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00:01Right, are you ready?
00:02What did Santa do when he went dating?
00:05He pulled a cracker.
00:16Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but in here is delightful.
00:20Have a hot drink.
00:22The first day's restaurant is magical at Christmas.
00:25I don't know what it is about everyone, but they are just so loving.
00:29Even friends happier at Christmas.
00:31Yeah, you can do everything.
00:33Come in late, you come in late.
00:35I have to say, you have done a fantastic job at decorating the restaurant.
00:39It looks incredible.
00:41Love is certainly in the air at Christmas, and you can feel it.
00:44It's tantalizing. It just sparkles.
00:47Now, look, all the data, we have to give them the best present that they've ever had.
00:52The gift of love?
00:53I was going to say that.
00:55You keep stealing my lines.
00:59Christmas is my favourite time of the year.
01:03It's a time when we toast to new beginnings.
01:06Let's go, guys. Let's do this.
01:08Thanks, Merlin.
01:10Cheers.
01:11Cheers.
01:12You are only allowed in if you're on the good list.
01:15You know me.
01:16I like naughty people.
01:18Ho, ho, ho.
01:19This is Wes, a barber shop owner from Essex, who's hoping he can light up someone's Christmas.
01:32The party isn't really a party unless I'm there.
01:35I'd like to say that I'd make people have a good time.
01:37A bit like Fred.
01:38Do you know what I mean?
01:39Just rocking around, just checking everything's all right.
01:41Like a party concierge liaison person.
01:44Where are you from?
01:45Essex.
01:46I thought you were.
01:47Just the way you were walking.
01:48You look like a geezer, no?
01:49Yeah, well, I don't know, maybe.
01:50Are you?
01:51Yeah, I'd like to be, yeah.
01:52Can you chat up any girls?
01:53I'll give it a go, yeah.
01:54Yeah?
01:55I think, yeah.
01:56Can you find a way to their hearts?
01:57Yeah, hopefully.
01:58Can you rate yourself out of ten for me?
02:00I'd say a solid eight.
02:03I was expecting higher.
02:04I know, but you can't say that.
02:06You look all right, ****ing you.
02:07I mean, idiot.
02:08Sorry.
02:10Hey there, fella, you all right?
02:11Thank you, very good.
02:12How's he?
02:13Yeah, good, mate, good.
02:14Nice, what's your name?
02:15Wes.
02:16Hello, Wes Merlin.
02:17Merry Christmas.
02:18Yeah, Merry Christmas to you too, my friend.
02:19What can I get you?
02:20I'd like a pint, please, mate.
02:21Yeah?
02:22On that side, that is the devil.
02:24Devil on your left side, angel on your right.
02:26And the angel's telling the devil to be quiet.
02:29So it's your good side trying to tell the naughty side
02:32to just hush it a little bit.
02:34Are they anyone's faces?
02:36No, no, just random ones.
02:37But I must admit, this one...
02:39The angel looks a spitting image
02:42to one of my best mate's wives.
02:44Yeah, that goes down well.
02:47Go, Wes.
02:48Lovely, mate.
02:50Yeah, glad you like it.
02:51What did you do?
02:52I got a barber shop.
02:53You're a barber?
02:54Did you actually cut hair or did you turn the show off?
02:55Yes, no, no, I cut hair as well, yeah.
02:56You do cut the hair.
02:57Do you reckon I'd shoot a Mohican?
02:58Maybe a mullet.
03:01Talk about the Christmas cracker you want sat here.
03:03Blonde, short, slim, light eyes, preferably.
03:07Outgoing, funny.
03:10Don't take yourself too seriously.
03:13Oh, God.
03:14All right, well, listen, you enjoy your pint.
03:16Thanks, mate.
03:17Anything you need, you give me a holler and we'll come running.
03:19Jagers.
03:20Too early for that, aren't you?
03:22Oh, la, la.
03:26Can you tell instantly if you're into someone, if you fancy someone?
03:32Within like five seconds of seeing them.
03:34One second, I'd say.
03:35I love your style.
03:37I love your elegance.
03:39How are you?
03:40I'm very good.
03:41How are you?
03:42I'm good.
03:43What's your name?
03:44Merry Christmas.
03:45Merry Christmas.
03:47Ready to unwrap Mr. Right this Christmas is 34-year-old Chloe.
03:52Christmas this year would be amazing if I got to spend it in like a cottage somewhere,
03:56you know, like the postcard scenario surrounded by snow.
03:59It'd be nice to roll around in front of a log fire with my Christmas present.
04:06Where you come from, Chloe?
04:07I come from Essex.
04:08You can't find any men there?
04:09Not myself.
04:10Why not?
04:11I'm just not very good at picking, I guess.
04:13Are you ready for your date?
04:14Yes, I think so.
04:15Come with me.
04:16Thank you, Fred.
04:17I definitely deserve love.
04:19I just want someone that's got a really great sense of humour.
04:21We can just travel the world taking the piss out of each other and everything we come across.
04:25And I just want to have a good time.
04:27Voila.
04:28Oh, my God.
04:29Hello, you all right?
04:30How are you doing?
04:31You all right?
04:32Nice to meet you.
04:33Nice to meet you.
04:34Chloe, you all right?
04:35Yeah, yeah, I'm good.
04:36Hey.
04:37Merry Christmas.
04:38Merry Christmas.
04:39What do you want to drink?
04:40Prosecco, I'm guessing?
04:41No.
04:42No?
04:43I call it Prosecco.
04:44Okay.
04:45Yeah, it doesn't end well if I start drinking that.
04:46Too many bubbles, yeah?
04:47Yeah, I don't need it.
04:48All right.
04:49Can I get an old-fashioned, please?
04:50Yeah, of course.
04:51Yeah?
04:52Yeah.
04:54So, where are you from?
04:55I'm guessing you're from Essex.
04:56Because you're just kind of like me.
04:57Yeah, I am, yeah.
04:58How old are you?
