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00:00This is the first dates restaurant
00:02Ooh la la la femme fatale
00:04A place where eyes meet
00:06I believe I have a date here waiting for me
00:08Stars align
00:10How do you do? I'm Mr. Ransom
00:13And Cupid's arrow often hits its mark
00:16I was having a little moment then
00:21Didn't you marry the last girl you dated on TV?
00:24Yeah, well
00:26Tonight, four celebrity diners will walk through these doors
00:30What is your name please? Brad
00:32Do you know what you're looking for?
00:34Well a man
00:36For a real blind date with an unsuspecting civilian
00:40You'll never guess who I want to date with right now
00:42Brad from The Vamps
00:44I am thrilled that you have no idea who I am
00:48Some will crash and burn
00:52You're actually bleeding
00:53I'm actually bleeding as well
00:55Others are about to strike it lucky
00:57I've never ever been on a date like this before
01:02They've been meticulously matched
01:05I love aliens
01:06Oh yeah, well I'm an alien
01:07Based upon their likes and dislikes
01:10I'm alright with white liquors
01:12With what?
01:13White liquors
01:13I thought you said white knickers
01:15What happens next is down to them
01:18He was doing so well up to them
01:21The saying goes there's someone out there for all of us
01:26These VIPs are all hoping that it's true
01:31That's that girl from Aiden Chelsea
01:33Well, she's fair
01:35Get back, she's mine
01:37I'll fight ya
01:49Sometimes we can look at our idols
01:51And think that they are superhuman
01:53All of the fame
01:54All of the adoration
01:55All of the finer things in life
01:57You're blue and you don't know where to go to
02:00Why don't you go where Harlem flits
02:03Hood and other reds
02:05I think we look up to celebrities
02:06Because their lifestyle looks so fascinating
02:09That you think, oh, I want a piece of that
02:10They've got everything you want, basically
02:13So it appears
02:14I'm sorry to interrupt you today
02:16But I've been dying to ask
02:17Did I miss anything good on Friday?
02:19We think that they have it all
02:21That they are out of this world
02:22But strip all that away
02:24And they are just like you and me
02:25I've got plenty of people to do something with
02:28But nobody to do nothing with
02:30The one thing that makes us all feel truly superhuman
02:33Is love
02:35He's so sweet, though
02:36He's a Forrest Gump
02:37He's a real-life Forrest Gump
02:43Hi
02:45So you excited about the whole thing?
02:48Absolutely terrified
02:49A box of samples went flying
02:52And so did her stepler
02:53He kissed her again
02:54There was less control this time
02:56He plunged his tongue into her mouth
02:59His breath hard on her cheek
03:01He eased her backwards onto the table
03:03And rested over her
03:05Oof
03:05Crikey
03:14Jessica from Essex
03:15Has over one and a half million followers on Twitter
03:20How are you?
03:21Hello
03:21Good afternoon
03:22How are you?
03:23All do better for seeing you
03:24A lot of people know what Tau is
03:27Even if they don't watch it
03:28It's mad
03:28It became like a crazy phenomenon
03:30It was like spray tans
03:32And for jazzles on the first episode
03:34Take your clothes?
03:35Yes, please
03:36Thank you
03:36In front of the viewer's eyes
03:38I fell in love, if you like
03:40And got into a relationship
03:41I've moved on
03:42I'm trying to move on
03:43You clearly haven't, Rick
03:44You're bitter
03:45You got dumped
03:46Get over it
03:47The old clips
03:48I get so cringed out
03:49And I'm like, oh no
03:50That's how I ended it
03:51And the amount of tweets
03:53When, like, that happened and stuff
03:54It was just crazy
03:55People cared so much
03:57Because that was real life
03:58They saw us get together on that show
03:59And they saw us split up on that show
04:01There you are
04:02Whereas now
04:02I've had a year of dating
04:04But none of them were
04:06The ones that I wanted to settle down with
04:08Maybe I should be more
04:11Optimistic
04:12I was reading part of your book
04:13Did you like it?
04:14Quite saucy
04:15I know
04:16It's slightly erotic
04:17But it's more like
04:17It's fiction
04:18It's very sort of girly
04:19But a lot of it
04:20Isn't based on me
04:21But it kind of is as well
04:22So
04:22Well, listen
04:23Good luck
04:24Thank you
04:25Enjoy
04:25So nervous
04:28Who is going to walk through that door?
04:31I always worry
04:32That when I meet someone
04:33They've watched Towie
04:34And they have a certain perception of me
04:36I hate it
04:37Because I think
04:38You know what I'm like
04:39You know what I like
04:40And what I don't like
04:40Whereas with them
04:41I haven't got a clue
04:42Deep breath
04:43You'll be fine
04:45Thank you very much
04:49Unknowingly about to date
04:50Our finest Essex girl
04:52Is personal trainer to the stars
04:55Tom
04:55I mostly train celebrities
04:58You know
04:58I was working at a gym in New York
05:00And if that person comes
05:01And they've got a movie role
05:02And they're going to be in an action film
05:04Obviously they want to look good on
05:05You know
05:06If they're taking their shirt off on camera
05:08How are you?
05:09I'm good
05:09What's your name?
05:10Tom
05:10Tom
05:12After 10 years in America
05:14I came back for
05:16Mainly family and friends
05:18But also
05:19I've been single for quite a long time
05:20I don't feel like I've met someone
05:22That I've wanted to be
05:24Like off the market for
05:26Hello
05:26How are you?
05:28Nice to meet you
05:29Nice to meet you too
05:31I'm Jessica
05:31Nice to meet you
05:32You alright?
05:33Yeah, I'm good
05:33Are you nervous?
05:35I hate this sort of thing
05:36What, just first dates and dinner?
05:37Yeah, I hate it
05:38We don't know anything about each other
05:39I don't, yeah
05:40So how old are you?
