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Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing - Season 1 - Episode 03
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00:03Nine pairs of total strangers have been handcuffed together.
00:07You're at the classes of f***ing barmy, aren't you?
00:09But with two couples calling it quits...
00:12They're not f*** with me.
00:14...now just seven remain.
00:18As some struggle to find common ground...
00:20People that are working cannot afford to live.
00:23Well, where are they all?
00:25They're here. It's me.
00:27...and even considered leaving the experiment...
00:29...I make gay porn for the gay industry.
00:33I'm feeling really, really anxious and really sick.
00:36I don't think I can do this.
00:39Others called an uneasy truce...
00:41I cannot get a word in.
00:43Even though I annoy the f***ing s*** out of her, I won't leave her.
00:48...with the competition intensifying...
00:50Somebody's sucking it now. Flapping it.
00:53...who will be the last pair standing...
00:55In a minute, I'm going to take the handcuffs off and get out of this.
00:57...and claim the £100,000 fries.
01:02You're free to uncuff at any time.
01:16In West Sussex, for traditional housewife Charlie and porn star Rob, it's decision time.
01:22There's no reason not to lock them, really. Do you know what I mean? Sorry.
01:25I know that. I've just got to get a bit more comfortable.
01:30Charlie had told me she wanted to push herself out of her prudish ways.
01:35But after finding out Rob works in the porn industry, she's close to quitting the competition.
01:40Why on earth am I doing this? Why am I putting myself through this?
01:44For what reason? Like...
01:47And I don't think the ultimate goal is worth it.
01:50Right now, how I feel, it's the hardest decision.
01:54It would be such a shame for Charlie to quit now.
01:56She told me she's not a judgemental person.
01:59At the end of the day, she don't have to like what I do.
02:01She don't have to agree with what I do either.
02:03I'm only out there trying to make money just like the rest of us.
02:07Unfortunately, Charlie's invited her friends round for a country supper.
02:11And it's too late to cancel.
02:13These kind of people, they're going to come, they're going to be judgemental,
02:16they're going to be proper like...
02:17Do you know what I mean? With the handbags and all the designer and stuff.
02:20I'm really worried that they're going to persuade Charlie to uncuff from me.
02:23And then guess what? It's game over.
02:25Has everybody got a plate?
02:27Do you want mustard, Rob?
02:28Yes, please. A little bit. Thank you.
02:30Why are you guys doing this?
02:34I'm just feeling really uncomfortable.
02:37Rob is a kind, thoughtful person.
02:39Yeah.
02:40I'm slightly struggling to get my head round what he does.
02:44How do you make lots of money? What's the day job?
02:49So I do OnlyFans. I do stuff online.
02:52So it's...
02:52Yeah, I've got like a subscription-based service online.
02:56Predominantly for gay men.
02:58Are we actually...
03:00We are talking...
03:01You're going to be.
03:01We are having sex, are we?
03:03You know, I don't need to get into detail and depth
03:04because it's an uncomfortable situation anyway.
03:07Charlie's struggling with it.
03:09I'm quite religious.
03:11OK.
03:12And it's just something that isn't something that's familiar to me.
03:17Simon, how do we think about Rob's daytime job?
03:19It makes me feel uncomfortable, you know, for me, for my wife and for my family.
03:28I have no genuine concern about this.
03:32I think there's bigger fish to fry in this world than perhaps someone or people enjoying an OnlyFans experience.
03:39I get judged too easy. I'm not ashamed of what I do because I make decent money.
03:44I can pay my bills, pay my taxes.
03:46Do you know what I mean?
03:47At least you're working and you're earning a living and you're making a job and you're providing for your family.
03:51Good for you. You're an entrepreneur.
03:52I am an entrepreneur, actually, yeah.
03:56It's not working while you are talking.
03:59Yeah, yeah.
03:59I think it's, if you are kind to each other, then this is OK.
04:09Worryed another couple might be about to hit the dust, I'm eager to discover if Charlie has made her decision.
04:15Hello.
04:16Hello.
04:17So, dying to know what's happening.
04:19Obviously, it was a shock for me last night finding out what Rob did.
04:24It's a very, very different world to the world that I, you know, I don't know about it.
04:31And it's, it's very alien to me.
04:34But, you know, I don't want to judge what Rob does at all.
04:39Because we all have choices.
04:41We all do things for whatever reasons we do them.
04:44And I get that.
04:46There's no right or wrong here, of course.
04:48You have to feel like it's worth going on with.
04:52I think we can, you know, move forward in a positive way.
04:59Yeah, I think I feel in a better place.
05:01Charlie, I'm behind you on this.
05:04Yeah.
05:04Yeah.
05:05And there will be other peaks and troughs, I'm sure.
05:08Good luck.
05:09I hope it does well.
05:10Thanks.
