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00:01Take three couples
00:04Who love to entertain
00:05Ask each pair to throw a dinner party
00:10It's a thing to wake the taste buds up
00:12And get them to score each other in secret
00:16Oh Lord, it's too late to do it like that
00:20Today there's unbridled passion
00:22We got a tropical love thing going
00:25It's like just over the top really
00:27And understated love
00:29You can't touch him
00:30I was little 24-7
00:32We'd probably strangle each other
00:34As they all compete to win a £1,000 prize
00:37Oh my God, what have we stepped into?
00:47Today on Couples Come Dine With Me
00:49We're in Birmingham
00:50Recently revealed as the UK's fastest growing Valentine's destination
00:55And soaking up those romantic vibes are first hosts and married couple of 20 years, Helen and Lorne
01:02Lorne!
01:03Are you doing ballet or are you taking even?
01:06I think I'd probably...
01:08Where's ballet?
01:10Some of our friends said we are the least likely couple that they thought would get divorced because we couldn't
01:17be bothered
01:17Who said romance was dead?
01:20At least after two children and decades of married life they must know each other inside out
01:24She told me a few things that I should say just to be spontaneous
01:31She's um...
01:33Adventurous
01:35Stylish
01:37Clever
01:38Intelligent
01:39And beautiful
01:40How heartfelt
01:42How many?
01:43You can chop the onions and I am going to...
01:46How many?
01:49Do four actually because they were slightly smaller than I thought they were
01:52The onions are for tonight's main course of lamb shanks in dark ale with creamy potatoes and shredded sprouts
01:59I'll have a bite to be polite
02:03And if I don't like it
02:04You be polite? That'd be interesting
02:08Our second couple are engaged gym bunnies and loves young dream
02:12Well, according to them at least, Kieran and Anita
02:16We are shamelessly in love and we're not afraid to sell the world
02:21Aww
02:22It's not just your everyday puppy love where people go
02:25Oh yeah, we're in love, I love him, I love her
02:28It's like grown people love
02:30It's not just...
02:33We're a part of each other
02:34Exactly
02:37We've got a big thing about physical contact
02:40So we're always like holding on to each other and things like that
02:43And one thing is just like resting our cheeks together
02:46Oh yeah!
02:47Right
02:47We're not really very tactile, are we?
02:50No, not really
02:50Not in public, especially not in public
02:55Lorne mixes together those chopped onions with Worcestershire sauce and ketchup
02:59While Helen measures out the dark ale
03:01Unfortunately I'm not much of a barmaid
03:04The lamb shanks then go in along with vegetable stock
03:07And the pot is left to slow cook
03:09OK, I'm going to leave that for three hours now
03:11Next up for Helen and Lorne, their starter, celery and cashew soup
03:15I wouldn't usually order soup in the restaurant when I'm going out
03:19I never would order soup in the restaurant
03:20No
03:21But the fact is celery and cashew, I'm a bit intrigued
03:26The third and final couple are Rob and his Lithuanian beauty therapist wife, Agla
03:32Are you ready?
03:33I was born ready
03:34OK, good work
03:35Bring it on
03:35I am a bit more competitive
03:38I think, feeling more aggressive than the competitive to be
03:41Rob said, Rob said, well as long as we're going to have a nice time, you know, and enjoy
03:46I said, I don't care about nice time and enjoy, I want to win
03:48When it comes to Angla, Rob can't quite believe his luck
03:51We all had it when we were teenagers walking down the street thinking
03:56How's he pulled her?
03:58Absolute honour to be that guy now and people to think that about me, I love it
04:02Yes! That moment in life you need to cherish
04:10Back at Helen and Lorne's, it's all go with the soup
04:13We've gone for this recipe because we cooked it for some friends and they really enjoyed it
04:19So we thought we'd try again, it worked really well
04:23Lorne pours in vegetable stock to the chopped celery, then adds crushed cashew nuts
04:29It looks terrible because of the pasty cashew nuts, it's going to taste great
04:33If you're sure
04:37Can cashew make soup?
04:39Cashews, well you can just add them into the mix and stuff, can't you?
04:44Celery I'm not too keen on
04:46Celery cooked, it's blended to lose its stringiness
04:49Does it need more liquid?
04:51Oh, no!
04:53No, but it does need a lid
04:54Once blended, it's then passed through a sieve
04:57That looks like quite a job
04:58You just end up with a really, really smooth
05:01Hopefully, small amount
05:03That's a relief
05:05Soup done, just dessert to go
05:07Lorne's in charge of baking a lemon and lime tart
05:11Quite happy with lemon and lime
05:12No, it's citrus based
05:13Yeah
05:14It's very cleansing at the end of it, so if you go
05:16If it's not too heavy, maybe
05:18Yeah, if it follows well
05:19It's not a funny combination, it's just not
05:21Well, yes it is, it's too bitter stuff
05:26Like, what?
05:28Lorne starts by zesting and juicing lemons and limes
05:31While underling Helen beats some eggs
05:33Is that okay?
05:35No, quite a lot
05:38Because otherwise
05:39The white cooked
05:40The white cooked
05:41That's why if you want to do it
05:42I'm just...
05:45Eggs finally beaten to Lorne's satisfaction
05:48They're mixed in with the fruit juices, sugar and cream
05:57Good?
05:59Never in doubt
06:01Happy with the filling, it's poured into a pastry base Lorne made earlier
06:05And it's ready to bake
06:07Yep, pudding's done
06:09Food prepped
06:10Helen and Lorne freshen up in time to meet their first guests
06:14Lovebirds, Kieran and Anita
06:18Hello
06:18Hello, nice to meet you
06:20Do come in, I'm Helen
06:21Thank you, I'm Anita
06:22Hello Anita
06:23Hi, nice to meet you
06:24Hi Kieran, nice to meet you
06:26You go through
06:29Can I get you a drink?