04:5937.
05:00Yeah, I'm 34.
05:01Oh, yeah.
05:02What do you do?
05:03I've got a barber shop.
05:04I'm a barber.
05:05Oh, no way.
05:06Oh, can you cut girls there as well?
05:07I haven't done it for a while.
05:08I was going to say, you could, like, save me a few.
05:10I don't know what it looked like afterwards, but I could do it.
05:13You look beautiful, by the way.
05:15Thank you very much.
05:16Should we have your badge, too?
05:17Yeah.
05:18Cheers, anyway.
05:19Yeah, cheers, darling.
05:20Cheers, though.
05:21That's it.
05:22My favourite bit about Christmas, actually, is when you go down the pub on Boxing Day,
05:28and everyone's in their new clobber, because everyone's got new stuff for Christmas.
05:31They're like, you know what?
05:32I'm going to get doled up.
05:33Go down the pub.
05:34Yeah.
05:35With my new makeup.
05:36Yeah, and you can tell it's all, like, fresh out the box.
05:38Oh, I love Christmas.
05:39I do.
05:40Welcome to my Christmas song.
05:45Hoping that Santa isn't the only man to bring her gifts this Christmas is retired nurse,
05:52Linda.
05:53You don't get older inside.
05:55It's just your outside that lets you down.
05:58Would you like to meet someone?
06:00Yeah, but you haven't got just some more on your books.
06:05How are you?
06:07I'm fine, thank you.
06:08What's your name?
06:09Linda.
06:10Linda.
06:11Great.
06:12Do you do much dating?
06:13No.
06:14When was the last time you dated?
06:15Six years ago.
06:16Six years ago?
06:17And that's the only one in 16 years.
06:18Oh, wow.
06:19I get on with men extremely well, but just as friends.
06:24Come with me.
06:26I haven't found anybody who I would think, oh, this could turn into something else.
06:33Take a seat.
06:34Hello.
06:35I will indeed.
06:36How are you going?
06:37Happy Christmas.
06:38Merry Christmas.
06:39Merry Christmas.
06:40And you're from where?
06:41West Yorkshire.
06:42Right.
06:43So a cup of tea, is it?
06:44No.
06:46I'd like a mojito.
06:48Of course.
06:49Coming up.
06:51What's your favourite things about Christmas?
06:52I love decorating the house.
06:54I put the tree up the first weekend in December and I keep it up till the end of January.
07:01End of January?
07:02That's bad luck.
07:03It's not.
07:04I'm going to spend about two days putting the tree up so I'm not going to take it down in a rock.
07:07I don't know.
07:08After all that work.
07:09Yeah.
07:11There we go.
07:13Always a pleasure Linda.
07:15That's lovely.
07:17And so tell me, how long have you been single?
07:1916 years.
07:2016 years.
07:21So this is a big moment for you.
07:23It is.
07:24Yeah.
07:25I'm looking for someone who likes to make people laugh or laughs at you if you say something
07:32silly.
07:33I don't want somebody who talks about politics all the time and things like that because
07:38it gets on my nerves.
07:44Merry Christmas.
07:48Linda's Christmas date is young at heart furniture maker, Harry.
07:53I'm in my late mid forties.
07:55No, I'm not.
07:56Yes, I am.
07:57Yeah, I'm in my late mid forties.
07:59That's right.
08:00I think 70 is the new fort.
08:03I can dance.
08:04I can run.
08:05I can ride bikes.
08:06I go paragliding.
08:07I'm energetic and I'd like to share it with somebody who has got life left in them.
08:14How are you?
08:15I'm very good.
08:16Very nice to meet you.
08:17Nice to meet you too.
08:19So tell me, what brings you here to the first dates restaurant this Christmas?
08:22The fact that I live alone and I don't like it.
08:24Have you been living alone for a long time?
08:2618 months.
08:27And you've been doing much dating since then or?
08:29None.
08:30None.
08:31I recently decorated the kitchen.
08:32I was pleased with it.
08:33And then I thought, why decorate the kitchen?
08:35So I need a reason.
08:37That's it.
08:38I need a reason to be.
08:40This way.
08:41I'd like somebody who's kind, sensitive and smiley.
08:46Smiley.
08:47Very important.
08:48And has good legs.
08:50Here we are.
08:51Crikey!
08:52Crikey!
08:53Do you know each other?
08:54No, but what a nice surprise.
08:56Oh, they're so nice.
08:57Oh, they're so nice.
08:58What?
08:59What a meeting.
09:01Well, seeing you, you've knocked me over.
09:04Oh.
09:05Oh, thank you.
09:06All right.
09:07Well, take a seat before you fall off.
09:08Don't look so bad yourself.
09:11A little Christmas gift.
09:13Oh, yes.
09:14Oh, you got me off.
09:15Happy Christmas too, too.
09:16Oh, thank you.
09:17Is it a loaf of bread?
09:18No.
09:19I ought to find out what you're called.
09:22Yes.
09:23That would be a good start, wouldn't it?
09:24It would be a good thing.
09:25Linda.
09:26Linda.
09:27Well, I'm Harry Linda.
09:28Pleased to be.
09:29Enchanté.
09:30Enchanté.
09:31Yes.
09:32I'm going to get...
09:33This poor fella, he's...
09:34No, it's all right.
09:35I'm loving this.
09:36I'll have a half a lager.
09:37Yes.
09:38Oh, you're from Yorkshire then?
09:40I am.
09:41Are you from the West Riding?
09:42Yes.
09:44Your neighbour.
09:45Tuned in.
09:46Here you go, my man.
09:47Good luck.
09:48Always a pleasure.
09:49Have a lovely day.
09:50I would say get one yourself, but I'm from Yorkshire.
09:55Nice one.
09:56I like it.
10:01So, what brings you to first dates?
10:03What do you think of what they've found so far?
10:05Very happy.
10:06Nice restaurant, innit?
10:07Yes.
10:10So, how long have you been single for?