05:11Bye-bye.
05:12Bye.
05:12Bye.
05:12Bye-bye.
05:13I don't want to let Rob down and quit.
05:16And I don't want him to feel that I've quit because of what he does.
05:21He's a good guy.
05:22And he's got a good heart.
05:25But I don't 100% know how it's going to be going forward.
05:32And I've just got to live in the moment and take each day as it comes.
05:36Charlie's husband, Simon, wants to clear the air.
05:40I wasn't expecting perhaps to draw on some of my emotions quite the way it did.
05:44Mm-hmm.
05:45But I don't regret that.
05:47No.
05:47And it's no judgement on you, Rob, as you well know.
05:51Yeah.
05:51We just have to respect each of us' feelings and we just have to move on from it.
05:55Do you know what I mean?
05:55And that's it.
05:56Watch this space.
05:57Yeah, watch this space.
05:59It's been a massive rollercoaster a day, isn't it?
06:01I'm happy for that, that we can continue.
06:03Hopefully she don't get too uncomfortable that she wants to smash through that screen.
06:07But I'm sure we'll soon find out.
06:13In East London, another truce is underway.
06:18Got some narrow brace?
06:19No, thank you.
06:20But when you're there, please, may I have a cup of tea and a ginger biscuit?
06:25Yes, you can. Do you want to put the kettle on?
06:27Yes, please.
06:27Christy and Nina told me she wanted to test her tolerance.
06:31But since being handcuffed, outspoken Sarah has nearly pushed her to breaking point.
06:36I don't want to quit.
06:38My concern is how I respond to any triggers.
06:42So that's what frustrates me, because sometimes I just bite the bait.
06:46Take yours.
06:49Sarah, I'm going to ask you to just be mindful of the little tissues that you leave everywhere.
06:57That's not mine?
06:57It's certainly not mine.
06:59Well, it's not mine.
06:59I'm more OCD-loving than you'll ever be when it comes to tidying.
07:04That's so rude.
07:06That is so rude.
07:09It's all right.
07:10Just think before you open your mouth.
07:11Try that.
07:12Bill, maybe you should too.
07:14Jesus Christ.
07:15You're rude.
07:16And you're not.
07:17You're disrespectful.
07:18You're loud.
07:18You're messy.
07:20Messy?
07:20You're rude.
07:21You're not messy.
07:23You're not messy.
07:24Sarah, it's nobody else.
07:25It's nobody else.
07:26It's nobody else.
07:27It's you.
07:27Don't tell me to breathe.
07:29Breathe.
07:29Don't tell me to breathe.
07:33It would be easier if there was acknowledgement and accountability and change.
07:39But that's not going to happen.
07:41So it's all on me.
07:45And that's what I'm finding hard at the minute.
07:53I need my arms.
07:55Yeah, I need a coffee.
07:56What are we going to do about it?
07:57Make it.
07:57You ain't got none.
07:59Well, then what are you going to do?
08:00Stay here till you find me so.
08:02What you're going to have to do is let go of my arm like that.
08:04It's all right.
08:04I'm comfortable here.
08:06OK.
08:09As ever, a key is on hand, so the pairs can unlock at any time.
08:15But if they do, they'll say goodbye to the 100 grand prize.
08:18One, two, three, six.
08:28Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.
08:32Here I am stuck in the middle with you.
08:38Coffee's going cold.
08:43It's so challenging.
08:45It's really, really difficult.
08:47I'm just going to take this to the chute, if that's OK.
08:50The chute?
08:51Might bloody push you down the chute.
08:53I'd like to see you try it.
08:58Ow!
09:00Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
09:01Stop pulling me like a dog.
09:03Don't do that, Sarah.
09:04I usually walk with you and I'm like...
09:05Don't do that.
09:06Well, I pulled you back because all you've done
09:08is pull me around like some animal.
09:11Please don't treat me like that.
09:13In you go.
09:16Sarah.
09:17You act like a child.
09:17I want to treat you like one.
09:18Sarah.
09:20I will take the rudeness.
09:22I will take the ignorance.
09:23I will cope with your issues.
09:25But you're not going to...
09:26You've been pulling me around all day.
09:27No, Sarah, that's not true.
09:29Yes, you have.
09:29Sarah, that is not true.
09:31Watch it back.
09:31If I've pulled you...
09:34I will take your hand as long as you have the same respect
09:37to me on these handcuffs that I've had from you.
09:39This isn't a tip for tap.
09:40I've had patience with you.
09:41No, it isn't a tip for tap.
09:42This isn't a tip for tap.
09:43I'm telling you to check your behaviour.
09:46Regine, let me tell you something.
09:48Don't do it.
09:48You just did it to me.
09:49Don't do it.
09:50You just did it to me.
09:50You see this?
09:51Don't do it.
09:51Gaz!