06:31A hot drink please
06:32A hot drink, yeah, tea, coffee
06:33No, hot chocolate?
06:35Hot chocolate, yeah
06:36Thank you
06:37Interesting choice
06:38OK, erm, Anita and Kieran
06:41Yeah
06:41She wants a hot drink
06:43She'd like a hot, hmm?
06:44Hot chocolate?
06:45Hot chocolate
06:46That's left field, isn't it?
06:48It is
06:49This is Lorne
06:50Hi there
06:51Anita
06:51Kieran
06:52Hot chocolate
06:54Made with water, not milk
06:55I hope that's OK
06:56Hi there
06:57Nice to meet you
06:58Hi
06:59Oh
06:59Don't mind that hot chocolate
07:02Next to ring are Rob and Agla
07:07Hello
07:07Hello
07:08Come in
07:09Do come in
07:10Helen, hi
07:11Agla, nice to meet you
07:13Agla
07:13Yes
07:14Lovely to meet you
07:16You've travelled from far?
07:18It's not too far really
07:19How about you guys?
07:21A little bit of a travel
07:22Yeah, not too bad
07:23Yeah
07:24What's your accent?
07:25Lithuania
07:26Yeah
07:27Where the hell is that?
07:28Charming
07:30Coming up
07:31Looks like porridge
07:32Manners
07:33Straight talking
07:34I don't think Anita engages before she speaks
07:37And the language of love
07:39Normally we're always trying to be in contact with each other
07:41Pressing our faces against each other and things like this
07:44I think they're quite cheesy really
07:57It's night one in Birmingham and Helen and Lorne are the first couple to host a dinner party in the
08:03quest to win the thousand pound prize
08:04Cheers
08:05Cheers
08:05Cheers
08:07And while they check on their stutter Rob and Agla poke around upstairs
08:11Do I have stutter?
08:13It's a puppet
08:14Oh my god that's scary man, I don't want to
08:17It's like chucking
08:18I don't want to touch it
08:18I hear you're a beautician, can you help me?
08:22Don't do miracles, I'm sorry
08:25She's talking about the doll, of course
08:27What a child would look like
08:30Well, not with me, wouldn't
08:33Back in the kitchen, Lorne has come up with a natural way to dress up that beige starter
08:37Are you not going to put celery leaves on top, are you?
08:39Yeah, yeah
08:40No
08:41Just chopped up finely on top
08:42No
08:42No, because I think that would just make it taste really weird, we didn't do that before
08:46So they're going down the waste disposal?
08:48Yes
08:51There's a good boy
08:51See you
08:54Well, I just think if somebody doesn't like celery, that is what?
08:57Well, they've got celery soup
08:58I know, but he doesn't like celery, does it?
09:01For Christ's sake
09:01Yeah, but it's called celery
09:03Quit squabbling and just serve up celery and cashew soup
09:09Would anybody like butter with their rolls?
09:12Oh God, yes
09:12Yes, Lorne
09:14Please
09:14You know what I mean
09:16Manners
09:18I don't think Anita engages before she speaks
09:21And I think it's not to be rude or anything
09:24I think it's just to naturally say what she thinks
09:27Looks like porridge
09:30Hopefully it doesn't taste like porridge
09:32I was a bit slightly offended by that
09:34Because I do quite like porridge
09:35But I don't think I would, I don't think it looked like porridge
09:38I mean I love porridge
09:39That's good to know
09:40It basically is
09:42Celery
09:43Cashew nuts
09:45Salt
09:45That's pretty much it
09:46Salt
09:46Pepper
09:47It is quite simple
09:48I'd say there's a little bit too much salt
09:51For me
09:52It's just, you know, just a pinch of salt really
09:54So, because we don't eat a lot of salt at all
09:57So
09:57That was a big pinch
09:59Yeah
10:00Yeah
10:01I did enjoy it-ish
10:02But it was just too salty for me
10:05It tastes like salty peanut butter, if you want my honest opinion
10:08Hmm
10:10I thought it was alright
10:12You like salt
10:14I do like salt
10:15Perhaps we should just change the subject
10:18Let's guess what we do for living
10:19What we do for living
10:21Banker, maybe?
10:23No
10:23Teacher
10:24I wish
10:24No
10:25I think more my clues will give away really, wouldn't it?
10:27That's fine
10:28That's how you met me
10:29That's how you met me
10:29Yeah, so we met
10:31And we met each other
10:32Immigration
10:33Oh, that's controversial
10:36Trying to ban me
10:37Yeah
10:37From the controversy
10:38You said it's how you met him
10:39I charmed him
10:40And he married me now
10:41To be fair, I found it quite funny
10:45It didn't
10:46I wasn't offended by it
10:48Neither was I
10:49It made sense in my mind anyway
10:52No, it was
10:52No, I will agree
10:54It was
10:55That was a beautiful moment right there
10:59Well, we might as well tell them
11:00It's recruitment
11:02I don't work for him anymore
11:03So it's going to be different now
11:04Is he doing the boss now?
11:06I'll work for her
11:09I'll work for her
11:09Enough progress for you
11:12Rob and Angler
11:13They're quite nice, aren't they?
11:14I think they're fantastic
11:15Rob's funny
11:16I love them
11:16Yeah, I could imagine hanging out with them
11:19Things we do together
11:20Think
11:22Without giving it away, you see
11:23Michael Bolton impersonator
11:25Think fashion and photography
11:27And stuff like that
11:27That should give it away
11:28Ah, I think you models
11:30Models?
11:31Give it away
11:32Yeah, we both model
11:34But not just model
11:35We train models
11:36We organise fashion shows
11:40And things like that
11:41Impressed, Helen?
11:42I think
11:42Someone has to model balaclavas, don't they?
