if I got to spend it in, like, a cottage somewhere.
03:51You know, like, the postcard scenario surrounded by snow.
03:54It'd be nice to roll around in front of a log fire with my Christmas present.
04:00Where you come from, Chloe?
04:01I've come from Essex.
04:02You can't find any men there?
04:03Not myself.
04:04Why not?
04:05I'm just not very good at picking, I guess.
04:07Are you ready for your date?
04:08Yes, I think so.
04:09Come with me.
04:10Thank you, Fred.
04:12I definitely deserve love.
04:13I just want someone that's got a really great sense of humour.
04:16We can just travel the world taking the piss out of each other and everything we come across.
04:20And I just want to have a good time.
04:22Voila.
04:23Oh, my God.
04:24Hello.
04:25You all right?
04:26How are you doing?
04:27Nice to meet you.
04:28Nice to meet you.
04:29I'm Wes.
04:30What's your name, Bo?
04:31Wes, I'm Chloe.
04:32Nice to meet you, Chloe.
04:33You all right?
04:34Yeah, yeah, I'm good.
04:35Hey, Merry Christmas.
04:36Merry Christmas.
04:37What do you want to drink?
04:38Prosecco, I'm guessing.
04:39No.
04:40No?
04:41I call it Prosecco No.
04:42Okay.
04:43Yeah, it doesn't end well if I start thinking about it.
04:44Too many bubbles, yeah?
04:45No, all right, okay.
04:46I don't need it.
04:47All right.
04:48Can I get an old-fashioned, please?
04:49Yeah, of course.
04:50Why would you guess that?
04:51Because you sound like me.
04:52Yeah, I am, yeah.
04:53How old are you?
04:5437.
04:55Yeah, I'm 34.
04:56Oh, yeah.
04:57What do you do?
04:58I've got a barber shop.
04:59I'm a barber, yeah.
05:00Oh, can you cut girls there as well?
05:01I haven't done it for a while.
05:02I was going to say, because it's so many people.
05:05I don't know what it looked like afterwards, but I could do it.
05:09You look beautiful, by the way.
05:10Thank you very much.
05:11You know your best, too.
05:12Cheers, anyway.
05:14Cheers, darling.
05:15Cheers, babe.
05:16Nice to meet you.
05:17My favourite bit about Christmas, actually, is when you go down the pub on Boxing Day,
05:23and everyone's in their new clobber, because everyone's got new stuff for Christmas.
05:26They're like, you know what?
05:27I'm going to get dolled up, go down the pub.
05:28I'm a new maker.
05:29I'm a new maker.
05:30Yeah, and you can tell it's all, like, fresh out the box.
05:33Oh, I love Christmas.
05:34I do.
05:35I love Christmas.
05:36I do.
05:37Welcome to my Christmas song.
05:40Oping that Santa isn't the only man to bring her gifts this Christmas is retired nurse,
05:47Linda.
05:48You don't get older inside.
05:51It's just your outside that lets you down.
05:53Would you like to meet someone?
05:55Yeah, but you haven't got Jason Momoa on your books.
06:01How are you?
06:02I'm fine, thank you.
06:03What's your name?
06:04Linda.
06:05Linda, great.
06:06Do you do much dating?
06:07No.
06:08When was the last time you dated?
06:09Six years ago.
06:10Six years ago?
06:11And that's the only one in 16 years.
06:13Oh, wow.
06:14I get on with men extremely well, but just as friends.
06:19Come with me.
06:21I haven't found anybody who I would think, oh, this could turn into something else.
06:28Take a seat.
06:29Hello.
06:30We'll look after you.
06:31I will indeed.
06:32How are you going?
06:33Happy Christmas.
06:34Merry Christmas.
06:35And you're from where?
06:36West Yorkshire.
06:37Right.
06:38So a cup of tea, is it?
06:39No.
06:41I'd like a mojito.
06:43Of course.
06:44Coming up.
06:46Tell me, Linda, what's your favourite things about Christmas?
06:48I love decorating the house.
06:49I put the tree up at the first weekend in December.
06:53And I keep it up till the end of January.
06:56So end of January?
06:57That's bad luck.
06:58It's not.
06:59I spend about two days putting the tree up, so I'm not going to take it down in a rush.
07:04After all that work, yeah.
07:06There we go.
07:08Always a pleasure, Linda.
07:10That's lovely.
07:12So tell me, how long have you been single?
07:1416 years.
07:1516 years.
07:16So this is a big moment for you, Linda.
07:18It is, yeah.
07:19I'm looking at someone who likes to make people laugh or laughs at you if you say something
07:26silly.
07:27I don't want somebody who talks about politics all the time and things like that because
07:32it gets on my nerves.
07:35I don't want it.
07:37Do it.
07:40Merry Christmas.
07:43Linda's Christmas date is young at heart furniture maker, Harry.
07:47Harry. I'm in my late mid 40s, no I'm not, yes I am, yeah I'm in my late mid 40s that's right yeah.
07:55I think 70 is the new 40. I can dance, I can run, I can ride bikes, I go paragliding,
08:03I'm energetic and I'd like to share it with somebody who has got life left in them.
08:09How are you? I'm very good. Very nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. So tell me what brings you
08:15here at the first dates restaurant this Christmas? The fact that I live alone and I don't like it.