05:41Like, where are you from?
05:42Oh, are you?
05:50Mm-hmm
05:50It sort of took off for me in a big way
05:52Because I got a job in a really nice gym
05:54It's really high-end
05:55It was, like, full of celebrities
05:56And I just walked in
05:57And they were like
05:58Oh, you know
05:59Like, here's Cameron D
06:00That's like
06:00Oh, really?
06:01Did you show me Cameron?
06:02Mm-hmm
06:03She's amazing
06:03You look lovely, by the way
06:04Thank you
06:05Thanks
06:07My ideal man would be
06:09Obviously, like, quite handsome
06:11Um, taller than me
06:12Someone with a really good sense of humour
06:14That can make me laugh
06:14Cheers
06:15That's a big bit
06:16Big old pie
06:17It is, isn't it?
06:17It's inside my head
06:19And, yeah, I think I'd rather meet someone who doesn't know me at all
06:22Because then it's, like, completely real from the off-go
06:25And they, like, they know nothing about me
06:27I know nothing about them
06:29What do you do?
06:30I was on a TV show in the UK
06:33Um, I left that at the end of last year
06:35I've got to ask which one it is
06:36Because I might not even know it
06:37Because I've, I've been, like, out of the loop
06:39When did you get back to England?
06:40October, last year
06:41Oh, okay
06:42So it's called The Only Way is Essex
06:44Oh, okay
06:44I've heard of it
06:45Yeah, you probably would have heard of it
06:46Yeah
06:47I haven't actually watched it, though
06:51Can I take you through?
06:52Yes
06:52Oh, yeah
07:01Thank you very much
07:02It's the teeth
07:03That's, as soon as you know
07:04As soon as you see the teeth
07:05That, like, brighter than their shirt
07:06You know that they're
07:07They're, they're, they're as someone
07:08It's cute, isn't it?
07:10Yeah, it's quite nice, yeah
07:11Thank you very much
07:12Lovely
07:12Thank you
07:14Are you, do you watch Taui?
07:15No
07:16Okay, this girl's Taui
07:18Like, sitting on the table behind us
07:19No, not that one
07:21The one behind you
07:24I don't want to make it too obvious, like
07:26That wasn't obvious
07:27That wasn't obvious
07:28Thank you
07:29I kind of want something like a margarita
07:32Or something
07:32Tequila
07:33You're gonna be drunk
07:34I'm all right with white, with white liquors
07:38With what?
07:40White liquors
07:40What you said, white knickers?
07:42LAUGHTER
07:45Oh, man
07:46Yeah
07:49Hey, how you doing?
07:53LAUGHTER
07:55Making the short hop from Walford
07:57Is EastEnders resident rogue, Richard
08:00Out of the bowl
08:01Wow, this guy's got an attitude
08:03That boy has, um, slept with my sister
08:06And, um, basically just dumped her
08:09LAUGHTER
08:10I've got to get back to the car
08:11Let me tell you twice
08:15EastEnders, on a bad night, gets 7 million viewers
08:17Like, once you do EastEnders
08:20The next big thing after that
08:23Can only be Hollywood
08:26How are you?
08:26I'm fine
08:27He may be a comedian
08:29But for Richard, finding love is no laughing matter
08:33Richard, you're the first arrived
08:34OK
08:34Do you want to drink in a bar?
08:36Uh, yeah, why not
08:37Yeah, yeah, yeah
08:37The reason why I'm single is because I'm
08:39And it sounds really cheesy to say this
08:41But I know, I don't settle
08:43I'm telling you
08:44There are people right now in relationships
08:46That are sitting with their partners
08:48That look at each other
08:49And do not even like it
08:51LAUGHTER
08:52Sitting and going
08:53I just want to murder you
08:55Thank you
08:56But they're comfortable
09:02I like a woman that looks exotic
09:05I mean, if we can get that D
09:10Could she be Brazilian?
09:11Could she be, you know
09:13What is she?
09:15I know you guys can deliver some stretching
09:17Putting it out there
09:18Type in exotic and see what comes up
09:20LAUGHTER
09:22How are you?
09:23You look so chilled
09:24It's the way you're walking
09:25You're just gliding
09:26LAUGHTER
09:28I like that
09:31Do you want me to take anything for you?
09:33Uh, yes, it's just my jacket
09:34Thank you
09:35Richard's date Diana
09:36Diana also knows what she's looking for
09:39Number one
09:40Tool
09:42Just like really comfortable with themselves
09:45And open-minded
09:46Great chat
09:48Ambitious
09:49Can't bear boring people
09:51Cheeky, funny
09:52They need to have decent shoes as well
09:55Hot
09:56LAUGHTER
10:00That is a key one
10:01HE LAUGHS
10:02HE LAUGHS
10:02HE LAUGHS
10:03HE LAUGHS
10:03HE LAUGHS
10:04HE LAUGHS
10:04HE LAUGHS
10:04HE LAUGHS
10:05How are you?
10:06Nice to meet you
10:06Nice to meet you
10:06Nice to meet you
10:07Pleasure to meet you
10:11Would you like a drink, darling?
10:12I would love a drink
10:12What would you like?
10:13Do you know what?
10:14I might just have a glass of Prosecco, actually
10:15Oh, for a second?
10:16Coming up
10:16Yeah, thank you
10:17See, now I'm gonna do a cocktail
10:19See, I'm not really a drinker
10:20But I don't mind sweet cocktails
10:24Oh, right on
10:24Like, I don't know
10:26Pina colada, is that what you're gonna go for?
10:28HE LAUGHS
10:30HE LAUGHS
10:30No, wait, no, hold on
10:31Did you see the look?
10:32HE LAUGHS
10:33Pina colada, is that what you're gonna do?
10:35HE LAUGHS
10:35Like, we're gonna do strawberry daiquiri instead
10:37Is that right?