11:48He's got nice hands
11:50Moving swiftly on to the main course
11:53Smells really good
11:54Probably too thoughty though
11:56I hope it's not
11:59Oh, this is actually falling to bits
12:02This one, Lauren
12:02The meat's just been in
12:03It's been in too long
12:05It's been in a little bit long
12:06Well, you best serve it quickly then
12:08Lamb shanks with creamy potatoes
12:09And shredded sprouts
12:12What's this?
12:13Like, I know what that is
12:14But what's this?
12:15This is a combination of cheese and potato basically
12:19Very simple
12:20The lamb I loved
12:22I thought that was gorgeous, beautiful
12:23So tender
12:24Just falling off the bone
12:26Usually if I do a lamb
12:28I like to have, you know
12:30Like the bistro gravy on
12:31Not just within its own gravy
12:33So I found that a bit boring
12:35Lamb shank I thought
12:36It was falling off the bone
12:38But it was very bland
12:40There was no seasoning
12:41Didn't blow me away
12:42It was, I have had better
12:44So Helen and Lauren
12:46Can't seem to get their salt levels right
12:48But at least their long marriage is impressing
12:50We all want to know
12:51What's the key to a happy relationship?
12:53We do a lot of things sexually
12:55Our friends actually say
12:56We are the couple that are least likely to get divorced
12:59Because we just wouldn't be bothered
13:02We just
13:03I was just about to say
13:05Oh, that's nice
13:05Yeah, it's just
13:06In a way that's actually a compliment
13:08It's a good thing
13:09That we're actually, you know
13:11Really happy
13:11Instead of always arguing and saying
13:13That's it, divorce tomorrow
13:15Yeah, yeah
13:16They're a nice couple
13:17They are nice people
13:18But they need to find that spark again, you know
13:20No, you want to, you want to like
13:24Be matchmaker
13:25Next
13:27Normally we're always trying to be in contact with each other
13:30And things like that
13:31Pressing our faces against each other
13:33And things like this
13:34Yeah, it's a bit weird, isn't it?
13:35We're almost becoming one person
13:37We don't, we don't argue
13:39Do we?
13:40So how long have you been together?
13:42Four and a bit years
13:43Yeah
13:44I think they're quite cheesy, really
13:45It's like
13:46Just
13:47Over the top, really
13:48If I was this long, 24-7
13:50We'd probably strangle each other
13:52Because you can't
13:54You've got to have your own interests
13:55You've got to have your own life
13:57Even if that involves talking to a freaky-looking doll
14:01Oh, no
14:02Here we come
14:04He's just a little old friend
14:05And he sits upstairs
14:07When someone's walking past
14:08I sort of go
14:08I follow him like that
14:11And that, and that
14:13And then they sort of look
14:14And they go
14:14For me, I wouldn't like it to be known as the house that had Chucky
14:19And people knows it as Chucky's house
14:20I think that's a
14:21I find that a bit strange to myself, personally
14:23But, er
14:25Bye, Chucky
14:25Bye, Chucky
14:26Never wanted to see you again
14:27No
14:30Last up
14:31Dessert
14:32Oh, ow
14:34Come on
14:34Now, that was quite impressive
14:36A little bit of his face
14:37Lorne's lemon and lime tart
14:39With a splodge of ice cream
14:41Is it all homemade?
14:42The tart
14:43The pastry
14:44Everything?
14:44Yep, not the ice cream
14:45But everything else
14:46Yeah
14:46Okay
14:47Yep
14:48Lovely
14:49Not sure everyone agrees
14:52I didn't like it at all
14:53I didn't think so
14:54You left there
14:54No, erm
14:55All I could taste was the egg
14:57Egg
14:58I had
14:58For me, dessert was a pick of a bad bunch
15:01Yeah
15:01Compared to you for two
15:03I think that's why I liked it so much
15:04I actually really enjoyed it
15:06We were happy with the meal we cooked
15:08Yeah
15:08So, we couldn't have done it any differently
15:10Time to find out if maybe you should have
15:13Scores out of 20, please
15:14I really enjoyed the night
15:16It was a nice evening out, yeah
15:16Erm
15:17Probably more so from the company than anything else
15:20What score you want to go?
15:22Six out of ten
15:23Six out of ten
15:24Five out of ten
15:24Five out of ten
15:24Because I think the warm people
15:26The warm people
15:28Food wasn't exactly my sort of thing
15:30But it was a really enjoyable evening
15:31Ditto
15:32So, we're gonna give
15:34Fourteen
15:35Fourteen
15:36Hosting was good
15:37But food was quite bland
15:39So we're scoring
15:39Eleven
15:40Eleven
15:42So, Helen and Lorne fail to impress
15:44Scoring just 25 out of a possible 40
15:52It's day two
15:53And today it's the turn of tactile couple Kieran and Anita to host
15:56And unsurprisingly they're planning a night of passion and romance
16:01Our theme is chasing the miracle of love
16:04You know, it's very rare that you find that true love
16:09And we feel we've found it
16:10And we want to share with everyone else and help them look for it
16:13Oh, brace yourselves everyone
16:15Kieran and Anita might struggle in the kitchen
16:18If obviously they can't be further than six inches apart
16:20It might get a bit awkward sort of moving around the kitchen
16:25Well, hopefully they can pry themselves apart long enough to cook
16:28Starting with the main, Anita's Paradise Curry
16:32Which doesn't really tell you anything
16:35Other than the fact it is going to be a curry
16:39What type of sauce? I don't know
16:40It's gonna be some kind of special sauce
16:46Don't elaborate
16:48I often don't get a chance to cook, you know, Jamaican food
16:52So I thought I want to introduce the other guests to my world
16:56And the curry she's hoping to introduce to the others contains goat, she thinks
17:01That's mutton
17:02And what tastes so great about it is because it's a goat
17:07Pretty sure mutton comes from sheep, not goats
17:10Anita adds a marinade, including curry powder and hot sauce
17:13Then gets a helping hand to mix it all together
17:15Oh, look out
17:16Oh, I like the way you're doing that
17:17Ooh
17:18Ooh
17:20Hello
17:20Yeah, that's right, get it in there
17:22Oh, just leave him alone for a second
17:24Goat massaged and marinated, it's ready for the pan
17:28So that's looking really good
17:30I'm just gonna keep adding water to it until it cooks for the next three to four hours
17:34And while that's stewing, Kieran and Anita nip out to get ingredients for their starter
17:40Fruity beginnings
17:41I hope it's not fruit salad
17:44Um
17:47Beginnings, what would you think that could be?