08:19Have you been living alone for a long time? 18 months. And you've been doing much dating since
08:23then or? None. None. I recently decorated the kitchen, I was pleased with it and then I thought
08:28why decorate the kitchen? So I need a reason, that's it, I need a reason to be. This way.
08:35I'd like somebody who's kind, sensitive and smiley, smiley, very important and has good legs.
08:45Here we are. Crikey! Do you know each other? No, but what a nice surprise.
08:51Oh, that's so nice. What a meeting. Well, seeing you, you've knocked me over.
08:59Oh, thank you. All right, well take a seat before you fall off. Don't look so bad yourself.
09:04Thank you. A little Christmas gift. Oh, yes. Oh, you got me off. Happy Christmas too, too.
09:11Oh, thank you. Is it a loaf of bread? No.
09:13I ought to find out what you're called. Yes. That would be a good start, wouldn't it? It would be a good thing.
09:19Linda. Linda, well, I'm Harry Linda. Pleased to be. Enchanté. Enchanté? Yes. Yes.
09:26I'm going to get this poor fellow. He's... No, it's all right. I mean, I'm loving this.
09:30I'll have a half a lager. Yes. Oh, you're from Yorkshire then? I am.
09:35Are you from the West Dryden? Yes. Your neighbour. Tune in. Here you go, my man. Thank you very much.
09:42Always a pleasure. Have a lovely day. I would say get one yourself, but I'm from Yorkshire.
09:46Nice one. I like it. So, what brings you to first dates? What do you think of what they've found so far?
09:59Very happy. Nice restaurant, isn't it? Yes.
10:04So, how long have you been single for? Four or five months. Have you been on any dates since you've been single?
10:11Yeah, I've been on a few, yeah. You really like being with someone?
10:14From when I was 21, I've probably been in three relationships. And probably out of all of that,
10:20I've probably been single for, like, nine months. In 16 years, you've been single for nine months.
10:25Yeah. Yeah. That is absolutely wild to me. Yeah.
10:27I take it, you fall in love easy. Can do.
10:34Anyone that has ever met me would say I was the most loyal person you'd ever meet.
10:39Got a bit of an open heart, to be fair. A little bit too much at times, I think.
10:44Do you want to get married? Again.
10:46Oh, you've been married before? Oh, I don't know. I'll cover that.
10:48I don't know. I'll cover that.
10:50No, I was married and divorced by 30.
10:53Wow. Okay.
10:56I don't let that many people in. Do you know what I mean? Because you always end up getting hurt in the end.
11:01Hence the bravado in the show all the time.
11:03Have you ever been cheated on?
11:06No comment. But I think you can take the answer to that one.
11:10I don't agree with all that cheating malarkey and that. That ain't a bit of me.
11:14Why would you do saying to someone that you wouldn't want done to yourself? I just don't think it's nice.
11:18But yourself?
11:21So I was in relationships, like long-term relationships back to back from when I was like 16 until I was 26.
11:27Yeah.
11:28And I had a few traumatic experiences.
11:31Oh darling.
11:32And then it's all right. It's what it is. It is life.
11:36I've had boyfriends here and there and each one of them taught me exactly what I don't want in a partner.
11:44I just want it to be easy.
11:48Just somewhat honest. Sorry.
11:53Has that been her before?
11:56Yeah.
11:57I've never been in a rush to meet anyone. I just want to find the right person.
12:01To enjoy life with, yeah.
12:02And the people that I've met since then are just not the right people.
12:05I mean, I've been engaged before.
12:06Have you?
12:08We lived together. We bought a house.
12:10And it turned out he lived a double life.
12:13He was actually engaged to someone else as well.
12:15And it was like a movie, basically.
12:17It almost feels like it didn't happen to me.
12:22Well, obviously it did.
12:25But yeah, so that's why I find it really hard to trust.
12:27So it's been eight years that I've not had a long-term relationship.
12:34Shut up.
12:35I know. It's a long time.
12:36Oh, bless her.
12:38But it's all right. I'll find it.
12:40But that's all I want in life.
12:41Yeah.
12:42I just want to have some fun.
12:43Yeah, yeah. Live. Live a little.
12:45I'm having a really good time.
12:48Yeah, me too.
12:49I'm having a much better time than I thought I was going to have.
12:51Good.
12:51The thing I was most worried about was the after bit.
12:56You know, like, if you don't fancy someone.
12:58Yeah, I know, yeah.
12:59Yeah. How do you let them down nicely?
13:01Yeah. How are you going to let me down, babe?
13:02I don't want a lot for Christmas.
13:14What do you think is the most romantic gift that you could give someone a Christmas?
13:18Maybe you can put yourself in a box.
13:21I like you. I like you a lot.
13:23With a very lingerie, sexy lingerie.
13:27OK.
13:28You can't imagine you're a family in front.
13:30Yeah, I can. Yeah, they'd be like, OK, she has definitely lost it.
13:36So what do you want for Christmas this year?
13:41Don't look like that.
13:46Somebody's having a good time over there.
13:57Returning for some festive cheer,
13:59are Fred's very special guests, Cindy and Ilan.
14:04How are you guys?
14:05Yeah.
14:06Great to see you, Fred.
14:06Merry Christmas.
14:07Merry Christmas to you.
14:08How are you?
14:08Cindy.
14:09You look so young.
14:11Six years is treated as well, apart from the hair.
14:13Yeah, the hair's gone.
