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00:00Did you come? I like you being on top.
00:02Why have you highlighted, I like the rear entry position?
00:37Bangkok, capital of Thailand, love capital of the world.
00:42Hundreds of thousands of Western men travel here each year in search of the eastern promise of a Thai woman.
00:53My mission, to find out why.
01:00My first port of call, one of Bangkok's largest marriage agencies, Anglo-Thai introductions.
01:07My contact, Ronnie Conrad.
01:10It seems to be quite a few young women just sort of sitting around.
01:14What is going on here? It's quite odd, isn't it?
01:17They've come in because it's their day off and they've come to enrol.
01:19To enrol, really?
01:20Yeah, some of them come to enrol and some of them come to meet.
01:23It is like a clubhouse here. I mean, they come in and they say hello.
01:27Say hello to Ronnie?
01:28Sometimes, yes.
01:29Why not?
01:30This lady is actually enrolling right now.
01:33I'm in Kukai.
01:34Kukai?
01:35And you work here, Kukai?
01:36How do you do?
01:37How do you do, Louis?
01:39Hi, Kukai.
01:40What's your name?
01:41It's Anne.
01:42Anne.
01:42And how old are you?
01:4319.
01:4419?
01:46Funnily enough, under 20, they're harder to place.
01:49They want a wife, not a daughter.
01:53Or a granddaughter.
01:55Well, no, I don't think so.
01:57What about 16?
01:58No, we wouldn't take that idea at 16.
02:01What about 14?
02:02Absolutely not.
02:04So would you like to meet a nice English man?
02:08Yes.
02:08Why?
02:09Because Thai man is not interesting.
02:13Not interesting?
02:14English number one.
02:16It's a mystery, isn't it, really?
02:17Because we're not that great, aren't we?
02:19I mean, let's be honest.
02:21Even if we're not that great in comparison to the Thai man, we're saints.
02:25I'll take your word for it.
02:27I've never thought of myself as a valuable commodity.
02:30Would I be possible client material?
02:32Absolutely.
02:33If we had your photo and your details here, and if we showed it to the ladies, you'd be
02:38surprised how many would want to meet you.
02:41And what if I said, like, you know, I want 10?
02:45I'd say bye-bye.
02:47What if I came back and said, like, I like that one so much I want another one?
02:50Depends what happened, whether I'd allow you to use the service or not.
02:53Yes.
02:53What's happening?
02:54We're just going to do a video of this young lady.
02:57Okay.
03:00It's a bit like a hostage videotape, in a funny way.
03:03Do you know what I mean, really?
03:05Mm, not exactly sure, no.
03:07I am not being mistreated.
03:09Oh, yes, yes, yes.
03:10No, no, no.
03:12No, it's not quite like that.
03:14Do you find, like, Thai women attractive as a race?
03:20Absolutely.
03:21Yeah.
03:22Slim.
03:22And they stay slim.
03:23Yes.
03:24Skin.
03:25Beautiful.
03:26Olive tan and smooth as silk.
03:30Smooth as silk.
03:31Mm.
03:32Naturally hairless.
03:33I beg your pardon?
03:35No.
03:36Arms.
03:36Oh, very slight hair, I think.
03:40Yes.
03:41So what's happening now is the change in the name tag.
03:44And the serial number, the membership number.
03:47Who's that?
03:48That's the last one on...
03:49Paying 1414.
03:51Oh, but it was a 1415, wasn't it?
03:52Ah, yes, but I hate to say it.
03:55We run an A video and a B video.
03:57Really?
03:58What is the difference between the A team and the B team?
04:00Um, the A is the ones I would consider to be more attractive.
04:06So who gets the B film, then?
04:08The B film's available here in the office.
04:10As soon as a guy comes here, he can see everybody right through.
04:14Right.
04:14Who's on the C video?
04:16There isn't one.
04:17No, we don't have one.
04:19Tan wants to find a nice Western man.
04:22Is that right, Tan?
04:22Yeah.
04:23Yeah.
04:24Why?
04:25Because friendly and kindness.
04:27Friendly and kind.
04:29Absolutely.
04:30It makes you feel good, you know, but then at the same time you're aware that maybe it's
04:33not true.
04:34I think in comparison to the Thai man, you've just got to try and remember what happens
04:38here in Thailand.
04:39That's right.
04:40Friendly and kind.
04:40That's right, you've got to see, like, the Thai men are awful, you've just got to hear
04:43Thai men are awful.
04:44What do you think of that?
04:45Well, they may not actually be awful men, but they don't treat slightly.
04:49They can't help it.
04:50It's cultural.
04:50That's absolutely right.
04:51I mean, it's ingrained.
04:54Ooh.
04:56Here comes that man again.
04:59With more than 1,400 Thai women on his books, Ronnie's always short of male clients
05:03to pair them with.
05:04I offered to help drum up some business by taking to the streets.
05:09Hello.
05:09Hi.
05:10Hello, stranger.
05:11You're a danger.
05:14Hello, sir.
05:14Hello, sir.
05:16Hello, sir.