17:52I'm scared
17:53Best cherries
17:54Best cherries, very sweet just like you dear
17:56I know right now
17:58How about the extra large kiwis, very firm
18:02Just like, um
18:05Anyway, um
18:06Has anyone got a bucket of cold water?
18:08If it was just a fruit salad then that would be, that would be a bit poor
18:11But I can't imagine it being that, surely not
18:13It's gotta be better than just a fruit salad
18:16Oh, I wouldn't bet on it, even that might be a stretch
18:18Back home, Kieran and Anita get to work preparing a fruit salad
18:23I guess it's not your typical dinner party starter
18:26But uh, it's uh, it's tasty, it's healthy
18:29Uh, it gets the taste buds tanging, ready for everything else
18:33And not only we are, we're cooking for them, we're looking out for their health as well
18:37Exactly
18:37See how thoughtful we are
18:39So thoughtful, in fact, they're also planning to give a lesson in love to one couple in particular
18:44Helen and Lorne as a couple, I think they're great as a couple, but I think there's something missing there
18:51Yeah, they just need to re-spark
18:53Yeah, they just need to re-spark
18:55And hopefully tonight we can help them to do that
18:58Get them chasing the miracle of love again
19:00Exactly
19:01You lucky people
19:04And for a final dollop of food love tonight, Kieran's making tart au fond plaisir
19:09Yeah, we'd like a bit of apple pie
19:12Yeah, I might just eat the pastry
19:14Too shy
19:16For the tart filling, Kieran slices apples and adds sugar
19:21That's four spoons of sugar
19:23We're not all as sweet as you, dear
19:26Ain't that the truth
19:27Oh
19:28The apples are then cooked, while Kieran rolls out homemade pastry
19:32That's more fruit as well
19:34Yeah
19:35So we've got, obviously, fruit at the start and then in the dessert
19:37So we're going to have to get a one to five a day today
19:40Apples softened, they're poured into the pastry case
19:43And the tart goes into the oven for half an hour
19:46While it bakes, Kieran and Anita spruce themselves up ready for the night ahead
19:51There's no competition
19:53Oh
19:53I'm very confident
19:54I think, yeah
19:56We'll see
19:57Yeah
19:59And clearly prepared for tonight's love fest are first guests Rob and Agla
20:05Hello
20:06Hello
20:07Come in, come in
20:10Hello
20:11Hello
20:11Welcome
20:13Nice to see you
20:14I'm great
20:14I'm great
20:15Loving the red
20:16Red seems to be the theme
20:19Yeah
20:19It's colouring love
20:24Last to arrive at the altar of love are sacrificial lambs Helen and Lorne
20:28Hello
20:30Hello
20:30Come in, welcome to our humble abode
20:33Thank you
20:33Rather you than me
20:34Lovebirds assembled, Kieran has an announcement to make
20:38We're all out there chasing miracles and love is probably the biggest miracle of all
20:42Ourselves we feel we've found true love between us, haven't we baby
20:47And we wish everyone else to find it so that is why we are chasing the miracle of love tonight
20:53Well good luck with that everyone
20:55Kieran's speech for me, I appreciate and I find it in love, it's just a little bit too much
21:01I do find it a little bit cheesy
21:03Aw, there he is
21:05And another one, coming up, touchy subjects
21:09Just be with each other, okay
21:12I'm not going to hold hands for somebody who wants me to hold hands
21:15And emotional moments
21:17It was too set up
21:18It's almost felt like it's going to be like a kumbaya moment
21:31It's night two and Kieran and Anita are hosting an evening dedicated to love and romance
21:37Cheers
21:38And while they sought out their fruity starter
21:41We got a tropical love thing going
21:43I know right
21:44The others grab the chance to escape them
21:46I mean inspect their host's modelling portfolio
21:50Can't see any family pictures
21:53No, they tend to look quite
21:55They look beautiful though
21:57Yeah, they just seem to be generally of them
22:02Which is, and we've got laser pictures in our house, but they're not mainly of us
22:06I mean look at his physique
22:08I won't mind having that myself to be fair
22:10But I want to know
22:11It's a little bit
22:12A little bit of self-indulgence, isn't it?
22:14Just a little bit
22:15A little bit
22:16I think so
22:17But to be fair if I had a six pack I'd have it out as well
22:20How do you feel about the nice feeling?
22:23Um, it's just a little bit too, um
22:28Icky, sticky, lovely
22:30Too much
22:30Yeah, it's a bit too much
22:33Just wait till you see the table
22:37Oh
22:38Oh, it's beautiful
22:39Oh
22:40Oh
22:40They've got heart-shaped napkins
22:42They've got heart-shaped placemats
22:44Heart-shaped chocolates
22:46Uh, rose petals
22:48Everything
22:48What are they missing?