14:14When you're good looking, it doesn't matter whether you're short hair or long hair.
14:17Come with me.
14:18Let me take this tomorrow.
14:19Thank you so much.
14:20Wow, it's so beautiful.
14:21So when and where did you meet?
14:24Six years ago, we didn't really know what we were getting ourselves into,
14:28and we walked into a little restaurant called First Dates, and something pretty magic happened.
14:33Good afternoon.
14:34Nice to meet you.
14:35I'm good. How are you?
14:36What's your name?
14:36Ilan.
14:37Nice to meet you.
14:40Hi.
14:40Nice to meet you.
14:41Nice to meet you.
14:42What's your name?
14:43Cindy.
14:43Ilan.
14:44Nice to meet you.
14:44Nice to meet you.
14:45How are you?
14:45I'm good.
14:46I'm good.
14:47You're gorgeous.
14:48It was absolutely crazy, to be honest.
14:50I just wish I could go back to that moment and just bottle it all up.
14:53Still pinch ourselves.
14:54Yeah.
14:55We're very grateful.
14:57So what's your type of guy, then?
14:59What do you usually go for?
15:01Looks wise, khaki shirt.
15:03No, no.
15:05I like some olive skin, like Mediterranean looking, like teeth really important.
15:10What about yourself?
15:11Brunette.
15:12Nice eyes, good figure, someone who looks after themselves.
15:15Team khaki.
15:16That's what it is.
15:17The khaki.
15:18The vibe.
15:21Thank you very much.
15:24So where do you guys live now?
15:25Cindy moved to Manchester and we bought a house.
15:29Well, he proposed 18 months after the show.
15:31It was a fast run.
15:32Yeah.
15:32This is good.
15:33There was someone who looked a lot like Fred at our wedding.
15:36Yeah.
15:37Ah, yeah.
15:38Okay.
15:38We had a full-size cutout version of Fred.
15:41Wow.
15:42He doesn't remember it, but he was at our wedding.
15:44Too much to drink.
15:48I have a question.
15:49Yes.
15:49The first day to baby.
15:51Yeah.
15:54We're having a little baby.
15:57Baby boy.
15:58We're so excited.
16:00We've got a present for you.
16:01Oh, thank you.
16:05Oh, my God.
16:07We're a little first dates baby.
16:09Merry Christmas, guys.
16:10We wish you a happy life together.
16:12Merry Christmas, Fred.
16:13Thank you so much.
16:14You've been there since the first second, literally.
16:18Will there be Yorkshire puddings?
16:19That's what we want to know, don't we?
16:22So we do say it comes with all the trimmings,
16:24but sadly Yorkshire puddings do not fall under the trimmings.
16:28If I knew this was going to happen, I would have brought some with me.
16:32Hey, come on.
16:33Let's pull.
16:33Yeah.
16:34We're not getting down to business, are we?
16:35Where are we at?
16:36It might be the best pull you get for night.
16:40Go on.
16:40Oh, can you smell that?
16:43Gunpowder.
16:44Do you know what?
16:44The smell of Hamlet's cigars was always Christmas to me.
16:47Oh, it was.
16:48Yeah.
16:48Yeah.
16:49My husband were a big smoker.
16:50Yeah.
16:51Yeah.
16:51We found out that he'd got a tumour on his lung,
16:55but if we'd have found out earlier, it was a lower lobe of his lung,
16:59so he can take the lower lobe out, but it had already transferred into his brain.
17:04That's how we found out he was ill.
17:05Too late.
17:06Too late.
17:07Yeah.
17:07It was all absolutely horrendous.
17:11I was 57 when he died, and I was 17 when we got married.
17:19You just assume that you'll be together until you're all decrepit, you know,
17:23and you don't ever think you're going to lose either of you at such a young age.
17:30I'm fine. I can cope with it most days.
17:38Some days I can't.
17:46Sorry.
17:50Well, we'd been married nearly 40 years when I lost John,
17:54because I was thinking, well, somebody is 40, I think, you know,
17:57and it's something to look forward to, isn't it? And then it'd gone before then.
18:02Yeah.
18:02Yeah.
18:03Oh, how bloody awful.
18:06There's nobody can fill John's boots. That was my husband.
18:12It'd have to be a big pair of boots.
18:16Yeah.
18:17He'd build anything.
18:19He taught himself how to do dry stone walling.
18:21He built an extension on the cottage that we had.
18:24He did.
18:25Only thing I didn't like messing about with were electrics.
18:28I lived that alone.
18:29Yeah, yeah.
18:31I would like to meet someone.
18:33I've been single for 16 years.
18:37It's my life.
18:39I've got to do it.
18:39I've got to live it how I want to.
18:41I know what it feels like.
18:43Yeah, it's horrible.
18:45Hey, listen, there's your prezzy.
18:47Ooh.
18:48You're going to laugh when you see those, I tell you.
18:50I didn't have a clue what to get.
18:52Well, it's hard enough time for people you know,
18:54let alone people you don't know.
18:57Well done.
18:57Yes.
18:59Super-duper.
18:59Yeah, that's what I have at home all the time.
19:03You might leave after you open it.
19:09Oh, my God.
19:11Giant beaver, tiny eyes.
19:13Apparently it was.
19:14It's a damn funny costume.
19:16Oh, God.
19:19This is lovely.
19:21I love a notebook.
19:22Oh, good.
19:23Oh, yeah.