10:12Four or five months.
10:14Have you been on any date since you've been single?
10:16Yeah, I've been on a few, yeah.
10:18You really like being with someone?
10:20From when I was 21, I've probably been in three relationships.
10:24And probably out of all of that, I've probably been single for like nine months.
10:27In 16 years, you've been single for nine months?
10:29Yeah.
10:30That is absolutely wild to me.
10:32Yeah.
10:33I take it you fall in love easy.
10:34Can do.
10:35Anyone that has ever met me would say I was the most loyal person you ever meet.
10:44I've got a bit of an open heart, to be fair.
10:46A little bit too much at times, I think.
10:48Do you want to get married?
10:49Again?
10:50Oh, you've been married before?
10:51I don't know, I'll cover that.
10:52I was married and divorced by 30.
10:53Wow.
10:54Okay.
10:55I don't let that many people in.
10:56Do you know what I mean?
10:57Because you always end up getting hurt in the end.
10:58Hence the bravado in the show all the time.
10:59Have you ever been cheated on?
11:00No comment.
11:01But I think you can take the answer to that one.
11:02I don't agree with all that cheating malarkey and that.
11:03That ain't a bit of me.
11:04Why would you do saying to someone that you wouldn't want done to yourself?
11:06I just don't think it's nice.
11:07But yourself?
11:08So I was in relationships, like, long term relationships, back-to-back, from when I was
11:14like 16 till I was 26.
11:15Yeah.
11:16And I had a few traumatic experiences and I didn't have to think of it.
11:19I had a few traumatic experiences, thinking about, these things that I wasn't in a little
11:21bit.
11:22And actually I was actually in a real relationship, even a little bit more than a normal relationship
11:24to me.
11:25I was in a new relationship with Joe and I did.
11:28But it's not a bad relationship.
11:30So I've been in a deep relationship with Joe and I wasn't in a relationship.
11:33It's all a bad relationship.
11:36experiences and then it's alright. It's what it is. It is life. I've had boyfriends here and there
11:43and each one of them taught me exactly what I don't want in a partner. I just want it to be easy.
11:53Just somewhat honest. Sorry.
11:58Has that been her before? Yeah. I've never been in a rush to meet anyone.
12:04I just want to find the right person and the people that I've met since then are just not the right people.
12:10I mean I've been engaged before. Have you? We lived together. We bought a house and it turned out he lived a double life.
12:18He was actually engaged to someone else as well and it was it was like a movie basically.
12:22It almost feels like it didn't happen to me.
12:27Well obviously it did. But yeah so that's why I find it really hard to trust.
12:35So it's been eight years that I've not had a long-term relationship. Shut up.
12:40I know it's a long time. Oh bless you. It's alright I'll find it. But that's all I want in life.
12:46Yeah. I just want to have some fun. Yeah yeah live. Live a little.
12:52I'm having a really good time. Yeah me too. I'm having a much better time than I thought I was going to have.
12:56Good. The thing I was most worried about was the after bit.
13:01You know like if you don't fancy someone. Yeah I know yeah.
13:04Yeah. How do you let them down nicely? Yeah. How are you going to let me down back?
13:07What do you think is the most romantic gift?
13:22So you could give someone a Christmas gift? Maybe you can put yourself in a box.
13:26I like you. I like you a lot. With a very lingerie, sexy lingerie. Okay.
13:33You can't imagine you're a family in front. Yeah I can. Yeah they'd be like okay. She's definitely lost it.
13:38Yeah. So what do you want for Christmas this year?
13:51Somebody's having a good time over there.
13:52Returning for some festive cheer are Fred's very special guests, Cindy and Ilan.
14:09How are you guys? Great to see you Fred. Merry Christmas to see you.
14:13Hi Cindy. You look so young. Thank you. Six years just treated as well apart from the hair.
14:18Yeah the hair's gone. When you're good looking it doesn't matter where you're short hair or long hair.
14:22Come with me let me take this to the bar. Thank you so much. Wow so beautiful.
14:26So when and where did you meet? Six years ago we didn't really know what we're getting ourselves
14:32into and we walked into a little restaurant called First Dates and something pretty magic happened.
14:39Good afternoon. Nice to meet you. I'm good. How are you? What's your name? Ilan.
14:42Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Hi. Nice to meet you. What's your name? Cindy. Ilan. Nice to meet you.
14:49Nice to meet you. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. Thank you. You look gorgeous.
14:53It was absolutely crazy to be honest. I wish I could go back to that moment and just bottle it all up.
14:58Still pinch ourselves. Yeah. We're very grateful. So what's your type of guy then? What do you usually go for?
15:05Looks wise, khaki shirt. I like some olive skin, like Mediterranean looking, like teeth really important.
15:15What about yourself? Brunette. Nice eyes. Good figure. Someone who looks after themselves.
15:20Team khaki. That's what it is. It's the khaki. It's the vibe. Thank you very much.
15:27Thank you very much. So where do you guys live now? Cindy moved to Manchester and we bought a house.
15:34Well, he proposed 18 months after the show. It's a fast run. Yeah. It's good.
15:38There was someone who looked a lot like Fred at our wedding. Yeah. Ah, okay.
15:43We had a full-size cutout version of Fred. Wow.
15:47He doesn't remember it, but he was at our wedding. Too much to drink.
15:50I have a question. Yes. The first date's baby. Yeah.
15:59We're having a little baby. Baby boy. We're so excited. We've got a present for you.
16:06Oh, thank you. Oh, my God. For a little first date's baby. Merry Christmas, guys. We wish you a happy
16:16life together. Merry Christmas, Fred. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. You've been there since the
16:20first second, literally. Will there be Yorkshire puddings? That's what we want to know, don't we?