09:52Don't do it.
09:53Gaz!
09:54Do not do it.
09:55Gaz!
09:57Can I have security in here, please?
09:59She just got up close and personal in my face.
10:02I want the handcuffs off because this ain't coming into my house.
10:05She's fucking rude and she moans, moans, moans.
10:08She's asked me not to talk.
10:10I've respected that all day.
10:11Oh, I need to talk to this person.
10:12I want my phone.
10:13No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
10:14Enough!
10:16I won't tolerate it, lady.
10:21Thank God for that.
10:22I'm going to unpack my things.
10:24No, I'm going to roll a fag.
10:26It's just all gone horribly wrong.
10:29I do talk a lot.
10:31And I don't mean it.
10:32And I really tried.
10:34I really wanted her to come to my home.
10:38I'm a lone wolf.
10:39And I'm staying a lone wolf.
10:42I've tried really hard to be Colin when I saw her.
10:46But she's hard work.
10:54I'm free.
10:56I can sleep in my own bed without some random bird with no knickers on.
11:02That's disgusting.
11:12From the nine pairs I originally handcuffed together, there are just six still in the running for the £100,000
11:19prize.
11:21Now, I don't expect the couples to like everything about each other.
11:25But I am hoping that for some, things could bloom into an unexpected friendship.
11:35Don't pull me down.
11:36Oh, my God.
11:38No, Claire, don't!
11:39Claire!
11:40Claire!
11:41Oh, my fucking God!
11:44Ah!
11:46Ah!
11:47Ah!
11:47Ah!
11:47Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right.
11:48Ah!
11:49Ah!
11:49Bill, sorry!
11:51Sucking freezing.
11:52It's like the actual pits of hell.
11:53No, hell's warm.
11:54It's like the actual pits of Titus.
11:57Ah!
12:01where I live is very rural pretty remote there's not that many people I spend my life with horses
12:08and animals and now I've got someone sleeping in my bed I am a city girl most people probably
12:17would think I'm a bit of a tart but people just don't care to delve a little deeper I am
12:22actually
12:22a lot more intelligent than I think people would expect would it be fair to say you have a hard
12:28core work ethic oh yes okay how would you like it if you're with someone who didn't have that kind
12:33of work it's going to be a ball ache I'm a great believer in hard work you look at most
12:38youngsters
12:38today all they know how to do is work their phone so if my partner doesn't want to get stuck
12:43into
12:44the work then that is a serious problem I spend my life training animals I know I can persuade the
12:50human to do the same what's a good day for you what do you do oh god not a lot
12:55work smarter not
12:56harder some days it honestly feels like I don't work I just get paid to exist the only thing that's
13:02going to keep me going is the thought of 100k it's a good payday might take a few months off
13:07work work
13:09Bambi meet Claire Claire meet Bambi oh she's great she's really pretty I'm really like quite infatuated
13:17whether I'm not gay but I'm just saying she's really pretty let's hear it for Bambi and Claire
13:23I'm imagining farm I'm feeling she's polo it's boots it's giving farm yard that is going to take
13:30some getting used to so a country-loving horse trainer who lives to work with a city-dwelling
13:36model who works to live let's crack on we can win the pair will start their handcuffed experience far
13:53from the city in Claire's countryside home I do struggle to comprehend why somebody wouldn't want
14:00my lifestyle it's restaurants dinners club travel I am definitely a city girl when I think of the
14:12countryside I'm thinking pig shit and rain and not a lot else but wait stop stop stop so this is
14:21my
14:21gateway here so where's the fucking whatnot there's the truck
14:35right there's the truck oh my god oh my god this is hard on earth no offense babe I'm not
14:51gonna lie
14:51oh I've got muddy my toes oh right after me I think oh wait where am I going to the
14:58toilet
14:58he's not got plumbing has it no there's a bucket oh fuck off there's not a bucket Claire I know
15:04you're
15:04lying it's not a bucket I'm shitting in a bucket on national TV it's not gonna happen I choose
15:11constipation there's no way there's no fucking way
15:25in Staffordshire self-confessed prude Charlie is on her way to the house that porn star Rob shares
15:31with his mom I am feeling quite anxious to be honest but I'm just going to as always put my
15:49best
15:49foot forward and be you know open-minded I've been took out my comfort zone at Charlie's I'm really
16:14excited to take her into my world Rob's throwing Charlie in at the deep end by taking her to his
16:20studio where he makes his living this is where I did all my only fun stuff did it filmed all
16:26the porn
16:26did all the stuff solo stuff everything else got all the different equipment I've brought my sofa
16:31my rug my table my lights they've got all my camera equipment I normally set it all up and I
16:36obviously have the lads around on the couch obviously I'm a bit different you know I mean I've got a
16:42bit of a niche I'm six for eight 22 stone in the in the gay community world I'll be I'll
16:47be classed
16:47as a bear if he was a man you'd probably be cast as like a twink or like an otter
16:52kind of thing if
16:53you're a bit of an oldish person you know yeah so you've got like different like names that the
16:58gay community use for each other there was one time there's a guy out there that identifies as a snail
17:06I don't know nobody he likes the fact of like big guys wanting to be able to crush him this