05:18Are you?
05:19Thank you very much.
05:23Why do you regard the Thai women as so preferable over the Western women?
05:28Because they still believe in looking after the man and they're brought up to look after
05:33the man.
05:34OK, what about this thing in your brochure, right, it says, Thai ladies have all qualities
05:38that have been forgotten and lost by the equality crazed women's lib, Western woman.
05:43Do you think women should cook and clean and all that stuff?
05:46No, I don't believe that at all.
05:47They shouldn't.
05:48No, I don't believe that.
05:49No, I don't believe that.
05:49But for my personal life, I like a lady who's going to fit round my business life because
05:55I work a lot.
05:56But you do think they're equality crazed.
05:58That's established.
05:59Now, moving on.
06:00Some.
06:01Number eight.
06:03When it comes to making love for Thai women, there is no such thing as, I've got a headache.
06:11It's basically just saying that a Thai lady is not so independent, that's all.
06:19Yeah.
06:19She's more likely to go with the flow.
06:21Oh, come on, Ronnie.
06:22She's more likely to go with the flow, that's all.
06:24OK, OK.
06:24Is that code?
06:25It just means that the Thai lady goes along more with the man.
06:30That's all.
06:31That's just how it is.
06:32Nothing more sinister than that.
06:34Yeah?
06:34Did I say there was anything sinister?
06:36No.
06:36No, well, exactly.
06:37Do you think Western women get too many headaches?
06:39I've no idea.
06:40I am not with a Western woman.
06:42Are you with a Thai woman?
06:43I am with a Thai woman, yes.
06:47And no, she doesn't get headaches, even when she's got a headache.
06:52I slightly wish you hadn't said that.
06:55Why is that?
06:55I don't know.
07:00That night, Ronnie invited me to his hotel to join him and his wife to celebrate her birthday.
07:05Ronnie had met her through a marriage agency only two years before.
07:09I was keen to know how an Anglo-Thai marriage develops a few years down the line.
07:15Hello.
07:15Hello, hello.
07:16Good evening.
07:17How are you?
07:18Look at you.
07:18I feel underdressed.
07:20Oh, sorry.
07:21I just like to look a bit different in the evening.
07:24And where is your wife?
07:29My young lady is upstairs on her way down.
07:32She's on her way down?
07:33Yes.
07:34Because you haven't told me much about her.
07:37No.
07:38No.
07:39She's a really super young lady that I only met a few days ago.
07:45Unfortunately, my wife that you're now referring to and I are parting.
07:50Right.
07:50Unfortunately.
07:51She was a Thai...
07:52So you had a Thai wife?
07:54Yes.
07:54Who you met through an agency?
07:57Yes.
07:57And that was a few years ago, but now that's...
08:00You're...
08:02We're still good friends.
08:03Right.
08:03There's no problem really between us.
08:05Well, that's good.
08:06And the good news is you've now got a new wife.
08:08Absolutely.
08:09Well, not actually married yet.
08:11Not married yet?
08:12No.
08:12We will be, I think, on the 21st.
08:15That's just a few days.
08:17Yes, indeed.
08:18How amazing.
08:19Just purely by accident.
08:21I just happened to be in the office when she came in to enrol.
08:23Right.
08:24She'd come into your offices because she was interested in meeting a Western husband.
08:28And you thought, I'll have that one for myself.
08:29Well, no, I didn't think that at the time because I hadn't seen her properly or spoken to her,
08:35but then started talking to her and that was it, as far as I was concerned.
08:40Fell in love on the spot.
08:42Took a bit longer with her, about three hours, I think, but...
08:46Oh, it took a bit longer for her to fall in love with you.
08:48Exactly.
08:49It took about three hours.
08:50I think so, yeah.
08:58Hello.
08:59Sweetie.
09:00Hello.
09:00This is Louis.
09:01I'm Louis.
09:02Nice to meet you.
09:04Yes, me too.
09:06So, I just told Louis about you, darling.
09:10Oh, what?
09:11And he's very interested to meet you.
09:13What about me?
09:14What about you?
09:15I just said, what a lovely young lady you are.
09:17Mmm.
09:19And Louis is a little bit surprised that you're 21 today.
09:25Aww.
09:27And that I'm 55.
09:29No problem?
09:30Can we go out and enjoy ourselves?
09:32Okay.
09:33Yes?
09:34Would you like some more, darling?
09:36A little bit more?
09:38Come on.
09:40Too hot?
09:41Yes, come on.
09:45How is that?
09:46Is that divine?
09:51Ronnie.
09:51Yes.
09:56Where's your spoon?
10:02Come on, then.
10:06Ooh.
10:08Very nice.
10:11So, did, um...
10:13Did ma'am make a videotape?
10:15To be honest, no, she didn't.
10:17No.
10:19Because...
10:20We met...
10:21We met in the afternoon in the office.
10:24Uh-huh.
10:24And I fell in love with you straight away.
10:26Uh-huh.
10:27And we talked for a while.
10:29Uh-huh.
10:30Yes.