16:27So we do say it comes with all the trimmings, but sadly Yorkshire puddings do not fall under the
16:32trimmings. If I knew this was going to happen, I would have brought some with me. Hey, come on,
16:38let's pull. Yeah. We're not getting down to business, are we? It might be the best pull you get
16:43tonight. Go on. Oh, can you smell that? Gunpowder. Do you know what? The smell of Hamlet cigars
16:51was always Christmas to me. Yeah. Yeah. My husband were a big smoker. Yeah. Yeah. We found out that
16:57he'd got a tumour on his lung, but if we'd have found out earlier, it was a lower lobe of his lung,
17:04so he can take the lower lobe out. But Dorian's transferred into his brain. That's how we found
17:10that he was ill. Too late. Too late. Yeah. It was all absolutely horrendous.
17:16I was 57 when he died, when he was 17, when we got married.
17:24You just assume that you'll be together until you're all decrepit, you know, and you don't ever think
17:30you're going to lose either of you at such a young age.
17:37I'm fine. I can cope with it most days. Some days I can't.
17:51Sorry.
17:51Well, we'd been married nearly 40 years when I lost John. Because I was thinking,
18:00oh, it'll soon be as 40. I thought, you know, and it's something to look forward to,
18:04isn't it? And then he'd gone before then. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, how bloody awful.
18:11There's nobody can fill John's boots. That was my husband. It'd have to be a big pair of boots.
18:18Yeah. He'd build anything. He taught himself how to do dry stone walling. He built an extension
18:28on the cottage that we had. Did he?
18:30Only thing I didn't like messing about with were electrics. I lived that alone. Yeah. Yeah.
18:36I would like to meet someone. I've been single for 16 years. It's my life. I've got to do it. I've got to
18:45live it how I want to. I know what it feels like. Yeah. It's horrible.
18:50Hey, listen. There's your prezzy. Ooh. You're going to laugh when you see those,
18:54I tell you. I didn't have a clue what to get. Well, it's hard enough time for people you know,
18:59let alone people you don't know. Well done. Yes. Super duper. Yeah. That's what I have at home all the time.
19:07You might leave after you open it. Oh, my God. Giant beaver, tiny eyes. Apparently it was.
19:19It's a damn funny costume. Oh, God. Oh, this is lovely. Thank you. I love a notebook. Oh, good. Oh,
19:28yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'll just tidy this lot away. Oh, yeah. I feel like a man that could cook for me,
19:37and I thought maybe you could wear it. The apron. Perfect.
19:42Good. You've got a funny laugh like me. Thank you very much for that. Thank you for being here.
19:50Only, I mean it. You have absolutely delightful company. Oh, thank you. And when I first saw you that,
19:55I wasn't joking or acting. I wasn't ready for it. And I saw you and I thought, God, she's delightful.
20:01Oh. Oh.
20:05I'm going to have to be really rude and go to the toilet. No, no, you're not being rude at all.
20:09I don't know where I'm going. Well, good luck. I'll see you in about four hours.
20:12Oh, you'll still be here, will you?
20:18Is he going to be that small? When he first comes out, yeah. 54 centimetres.
20:22Can you believe he's going to be this tiny? I know.
20:26What if I cry?
20:30Where do snowmen go to dance?
20:35Snowballs. Yeah.
20:38What is green, covered in tinsel, and goes ribbit, ribbit?
20:42Well, that would be a Christmas frog. A mistletoe.
20:48I'll have a great good nose.
20:49How's your date going? All right?
20:54Well, we're not on a normal date. We met six years ago on this show.
20:58Shut up. So, we've come back and married and pregnant.
21:01Shut up, really? Really?
21:02Yeah, yeah. Well done, mate.
21:04Yeah, yeah. If they get my date, how's your date going? Going well?
21:07Yeah.
21:08Yeah? Yeah, she's all right, mate.
21:09Yeah, proper.
21:10Mate, look where I am, six years ago.
21:13I know.
21:13Are you going to go for a drink after, or?
21:15100%.
21:16Yeah.
21:17I've never liked these things.
21:23Me neither.
21:24Let's just do it.
21:24Just for the madness. Let's just be so crazy and wild right now.
21:29Okay, I can't do this. I don't like this.
21:31No, I don't like it either.
21:41For 39-year-old maths teacher Bobby, love is a numbers game.
21:48If you're looking at my 100 plus first dates, 80 to 85% of them actually ultimately been ended by
21:53them because they've not felt the right vibe. And only two or three have been me saying no,
21:58it's not working. Statistically, I'm a failure at dating.
22:01Good to see you.
22:02Yes, really good to see you. I'm Bobby. Nice to meet you.
22:04Nice to meet you, Bobby.
22:05Hi, friend.
22:05Tell me, what do you do for a living?
22:06So, maths teacher.
22:08Are you?
22:08Yes. To be honest, I'm a nerd. I love learning. I love numbers. I love stats. I love anything that's
22:13a bit like niche.
22:14This is for you.
22:15This is for me.
22:15So, have you been dating much?
22:17I've been single for 11 years now.
22:19I think the reason I might not be successful at dating is I lack edge. I'm like a blunt scissor getting in
22:26the friend zone far too often. Come with me.
22:28Okay.
22:29I've definitely learned to become empathetic and understand how women think, but I've just not
22:34been able to apply it to my own dating life.
22:37Enjoy. See you in a bit.
22:38Okay, cheers.
22:38Hey, thank you, Fred.
22:39Hello, sir.
22:40How are you?
22:41Very good, very good. What's your name?
22:42Bobby.
22:42Bobby.
22:43Thank you, Bobby.
22:43Yeah, your face is very familiar, but I didn't know your name.
22:45Yes, I'm a maths teacher, but I do a lot of like nerdy type of things on telly.
22:49Ah, there you go. Which ones?
22:51I got my sort of lucky break doing university challenge. I was the captain of my Cambridge
22:55team about six, seven years back.
22:57Yeah, it's probably that.
22:58Yeah.
22:58Yeah.
22:59And why are you single?
23:01Clearly, I'm just terrible at dating.
23:04I think I've probably been on, it must be like 100 first dates, I reckon.