22:50Place in your heart
22:53It's also missing some food
22:54Although I'm not sure they're gonna get much of that with this starter
22:57Fruity beginnings
22:58I know it's a little unorthodox
23:00Having fruit salad kind of thing as a starter
23:04But, uh, it's a thing to wake the taste buds up
23:07That's the thing
23:08And all it is is the fruit and the fruit juice
23:10And some specially sourced passion fruit
23:13Especially for the passionate evening
23:15Not sure they're feeling it yet, however you try and sell it, Kieran
23:17It was like a breakfast, not as a starter
23:21Not acceptable
23:22As far as I'm concerned, at all
23:25Even if you, you eat healthily
23:27Yeah, to say, to say that fruit
23:29And that's all you're allowed to eat
23:31That's just, that's just ridiculous
23:33Yeah
23:34It's just ridiculous
23:35Yeah, but just think you could get a six pack like Kieran
23:38So how much mumming do you guys do then?
23:41From time to time you might have seen a few, uh, things around
23:44A few
23:45A few
23:45Do the photos get touched up at all?
23:48Or do you actually have a six pack?
23:50Yeah, I most...
23:51Like I said, we might need the evidence
23:52Oh, he might tell you that
23:53I most certainly, yeah
23:54I'm not showing up my body
23:56I guess I do have a six pack
23:59It wouldn't surprise me if someone ends up saying
24:02They've got pictures of themselves everywhere
24:04They love themselves or something
24:06Why would they say that?
24:07I don't know, maybe he's aware of, you know, how big his ego is
24:12I'm sure he is
24:13But it's, it's overwhelming
24:16I do one sit-up a day
24:18That's good
24:18You get up in the morning and when you lie back down at night
24:21I would like to have a six pack
24:23Are you having the fridge?
24:28And it looks like Helen's not interested in the six pack diet, aye then?
24:32It could be a bit too much fruit to survive
24:35It doesn't really go with wine that well
24:38It's making the wine a little bit sweet
24:41So, sorry
24:42Helen seems very, um...
24:44Stand-off-ish today
24:47So I think that's what we've got to do
24:48We've got to, we've got to sort of work on her as it were
24:51Well, a good start would be giving her something she actually wants to eat
24:55So fingers crossed for your curry
24:57Shame you're not sure what's in it
24:59Mutton is goat
24:59Apparently somebody says it's not
25:04Mutton is sheep apparently
25:05Mutton, mutton in English is Latin
25:08Maybe in Birmingham
25:09Anyway, here it is
25:10Anita's paradise curry with rice and peas
25:14So, guys, is this mutton or goat?
25:17This is goat, but in the Caribbean
25:20They call it mutton in the Caribbean
25:22Yeah
25:22That's the confusing part, you see
25:24Ah, okay
25:25But mind you, we say this is rice and peas
25:27It's actually rice and kidney beans
25:29I was going to say that, actually, yeah
25:31So it's... so it's not... so...
25:34I always heard the phrase mutton dressed as lamb
25:38Well... but I never heard the phrase mutton dressed as goat
25:42So... what was it that I'm confused?
25:44What was it goat?
25:46I don't know
25:47Turns out it was goat
25:48I thought the main course was good
25:50The... the mutton
25:52Goat
25:52Mutton
25:53Was... was lovely
25:54The bit that I had
25:55The main course seems to have got Helen back on side
25:58Now to crank up the charm offensive
26:00What's the most... erm... romantic thing you've done for each... for each other?
26:05We don't really do demonstrative romance
26:08No, I'm not
26:09We're not
26:09We're not
26:10We're not
26:10Lawn's... doesn't buy flowers
26:13Erm... his mum was a flower
26:14She knows... you know, he knows how much they cost
26:16He hardly ever buys flowers
26:17I'm not that bothered
26:19Flowers die
26:19Flowers die
26:20You old romantics, you
26:22But at least they're managing to get Helen to open up
26:24When he actually proposed, I was in the bath
26:27I've had a really awful day at work
26:29And I was just lying there and he just like came and he sat by and he went
26:33And I went
26:34And I went
26:36So... no idea
26:37So I think Operation Helen went pretty well
26:40I think it went pretty well
26:41Yes, you know, we got her talking
26:43She was coming out of herself more
26:45She had... adding a lot to the conversation
26:47Yeah
26:48So all in all
26:49Successful, I think
26:50Yeah, maybe you've won her over
26:52Oh, hello
26:52What's this?
26:53Romantic serenading?
26:55Oh dear, this doesn't bode well
26:56Now, what I want everyone to do is to listen carefully to the lyrics and that
27:01And look at each other while we're singing
27:06Just... be... be with each other
27:09Okay?
27:11Would you be holding hands and be into each other?
27:14In the moment together
27:16No, come on
27:17Oh, do we have to?
27:18Yeah, put the wine down
27:19We're going to do it again
27:20I'll put my wine down
27:21Well, just do one, haven't we?
27:23You can, don't you?
27:24Come on, just get it over with
27:26Last first met there was something electric
27:30He's singing
27:30You caught my heart with your beautiful smile
27:34I tried to be cool, I wanted to be slick
27:37So I asked if we could just talk for a while
27:41Lorne and I do not do
27:43Not holding hands
27:44I'm not going to hold hands for somebody who wants me to hold hands
27:47I don't need to hold Lorne's hand
27:48Well then I found you
27:50You are holding it
27:51Go on keeping you here close to my heart
27:57When Anita started crying, that was their bubble
28:00And we were just looking in
28:02The whole thing should have been much more natural
28:04Instead of a set-up
28:06It was too set-up
28:08It's almost felt like it's going to be like a Kumbaya moment
28:14Has anyone got a tissue?
28:15I think all in all our theme, you know
28:18It's gone the way we wanted it to
28:22Maybe the people that we really wanted to affect
28:25We didn't really, they kind of rebelled
28:28Not so much Lorne, but Helen particularly
28:32Maybe you should just concentrate on dessert instead
28:35Smells really good
28:36The last course is a slice of love pie
28:39With a fancy French name
28:42Can I hear the pronunciation as it was on the menu?