10:37Is that in the same lane as pina colada?
10:39You're gonna go for strawberry daiquiri?
10:40Rah, cold
10:42I'm gonna, I'm gonna, no, I'm gonna stand my ground up
10:44Yeah, you go for that
10:45Yeah, and can I not have it
10:47In that glass
10:48HE LAUGHS
10:49God, what are you getting destroyed right now?
10:51HE LAUGHS
10:51HE LAUGHS
10:53What do you do?
10:54Er, so, I work in, well, I work in PR
10:57Are you freelance?
10:58Yeah, freelance
10:59Um, but I'm also, uh, qualified personal trainer
11:03So starting to kind of do some more, um, fitness stuff
11:07Hold on
11:09Look at that
11:10That is, oh, I don't want to boast now
11:12No, no, no, no
11:13No, I don't really
11:13This is a manly drink, isn't it?
11:15HE LAUGHS
11:16HE LAUGHS
11:16He didn't actually say it was a manly drink
11:18I also a manly drink after that got destroyed
11:20So sorry, would you like to follow me?
11:22Oh, yeah, sorry
11:22Thank you, yeah, we'll come straight
11:28There you go, thank you very much
11:30Lovely, thank you
11:31Thanks
11:35What is TOWIE?
11:38What does it stand for?
11:39The only way is Essex
11:40The only way is Essex, right
11:43Have you ever seen, like, the forjazzle?
11:45It's basically, like, um, little gems
11:48Yeah
11:50You would get put on your lady area to make it look pretty
11:55Have you been forjazzle?
11:57Have you been forjazzled?
11:57Me personally, no, never
11:58Have you?
12:00No
12:01No, I haven't
12:05So you're happy to be, like, off the television?
12:09I turned 30, like, last year
12:11And I was like, no, it's just too much
12:13So I had a relationship on the show
12:15Wow
12:16It was horrendous
12:17Was it tough?
12:18Horrendous
12:18Like, he asked me out on camera
12:20And then six months later I looked back
12:22And I was like, I'm in a relationship with someone
12:25Do you know what I mean?
12:27It was really hard
12:28And at times, you know, it was, yeah, it was difficult
12:30But it was what I signed up for
12:32It was what I was, you know, it was my job in a way
12:34And I didn't mean to fall into a relationship with someone on that show
12:37But I did
12:37You don't want to let something like that define you
12:40As, like, the person that you are, I suppose
12:41Absolutely
12:43Completely
12:44The person that was on telly and had that relationship
12:47Is a completely different person to who I am now
12:49I mean, she was weak
12:50She was vulnerable
12:52She didn't know who she was
12:53I feel like now I've got the absolute ability to be like
12:58No, you're not right for me
13:00Not gonna happen
13:02I hate personal trainers
13:04Because they really scare me
13:05I've got a trainer and, like, when she pushes me hard
13:07Like, I'll literally look at her, like, the look of death
13:09Does she shout at you?
13:12No
13:12Do you shout?
13:14If I need to
13:15Really?
13:16Did you shout at Cameron Diaz?
13:17Yeah, like, not in a rude way
13:19More so in, like, a way that I'd say
13:20Sort your shit out
13:23You must be a really good trainer
13:28I think so
13:32I can't get enough of this mac and cheese
13:34Sorry
13:36So what clients do you have?
13:37Tell me
13:38Cameron Diaz
13:39Cameron Diaz
13:41Yeah, and I worked with, um, Jim Carrey
13:44Which was amazing
13:45Oh my god, really?
13:46But he's mad as a hat
13:47I think he's, like, bipolar or something
13:49That would kind of make sense, to be fair
13:51I think a lot of comedians, like, Robin Williams, as well
13:54We'll see you, Viola, Viola
14:00Hi
14:01Guess what?
14:02Diet is going to have
14:02Is it actually for him?
14:04Oh my god, no, no, no
14:04I'm not going to have that
14:05Oh, you're not going to have this?
14:09No
14:13I think I'd be a rose camp
14:14I'd love to play him
14:15I mean, I'd love to work on the accent
14:17You know what I mean?
14:18You know what I mean?
14:19Like, you know
14:21Are you saying you'd be the rose camp of love?
14:39Yeah, maybe
14:40With the shoulders all the way out there
14:42Like, Kid Creole
14:43I don't know what I was thinking
14:43And girls went mad
14:47I would see a woman in the audience
14:49And think, okay, I'm going to try and talk to her afterwards
14:51That was what I would say
14:54But that was, in the 90s, that was my thing
14:56Yeah, I think I met my son's mother that way
14:58So, yeah
14:59Did I miss anything good on Friday?
15:03But I think, with age, what I've realised
15:06Is that you want stability
15:09I was in that episode
15:10Yeah, you did
15:11It's never been hard for me to date somebody
15:14But it's always been hard for me to find
15:17That one
15:18You got it recorded, right?
15:20Yeah, yeah
15:20Oh, definitely
15:23What's the show that she was talking about?
15:24What's that?
15:25Uh, EastEnders
15:26Why is she asking you about that?
15:28Because I'm in EastEnders
15:30Are you?
15:31I've been in it for the last year
15:32I didn't ask you what you're doing
15:33You didn't say that
15:34No, no, it's cool
15:35No, well, listen, I'm cool
15:36But EastEnders, yeah
15:37Doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof,
15:47doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof,
15:50doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof,
15:50doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof, doof
15:53I have brothers, sisters, big family.
15:55Yes, I've got two brothers and one sister.
15:57How about you?
15:58A sister, older sister, who's brilliant.
16:01Runs a pub and she's a cook and a chef
16:03and sort of all around stuff like that.
16:05You're really proud of her, aren't you? I can tell.
16:07I am, yeah. It's good.
16:08I can't imagine not being close to my siblings.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Family means, like, everything to me.