17:15is
17:17something I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would ever encounter and you know it's not easy
17:25I'm having to take my head to like a place to try and stay Zen because it's it's it's very
17:32bizarre
17:33Charlie's very dominant in the kitchen as you can see she's she's made me wash the potatoes like a
17:38pauper I know it's Charlie's turn to shine so I don't mind tell you what in a second you can
17:43chop
17:43two shallots yes how do you fancy that yes I'll chop the shallots tonight I'm meeting some of the
17:50biggest porn stars there are in the industry I mean that is pretty damn surreal Rob's very respectful
17:55and I hope that they are too and I hope that the conversations don't get too detailed
18:04hello hi hello oh hi right you some cake yes how over there hi hi I'm Charlie who's you me
18:14nice to
18:15meet you hello Charlie we're going to shake hands we all right yeah all right nice to meet you on
18:20the
18:20menu tonight we've got blowjob and steak night wait yeah give me a steak yep they're being quite
18:29perverted could you just drop them in the bin for me please and that's all the fat off the steak
18:37I'm trying to cook I'm trying to do this I'm trying to concentrate it's like I've walked into like
18:43this kind of crazy world right now in this scenario I'm feeling like it's a little bit inappropriate I
18:50get boys banter I get having a joke but there's also a line and there's boundaries that needs to be
18:57respected I'm finding them a bit much it's really too much they need to have some respect I'm getting
19:04really grossed out and I'm going to hit that button okay because actually it's disgusting
19:12growing up I never really had many friends but working in the adult content community is great
19:18you meet new people you collaborate and I'm happy just only having a handful of friends you don't need
19:24millions of friends you just need true friends you know I we are adult content creators our content
19:33is mainly directed at gay men even though we're straight we do stuff together and what other blokes
19:40and well we're not gay my husband and I did not share a bedroom in my family home until we
19:45were married
19:48well I'm a Christian I go to church and I believe that sex is a is a kind of sacred
19:55thing between a
19:56married couple I come from that kind of background you can understand why your world is a bit like whoa
20:04oh my god you said that crikey I need to close my ears people make their minds up before they
20:11get to
20:11know us and we expect people to judge us and we're okay with that do you think you've been pushed
20:16into
20:17it financially I come from a real poor background single mother six children by the age of six we
20:25got evicted out of our house we lived in a refuge for women by the age of 12 mum passed
20:30away in a car
20:31crash by the age of 15 and I was actually homeless I was living in a hostel and someone said
20:38to me why
20:39don't you try any fans I tried any fans and it literally overnight changed my life I really
20:44believe tomorrow is not guaranteed so live your life today yeah it's why I'm so positive and I
20:59don't judge anybody and his story brought me to tears it was really moving and who am I to judge
21:07what they choose to do but you made us amazing dinner we're very grateful and we're grateful
21:13to meet you well thank you for sharing that thank you for listening I'm really proud of us she's done
21:18really fucking well and I think it was definitely an eye-opener for Charlie tonight initially I was
21:24like whoa okay but actually the more I found out you know here am I to judge them for doing
21:31that
21:44oh it looks fucking freezing it's actually really pretty yeah it looks nice from a distance
21:50deep in the Hampshire countryside model Bambi has woken up a long way from her beloved city home
21:58Claire starts her mornings with a wash in the river air and today is no exception
22:03oh what a treat I've been at the Ritz my appearance is very important to me it is the absolute
22:12basis of
22:12my job I think without my appearance I would struggle slightly somewhat to live this soft life
22:24I had a nose job I had buccal fat removal full set of veneers BBL 360 liposuction
22:32don't pull me down oh my god I think women should be able to do what they want with their
22:40bodies
22:40but people do look down on me she really is out of her comfort zone I've got a lot of
22:59work to do
22:59today when if something starts you know affecting my reputation I'll be pissed off so she will have to
23:05basically step up a bit good morning hi hello look everyone's turning up now oh don't fucking blame
23:12them they've probably heard about the two lunatics and handcuffs washing washing before Claire's work
23:19day can begin first Bambi needs to get ready uh this afternoon we need to bed up a barn what
23:25did I do
23:26what have you lost mirror that is fucking insane hold on you've literally got everything okay so
23:34um yeah we have got a lot to do um I've got a lot of tack I need to clean
23:38and what are you looking for
23:40lip gloss we need to bed up the barn I mean normally I mean that would take me about an
23:46hour but I think
23:47it's gonna take us a fucking lot longer than that I would normally be in and out of the truck
23:51at 100 miles
23:52an hour I haven't really got time for her to sort of hang about because I've got a lot of
23:57shit to do