28:47It is
28:48Tarte aux pommes plaisir
28:49Okay
28:50Which is just French for apple pie delight
28:54So why have you gone for French influence?
28:58Because it's love
28:59French signifies love, you see
29:02That's nice
29:03Pretty soggy love by the look of it
29:05So yeah, after all this dessert
29:08Have you still kept your six pack?
29:10We need evidence
29:12Just need to see it's real
29:15It didn't take much persuading
29:17Let's see
29:17I just hope I didn't bloat out too much
29:20Yeah, that's rubbish
29:21You should see mine
29:22Happy?
29:23A little clap?
29:24That's what I say
29:28Let's go home darling
29:31I did think his photos were touched up
29:35Clearly they weren't
29:36So Kieran proved that's real photos
29:42I've got a six pack in the fridge
29:44Stop nicking your wife's jokes
29:45The apple pie was okay
29:47But I never have single cream on anything
29:49Because I just don't like single cream
29:51So the fact that it was
29:53Single cream being poured over
29:54It basically ruined the dessert for me
29:57Apple puree I actually quite enjoyed
29:59I didn't like the pastry for me
30:01It was too thick and chewy
30:03It was quite chewy for me
30:05Not a lot we would have changed
30:07So just fingers crossed
30:08We get some good scores
30:10You might need more than crossed fingers
30:13We've got twenty points
30:14So let's divide it up into intersections
30:16We've got four points for the
30:19Oh lord, it's too late to do it like that
30:22She's not wrong
30:24I'll give a thirteen
30:28Myself
30:29To be fair
30:30I think it was the same equal nights
30:33Only the love thing for me
30:35So I would give them twelve
30:37The food I thought was a little bit basic
30:39The love thing was completely over the top
30:42So tonight we're going to give them a twelve
30:45Tonight we're going to score Kieran and Anita a twelve
30:50So the power of Kieran and Anita's love
30:53Fails to win over hearts and minds
30:55Earning them just twenty-four points
30:57Not that they seem particularly bothered
31:00This is slightly awkward
31:07It's the final day in Birmingham
31:09And today's hosts Rob and Agla
31:12Are still feeling the after effects of last night
31:16Anita and Karen just pushed this love thing way too much
31:19I think Helen and Lauren were a little bit uncomfortable
31:23A little bit?
31:24Yeah, it was as I suspected it might be
31:28But it was even more intense than I would have imagined
31:32I think it would be nice not to have to have any love instruction tonight
31:35Well you're in luck
31:37A confident Agla plans to let the grub do the talking
31:40I definitely think Lithuanian food can win
31:43Especially judging on what we had so far
31:45We're going to try to introduce them into different type of foods
31:49Maybe more sophisticated type of menu
31:52I don't think I've ever had Lithuanian
31:55Don't even know what Lithuanian foods are
31:59Well try this for size then
32:00Tonight's starter is Grasinos Vista
32:03Or stuffed chicken legs with salad
32:06That's my kind of thing
32:08Chicken and salad
32:10That's exactly my kind of thing that is
32:12Where you put the stuffing in a chicken leg
32:15Unless you have it
32:17Take the bone out
32:18Yep, that's exactly right
32:20And Agla's in charge
32:22Rob, I'm going to take skins off
32:24What I need you to do
32:25You're going to separate the meat from the bone
32:28So just get rid of the bone
32:29Okay
32:30Basically, yeah?
32:31I think Agla might well be the boss in the kitchen
32:33Yeah, I can imagine her doing the cooking
32:36Telling Rob, do that and do that and do that
32:39Have you used one of those before, darling?
32:41I haven't, no
32:42You haven't?
32:42I didn't know we had it
32:45Having become acquainted with the mincer
32:47Rob gets to work on the chicken while Agla grates carrots
32:50This is hard work
32:52Should have gone for soup
32:54Yeah, I know
32:55Or just fruit
32:58In a bowl
32:59Ooh, now, now
33:00The carrots go into the minced chicken
33:03Along with chopped dates
33:04They add a little bit more colour
33:06And also a little bit sweetness
33:08The mix is then stuffed back into the chicken skins
33:12I think you can start stuffing as well
33:15I'd rather not get involved with it
33:18He doesn't dare
33:19The stuffed chicken legs then go into the oven
33:21And they'll actually be served cold
33:25So now it's your turn, darling
33:27Rob's going to be overseeing dessert
33:29Chocolate fruit bowls with jellied oranges
33:32I don't think orange and chocolate goes well together
33:35For me
33:35I don't actually
33:36I know, I know
33:37I know what you mean
33:38I see that
33:39I'm not a big chocolate orange fan
33:41But it's still
33:41I bet it's still going to be nice
33:43Maybe the bowl is actually made of chocolate
33:45They might be doing a little mould
33:49Hello, what's going on here?
33:51Well done
33:52This isn't the time for messing about
33:54You try that one
33:55I can't do it
33:56So once we blow up the balloons
33:58We're going to dip it into milk chocolate
34:01Right at the bottom of the balloon
34:03To create that bowl shape
34:05Ah, clever
34:07Balloons finely inflated
34:08Rob melts milk chocolate and gets dipping
34:14Oh...
34:14Moment of truth
34:20Yeah, don't squeeze it
34:21Yeah
34:22Perfect
34:22Well done, darling
34:24My turn
34:24While the chocolate-coated balloons are left to set
34:27It's on to the jellied oranges
34:28Rob makes the jelly by warming together pomegranate juice, gelatin and mango coulee
34:34It's more the case of
34:35I've done this, but if it doesn't set then it's...
34:37Your responsibility
34:38Yeah
34:41Well, here goes
34:43Looking well
34:44Hopefully it sets
34:45Just...