23:07Seriously?
23:07Yeah.
23:08That many?
23:08What's the probabilities of actually being single after 100 first dates?
23:11It's slim.
23:14I'm looking for a woman who was really kind, open-hearted.
23:18I would like someone that's curious.
23:20If someone's saying, ah, they hate learning about the world and books and documentaries
23:23and podcasts, then it wouldn't work, but they've got to be someone that's open to learning.
23:32Hello.
23:36Hoping to cure Bobby's heartache this Christmas is 31-year-old doctor Rebecca.
23:43When people find out I'm a doctor, I'm always asked for medical advice.
23:46On one of my dates, they immediately pulled out their phone and showed me a rash.
23:50Didn't tell me where, but I'll be honest, I didn't really want to know.
23:55Did you get a second date?
23:56I didn't give them a second date.
23:58Hello, how are you?
24:00Hello, I'm all right.
24:02What's your name?
24:03It's Rebecca.
24:03Rebecca.
24:04What do you do, Rebecca?
24:05I'm a doctor.
24:06Are you?
24:07Yeah.
24:08I would love to find someone who at Christmas could kick the Christmas dinner,
24:12because I'm rubbish at it.
24:13So you're ready to meet your date?
24:14I think so.
24:15Okay, let's go.
24:17I know it's such a cliche for everyone to say it's not about looks.
24:19For me, it's really more about who they are.
24:22Here we are.
24:22Hi, I'm Becky.
24:25Hey, Becky.
24:25Hey.
24:27Sorry, the chairs are really high, aren't they?
24:30I'm hoping for someone who's kind and ambitious,
24:33and honesty is one of my key things I'm looking for.
24:36Would you like a drink?
24:37Oh, can I be difficult?
24:38So I love elderflower and something fruity.
24:40Is there something you'd recommend for that?
24:41Yes, I can do.
24:43You look very smart.
24:44Is that a Christmas jumper as well?
24:45Yeah, no, but it's like not...
24:46I was tempted to wear an elf jumper, but that might be too much.
24:50This is like...
24:50You've toned it down.
24:51Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:53How big is your family?
24:54I've got three brothers.
24:56How about you? Where's your...?
24:57I've got a brother.
24:58Older, younger?
24:59He's four years younger, but now I'd say he's probably a little bit more sensible than me.
25:04He's often the one who's kind of picking up what I've dropped and things.
25:06I think I might be similar.
25:08So maybe if you do the clumsy thing, I can...
25:10You can catch it. There you go.
25:11Yeah.
25:12On the lookout.
25:12Although it might be me accidentally tripping you up.
25:14I know.
25:15It'd be like a rom-com, right?
25:16Yeah.
25:17Are you a fan of rom-coms?
25:18I love rom-coms.
25:20I don't think you can get better than that, to be fair.
25:22Which is your favourite?
25:23Oh, four weddings and a funeral I quite like.
25:25Can I confess?
25:26I've never seen that one.
25:27I think I know bits of the plot.
25:29Yeah.
25:29Is it the same one as...?
25:33Is it a baby and four weddings?
25:35Four babies and a wedding?
25:37No, what is it?
25:38A funeral and a wedding and a...
25:42I remember my early dates.
25:43If it went badly, I'd text them afterwards and say,
25:46Do you mind giving me a bit of feedback?
25:48And some of them would give me feedback,
25:49but I realise now that's not probably the best thing to do.
25:52A funeral and a baby.
25:53What's that one?
25:54No.
25:55Is there like a C code to that one?
25:57No!
26:14What do you call a French man wearing sandals?
26:18Philippe Fillop.
26:18I don't get it.
26:23How does good King Wenceslas like his pizzas?
26:28Deep pan crisp and even.
26:33That's awful.
26:35So are you Wes?
26:36Is it Wesley?
26:37Wesley, yeah.
26:38W-E-S-L-E-Y.
26:39Oh, it's good to know the spelling.
26:41I would have written it on your prison before,
26:42so I didn't know the name was.
26:43No, no, I got the note and I was like...
26:44I was going to write a sentence.
26:45Random.
26:46I was going to write random, weren't I?
26:49I was trying to figure what to put on the...
26:50Happy date, random.
26:53What did you think when you walked in and saw him?
26:56I just saw his cheesy grin.
26:57I thought, oh, God, here we go.
27:02Oh, you're going to make me literally...
27:03Yeah.
27:06Is your girlfriend material?
27:08I'd probably say wife material, to be honest with her.
27:10I thought she was unbelievably attractive
27:12and she was more than I expected.
27:14Oh, fuck, it's my taxi.
27:16Oh, shut up.
27:18Okay, that's it.
27:19Don't worry, mate, it's all right.
27:20I don't need you now, it's all right.
27:22Yeah, she's actually all right.
27:23Yeah, she's all right.
27:28You going to see each other again?
27:29Obviously, yeah.
27:31Maybe.
27:32No, we will.
27:33What are you saying?
27:35Who are you kidding?
27:38Get late to play hard to get down.
27:40There's more water.
27:43Yes, darling, please.
27:47That's smooth.
27:48Well done, well done.
27:49You done well there, didn't you?
27:50I don't think it could have gotten any better to myself.
27:52You're a good Christmas present.
27:56Cheers, babe.
27:56Cheers, darling.
27:59Your smile was the thing that did it to start with.
28:03Personally, it was average having it.
28:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:06The bill.
28:15Aha, very gentleman.
28:19Sorry.
28:19Are you still enjoying or you're all finished here?
28:33I think.
28:34I think we've done this course, haven't we?
28:35Yeah.
28:36Do you know, tonight, I might have a Christmas pudding.
28:39You'll bring us some figgy pudding.
28:41La la la la la la la.
28:42And pound it right here.
28:45We won't go until we get some.
28:46We won't go until we get some.
28:48We won't go tell we get some.
28:50So, bring it right here.
28:52Aye, salsa.