16:13I think I get my values from my mum and my grandparents.
16:17My nan, she passed away in December.
16:22Just gone. Sorry.
16:23She was, like, one of my best friends.
16:25Like, we spoke about everything.
16:26We spoke about guys and everything.
16:28She missed my grandad so much.
16:30Ever since he passed away, she was devastated.
16:33He was, like, the love of her life and she was never the same.
16:36True loves, they're together again, nan and grandad.
16:40I could tell she always wanted me to find love.
16:42She saw the relationships I was in
16:44and, um...
16:46I think she thought I deserved better.
16:49Just before she died, she said to me,
16:51what happened on that date? What happened?
16:53And I almost wish I'd said to her,
16:56we really fell in love and we're gonna marry each other
16:58because I would have given her, like, the happy ending
17:00I think she wanted for me.
17:01She was amazing. Everyone loved her.
17:04I just thought the worst part about someone passing
17:07is the part when they go.
17:11But I've realised since the hardest part is that they're not here anymore
17:15and that I can't just have a sorry and get upset.
17:20Trying to live with it is so difficult
17:22and you feel like breaking down.
17:24It's so dramatic that you do.
17:26No, it's not dramatic. It's not at all. No.
17:27But you can't because if you do, you just will never stop.
17:31So you just have to try and get through it and just...
17:37I'm a true believer that money and success
17:40brings out the natural beast in you.
17:44Because money and success gives you freedom.
17:47Like, you know...
17:48And what you choose to do with that freedom
17:50is a big signifier of who you are.
17:51Who you are.
17:53It's like looking back on your career.
17:56Mm-hm.
17:57Like, what would you say has been, like,
17:59the making amazing things that have happened to you?
18:02Or even, like, the...
18:02The lowest parts. Yeah.
18:04It's been a rollercoaster.
18:05My biggest fall was when I went bankrupt
18:07so I lost it all.
18:09It was the worst time of my life.
18:12It's because, like, we don't want to give you work
18:13because, like, it was as if it was contagious.
18:15It's like, no, we can't give you work
18:16because you've been bankrupt.
18:17It's like, it doesn't mean I'm not talented.
18:18It's like, yeah, well, just in case I lose my money.
18:21The good thing about that moment
18:23is when you are on the floor,
18:27the only way you can look is up.
18:30Well, everyone that's kind of successful
18:32has had a failure.
18:33That's right.
18:34As in, failure.
18:35Yeah, that's right.
18:36When I wasn't successful,
18:38naturally, women didn't see anything to be attracted to
18:41because it's like, yeah, you might have the looks,
18:43but, um, I've got more money than you right now.
18:46You need my help.
18:47The highest point, again, is that probably extenders now.
18:50But, not because it's EastEnders,
18:52more that I was able to prove to myself that you can come back.
18:56Yeah.
18:59So, you, I haven't, you know what, I haven't asked you about,
19:02how comes you're single?
19:06I think I'd be rich if I had the answer to, why are you single?
19:14I've had two big relationships,
19:16so one for four years and one for seven years.
19:19I've probably spent more time by myself the past two and a half years
19:24than, like, ever before.
19:25It's like, I've had to learn to be by myself.
19:28Does it concern you about finding the soulmate?
19:32And would you be happy being single, that's what I mean?
19:34No.
19:34OK.
19:36I tend to just be quite chilled, quite laid back.
19:40Maybe I just give off the vibe that I don't want a relationship.
19:46Which isn't great.
19:49Oh, oh, oh, oh.
19:51No, hold on, what is that?
19:51You put a branch in there?
19:52Yeah, this is for you, princess.
19:54I've never...
20:05Do I sound Essex to you?
20:08So, if I say, can I have a glass of wine, please?
20:11That's Essex, isn't it? I knew it.
20:13Is that a bad thing?
20:15No.
20:16The dating scene in New York was, like, people would kind of be dating multiple people
20:20and you'd sort of have to break down all those other relationships
20:23in order to sort of meet someone and hang out with them.
20:25I got really good grades at school.
20:27I got a degree.
20:28I didn't.
20:29I'm actually looking for someone that, you know, I can be in a relationship with properly
20:35because I've kind of forgotten what it's like to actually be in a real one.
20:39I am, like, self-confessing here that I'm a bit of a nerd.
20:44Why?
20:46I'm, like, really interested in, like, canals.
20:49Right.
20:49You know the canal systems that run around England?
20:51As in, like, canals that you...
20:53Like, you boat on, like, a canal, yeah.
20:55Narrowboats.
20:56They're, like, long...
20:57Like Rosie and Jimbo.
20:58Yeah.
21:01That's sort of the thing you were not expecting to do as well.
21:05I'm going to just run to the toilet.
21:07Go for it.
21:10When you're thinking on that date, you know what, I'd really like to do this with them.
21:15I'd really like to go on a canal boat with them.
21:19That's the thing, is when you're thinking about the future.
21:23She's lovely.
21:24She's lovely.
21:24She's really sweet.
21:25I feel like it's going well.
21:26I don't...
21:26I'm really not sure.
21:27Like, I can't tell if she's having a shit time or not.
21:30But, like, I think it's going well.
21:31He's really nice.
21:34Tall, like a personal trainer.
21:37I don't know.
21:37I think he likes me.
21:38I don't know.
21:39I mean...
21:40God knows.
21:42Hello.
21:43Hi there.
21:44You okay?
21:44Yeah.
21:45Doing well.
21:46As much as being independent and having fun is great, you do get the nights where you
21:51sort of go to bed on your own and you think, it would be nice to have someone there right
21:54now.
21:55It's nice to be loved.
21:56I love the feeling of being loved.
21:58So, yeah, I do miss that.
21:59Can't we run to your first eats restaurant?
22:00Oh, my goodness.
22:01It looks so good.
22:02Oh, it's going to melt.