34:46Yeah
34:47Last time it didn't set so ruined it
34:49No pressure then, eh, Rob?
34:51Jelly setting
34:52Hopefully it's only the main course to go
34:55Pan-fried sea bass with dauphinoise potatoes
34:58As long as it's that dauphinoise isn't cheesy stuff
35:01Because I don't like cheesy potatoes
35:02Sea bass is fish
35:03That's what I'm saying
35:05Okay
35:05It's a fish
35:07I might enjoy that
35:08I don't like the taste of fish
35:10I don't like quite a lot of the texture of some of the slimier things
35:14And I don't eat anything from the sea
35:15No, I will try it
35:17I'll definitely try it
35:18How very noble of you
35:20After a check for bones
35:22It's job done in the kitchen
35:23As the fish won't be cooked until just before serving
35:25Everything is ruined
35:27This morning
35:29It's time to get ready
35:31Wow, Rob's Lithuanians good
35:34After a quick change of clothes
35:36It's time to greet their first guests
35:38Hoping for a night out of the spotlight
35:40It's Helen and Lorne
35:42Oh!
35:43Come on in
35:44Thank you
35:46Thank you
35:50Kieran and Anita probably won't have any champagne
35:52But we'll love her
35:54I've got hot chocolate
35:56Oh, yeah
35:58And talking of Anita, here she is
36:02Ah, in sync as ever
36:04With her beau Kieran
36:06Hello!
36:07Hello!
36:07Come on in
36:08How are you?
36:09Nice to see you again
36:14Cheers guys
36:15Cheers
36:16Good evening
36:18God, I always have to be the odd one
36:19Yes
36:21I have noticed
36:22I think we all have
36:23Coming up
36:24If I sense that there's a couple who are not happy
36:28Then it plays on my mind
36:30Anita gets anxious
36:31She was worried that we were going through some sort of divorce, I think
36:37Agla's dreams are deflated
36:38It would have been such a perfect dessert
36:41And the winners are revealed
36:43Woo!
36:56It's the last night of the couples competition in Birmingham
36:59And Rob and Agla are the third and final pair to host
37:02They're banking on a night of Anglo-Lithuanian fare to see them win the £1,000
37:06For the final nine
37:08And after a traditional Baltic greeting ceremony
37:15You could be Lithuanian
37:17Rob and Agla get the starter ready
37:19Looking good
37:21Just need to slice it
37:23While Helen and Lorne sneak off to get a snapshot of Agla's homeland
37:27So do you think that's their house?
37:30Do you think?
37:31Well, it is really
37:33I mean it is a little bit like
37:35We've got a shed at the bottom of the garden that looks very similar to that
37:41It's just like something out of the 1950s
37:44Yeah, yeah
37:45And this is something out of the 1850s
37:48Well it is, isn't it?
37:50Back downstairs, the first course is ready, nearly
37:56It's called by error
37:58That's my hair
38:00One job, love
38:02Hair plucked, it's good to go
38:04Grasinos Vista
38:05More stuffed chicken legs
38:07It stands for
38:09Grasina is my auntie's name
38:11And Vista is chicken
38:13So, and I obviously got a recipe from my auntie
38:16So we'll call this Grasinos Vista
38:18For our first sort of taste of Lithuanian food
38:21And possibly only ever
38:22Lithuanian food
38:24That was good
38:25It was unusual, maybe more complex than I had imagined
38:29Chicken and salad is, yeah, that's kind of my favourite stuff
38:34Basically, that and fruit
38:36So yeah, big hit with me
38:38That was very good
38:39I feel very happy of introducing a little bit something of Lithuanian to them
38:46And I think they seem to enjoy it as well
38:48So yeah, I'm very proud
38:51Having enjoyed a first taste of Lithuania, Helen wants to find out more about Agla's childhood home
38:56We imagine, like, there might be a small holding attached with, like, goat's chicken
39:00Yeah?
39:01Yeah?
39:01You spot on, though
39:03You have been to Lithuanian
39:06No running water
39:07Oh, wow
39:08So what do you do, is it well or stream?
39:12You have got some water from that, well?
39:14Yeah, I mean, I remember the first time I went her
39:17That really got me into understand Agla a lot, lot more
39:20She left there at 18 and had no running water
39:23And even now, when they go back, you know, they go to the well to get the water
39:28It's something...
39:30Yeah, it's not...
39:31That just doesn't happen in this country
39:34I remember it was in the summer and I went for the swim in this lake
39:37And for me, it was quite strange in my head
39:40I'll always remember someone saying this
39:42Your dad was there as well with a bar of soap washing
39:45That was fun
39:48He's brilliant, honestly
39:50I think Agla, she always kind of portrays a strong person and what have you
39:57Hearing about how she grew up and things like that, it all kind of makes sense
40:02So far so good for Rob and Agla, now for that tricky sea bass mane
40:06What's that point?
40:08We know the lawn isn't a big fish fan
40:11I hope it'll try it
40:14After pan frying for 10 minutes, the sea bass is ready to serve
40:17Along with dauphinoise potatoes, beetroot and a creamy white wine sauce
40:22Sorry, I know, what's the Udalline fish do?
40:26I don't need to, I'm going to go
40:27I'm going to try it
40:28Have a try, thank you
40:29I'd eat fish every day
40:31Exactly, I would, but the Udalline doesn't eat it
40:35Exactly
40:37The texture of the fish was brilliant
40:40It was very lovely and the white sauce, that was...
40:45Beautiful
40:47And even Lorne is daring to give it a go
40:49He's actually eating a little bit of that
40:51Which is...
40:51A little bit, I think, you know
40:52They'll do well, actually
40:55So...