28:53Thank you very much.
28:54I expect it to be blazing with brandy.
28:57What's they laughing at?
28:59That's what you do?
29:00Oh dear.
29:02What keeps you busy Monday to Friday?
29:05So I'm a doctor.
29:07I've just finished my GP training.
29:09Congratulations.
29:10Thank you, I literally start a new job in a couple of weeks.
29:13I'm a maths teacher, that's like my main...
29:15Are you? Okay, how long have you been doing that?
29:17Approaching 10 years.
29:19Okay, so what age are you now, if you don't mind me asking?
29:21Oh, I'm 39. How are you, Bec?
29:23I'm 31.
29:24Oh, both of us are not prime, you're a prime number.
29:2739 is not, it's 13 times 3.
29:30Bad date chat, okay.
29:32Get rid of that chat.
29:34I love the certainty of numbers,
29:36because if I look at an equation or a problem or a sum,
29:39someone else in another part of the world,
29:41they'll come to the same answer.
29:43But dating, there's that je ne sais quoi,
29:45something that you can't quite predict,
29:46it's just if it works, it works,
29:48and you can't quite put your finger on it.
29:50Okay, are you ready for your Christmas dinner?
29:52Yes.
29:53Oh, thank you.
29:54Which, of course, comes with all the trimmings.
29:56Wow.
29:57Yeah. Enjoy, guys.
29:58Merry Christmas.
30:00Do you mind if I start?
30:02Of course you can.
30:03Jacket off, yeah.
30:04Yeah, then we can see the Christmas jumper in all your glory.
30:06Yeah, exactly.
30:08Do you still live at home?
30:10No, I live in...
30:11I lived with my parents for quite a long time, actually.
30:14Mm-hmm.
30:15In Indian communities, traditionally,
30:16people used to historically leave when they got married,
30:19but my parents are like,
30:20you're not getting married, just leave.
30:22In the nicest possible way.
30:23They think, actually, if you leave,
30:24you might actually be more likely to meet someone
30:26rather than being at home.
30:29My parents are very proud of me
30:30because they've helped raise me,
30:32they've helped give me my knowledge,
30:34my love for the world, my enthusiasm,
30:36but if they're looking at, like,
30:38they've finished their job on Bobby,
30:40I think they probably feel that the one missing box
30:43is Bobby meeting a partner and settling down.
30:46That's the one thing I feel as if they feel
30:48as if they've messed up on their scorecard.
30:50What's your opinion on The Spark?
30:52I personally don't believe in the whole
30:54love at first sight thing.
30:55I agree with you.
30:56It's fine to have, like, a slow burn.
30:58I think you can be friends before anything else.
31:01Yeah.
31:02If you kind of have to really get on,
31:03particularly at this age, right?
31:04Yes, you know, like,
31:05if you're, like, 18 or 20, it's...
31:07They're going to change.
31:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:09Prefrontal cortex is not developed.
31:11Right.
31:12Make very bad decisions.
31:13Yeah, you do, yeah.
31:14I think my intelligence is fun at parties
31:18where you've got multiple people having conversations
31:20and you're looking for interesting anecdotes.
31:22Maybe on a date it might be overwhelming
31:24if someone is just spitting out facts
31:26and capital cities and things.
31:28They're the things I realise don't work on dates.
31:30Oh, Octagon Chapel.
31:32Oh, here? This is what it is?
31:34Yeah.
31:35It's an octagon chapel.
31:36It's beautiful.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Although, when I think of octagon,
31:40I think of, um,
31:41ultimate fighter championship.
31:42They fight in an octagon.
31:44Mmm.
31:45Yeah, no, this is it.
31:46This is it.
31:48I'm hoping there'll be someone
31:50that is willing to give me a chance.
31:57There is something I want to talk about.
31:58Yeah.
31:59Do you remember the nativity play?
32:00Of course.
32:01So, I am 29 years old.
32:03Yeah.
32:04But I am still absolutely raging at the fact
32:06that I never got to play Mary.
32:07I'm still fuming.
32:08Maybe we should do, like, a version here
32:09so I can actually fulfil my life on dream of being a Mary.
32:11Mary's one of the key roles,
32:12but she doesn't actually have that many lines.
32:13Yeah, but she's the one.
32:15She's the git girl.
32:16Do you know what I mean?
32:17I was one of the three wise men.
32:19You are a wise man.
32:21You are.
32:22This is incredible.
32:24Wish my Christmas dinner looked like this.
32:26I'm trying to remember the line I gave you, babe.
32:30Which one?
32:31You had a few lines on the night.
32:33I know this sounds so cringe,
32:35but I can't remember.
32:37Let me get this straight.
32:39I can't remember the last naturally beautiful person
32:43I saw as much as you.
32:44I know that sounds cringe,
32:45but I'm going to give you the compliments.
32:46No.
32:47You've blown me away a bit.
32:49Like, I'm not going to lie.
32:50My soul is naturally peaceful with gravy dripping down my chin.
32:56When a snowman has a temper tantrum,
33:01what do you call it?
33:02Um...
33:03Temp...
33:04Tempura.
33:05Tempura.
33:06A meltdown!
33:07That's good.
33:08That's quite good.
33:09No, it's not.
33:10Don't human me.
33:11There's somebody over there with a Father Christmas hat on.
33:14I love stuff like that.
33:15I do.
33:16I leave Christmas decorations up for too long.
33:19Yeah.
33:20Yeah.
33:21Me too.
33:22Christmas cards.
33:23Yeah.
33:24I sent out two though.
33:25This year...
33:26This year I sent two.
33:27Yeah.
33:28It's been a bit funny since...
33:30Well, Nell died 18 months ago.
33:32Oh, did so?
33:33Yeah.
33:34How long had you been married?
33:3552 years.
33:36It was a type of dementia and it was quite a quick decline, this thing.
33:45She had no appetite and... and so she just... she just withered away.
33:51And erm...
33:52And erm...