22:04Yes.
22:04Oh.
22:05Okay.
22:06Dig in.
22:07Yes.
22:12Oh, my God.
22:14Wow.
22:15It's delicious.
22:17Mmm.
22:17Mmm.
22:19That's unbelievable.
22:21Unreal.
22:22So good.
22:29There was, like, one point where he, like, looked at me in the eye in a certain way and
22:33I thought, is he thinking this is something or not?
22:35I don't know.
22:36I don't know.
22:37I think he fancies me.
22:38I don't know.
22:39I had a great time.
22:40You did?
22:41Yeah.
22:42Did you?
22:42Yeah.
22:43I thought we had loads to speak about.
22:47Do you?
22:48I do.
22:50She's gorgeous.
22:52She's very easy to talk to.
22:53I think my chat about canal boats went, like, straight over her head.
23:00Literally never seen anyone take so long to drink a shot before.
23:03I absolutely love the fact that he didn't know anything about Taui.
23:06I was just a girl sitting in front of a boy.
23:08Yeah.
23:09We didn't know anything about each other and it was nice.
23:12I can be elegant and ladylike when I want.
23:13You seem like you're very ladylike.
23:15Do I?
23:15You do, yeah.
23:16I think he's like a genuine person and someone that is not going to play you around.
23:22All right, shall we?
23:23Yes, let's go.
23:25Hello.
23:26Hi.
23:29How are you?
23:30Good.
23:30How are you?
23:31Good.
23:31How are you?
23:36I've got your coat.
23:37Thank you very much.
23:38Would you like to see each other again?
23:41Throw us in the deep end.
23:44I would.
23:45Yeah.
23:46I feel like we got them really well.
23:47We have to.
23:48Yeah, I think so too.
23:50Right, take care.
23:50Yes.
23:51Thank you for dinner.
23:52Oh, goodness.
23:53I feel a little better now.
23:55Thank you very much.
23:58I can show you a canal boat and you can see them and you can walk on the canal.
24:02We can walk past one.
24:03OK.
24:03On the way to somewhere fun.
24:06Amazing.
24:06Have you had a show up today?
24:08Lovely, thanks.
24:08Yeah, it was lovely.
24:08Thank you, yeah.
24:16This is John, a 68-year-old defence lawyer from Dublin.
24:21Merlin the mixologist.
24:25I wouldn't like to be perceived as being a champion of the people, but I'd look after people when they
24:32need to be looked after.
24:35Everybody deserves to be treated equally, but sometimes it needs a mouthpiece to do it.
24:42How are you feeling about today?
24:44Well, I'm very excited about it. I've never done anything like this before.
24:47No, I can imagine.
24:49My entire life.
24:51I'm really looking forward to see who my date is.
24:54I hope it's not a disaster.
24:57So, tell me a little about the type of woman you're hoping to meet today.
25:01Well, I'm intrigued by the whole process, actually. I really am. I'll try and give her a good conversation over
25:08lunch.
25:08OK.
25:10So you need an intellectual lady, by the sounds of it.
25:13No, no, no. Not too intellectual.
25:16OK.
25:16Just somewhere in between.
25:18I think I'd be good fun on a date. I'd like to think I am. I might be a complete
25:23boring old fart.
25:24So if your, if your date could be a broadcaster, who would it be?
25:34Oh, God, that's a difficult one.
25:38I don't think I'd have the answer to that one in a short minute.
25:43That's life. That's life. That's what all the people say.
25:50You're riding high in April, shot down in May.
25:55The worst thing that could happen is whoever it is, sees it's me, says,
26:02and runs. It has happened. If that doesn't happen, that's an amazing first step.
26:07How do you do?
26:08Very good. Thank you very much.
26:09And you?
26:10OK, thanks.
26:15How do you do?
26:16Hello.
26:17You may be my date.
26:18I'm John Wood.
26:19How do you do? I'm Esther Ranson.
26:23I thought that woman looks extraordinarily like Esther Ranson.
26:26Well, there you are.
26:28My word, there's a shock.
26:29I hope it's OK. Is it OK?
26:31Of course it's OK.
26:32It's OK with you mingling with Irish people.
26:35Oh, I like Irish people.
26:37It's sort of undignified.
26:39You expect a 17-year-old to be romantic and be looking for Mr. Right,
26:44but you don't expect someone in their 70s to.
26:47And yet, you know, the dream is still there.
26:50So.
26:51Well.
26:51How old are you?
26:53Have a shot.
26:53About 46.
26:56Oh, come on.
26:5647.
26:57You must have been lousy at maths in school.
27:00I am 68.
27:01Well, I am an older woman.
27:03I am 75.
27:04Wow.
27:05Bit of respect, please.
27:07Absolutely, wow.
27:08I've got my total respect.
27:17I don't know your full name.
27:20Er, Booty is my surname.
27:22Don't do that for her.
27:23I just want to make sure I heard her.
27:25You said booty.
27:26Booty.
27:27Oh, booty.
27:27As in B-O-O-T-I.
27:29T-Y.
27:33It's...
27:33Daniela Booty.
27:34Booty.
27:35That's right.
27:36Did you just come with Daniela?
27:38Diana.
27:39Diana, sorry.
27:39Diana, sorry.
27:41Diana.
27:41I said Daniela.
27:42Check.
27:44How are you going to forget somebody's name, get the name and then call them somebody else?
27:47That's like the mum that doesn't want you to move on.
27:49Yes.
27:50Yes, Jennifer.
27:50Her name's Sharon.
27:51Yes, but I did like Jennifer.
27:53Diana Booty is not a bad name.
27:55Who said it was a bad name?
28:00You should know we should go.
28:02Come on, let's go.
28:04You got your bag, you got your bag, yeah?
28:05Yeah, yeah.
28:07Sorry, I don't mean to interrupt.