23:58and we just need to get it fucking done I think the hardest part of this experience is going to
24:07be
24:07the impending smells maybe I'll get used to it maybe I'll just start to get on with the smell of
24:13shit
24:13who knows what would you say that you do so basically everything to do with horses right
24:25I do not like horses I don't trust her there's something in their eyes that unhinged
24:31hello little man you're right look at the state of his eyes it's just not a stable animal as far
24:40as
24:40I'm concerned he's really sweet aren't you my little mate oh yeah put your arm this way
24:46fuck this get me away no fucking way absolutely not what's he doing that for
25:00still on their very first task of the day Claire's work schedule is already behind
25:10okay let it drop perfect okay that's it I just didn't have this on my 2025 bingo card
25:19oh god I'm dripping I can see now based off of this morning that this is not going to be
25:23as easy
25:24as I thought it was going to be Claire has one setting which is obviously 100 miles an hour
25:28100% of the time it's so exhausting my battery is slightly depleted
25:34oh it stinks oh god it has it oh fucking hang on hang on that's too much no no
25:43no I'm not even joking no quite enough of that
25:53when I cook the sausages I'll put the mashed potato on top of the oven and then how do you
25:59cook them
26:00after you've done that it's already you'll see that's it in Enfield North London for barmaid
26:06Tilly and millionaire business owner Anthony things remain frosty I think the tensions are rising a
26:14little bit and he lives a very privileged life where things are done for him and I think he
26:20doesn't really get that the pair have a busy day ahead in her spare time Tilly runs a local homeless
26:28charity and today along with her friends the pair are preparing and distributing hot meals I've been
26:36helping the homeless for 10 years I always say builds a longer table not a higher fence
26:43some people ain't got anyone but they've got me and they've got our charity and that's something
26:49I am very proud of some very good-looking sausages there proper sausages they are proper sausages they're
26:57proper Cumberland sausages excellent aren't they I know about homelessness I've been camping I've eaten
27:10sausages I've had mashed potato you just mentioned about camping it's very very different what we do is massive it's
27:19huge it makes a huge difference to that one person that gets a meal I did actually go to public
27:26school and regardless of what you think it's very tough
27:30okay it's very tough well this is quite luxurious compared to what we had to have these people that
27:40we are feeding if we don't feed them they don't get this in a their only meal nothing it is
27:45forgive me
27:47for saying this and don't shoot me down some of them don't want help they're quite happy with their life
27:53people are living on the streets and starving I feel like you're thinking in the wrong way it was a
28:00really
28:03weird comment to make and I think sometimes Anthony uses really long clever words to say really stupid
28:12things I had a relative who recently died who left four and a half million pounds as a residual to
28:20the
28:20royal life institution with the soul wish that his entire estate a residual estate went to them all he
28:27wanted was a boat named after him you know listen don't be so angry you are you're really peed off
28:37yeah do you remember how passionate you was about your car yeah but I wasn't angry because it is hard
28:44to
28:44be angry about a 500 grand rolls worse this is my passion don't just fire arrows at me huh you
28:51said
28:51you wouldn't want a lifeboat named after you of course you wouldn't why would I want a fucking lifeboat
28:54named after me yeah but you missed the point the point is all the money went into administration you
28:59missed the point Anthony that I don't need to do something for acknowledgement if you listen don't
29:05keep telling me to listen because I've been hearing you talk for the last three days I think there's
29:14probably a lot you don't know about me because you haven't been listening I've listened I have
29:18please believe me I have listened I have listened can just sound why I'm getting a little bit frustrated
29:24here can you understand I know you've just rolled your eyes at me it's just picking a little bit
29:33self-centered in it like and so unaware what's that as the air turns blue sorry meals ready the
29:46couple hit the streets to hand them out to the local homeless community is that a homeless person in
29:58there's somebody there you're right right hello you're right do you want to have dinner I'm good
30:07you're okay I'll leave one up there for you two of them yeah they don't get to eat hungry is
30:17he
30:17homeless yeah we don't know that gentleman more importantly he don't know us he's in a graveyard
30:24sleeping in he's probably really hungry and he probably feels very scared and very vulnerable
30:33hi just some dinner don't it's sausage and mash there baby's nice and warm right
30:40babe do you want a cup of tea oh man come on how are you getting on
30:48just trying to get like work here and there what job sentence you go to that one up there
31:02oh dear oh for god's sake good to meet you cheers mate I hope things work out for you mate
31:15Oh, great.
31:18Bunch of speechless, to be perfectly honest.
31:21I am.
31:21Borsal wants to go back into prison.
31:24Isn't that horrendous?