19:23Yeah.
19:24Here, I'll just tidy this lot away.
19:25Oh, yeah.
19:26Oh, yeah.
19:27Just stop.
19:31I feel like a man that could cook for me,
19:32and I thought maybe you could wear it.
19:34The apron.
19:34Perfect.
19:35LAUGHTER
19:37Good.
19:38You've got a funny laugh like me.
19:40Thank you very much for that.
19:43Thank you for being here.
19:45Only, I mean it.
19:46You are absolutely delightful company.
19:48Oh, thank you.
19:49And when I first saw you that,
19:50I wasn't joking or acting.
19:52I wasn't ready for it.
19:54And I saw you and I thought,
19:55God, she's delightful.
19:56Oh.
19:58Oh.
20:00I'm going to have to be really rude and go to the toilet.
20:02No, no, you're not being rude, dog.
20:04I don't know where I'm going.
20:05Well, good luck.
20:06I'll see you in about four hours.
20:07You'll still be here, will you?
20:08You might be.
20:10I play.
20:13Is he going to be that small?
20:14When he first comes out, yeah.
20:1654 centimetres.
20:17Can you believe he's going to be this tiny?
20:19I know.
20:21What if I cry?
20:25Where do snowmen go to dance?
20:30Snowballs.
20:32Yeah.
20:33What is green covered in tinsel and goes ribbit, ribbit?
20:37Well, that would be a Christmas frog.
20:39A mistletoad.
20:43I love a great good nose.
20:48How's your date going all right?
20:49Well, we're not on a normal date.
20:52We met six years ago on this show.
20:54Shut up.
20:54So we've come back and married and pregnant.
20:56Shut up, really?
20:57Really?
20:58Oh, well done, mate.
20:59Yeah, yeah.
21:00To get my date, how's your date going?
21:01Going well?
21:02Yeah.
21:03Yeah?
21:03Yeah, she's all right, mate.
21:04Yeah, proper.
21:05Mate.
21:07Look where I am six years ago.
21:08I know.
21:08Are you going to go for a drink after, or?
21:10100%.
21:11Yeah.
21:16I've never liked these things.
21:18Me neither.
21:19Let's just do it.
21:19Just for the madness.
21:20Let's just be so crazy and wild right now.
21:24Okay, I can't do this.
21:25I don't like this.
21:26No, I don't like it either.
21:27For 39-year-old math teacher Bobby, love is a numbers game.
21:43If you're looking at my 100-plus first dates, 80% to 85% of them actually ultimately been ended by
21:48them because they've not felt the right vibe.
21:50And only two or three have been me saying, no, it's not working.
21:54Statistically, I'm a failure at dating.
21:56Good to see you.
21:57Yes, really good to see you.
21:58I'm Bobby.
21:58Nice to meet you.
21:59Nice to meet you, Bobby.
22:00Hi, friend.
22:00Tell me, what do you do for a living?
22:01So, a maths teacher.
22:03Are you?
22:03Yes.
22:04To be honest, I'm a nerd.
22:04I love learning.
22:05I love numbers.
22:06I love stats.
22:06I love anything that's a bit like a niche.
22:09This is for you.
22:10This is for me.
22:11So, have you been dating much?
22:12I've been single for 11 years now.
22:14I think the reason I might not be successful at dating is I lack edge.
22:19I'm like a blunt scissor getting in the friend zone far too often.
22:23Come with me.
22:23Okay.
22:24I've definitely learned to become empathetic and understand how women think, but I've
22:29just not been able to apply it to my own dating life.
22:32Enjoy.
22:32See you in a bit.
22:33Okay, cheers.
22:33Hey, thank you, Fred.
22:34Hello, sir.
22:34Hey, how are you?
22:36Very good.
22:36Very good.
22:36What's your name?
22:37Bobby.
22:37Bobby.
22:37Nice to meet you, Bobby.
22:38Yeah, your face is very familiar, but I didn't know your name.
22:40Yeah, so I'm a math teacher, but I do a lot of like nerdy type of things on telly.
22:44Ah, there you go.
22:45Which ones?
22:46I got my sort of lucky break doing university challenge.
22:49I was the captain of my Cambridge team about six, seven years back.
22:52Yeah, it's probably that.
22:53Yeah.
22:53Yeah.
22:54And why are you single?
22:56Clearly, I'm just terrible at dating.
22:59I think I've probably been on, it must be like 100 first dates, I reckon.
23:02Seriously?
23:02That many?
23:03And what's the probabilities of actually being single after 100 first dates?
23:06It's slim.
23:09I'm looking for a woman who was really kind, open-hearted.
23:13I would like someone that's curious.
23:15If someone's saying, ah, they hate learning about the world and books and documentaries and
23:19podcasts, then it wouldn't work.
23:20They've got to be someone that's open to learning.
23:27Hello.
23:28Hoping to cure Bobby's heartache this Christmas is 31-year-old doctor Rebecca.
23:38When people find out I'm a doctor, I'm always asked for medical advice.
23:41On one of my dates, they immediately pulled out their phone and showed me a rash.
23:45Didn't tell me where, but I'll be honest, I didn't really want to know.
23:50Did you get a second date?
23:52I didn't give them a second date.
23:54Hello, how are you?
23:55Hello, I'm all right, thank you.
23:57What's your name?
23:58It's Rebecca.
23:58Rebecca.