28:09Esther, we've met before.
28:10How are you?
28:10How are you?
28:11You well?
28:11Mwah.
28:12Mwah.
28:13So, you just got here, yeah?
28:14Yeah.
28:14Have you ordered yet?
28:17Yes, I have.
28:17I had ribs.
28:19Ribs?
28:20My date had the fish cake.
28:23Okay.
28:23Lovely to see you.
28:24You take care.
28:25Stay blessed.
28:26Certainly, I'm going to see you.
28:26Nice to meet you.
28:27You too.
28:28Fish cake.
28:29Why did they call you fish cake?
28:33Well, this must be the longest date I've ever witnessed in this restaurant.
28:36Really, guys, on and on and on.
28:40Yeah, a lot of fun.
28:42Yeah, good time.
28:44You get to put it on?
28:45Well, wow.
28:45Yeah, of course.
28:46Diana is more than girlfriend material, she's wifey material.
28:49She's wifey material.
28:51Like, she would walk anywhere and your mum would go, that's the one.
28:54Marry her today.
28:55Today.
28:56Take care.
29:01Hey, girl.
29:02Hey.
29:03Thanks.
29:04Bye.
29:05See you later, my friend.
29:06Do you fancy each other?
29:08You want to go first?
29:12You see, we agreed this, didn't we?
29:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:15I take control.
29:16Take control, babe.
29:17Yeah, I take the reins.
29:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:18Go for it.
29:19Go for it.
29:21No, I didn't fancy you, but not in a...
29:23Not in a...
29:24I don't know.
29:25I just...
29:26I think it's just...
29:27Yeah, I just didn't feel like that.
29:28Mm.
29:28Like, I liked you in that way.
29:30Yeah.
29:30I think you are, like, brilliant.
29:33Like, I haven't laughed that much in a long, long time.
29:36Mwah.
29:37Darling.
29:37Oh, yeah.
29:38So lovely to meet you.
29:39You too.
29:39Blessings.
29:40I think he will be a brilliant boyfriend to somebody.
29:44But who orders a pina colada or strawberry daiquiri on date?
29:51Look after her.
29:52She's actually too good.
29:53Right?
29:54I know that sounds bad to say that, but I like girls that are at eight and she's a ten.
29:58That's what I think.
29:59Where'd it go?
30:00It was great.
30:00It was really good.
30:01Yeah, really nice person.
30:02Really nice.
30:03Got her name wrong twice, but besides that.
30:13Enjoy your food.
30:16So do you specialise in any particular kind of law?
30:20Yeah, well, I...
30:21Are you on legal aid?
30:21Yeah.
30:22Yeah, most of the time.
30:24The things that I like about my job is, is that it's really not financially rewarding,
30:32but it's rewarding looking after people.
30:34It would be quite amusing, wouldn't it, to find someone I fancied who fancied me.
30:40And falling in love, oh, it's so wonderful and romance is fantastic.
30:45So you've never married?
30:47I did.
30:48It ended in what I call a mid-air collision.
30:51Did it break your heart?
30:53Erm, it wasn't good for me.
30:57I've been heartbroken several times, but then, erm, that's life.
31:06So you're living in the city?
31:09I'm living in a suburb.
31:11Oh.
31:11But in the end of the day, like yourself, you, you know, you find yourself coming home to an empty
31:17flat.
31:19There really is a stigma about admitting that you're feeling lonely.
31:23Hmm.
31:26Living on your own is tough.
31:28You can decide, oh, 40 garlic chicken looks like a pretty good, easy way to cook dinner.
31:34And all the fun is in the cooking.
31:37And none of the fun is in the eating.
31:40That's what being lonely is all about, I think.
31:44Do you have any time to yourself?
31:46I've got plenty of people to do something with, but nobody to do nothing with.
31:50That's a really good way of putting it.
31:52You need somebody to do nothing with.
31:54Do you have pets?
31:56The occasional spider.
31:57And I saw a beetle I didn't recognise, which made me nervous.
32:02You can't have unlicensed beetles around.
32:04Yeah, I survived the encounter.
32:06It didn't, sadly.
32:07High heel?
32:08Book.
32:09OK.
32:14With bronze and silver medals to his name, Paralympian Will is hoping to strike gold in Rio,
32:21and in the restaurant tonight.
32:24Yeah, so this is my silver medal that I got in London 2012.
32:27I think the ladies were quite impressed by that, but I don't bring it out too much.
32:31It's by my bed just in case, though, just in case.
32:34Nice flowers.
32:35Oh, thanks, Miss Judge.
32:36Do you like them?
32:37Yeah, they're good.
32:38Very nice.
32:39Thanks, boss.
32:40Hello, sir.
32:40Hello, how are you doing?
32:41Very well, very well.
32:42How are you feeling?
32:43A bit nervous, to be honest, but I'll be all right.
32:47Tell me, what do you do?
32:48A bit of random, but I'm a table tennis player.
32:51Table tennis?
32:51Yeah.
32:52Good man.
32:54I didn't expect anything like it.
32:56The Paralympics was massive.
32:58So this is the final of London 2012.
33:03Oh, that's fantastic.
33:05For the crowd to be singing your name, Bailey, Bailey, Bailey.
33:10And for a table tennis player, it doesn't get any better than that.
33:16I've got arthrogryphosis, which affects all four limbs.
33:21So I was born with my feet, basically, back to front.
33:23That's a level of complexity.
33:24And I can't move my hands that well.
33:27I think she'll be happy with that.
33:28Cheers.
33:28Best of luck today.
33:29Cheers, boss.
33:33My ideal date would be to have a few drinks, chill out,
33:37not to have to be different, just to be myself.
33:44Hiya.
33:46You've got amazing hair.
33:48Oh, thank you.
33:49Is it all you?
33:51I was going to lie, but it is extensions.