33:53I was holding her hand when she died.
33:54And erm...
33:55I was holding her hand when she died.
33:58That's that.
34:00Yeah.
34:01And she just stopped.
34:02Just like that.
34:03Stop.
34:04She was appreciative of everything that I did.
34:11And we still chatted away there.
34:12You know?
34:13In the last moments, she was happy all the time.
34:14Yeah.
34:15Yeah, it was okay looking after her.
34:16Yeah.
34:17She was stoical.
34:18She was...
34:19Unless I had done something wrong, she was always in a good mood.
34:21But I do kind of miss being told off.
34:22Yeah, probably you do.
34:23You get used to it, don't you?
34:24Yeah.
34:25Yeah.
34:26Yeah.
34:27Yeah.
34:28Yeah.
34:29Yeah.
34:30Yeah.
34:31Yeah.
34:32Yeah.
34:33Yeah.
34:34Yeah.
34:35Yeah.
34:36Yeah.
34:37Yeah.
34:38Yeah.
34:39Yeah.
34:40Yeah.
34:41Yeah.
34:42Yeah.
34:43Yeah.
34:44Yeah.
34:45Yeah.
34:46Yeah.
34:47Yeah.
34:48Women usually have higher standards, I find.
34:50Yes.
34:51Yeah.
34:52Dare I say, cleanliness.
34:53Yeah.
34:54And how to behave in public, that's another one.
34:58I think we all need somebody to care for and do things for.
35:02And I don't feel that just looking after me is a reason to be.
35:07I think sharing things with people is just so much better than being on your own.
35:13Am I doing all right in public?
35:15Am I behaving all right?
35:16Yeah.
35:17How are you?
35:18Oh.
35:19Oh.
35:20Oh.
35:21Very nice to see you anyway.
35:22Nice to see you too.
35:23It all started very fast.
35:24Flying stars.
35:25Yeah, it's the same.
35:26Sparks.
35:27It's the same.
35:28We're flying.
35:29Have you been flirting?
35:30Have I?
35:31Have I?
35:32No.
35:33No.
35:34No, you haven't flirted, flirted.
35:37You've been, just been, we've just been talking about the same things and yeah.
35:42How do you know how to flirt?
35:43So what sort of things would you do on a typical first date?
35:49So it's almost always been a kind of a dinner, something like that.
35:50Yeah.
35:51Yeah.
35:52One of them I went on, went for a walk around a woodland, but we got lost.
35:56Okay.
35:57And by like an hour in, you know when you get, you just get that kind of thing of actually
36:03we're not that similar and I just don't see this working.
36:06It just got progressively more awkward, because then we couldn't leave.
36:09I think I've been the biggest kind of boundary in the last, maybe couple of years in terms
36:29of finding a date.
36:31Yeah.
36:32I find it exhausting, that kind of idea of trying to shuffle through all these different
36:37Just recently went on holiday and in my head you'd sit down next to someone on the plane
36:41and you'd be reading the same book and you'd have eight hours to chat and, you know, it'd
36:46be amazing, like every rom-com ever.
36:49Life isn't like that, but, you know, I live and hope that that might be the one.
36:54What are you looking for in a significant other?
36:58So I think you have to like each other, like, as in chat and get on.
37:02As it's on a human level.
37:03Yeah, exactly.
37:04And, you know, like honesty is a big thing for me now.
37:07There's been some kind of trials and tribulations along the way with dating.
37:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:11And it was like a very dramatic kind of break up and cheating and various other bits, not
37:17on my heart.
37:18It took a long time for me to get out of like a rut.
37:24I genuinely thought he was going to be the one we talked about marriage and kids.
37:29Honestly, it kind of just ripped me apart.
37:32So I couldn't, 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.
37:47He kind of made me feel like I wasn't worth loving and that's really difficult to get over.
37:54You can tell yourself that, you know, you are dateable, you're lovable, you have the attributes
38:01that people are looking for, you're a catch.
38:03But it's really hard to believe that.
38:06Because of that, I then probably am a little bit more reserved now with dating and things.
38:11I kind of already mentioned honesty.
38:13Honestly, I think, I think it's like, apart from kindness, I think honesty is maybe the
38:18number one trait.
38:19That's like the fundamental building block, you need, you need trust.
38:22Sorry to hear about your experience, but you come through the other side.
38:28It's in the past now, right?
38:29Exactly.
38:30And, you know, I...
38:31Good for you.
38:32I'm definitely looking for love, I think I'm ready for that.
38:35Someone who's kind and open and caring.
38:37You know, you walk in the door and there's just flowers because it was a nice thing to
38:41do.
38:42I love that.
38:43What's your worst ever first thing?
38:45Just that getting lost in a wood is probably not great.
38:47Yeah.
38:48That could be the start of a rom-com, like a couple, they get lost in the woods and there
38:53always has to be that moment where they're like, it's over, it's done.
38:56What's going to be that in the forest?
38:57A bear.
38:58A bear.
38:59I don't know.
39:02Can Yorkshire blokes flirt?
39:07I mean...
39:08Probably not.
39:09No.
39:10No.
39:11Flirting.
39:12It's not a Yorkshire man thing, is it?
39:14Flirting.
39:15I don't know.
39:16Well, all right then, I will.
39:17You do look absolutely lovely.
39:18Yes, thank you, darling.
39:19You do.
39:20And I like all your little mannerisms as well.
39:22Do you?
39:23I do.
39:24I do.
39:25I could feel the personality.
39:27I could feel it.
39:30And it looked as though she'd been doused in fairy dust.
39:33So she looked lovely, she sounded lovely and really it all went a bit too quickly.
39:38Do you like me face though?
39:39I do like your face.
39:40Do you have a pretty face?
39:41I've got a face that you can usually read on me face, you know what I mean?
39:47I can tell from your face that we're getting on all right.
39:49You can.
39:50Yeah.
39:51You can.
39:52Hello?
39:53Hello.