23:59What do you do, Rebecca?
24:00I'm a doctor.
24:01Are you?
24:02Yeah.
24:03I would love to find someone who at Christmas could kick the Christmas dinner,
24:07because I'm rubbish at it.
24:08So, you're ready to meet your date?
24:09I think so.
24:10Okay, let's go.
24:12I know it's such a cliche for everyone to say it's not about looks.
24:15For me, it's really more about who they are.
24:17Here we are.
24:17Hi, I'm Becky.
24:20Hey, Becky.
24:20Hey.
24:22Sorry, the chairs are really high, aren't they?
24:24I'm hoping for someone who's kind and ambitious and honesty is one of my key things I'm looking
24:30for.
24:31Would you like a drink?
24:32Oh, can I be difficult?
24:33So, I love elderflower and something fruity.
24:35Is there something you'd recommend for that?
24:36Yes, I can do.
24:39You look very smart.
24:39Is that a Christmas jumper as well?
24:40Yeah, no, but it's like not...
24:41I was tempted to wear an elf jumper, but that might be too much.
24:45This is like...
24:45You've toned it down.
24:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:48How big is your family?
24:49I've got three brothers.
24:51How about you?
24:51Where's your...?
24:52I've got a brother.
24:53Older, younger?
24:54He's four years younger, but now I'd say he's probably a little bit more sensible than me.
24:59He's often the one who's kind of picking up what I've dropped and things.
25:01I think I might be similar.
25:03So, maybe if you do the clumsy thing, I can...
25:05You can catch it. There you go.
25:06Yeah.
25:07On the lookout.
25:07Although it might be me accidentally tripping you up.
25:09I know.
25:10Be like a rom-com, right?
25:12Yeah.
25:12Are you a fan of rom-coms?
25:13I love rom-coms.
25:15I don't think you can get better than that, to be fair.
25:17Which is your favorite?
25:18Oh, four weddings and a funeral I quite like.
25:20Can I confess?
25:21I've never seen that one.
25:23I think I know bits of the plot.
25:24Yeah.
25:24Is it the same one as...
25:28Is it a baby and four weddings?
25:31Four babies and a wedding?
25:32No.
25:33What is it?
25:34A funeral and a wedding and a...
25:37I remember my early dates.
25:38If it went badly, I'd text them after which says,
25:41Do you mind giving me a bit of feedback?
25:43And some of them would give me feedback,
25:44but I realize now that's not probably the best thing to do.
25:47A funeral and a baby.
25:48What's that one?
25:49No.
25:50Is there like a C code to that one?
25:52No.
26:09What do you call a French man wearing sandals?
26:13Philippe Philop.
26:15I don't get it.
26:15How does good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?
26:23Deep pan crisp and even.
26:28That's awful.
26:30So are you Wes?
26:31Is it Wesley?
26:32Wesley, yeah.
26:33Okay.
26:33W-E-S-L-E-Y.
26:34Oh, it's good to know the spelling.
26:36I would have written it on your presence phone,
26:38so I didn't know the name.
26:38I got the loan.
26:39I was going to write a sermon.
26:40Random.
26:41I was going to write random, weren't I?
26:44I was trying to figure what to put on the name.
26:45Happy date, random.
26:48What did you think when you walked in and saw him?
26:51I just saw his cheesy grin.
26:52I thought, oh, God, here we go.
26:57Oh, you're going to make me literally?
26:58Yeah.
27:01Is your girlfriend material?
27:03I'd probably say wife material, to be honest with her.
27:05I thought she was unbelievably attractive,
27:07and she was more than I expected.
27:09Oh, fuck, it's my taxi.
27:11I'm always sharp.
27:12I'll catch it.
27:14Don't worry, mate, it's all right.
27:16I don't need you now, it's all right.
27:17So, yeah, she's actually all right?
27:18Yeah.
27:19You're going to see each other again?
27:24Obviously, yeah.
27:25Maybe.
27:27No, we will.
27:28What are you saying?
27:30Are you kidding?
27:31Get late to play hard to get down.
27:37There's more water.
27:38Yes, darling, please.
27:41Thanks.
27:42That's me.
27:43It was, well done.
27:44You've done well there, didn't you?
27:45I don't think it could have gotten any better to myself.
27:48You're a good Christmas present.
27:51Cheers, babe.
27:52Cheers, darling.
27:55Your smile was the thing that did it to start with.
27:58Personally, it was every show, innit?
28:00Yeah, yeah.
28:01Yeah.
28:01That'd be it.
28:06What?
28:07What's the time?
28:10Aha, very gentleman.
28:14Sorry.
28:14I'm sorry.
28:15Look.
28:16Look.
28:18Just...
28:19Are you still enjoying all your all finished here?
28:28I think.
28:29I think we've done this course, haven't we?
28:30Yeah.
28:31You know, tonight I might have a Christmas pudding.
28:34Yo, bring us some figgy pudding.
28:36La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.
28:40We won't go until we get some, we won't go until we get some, we won't go until we get some,
28:45so bring it right here.
28:47I sell sir.
28:48Thank you very much.
28:49I expect it to be blazing with brown mani.
28:52What's your laughing at?
28:54That's what you do.
28:56Oh dear.
28:59What keeps you busy Monday to Friday?
29:00So, I'm a doctor.
29:02I've just finished my GP training.
29:04Congratulations.