31:26There's no address, he's got no phone,
31:29so he hasn't got a bank account.
31:32I mean...
31:34Yee, God.
31:38Anthony, you seem a bit overwhelmed.
31:41I am a bit, yes.
31:43He wants to go back into prison
31:45because he can't cope with life.
31:47It's appalling.
31:48I just, you know, it's there, obviously, it's there,
31:52but I've seen it and I've tasted it, I've seen.
31:54It's really shocking.
31:56I was wrong to say some people don't want help.
32:00It's appalling.
32:02Dreadful.
32:03So thank you for showing me.
32:04I won't be as flippant again.
32:06That is, like, a tiny percent
32:10of what I see day in, day out.
32:14I'm amazed you're so positive
32:15and I'm amazed that you've survived this intact.
32:20Anyway, good, good, God love you.
32:23Terrible, isn't it?
32:24Quite, I'm quite cut up about it, to be honest.
32:26Anyway, come on, let's get on and find somebody else.
32:30There was a side of Anthony that I did see today
32:33that I hadn't really seen before
32:36and it was really nice to see that side of him.
32:39I'm glad about that.
32:41And I'm glad that...
32:44..he can probably see how privileged he is.
32:48So I think today's probably been a big, big lesson for Anthony
32:52and I hope he takes it with him.
33:03Oh, oh, oh.
33:05OK, they're already off.
33:05Let that part of you go, you're all right.
33:07Ah!
33:08Back in beautiful Hampshire,
33:09model Bambi is struggling to keep up with workaholic Claire.
33:14Get the horse's head up.
33:15Good girl, baby.
33:16Oh, it's just never ending.
33:18It's just one thing after another.
33:19I'm not used to this.
33:20Tighter.
33:21Much, much tighter.
33:22Oh, God.
33:23I thought I would have this.
33:24I would do one task at home
33:26and then think that's a big day.
33:28Princess.
33:29She's flying around like a blue-ass flyer.
33:32Good girl.
33:34Look, you just don't stop.
33:35It's a stark contrast.
33:39For Claire, the day has been a light-off.
33:43Oh, God bless.
33:45Oh, she's fucked.
33:47Oh, I'm going to sleep tonight.
33:49I am a bit concerned how exhausted Bambi got today
33:53and I've got a lot of work to do tomorrow
33:55and the thing is, I'm already really behind now,
33:57which I'm actually quite conscious of.
34:01Worried about the impact it's having on her work,
34:03Claire demands to speak to the producers.
34:06I am having my fucking phone, whether they like it or not.
34:10All the pairs have strictly limited access to their phones.
34:15Hi, Claire, how are you?
34:16Pissed off.
34:17So, I've got clients messaging me.
34:19My phones now will be a nightmare, OK?
34:21So, the phone thing is a major thing, OK?
34:24So, this needs to be ironed out right now.
34:26I understand you.
34:27Can I also speak to Bambi?
34:28Yep.
34:29Hi.
34:32In a minute, I'm going to ask you to take the handcuffs off
34:34and get out of this.
34:35If you guys have access to your phones the whole time,
34:39it really gets in the way of you being able to relate to each other.
34:43I don't know.
34:43I'm not having this bullshit.
34:45The rules are very clear.
34:48Shut up.
34:49I want out.
34:50Get the fucking handcuffs off now.
34:53I've warned everyone I'm out.
34:54I'm done.
34:56Fuck the money.
34:58Get your shit out of the field and fuck off.
35:02You're free to uncuff at any time.
35:17Now I'm fucking seething.
35:20In Hampshire, horse trainer Claire is on the edge of uncuffing for model Bambi.
35:25No, I get it.
35:26I do get it.
35:28Bambi, with respect, honey, you don't.
35:30I'm sorry to be so brutal, right?
35:32No, don't be serious.
35:32I've got a lot that rides on my head.
35:34I get that.
35:35Do you not think we could just take five, have a cigarette,
35:39and then just mull over, relax a little bit,
35:42and maybe just, like, sit and be, yeah, more serene?
35:53I think just take a breather.
35:55Sometimes it's good just to get it out.
36:01I'm a very patient person.
36:03I think, actually, post-Brazilian butler, if my patience is through the roof.
36:06I couldn't sit down for nearly three months.
36:08Like, I did not sit on my ass once.
36:09So I think handcuff is probably manageable.
36:12I think we'll survive.
36:16Right, let's just think about this logically,
36:18because I think, realistically,
36:20I think that this is, like, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
36:24I know.
36:24There's a lot of money.
36:25It's the bullshit they've given me.
36:26Do you know, I really wish I hadn't started all this now.
36:29I know, but I suppose we're in it now.
36:31Might as well give it the best shot, do you know what I mean?
36:34How about it? Ready?
36:36Come on, then, let me just shove this down there.