39:54Hey, I've done the flirting!
39:56So would you like to see each other again?
40:09Yes, I'd like to see Linda again.
40:11I'd like to see her again.
40:12Would you?
40:13Yes, I would.
40:14Oh, right.
40:15We've still got lots of things to say to each other.
40:17How would you like to see the payment here today?
40:19I should pay with plastic, seeing as I'm in the south.
40:22Well, thank you.
40:23Yeah.
40:24You're a gentleman.
40:25I think you're a delightful person.
40:26And I think you're a gentleman.
40:28Well, that's right.
40:29And you're lovely to look at and we talked very easily, didn't we?
40:33We did.
40:34I haven't worn a tie for this long since I don't know when.
40:37I like to be a bit loud.
40:39Oh, I don't need a tie to be loud.
40:41I can tell.
40:43So that was one date out of 16 years.
40:46Yeah.
40:47I like that.
40:48I'm privileged then.
40:49Yes, you are.
40:50Oh, my goodness.
40:51That's a bit scary.
40:54Lovely.
40:55Give me a kiss.
40:57Lovely.
41:05Have you ever played Articulate?
41:06Yes.
41:07I love that.
41:08So do I.
41:09Excellent.
41:10I reckon we'll be a good team.
41:11At the moment do a pub quiz every week, actually.
41:12It's good.
41:13It's good fun.
41:14That does sound fun.
41:15So if I say to you, name the five things that end in case.
41:18The C-A-S-E.
41:20Oh, gosh.
41:21Oh, I've stumped you now.
41:22This is really annoying.
41:23To go around your house would be my top tip.
41:28Intellectually, there was a match.
41:29And I felt like, yeah, you know, a doctor and a maths teacher.
41:32You know, caring, caring couple.
41:34I think Becky's the kind of girl that my parents would love.
41:37Although, does she see me as something potentially more than a friend?
41:40I genuinely cannot tell.
41:42Ah, staircase.
41:43Yeah.
41:44Bookcase.
41:45Yeah.
41:46Suitcase.
41:47Pencilcase.
41:49That's a good one.
41:50Okay.
41:51I wasn't thinking that was too small.
41:52Like about this size tends to clip.
41:54Briefcase.
41:55Yeah.
41:56This is Articulate.
41:57I think we've got the makings of a good Articulate teammate.
41:59That's what this day is all about.
42:02It's okay, guys.
42:03I'll leave this with you both.
42:04Yeah.
42:05Thank you very much.
42:06Thanks.
42:08I'll get this.
42:09Are you sure?
42:10Yes, I would like to.
42:11I would like to.
42:12You've been such a lovely company.
42:13Oh, that's really nice.
42:15Would you like to see Tiller again?
42:17Yes.
42:18Oh, my God.
42:19Yes.
42:20Oh, my God.
42:21Yes.
42:22Oh, okay.
42:23That was really worrying.
42:24Okay.
42:25No, no, no.
42:26I was only meant to be preparing for you to say no.
42:28Really nice guy, but no.
42:29And I was like, oh, she did it.
42:30Oh, okay.
42:31I mean, it's when we've got a date selfie.
42:32It's like, my memories, like, one day, like, you get a little, uh, uh, uh, okay.
42:45I can tell you now.
42:46Yeah.
42:47Obviously, I'm really attracted to you.
42:48Oh, thank you.
42:49I really like the fact that you are family-orientated, you're kind, you're thoughtful.
42:54I think that's great.
42:55Although, I think they're underappreciated qualities.
42:58I think people should go for the nice guys.
43:00But you're nice girls, so nice guys and nice girls should be hanging out.
43:04Yeah, exactly.
43:05Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention?
43:12It's been an absolute pleasure to have you here today in the first day's restaurant.
43:17I have a very special treat now.
43:20And we will all come back together again.
43:21She can always make it want and Fran De Lucian.
43:22And, before we review all of the announcements, all of this show, I'll know we'll find out.
43:24Do you?
43:25And the rain, I'll be má»™tീ Ãt kà kÃ.
43:26And the rain, I'll give you great age.
43:27And the snowman.
43:28Seize the snowman.
43:29From the snowman.
43:30Well e DC qui mà l ...
43:31Wel Ãt us m Ajit to know.
43:35Don't you like to know.
43:41The snowman.
43:43Please and a Galca ni S�로n.
43:46Shout The snowman.
43:47hält nin saber.
43:48ruh sÃ
43:49Every day
43:51When the kids start singing
43:54And the band begins to sing
43:57It was horrendous, wasn't it?
43:59Oh, I can't wait
44:01It's going to save
44:03Yeah, that sounds like an art bit
44:05So let the birds ring out
44:09For Christmas
44:13No memories
44:15No memories
44:17No memories
44:19I'd like to know
44:21I could get a train from York to Halifax
44:25Yeah, that'd be great
44:27We'll get rat-assed and see what happens
44:29Stag around Halifax
44:31Yeah
44:33Go away
44:35So when he made us start to stay
44:39Well, I wish a perfect Christmas
44:43What do you think would be good for a second date?
44:45Cool
44:47I wonder, could we
44:49I don't think
44:51A walk somewhere?
44:53That's exactly what I was thinking
44:55Really?
44:57What do you think would be good for a second date?
44:59Cool
45:01I wonder, could we
45:03I don't think
45:04A walk somewhere?
45:05That's exactly what I was thinking
45:07Really?
45:09Oh
45:11All these things
45:13And oh, baby
45:15That's what Christmas means to me, my love
45:19Oh, that's so nice
45:23I wish you all love and happiness
45:25Merry Christmas
45:27I wish you all love and happiness
45:29Merry Christmas
45:31Are you all going to be friends?
45:33Yeah
45:35Yeah, we have discussed the name Fred
45:37It's definitely on the maybe list
45:39It's on the maybe list
45:41Christmas
45:43guess what's that
45:44Yes
45:58Happy enjoyed
46:00Happy
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