29:05Thank you. I literally start a new job in a couple of weeks.
29:08I'm a maths teacher, that's like my main...
29:10Are you? Okay, how long have you been doing that?
29:13Approaching ten years.
29:14Okay. So, what age are you now, if you don't mind me asking?
29:16Oh, I'm 39. How are you, Bec?
29:18I'm 31.
29:19Oh, both of us are not prime. You're a prime number.
29:22Hey, 39 is not. It's 13 times three.
29:25Bad date chat, okay.
29:27Get rid of that chat.
29:28I love the certainty of numbers,
29:31because if I look at an equation or a problem or a sum,
29:34someone else in another part of the world,
29:36they'll come to the same answer.
29:38But dating, there's that je ne sais quoi,
29:40something that you can't quite predict.
29:41It's just, if it works, it works,
29:43and you can't quite put your finger on it.
29:45Okay. Are you ready for your Christmas dinner?
29:47Yes. Oh, thank you.
29:48Which, of course, comes with all the trimmings.
29:51Wow. Yeah.
29:52Enjoy, guys. Merry Christmas. Thank you.
29:56Do you mind if I start? Of course you can.
29:58Jacket off, yeah.
29:59Yeah, then we can see the Christmas jumper in all your glory.
30:01Yeah, exactly.
30:03Do you still live at home?
30:05No, I live in...
30:06I lived with my parents for quite a long time, actually.
30:09Mm-hmm.
30:09In Indian communities, traditionally,
30:11people used to historically leave when they got married,
30:14but my parents are like,
30:15you're not getting married, just leave.
30:17The nicest possible way.
30:19They think, actually, if you leave,
30:20you might actually be more likely to meet someone
30:22rather than being at home.
30:24My parents are very proud of me because they've helped raise me,
30:27they've helped give me my knowledge,
30:29my love for the world, my enthusiasm.
30:31But if they're looking at it like they've finished their job on Bobby,
30:35I think they probably feel that the one missing box is
30:38Bobby meeting a partner and settling down.
30:40That's the one thing I feel as if they've messed up on their scorecard.
30:45What's your opinion on The Spark?
30:47I personally don't believe in the whole love at first sight thing.
30:50I agree with you.
30:51It's fine to have, like, a slow burn.
30:54I think you can be friends before anything else.
30:56Yeah.
30:57If you kind of have to really get on, particularly at this age, right?
30:59Yes, if you're like 18 or 20, it's...
31:02They're going to change.
31:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:05Prefrontal cortex is not developed.
31:06Right.
31:07Make very bad decisions.
31:08Yeah, you do, yeah.
31:10I think my intelligence is fun at parties
31:14where you've got multiple people having conversations
31:16and you're looking for interesting anecdotes.
31:18Maybe on a date, it might be overwhelming
31:20if someone is just spitting out facts in capital cities and things.
31:23They're the things I realise don't work on dates.
31:26Oh, Octagon Chapel.
31:29Oh, here? This is what it is?
31:30It's an Octagon Chapel.
31:33It's beautiful.
31:34Yeah, although when I think of Octagon, I think of, um...
31:36Ultimate Fighter Championship, they fight in an octagon.
31:39Yeah, no, this is different.
31:41This is different.
31:43I'm hoping there'll be someone that is willing to give me a chance.
31:52There is something I want to talk about.
31:53Yeah.
31:54Do you remember the nativity play?
31:55Of course.
31:56So, I am 29 years old.
31:59Yeah.
31:59But I am still absolutely raging at the fact that I never got to play Mary.
32:03I'm still fuming.
32:03Maybe we should do, like, a version here
32:05so I can actually fulfil my life on Dreaming and Mary.
32:07Mary's one of the key roles, but she doesn't actually have that many lines.
32:09Yeah, but she's the one.
32:10She's the it girl.
32:11What do you mean?
32:12I was one of the three wise men.
32:14You are a wise man.
32:16You are.
32:18This is incredible.
32:20Wish my Christmas dinner looked like this.
32:23I'm trying to remember the line I gave you, babe.
32:25Which one?
32:27You had a few lines on the night.
32:29I know this sounds so cringe, but I can't remember.
32:33Let me get this straight.
32:35I can't remember the last naturally beautiful person I saw as much as you.
32:39I know that sounds cringe, but I'm going to give you the compliments.
32:42No.
32:43You've blown me away a bit.
32:44Like, I'm not going to lie.
32:48My soul's naturally beautiful.
32:50It's gravy dripping down my chin.
32:51When a snowman has a temper tantrum, what do you call it?
32:59Tempura.
33:00Tempura.
33:01A meltdown!
33:02That's good.
33:03That's quite good.
33:04No, it's not.
33:04Don't human me.
33:06And some of you over there with a Barbie Christmas hat on.
33:09I love stuff like that.
33:10I do.
33:11I leave Christmas decorations up for too long.
33:14Yeah.
33:16Me too.
33:17Christmas cards.
33:18Yeah.
33:19I sent out two, though.
33:20This year.
33:21This year, I sent two.
33:22Yeah.
33:23It's been a bit funny since, well, Nell died 18 months ago.
33:28Oh, did you?
33:28Yeah.
33:29How long had you been married?
33:3052 years.
33:33It was a type of dementia.
33:36And it was quite a quick decline, this thing.
33:40She had no appetite.
33:43And so she just withered away.
33:46And, um, I was holding her hand when she died.