33:55Walking into the arms of our Paralympian
33:58is 25-year-old paediatric nurse, Jessica.
34:02You always kind of get that question, like,
34:05well, I've got a nurse uniform and go for home, and you're like...
34:07Well, I wear scrubs, so... and Crocs.
34:10Not really, like, sexy, is it?
34:14How are you?
34:15Hello.
34:16You OK?
34:17I am good, thank you.
34:18Good to see you.
34:18Yeah, nice to see you too.
34:20I work on a neonatal intensive care unit.
34:23I think I do have a big heart.
34:24I love my friends, my family, really important to me.
34:27My first and only serious relationship.
34:30I was with him since I was in school for nine years.
34:35That kind of broke down a couple of years ago.
34:39But, um, grass ain't always greener, put it that way.
34:42Hello.
34:42Hello.
34:43How are you doing?
34:44Oh, nice to meet you.
34:45Good to see you.
34:46You all right?
34:46Yeah, I'm good, thanks.
34:47Oh, you got me a drink.
34:48Yeah, I got you a drink and some flowers.
34:50Oh, my God.
34:51Oh, dear.
34:52You all right, yeah?
34:52You are so sweet.
34:53I never get flowers, me.
34:54Oh, don't you?
34:55No.
34:56Oh, they're beautiful.
34:58Oh, thank you so much.
34:59You look very beautiful.
35:00Oh, thank you.
35:01It's all right.
35:02River Island's finest, you know?
35:04I'll tell you what, you pull it off.
35:06Pull it off.
35:07Charmy, you are, yeah?
35:08I don't know about that.
35:09What do you do?
35:10Um, I'm a table tennis player for England.
35:12Yeah, a bit random, isn't it?
35:13Yeah.
35:14Ping-pong?
35:14Yeah, ping-pong.
35:15What?
35:16Did you watch Forrest Gump and be like...
35:17Yeah, that was it.
35:18National treasure.
35:19Yeah.
35:19It's amazing, isn't it?
35:20Oi, oi.
35:22Calm down.
35:27Yeah.
35:27This is very, very nice.
35:29Good.
35:32Brings back funny memories, man.
35:33I remember seeing everyone tell you as a kid.
35:35Really?
35:35Yeah, that's life.
35:36And I seem to remember it had a dog that would say...
35:41Sausages.
35:42Sausages.
35:43How does it go...?
35:44Sausages.
35:45Is it a real dog?
35:46Yeah, a real dog.
35:47Doesn't your dog talk?
35:48Yeah, mine says bus.
35:52My problem is that I had a terrific marriage.
35:59And there is such a huge imprint on my heart left by Desmond.
36:04Is it too difficult for me to find someone that I, you know, can adjust to?
36:09It's difficult.
36:10I can see exactly.
36:13He made me laugh all the time.
36:16And, er, he was warm and it was like being in... sunshine.
36:26People bloomed when he was around.
36:28People loved his company and it was overwhelming, really.
36:35It was a disaster that was not foreseen.
36:40He died.
36:42And we had all kinds of thoughts of what we were going to do and, er, we had all kinds
36:47of plans.
36:47And, of course, it didn't happen.
36:52But we had a most wonderful weekend in, er, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which is a beautiful little town in
36:59South France.
37:01And we sat watching the sunset and he said, Esther, we must promise each other that at this weekend in
37:07September we will always come here.
37:10Even if only one of us can come.
37:14And then he was dead by the Tuesday.
37:18So I've been back every year.
37:29I think we were together something like 40 years.
37:32Something like that.
37:34That's tough.
37:41But, I have to say that I'm thoroughly enjoying my lunch.
37:46I think it's been a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon evening.
37:54OK, anything else, any wine for the table, too?
37:57Actually, can we have a bottle of champers?
37:59Yes.
37:59What? No!
38:00Might as well get it all out.
38:02You've got it all out.
38:03We don't do things in half.
38:04Exactly.
38:04Why not?
38:05Might as well.
38:06Aww.
38:07I think your Prince Charming wants you to be, like, ladylike.
38:12But I'm just myself, really, so I don't change for nobody.
38:16So what did you do then, like, from school?
38:17Oh, it's a long story, man.
38:19Did you just, like, tell us the story?
38:24If you haven't told someone you've got a disability, you've got to sort of...
38:27You've got to try and get it in there somewhere.
38:29You know, like, try and not just come out with it.
38:35Oh, man.
38:38It's difficult, isn't it?
38:39It's not just going on a date.
38:40You've got to think about everything.
38:42Well, like, I was born with, like, arthrogryphosis.
38:45Like, yeah, it affects all four limbs and my body, yeah.
38:48It's random, isn't it?
38:49Yeah.
38:51It's difficult.
38:52It's difficult.
38:52Like, it's difficult to bring it up.
38:53You can be talking to a girl for, like, a week, getting on really well with them.
38:57Oh, by the way, I've got this disability.
38:58It affects my hands and my legs.
39:00And that's the end of it.
39:02Well, you've done, like, so much.
39:04I think that's, like, so amazing.
39:05And you just blew me away, like, what you do and stuff.
39:10Really?
39:10Yeah.
39:13Oh, champs are you.
39:17For me, it's always about just how you get on with somebody.
39:20So it doesn't really matter, like, what you look like, does it, really?
39:23You find somebody who you have that chemistry with.
39:24You look goggles around for life, aren't they?
39:26You're like, oh.
39:27And some people might go, oh, like, why do you fancy him?
39:29But you're like, oh, well, yeah.
39:31To me, like, David Beckham or Gerard Butler.
39:37But other people don't see that.
39:38But it's how you perceive somebody, I think.
39:43Overcoming obstacles.
39:44Yeah.
39:45Defeating the odds.
39:47Going against the haters.
39:48Life is like a box of chocolates.
39:50Life is like a box of chocolates.