40:56I'm going through a little bit of a thing at the moment, I can't actually taste very much
40:59Well, that's handy
41:00Yeah, I do have a problem with taste buds
41:04It sort of comes and goes
41:06Had it gone tonight?
41:08It didn't taste of anything
41:11So it was fine to eat
41:14I'm not sure that's a compliment to the chef
41:15But yeah
41:17The fish went down really well
41:19Because we were worried about Lorne beforehand
41:21And it wasn't a problem at all
41:25There's one problem sorted, but Anita's still got issues of her own
41:29If I sense that there's a couple who are not happy
41:33Then it plays on my mind
41:36And on our night, you know, I wanted us...
41:39You know, Cuman was singing to me and I didn't want you guys to feel left out
41:42I wanted you guys to be holding hands looking at each other
41:45Because that would be sort of your moment
41:48Yeah
41:48To be in each other's bubble
41:50But you refused to hold hands
41:53We did hold hands in the end, but it's a little bit forced
41:56A little bit forced, a little bit awkward, a little bit evangelical
42:02You are going to hold his hand, isn't you?
42:05Brusting the love onto you
42:07She, bizarrely, for me, was worried that we were going through some sort of divorce, I think
42:15Because we don't do this
42:16And she was saying, you know, we wanted to try and make an ambience for you
42:20But unfortunately they didn't realise that the ambience they were creating was actually
42:25Just making us just go, oh my God, what have we stepped into?
42:29I felt like there was something wrong there and I needed to fix that
42:33It didn't need to fix, yeah, if it ain't broke, don't fix it
42:38It was actually quite sweet talking to her and finding out that, you know, she was actually trying to do
42:44something
42:45That she thought would help, because I mean, she thinks we need to relate
42:49What were your thoughts on these guys when they turned out?
42:53How did they pull her?
42:56No, we're still thinking that
42:58When people turn around and they go, how do you guys meet?
43:02We always used to say as a joke, Russianwives.com
43:06And no-one ever questioned it
43:09No-one
43:10We had a little laugh about Rob boxing above his weight
43:14And I think he has done very well for himself there
43:17Rob probably gets told that all the time
43:20Not really, no, I'm handsome
43:23It took me by surprise, I thought I'd laugh it off
43:25It upset me, really
43:27Oh, right, sorry
43:29Last up is dessert and having sliced up the jellied oranges
43:33Well, this set really well
43:35It's alright, eh? Yeah, orange and jelly
43:37The final challenge is the chocolate bowls
43:41Oh, that doesn't look right
43:42Oh, man
43:45I'm gutted, it's actually melted, so it would have been such a perfect dessert
43:51And it was all going so well
43:52Having tried to cover up the damage with eat and miss
43:55Rob and Agla's chances of winning the £1,000 are still looking somewhat shrivelled
43:59I hope they will appreciate the effort and realise what it should have been looked like
44:03Yeah
44:04Well, I reckon you just about get the idea
44:06Chocolate fruit plate, sorry, bowl with jellied oranges
44:10First to say the chocolate bowls actually should have looked a bit better
44:15I don't think you'd expect a perfect bowl made of chocolate
44:18Well, that's very understanding
44:21Food and then eating the plate
44:24Ooh, dessert
44:25Ooh, that was just my kind of thing
44:28Now, there was fruit, healthy, yes
44:30But with the added sweetness of the chocolate itself
44:34Oh, I love chocolate
44:37I think the fact that it was more of an eating mess rather than just fruit in it
44:40So there's a bit of effort going into there
44:41So you've got that whole made bowl
44:43So there was a lot of work going on
44:45Yeah, it wasn't just a...
44:46A bowl of fruit
44:48Went down better than what I expected
44:51Because obviously it has gone wrong
44:53But they enjoyed it much more than we expected
44:55Yeah
44:56Cheers, it's been lovely
44:58I think it's risky to say, but if I may
45:02You're looking at the winners?
45:03Yeah
45:04Confident, eh?
45:05Time to find out if all that bravado is justified
45:08They need 26 points to grab the grand from Helen and Lorne
45:11I would have thought eight or nine, in fairness, to be honest
45:15I don't know if I'm being a bit mean with an eight
45:1817, 18, I would have thought
45:19I'd go pretty high, eight or nine, because I thought it was a fantastic night
45:23In general, the whole night, I would say eight
45:26It would be 16 or 17 or 20
45:29Yeah
45:29Which one are we going for?
45:31Tonight we're going to give Rob and Agla 18
45:3418
45:35After a little debate, we're going to give Agla and Rob 17
45:40The scoring is done in secret, and it's up to tonight's hosts to announce the winners
45:46Ooooooh!
45:48Ooooooh!
45:50Ooooooh!
45:51So, in third place
45:55Kieran and Anita
45:57Congratulations, guys
46:02Second place, Lorne and Helen
46:04First place, Rob and Agla
46:07Ooooooh!
46:11To good friends
46:12Yeah
46:16That's amazing
46:17Absolutely amazing
46:18It's absolutely brilliant
46:19Yeah, it is, isn't it?
46:21Yeah, no, they did, they did a really amazing meal
46:24Overall, the right person won
46:25We may not have won, but we've still got each other
46:29Yeah, we've already won
46:31Mm-hmm
46:33And off they go again
46:35I hope you're watching Helen and Lorne
46:37I do not
46:38I'm sorry
46:40Oh, well, at least he tried
46:42Cheers, guys
46:43For more on Come Down With Me
46:45Head to the Channel 4 website
46:46On the wings of love
46:48Up and above the clouds
46:51The only way to fly
46:56Is on the wings of love
47:00On the wings of love
47:02Only the two of us
47:05Together flying high
47:10Flying high upon the wings of love
47:14Farás
47:14Grazie un bacio
47:14I don't know
47:14Or even though
47:15My imagination
47:15Is off