33:57That's that.
34:03Yeah.
34:04She was appreciative of everything that I did, and we still chatted away there, you know?
34:23And in the last moments, she was happy all the time.
34:26Yeah.
34:27Yeah, it was okay.
34:28It was okay looking after her.
34:29Yeah.
34:30She was stoical.
34:32She was...
34:33Unless I'd done something wrong, she was always in a good mood.
34:35LAUGHTER
34:36But I do kind of miss being told off.
34:40Yeah, probably you do.
34:41You get used to it, don't you?
34:42You're being told off.
34:43Women usually have higher standards, I find.
34:45Yes.
34:46Yeah.
34:46Dare I say, cleanliness.
34:48Yeah.
34:49And how to behave in public, that's another one.
34:54I think we all need somebody to care for and do things for, and I don't feel that just looking
34:59after me is a reason to be. I think sharing things with people is just so much better than
35:07being on your own.
35:09Am I doing all right in public?
35:10Yeah, you're doing all right.
35:11LAUGHTER
35:13How are you?
35:14Oh!
35:14Oh!
35:15Very nice to see you, isn't it?
35:16Nice to see you too.
35:17It all started very fast, flying stars...
35:20Yeah, it's the same.
35:21...sparks where...
35:21It's the same.
35:22We're flying.
35:22Have you been flirting?
35:26Have I?
35:30No.
35:31No, you haven't flirted, flirted.
35:33You've been...
35:33Just been...
35:34We've just been talking about the same things and...
35:37I don't know how to flirt.
35:47It's still a whirl in the winter, when the snow comes to cover the ground.
35:52It's the time for...
35:54So what sort of things would you do on a typical first date?
35:57So it's almost always been a kind of a dinner, something like that.
36:01Yeah.
36:01One of them I went on...
36:03Went for a walk around the woodland.
36:05But we got lost.
36:06Okay.
36:06And by like an hour in, you know when you get...
36:09You just get that kind of thing of actually we're not that similar.
36:11And I just don't see this working.
36:13It just got progressively more awkward.
36:15Because then we couldn't leave.
36:19I think I've been the biggest kind of boundary in the last maybe couple of years.
36:24In terms of finding a date.
36:26I find it exhausting that kind of idea of trying to shuffle through all these different people.
36:33Just recently went on holiday and in my head you'd sit down next to someone on the plane
36:37and you'd be reading the same book and you'd have eight hours to chat and you know it'd be
36:41amazing like every rom-com ever.
36:43Life isn't like that but you know I live and hope that that might be the one.
36:49What are you looking for in a significant other?
36:53So I think you have to like each other like as in chat and get on.
36:57As it's on a human level.
36:58Yeah, exactly.
36:59And you know like honesty is a big thing for me now.
37:02There's been some kind of trials and tribulations along the way with dating.
37:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:06And it was like a very dramatic kind of breakup and cheating and various other bits.
37:12Not on my heart.
37:13It took a long time for me to get out of like a rut.
37:18I genuinely thought he was going to be the one.
37:22We talked about marriage and kids.
37:24Honestly, it kind of just ripped me apart.
37:27So I couldn't work and I couldn't do anything and oh my goodness, sorry.
37:38Wow, I've talked about it a lot and that wasn't what I was expecting.
37:41He kind of made me feel like I wasn't worth loving and that's really difficult to get over.
37:49You can tell yourself that, you know, you are dateable, you're lovable.
37:55You have the attributes that people are looking for.
37:57You're a catch, but it's really hard to believe that.
38:01Because of that, I then probably am a little bit more reserved now with dating and things.
38:06I kind of already mentioned honesty.
38:08Honestly, I think it's like, apart from kindness,
38:11I think honesty is maybe the number one trait.
38:14That's like the fundamental building block.
38:16You need, you need trust.
38:19Sorry to hear about your experience, but you come through the other side.
38:23I'm definitely looking for love. I think I'm ready for that.
38:29Someone who's kind and open and caring.
38:33You know, you walk in the door and there's just flowers because it was a nice thing to do.
38:36I love that.
38:38What's your worst ever first thing?
38:39Just that getting lost in a wood is probably not great.
38:42Yeah.
38:43That could be the start of a rom-com, like a couple, they get lost in the woods
38:47and there always has to be that moment where they're like, it's over, it's done.
38:51What's going to be that in the forest?
38:53A bear.
38:53A bear.
38:55I don't know.
39:01Can Yorkshire blokes flirt?
39:02Probably not.
39:03No.
39:04No.
39:06Flirting.
39:06It's not a Yorkshire band thing, is it?
39:08Flirting.
39:09I don't know.
39:10Well, all right then, I will.
39:12You do look absolutely lovely.
39:13Yes, thank you, darling.
39:14You do.
39:15And I like all your little mannerisms as well.
39:17Do you?
39:17I do.
39:19I do.
39:21I could feel the personality.
39:23I could feel it.
39:25And it looked as though she'd been doused in fairy dust.
39:28So she looked lovely.
39:29She sounded lovely.
39:30And really, it all went a bit too quickly.
39:33Do you like my face though?
39:35I do like your face.
39:35Do you have a pretty face?
39:36I've got a face that you can usually read over my face.
39:39You know what I mean?
39:41I can tell from your face that we're getting on all right.
39:44You can.
39:44Yeah.
39:45You can.
39:49Hello.