39:59Hi!
40:00You got me flowers.
40:03You got me champagne for a table and stuff.
40:06He's like an England famous table tennis champion.
40:12He goes all around the fucking world.
40:14He's a Forrest Gump.
40:15He's a real-life Forrest Gump.
40:18He's so sweet, though.
40:21Oh, but anyway, mate, I'm going to have to go.
40:23I could polish off me shampoos.
40:24Oi, oi!
40:27I think you and I have been really unlucky.
40:29I'm afraid we had our pot.
40:31There's no point in moping.
40:34Really no point in moping?
40:35No.
40:36He's witty.
40:38The Irish have this unfair advantage, so he's charming.
40:42And he's had his heart broken,
40:44so there was a lot of very, very nice things about him.
40:48I think you underestimate your desirability.
40:53But you've said this for years, has it?
40:56What?
40:56I have true, it is true, yeah.
40:59Yeah, I've burdened you with this for many, many years.
41:05Were you attracted to her?
41:06Yes.
41:10John?
41:11Yes?
41:12I think split.
41:14I'm not sure if I do want to split it with you.
41:18I think we got on very well together.
41:21I could be deluding myself.
41:23I thought we got on well.
41:25For the first one, I think we should split it.
41:28I'll remember to bring my double-headed coin the next time.
41:31Righty-ho.
41:35Hello.
41:36You again.
41:37Me again.
41:43Would you like to see each other again?
41:45Are we going to see each other again, John?
41:47Now, listen.
41:48How is your life in Dublin?
41:50I think I'd probably be able to fit some time into my busy diary, too.
41:56The occasional weekend I might be able to cut over.
42:00Would you come over?
42:01I would.
42:01Excellent.
42:03Excellent.
42:04That would be good.
42:05Did you have a good time?
42:06Very good.
42:06Thank you very much.
42:07Thank you for a lovely evening.
42:09I really enjoyed it.
42:10No, so did I, if I may say so.
42:12I think, for a lady of your advancing years, you make splendid company.
42:18Now, he was doing so well up to then.
42:21He was just doing brilliantly.
42:25That's the button.
42:30Did you say advancing is?
42:33No, that's not.
42:34I think you said advancing.
42:35No, you must have misheard me, dear.
42:37I think you said...
42:38Did you say dear?
42:39No, I think you misheard me.
42:41Dear, he said.
42:43He said, dear and advancing is.
42:45In the same sentence.
42:46I'm going to have to rethink from scratch.
42:52Good afternoon.
42:53A bientôt.
42:54Au revoir.
42:54Au revoir.
43:00What films do you like?
43:01Like, is there any...
43:03Star Wars.
43:04Really?
43:05Yeah.
43:05Do you like Star Wars?
43:06Yeah.
43:06Oh, brilliant.
43:08Are you?
43:09I fucking hate it.
43:10What?
43:11I can't stand it.
43:12Harrison Ford.
43:14We've got Chewbacca.
43:15Chewbacca.
43:16The big hairy dude.
43:17Oh, OK.
43:18Oh, yeah.
43:18Oh, yeah.
43:18Oh, yeah.
43:18I...
43:19Yeah?
43:20There you go.
43:22Jess is, like, proper...
43:25Full-hearted.
43:27Like, she's got a good heart.
43:28I felt lucky to have dinner with her.
43:30But it's weird that, like, you never knew nothing about,
43:33like, what you were going to see or about me or, like...
43:36More than Maddie anyway, so...
43:37Although I can talk, I've obviously got some insecurities,
43:40but I think I learnt a lot about myself as well,
43:43that I can actually go in there with confidence
43:46and not be too afraid of, like, what they're thinking about me.
43:50Let's go.
43:51And I think they'll do that in the future.
43:53Want me flowers?
43:54Sorted.
43:56That's all I need.
43:57Sounds really corny, but he actually is, like, an inspiration.
44:00Like, just never met a boy like him, ever.
44:03Thanks so much.
44:04Thanks, man.
44:06Hello.
44:07Oh, you all right?
44:08You all right?
44:09You all right?
44:09Yeah.
44:13Thank you so much.
44:15Do you like to see each other again?
44:18Do you want to start first?
44:20You go first.
44:21Yeah, you go first.
44:24You go first.
44:27It's a precious situation.
44:28I know.
44:29I would love to see you again.
44:31Yeah, I'd like to see you again.
44:32Definitely.
44:33Definitely.
44:33Yeah.
44:34Be really nice.
44:35Let's go to the cathedral.
44:36Yeah.
44:37Let's go get married.
44:38I've got my bouquet.
44:40Hey, sorted.
44:41I think you're a top lad.
44:42I think you're a top girl, too.
44:44I think we could play some beer pong.
44:47I'd definitely go for playing beer pong with you.
44:49Yeah.
44:50Here we go.
44:51Yeah?
44:52Yeah.
44:53Great stuff.
44:53Come on up.
45:04Oh!
45:07I should drink that.
45:08Yeah.
45:08Drink it.
45:08You've got to drink the whole thing.
45:09You're taking my hits.
45:10Bottom up.
45:11One hit.
45:13Good.
45:14Don't drink the ball.
45:14That is pretty cool.
45:18Oh!
45:21Thank you!
45:23Thank you!
45:50Thank you!
45:52Thank you!
45:52Thank you!
45:56Thank you!
46:12Next time in the First Dates restaurant.
46:15I've got a famous ex-husband.
46:16Oh, who is that?
46:17Er, Ronnie Wood.
46:20I am genuinely hopeful you can find me someone.
46:23Like, I was on Big Brother, like, ten years ago.
46:25To be honest, I'm not very good with famous people.
46:27Yeah.
46:29Since Gogglebox, my love life sort of went declined.
46:33Oh, Scarlett, he's a ten.
46:34My God, I'm shaking like a shitting dog.