36:41Being 100 miles an hour all the time must be so exhausting.
36:44I don't think she ever really takes her foot off the pedal.
36:47And I think it would be nice going forward to see if Claire
36:49could learn some things from me, i.e., just chill, babe.
36:53I really don't need them fucking me off like this.
36:55Now I know.
36:57Very difficult for me to not be in control, you know,
36:59and this is completely out of my comfort zone.
37:01Bambi did a really good job of calming me down.
37:04She was great, if I'm honest.
37:05She was a good mediator, because I really was.
37:07I was like, when I'm a stubborn bitch,
37:09if it wasn't for Bambi, it's game over.
37:14Day at a time, that's all we can do, innit?
37:19I am very competitive, and I think that, combined with my patience,
37:23means that we're on to a winner.
37:24I think, double handcuff my partner, because they're not escaping.
37:28100k, come in.
37:29My way.
37:38Politics has always been split between the left and the right,
37:42and this couple definitely straddle that divide.
37:46Okay, these are the two that's closest together.
37:49Yeah, and the same.
37:50Okay, so if we do maybe a couple of minutes on here, quick start.
37:56Quick start, where am I looking here?
37:57The one that says start, darling.
38:00Maybe we hold hands.
38:02That's a good idea.
38:04See, we've got some rhythm going on.
38:06I've got some rhythm.
38:07Look at how we're in sync.
38:08This is our avatar moment.
38:18I've got myself buttoned up, so I can get my clothes off easily.
38:23I'm told I'm handcuffed left.
38:25I fucking hope so, because I'm buttoned off.
38:30I would describe myself as opinionated, controversial and sexy.
38:36I mean, I can say that, right?
38:38I like what I see in the mirror, why not?
38:42What do you think about the state of politics in this country?
38:45What do you make of the current landscape?
38:47Yeah, politics is pretty broken and pretty desperate right now.
38:51I'm a Green Party councillor in North East Derbyshire.
38:54Politics isn't something that I take lightly.
38:56I wear my heart on my sleeve.
38:57I'm driven by my heart, my values.
39:01That is my life.
39:03Why do you want to do this?
39:04Is it to get your message across?
39:05It absolutely is.
39:07It's to prove that change is possible.
39:08And I want to prove to myself and to others that we can do it.
39:11The far right are on the rise at the moment,
39:14and Reform UK is leading that charge.
39:16And unfortunately, we are falling for the tricks of the wolf
39:19that's wearing the sheep's clothing.
39:20But no matter who I'm paired with,
39:23I do genuinely believe that we can change anyone's mind.
39:26God, I'm a cocky bastard, aren't I?
39:29You mind me asking who you vote for?
39:31You don't have to share if you don't want to.
39:32Right now, my favourite manifesto is the Reform Party's manifesto.
39:37It's brilliant.
39:38Everything is too politically correct.
39:40Just because I'm a brown girl, why can't I be conservative?
39:44Why can't I be a capitalist and be proud of it?
39:47Lynne, meet Quank.
39:48Quank, meet Lynne.
39:49Hi.
39:50Hi.
39:51Seeing someone who's a lot younger than I was expecting,
39:54I am completely actually taken by shock here.
39:58Let's have a hug.
40:00My first impressions of Frank, I just knew he was a vegan.
40:05It seems like he could be okay, though.
40:07I was looking forward to cooking him a nice curry chicken,
40:11maybe a cheeky steak.
40:13It's got to be like chickpeas now, isn't it?
40:17So, a proud right-winger with a left-wing activist.
40:21Truly a story for our times.
40:25Welcome to my humble aboot.
40:28Whose shoes?
40:30They'll begin their time together at Lynne's house in North London.
40:34I need to get my clothes off.
40:36You want a shower?
40:36Yeah.
40:37Now?
40:37Yeah, I'm so sweaty.
40:38Are you not sweaty?
40:40Yeah, but, um, well, okay, how many showers do you want today?
40:44No, just, okay, one now and one this evening.
40:48Okay.
40:48I'm going to get you some tights to wrap around your eyes.
40:50Okay.
40:50Just to make it easier.
40:52Oh, no, then, fishnets.
40:53I'm so sorry, but this is what I'm going to have to do.
40:56I'm a girl that gets my own way.
41:00Even when I don't, I will in the end.
41:04All right, what's step one?
41:06Okay, step one.
41:07Okay, you tie it.
41:08I'll put it here.
41:09I can hold it on my face here, like that.
41:12Turn around.
41:13Which way?
41:15Yeah, and now sit down.
41:17But my arm, we're all aware of what's happening to my arm.
41:19Don't worry.
41:20So, I'm going to take off my dress.
41:25Do you need me to lean in?
41:26No, sir.
41:28There'll be no leaning in about any sort.