39:53Hey, I've done the flirting.
40:01So would you like to see each other again?
40:04Yes, I'd like to see Linda again.
40:05I'd like to see you, have you?
40:07Would you?
40:08Yes, I would.
40:08Oh, right.
40:09We've still got lots of things to say to each other.
40:12How would you like to see the payment here today?
40:13I should pay with plastic, seeing as I'm in the south.
40:16Well, thank you.
40:18Yeah.
40:18You're a gentleman.
40:20I think you're a delightful person.
40:21I think you're a gentleman.
40:22Well, I'm not going.
40:24And you're lovely to look at, and we talked very easily, didn't we?
40:27We did.
40:28I haven't worn a tie for this long since I don't know when.
40:32I like to be a bit loud.
40:33Oh, I don't need a tie to be loud.
40:36I can tell.
40:38So that was one date out for 16 years.
40:41Yeah, so...
40:42I'm privileged, then.
40:43Yes, you are.
40:44Oh, God, that's a bit scary.
40:49Lovely.
40:50Give me a kiss.
40:53Lovely.
40:59Have you ever played Articulate?
41:00Yes.
41:01I love that guitar.
41:02I love that guitar.
41:04I reckon it would be a good team.
41:05Yeah.
41:05I do, at the moment, do a pub quiz every week, actually.
41:07It is good.
41:08It's good fun.
41:08That does sound fun.
41:09So if I say to you, name the five things that end in case.
41:13So, C-A-S-E.
41:15Oh, gosh.
41:16Oh, I've stumped you now.
41:17This is really annoying.
41:18To go around your house would be my top tip.
41:23Intellectually, there was a match.
41:24I felt like, yeah, you know, a doctor and a maths teacher.
41:27You know, caring, caring couple.
41:29I think Becky's the kind of girl that my parents would love.
41:32Although, does she see me as something potentially more than a friend?
41:35I genuinely cannot tell.
41:37Ah, staircase.
41:38Yeah.
41:39Bookcase.
41:40Yeah.
41:41Suitcase.
41:43Pencilcase.
41:45That's a good one.
41:45Okay.
41:45I wasn't thinking that it was too small.
41:47Like about this size tends to clip.
41:49Briefcase.
41:49Yeah.
41:50Good, good, good.
41:51This is Articulate.
41:51I think we've got the makings of a good Articulate teammate.
41:54That's what this date is all about.
42:03It's okay, guys.
42:03I'll leave this with you both.
42:04Yeah.
42:05Thank you very much.
42:06Thanks.
42:07I'll get this.
42:08Are you sure?
42:08Yes, I would like to.
42:09I'd like to.
42:10You've been such a lovely company.
42:11Oh, that's really nice.
42:13Would you like to see each other again?
42:15Yes.
42:17Oh, my God, yes.
42:19Oh, okay.
42:20That was really worrying.
42:21I was going to get that pause.
42:22No, no, no.
42:23I was totally meant to be preparing for you to say no.
42:26Really nice guy, but no.
42:28And I was like, oh, okay.
42:30I mean, it's when we got a date selfie.
42:31It's like, my memories.
42:33Like one day, like, you get a little.
42:40Okay.
42:41I can tell you now.
42:42Yeah, obviously, I'm really attracted to you.
42:43Oh, thank you.
42:45I really like the fact that you are family-orientated.
42:48You're kind.
42:49You're thoughtful.
42:49I think that's great.
42:51Although I think they're underappreciated qualities.
42:53I think people should go for the nice guys.
42:56So you're nice girls.
42:57So nice guys and nice girls should be hanging out.
42:59Yeah, exactly.
43:04Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention?
43:06It's been an absolute pleasure to have you here today
43:10in the first day's restaurant.
43:12I have a very special treat now.
43:15When the snowman brings the snow, well he just might like to know, don't you lock the door, you know the sweet Santa Claus is on the way, well I wish it could be Christmas every day.
43:45When the kids start singing and the blanket keeps the flame, it was horrendous wasn't it?
43:53I can't wait, it's going to sleep.
43:56That sounds like an art bit.
43:59So let the birds ring out for Christmas, romance from memories, from memories of the dark, your life to know,
44:14I could get a train from York to Halifax.
44:19Yeah, that'd be great.
44:21We'll get rat-assed and see what happens.
44:23Stag around Halifax.
44:25What do you think would be good for a second date?
44:30There's no way to marry to start to stay, well I wish it could be Christmas.
44:37What do you think would be good for a second date?
44:44I wonder, could we, I don't know, a walk somewhere?
44:47That's exactly what I was thinking.
44:48Really?
44:49Oh, that's so nice.
44:50What do you think would be good for a second date?
44:55Oh, I wonder, could we, I don't know, a walk somewhere?
44:59I wonder, could we, that's exactly what I was thinking.
45:00Oh, that's so nice.
45:05I wish you all love and happiness. Merry Christmas.
45:24You look good to be friends.
45:29Yeah, we have discussed the name Fred, it's definitely on the maybe list.
45:32It's on the maybe list.
45:34Christmas by the baby, Christmas wild-human
45:35And those burning love, those those Christmas wild-human
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46:06Okay now how can we make Christmas feel even more Christmassy? Would Rick Astley on the last leg of Christmas do it?
46:13Here's hoping, here's here tomorrow from 10. Tencel on the telly next tonight with a Gogglebox festive special.
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