41:34We've laughed a lot, and there's so much more to discover.
41:38I hope it will get easier as we go along,
41:40and that we will get to know each other more.
41:42Oh, well, this is our first date, isn't it, chick?
41:45Oh, I love a good hot shower.
41:46You've got to have a really hot shower.
41:48Yeah, I'm going to find it so much harder than I ever realised.
41:53I'm getting hot here.
41:54The water's hot.
41:55My hand is very wet.
41:57Hello.
41:57And soapy.
41:58Something's touching it now.
42:00Flapping it.
42:08Lin wants to show Frank the neighbourhood.
42:11This is where I grew up.
42:13My school was just over down the road, but it's closed now.
42:16I went to an African-Caribbean school.
42:19OK.
42:20So there was no white people in my school.
42:21Wow, OK.
42:22Yeah.
42:23Growing up in a heavily ethnic minority area,
42:27everyone seemed to want to vote or be left-leaning,
42:30vote for Labour, and I was like, well, why?
42:33And then when the whole election to Brexit came around,
42:37I felt empowered to want to vote to leave,
42:40and I received so much hate,
42:42which only gave me more batteries in my backpack to go.
42:45So this is the shop that I come to to do all of...
42:48My dad calls it Ital and Vital,
42:50but it's essentially the foods
42:51that you probably won't get in, like, Tesco or...
42:55When people try to say, you can't really...
42:57Yes, I can say that.
42:58And if you've got a problem with it,
42:59I'm sorry, that's your problem or mine.
43:02Do you like supermalt?
43:04I've never had supermalt.
43:05Would you like to try?
43:06Yeah, what is it?
43:07It's something in African and Caribbean countries
43:09that we drink a lot.
43:11Yeah, of course I want to try it.
43:12Fantastic.
43:15This is why I really like this shop,
43:17so this makes me feel at home.
43:19We have, like, hot pepper sauce made in Barbados,
43:22and this was one of the reasons why I actually voted for Brexit.
43:28I'm not saying that's the only reason,
43:29but I'm passionate about my own country that I was born in
43:33economically doing well.
43:35So when I see imports from Barbados
43:37in places like Tottenham, I get really, really happy.
43:45Did you vote for Brexit?
43:46I did, yeah.
43:48I did vote for Brexit.
43:49Do you mind if I ask how you would vote in an election?
43:53Er, I used to work for the Labour Party.
43:57I voted for Conservative.
43:58If I had to vote tomorrow, I'd probably vote reform.
44:03Do you know what?
44:04Let's get a basket.
44:06You're going to need more than fucking basket, Lynn, after that.
44:09What in the hell?
44:10Jesus Christ.
44:11You'd vote for reform?
44:12I would, yeah.
44:14You're joking.
44:15I'm not.
44:18Have you ever had fun?
44:21Er...
44:22It's vegan.
44:22I'm sorry, I'm still on the reform thing.
44:24Right, OK.
44:25Yeah, wow.
44:26Don't worry about it.
44:28I feel really shell-shocked, actually.
44:31All of my expectations, all of my preconceptions,
44:34right or wrong, have been thrown out the window completely.
44:36I'm in unknown territory.
44:38I am just trying to handle this and go with it.
44:41OK, let's go around the corner.
44:42I mean, I don't think there's much else to get, to be honest.
44:48I am struggling to understand how I can be in this shop
44:52and for you to tell me that.
44:54One of reform's key figures is an Asian man.
44:57It doesn't make a difference.
45:00When I first met Lynn, I wasn't quite sure what it was
45:02that we entirely disagreed on or where our differences lay.
45:07I'm really absolutely no now.
45:09We need to get some chicken.
45:11Hang on.
45:11OK.
45:12Hey, how do you get to my name?
45:13Hi.
45:14I think it blocks with his brain that I'm from an ethnic minority
45:18and I don't uphold his values.
45:22It frustrates me because why?
45:24Why would you assume I would think like you
45:27just because I'm from an ethnic minority background?
45:33I'm in this challenge to convert Lynn's opinions, to change her mind.
45:39I'm not giving up until we get to a point where we see our common ground
45:43and, yeah, we're going to leave this show agreeing and we're not going to be handcuffed anymore,
45:47but we'll be hand in hand in what we believe.
45:56That's fine.
45:57Can I just say, we have different, I have different priorities and I finish my sentence?
46:00Shit!
46:00I don't fucking raise your voice at me.
46:12I think I just found that boy is racist.
46:14If that's the way that you feel right now, get out of my mum's house.
46:20She's not crazy.
46:39She's not crazy.
46:47She's not crazy.
46:48She's not crazy.
46:50She's not crazy.
46:50She's not crazy.
46:51She's not crazy.
46:53She's not crazy.
46:53She's not crazy.
46:53She's not crazy.
46:54She's not crazy.
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