10:30Yes.
10:31And when you decided you want to be with me, maybe two or three hours later?
10:36Yes.
10:37And then we went to talk to your mother to ask her permission?
10:41Yes.
10:44Because, fortunately, ma'am's mother brought her into the office.
10:48Really?
10:49Yes.
10:49Because she wanted you to have a Western husband?
10:53Yes.
10:57So, what was it that took three hours, then?
11:00What was that conversation?
11:02Hmm?
11:05I think that's a bit private.
11:09I think so.
11:12We were very naughty.
11:13Around about two and a half hours.
11:16We were in my office by ourselves.
11:18Yes.
11:19And, um...
11:22We actually turned the lights out so nobody could see into the office.
11:29So we got quite close.
11:32Quite quickly.
11:33Quickly.
11:34And quite romantic.
11:36Mm-hmm.
11:37I think so.
11:40And all the while, ma'am's mother was outside the door.
11:43Absolutely.
11:45While you were getting quite hot and heavy.
11:47No, I wasn't getting hot and heavy.
11:48We were getting quite close and warm, but not hot and heavy.
11:53We were getting to know each other better.
11:55And we just decided and asked her mother's permission, and that was it.
12:01So after three hours, it was wedding bells?
12:04Mm-hmm.
12:09That's a lovely smile, sweetheart.
12:11Don't ever lose your lovely smile.
12:15Yeah.
12:17Quite young.
12:18Yes.
12:19Yeah.
12:19I mean, I don't mean that as a criticism.
12:21But quite mature.
12:22Yes.
12:23For her age.
12:25You've got to remember, I just got here, Ronnie, so this is all new to me.
12:28Yeah.
12:28And I'm still...
12:30I'm going, like, that's really nice.
12:32And then at the same time, I'm thinking, like, does she know what she's getting into?
12:37Yes.
12:39Yes.
12:39She's thought about it.
12:40She's decided she wants to be with me.
12:42Yeah.
12:43And you've wrecked your conscience and you've had doubts, haven't you?
12:46No, I haven't had doubts.
12:47No.
12:48No doubts at all.
12:49Really?
12:50None whatsoever.
12:51And this is wife number...
12:53Oh, that would be telling.
12:55Four.
12:57Erm, I'd need to count, but I would think so.
13:00You can see why from the outside I'm thinking, like, okay, prognosis, not necessarily good.
13:08Time will tell.
13:09You seem very happy together.
13:11We are.
13:12We've been like that ever since we met.
13:14All six days of it.
13:16Absolutely.
13:25As Ronnie was now onto wife number four and his third Thai bride, I couldn't help but have my reservations.
13:37I wondered what would motivate a woman like Mam to marry a 55-year-old guy like Ronnie.
13:58In spite of myself, I was impressed by Ronnie's pulling power. The next morning, I decided that in order to
14:04understand the marriage agency business, I needed to sign up myself.
14:09Okay, so I should fill out the form, should I?
14:12How old are you?
14:13Age 30.
14:14And your annual income?
14:17Could I say a million pounds?
14:20Well, I'm very happy for you if that's the case.
14:23Would you check?
14:24But that looks bad for you if you just accept that unquestionable.
14:27No.
14:27What we'd normally do is, um, put, um, sufficient.
14:32I shouldn't bring up any legal problems I may or may not have had.
14:37If there's anything that you feel is relevant that we should know about it, we would appreciate to be told
14:42about that.
14:43Personally, I feel it's not relevant.
14:46You might disagree.
14:48I don't know, and if you don't tell me, do I?
14:50It didn't go to trial, let's put it that way.
14:54I've no idea what you're talking about, so...
14:56Enough said.
14:57Okay.
14:59She's quite an exceptional lady.
15:01She's superb.
15:03I'm slightly surprised you didn't snap her up yourself.
15:06She's actually looking for somebody younger.
15:07So I'm afraid I'm out of it.
15:10I'm too old.
15:11So you did have a crack at her then?
15:13Well, I wouldn't quite put it that way.
15:16Kukai we met when we were here before.
15:18Yeah, it was her day off today.
15:19So she's on the books as well?
15:20Yeah.
15:21Well, she seemed nice. I'll put her down as well.
15:23Kukai 916.
15:24916.
15:26And are we still in the A-list here?
15:28This is all.
15:29Maybe I should choose a tupper of bees just to be nice.
15:32I want to see what the bees look like.
15:34Well, some of them maybe.
15:35They do have, like, all the arms and legs and everything.
15:38Yes.
15:38Why is she a bee?
15:39She's fifty-nine kilo.
15:42That's actually about nine kilo too much.
15:45So the bees are in a kind of a purgatory.
15:48Well, I wouldn't put it like that.
15:49A bee.
16:18It's even a bee.
16:22I think a provisional kind of selection is so hard, isn't it?
16:26It is difficult, yes.
16:29Well, what I'll do is I'll give that to one of my young ladies who can make some phone
16:34calls and see who agrees to meet with you.
16:37Cheers.
16:38You're welcome.
16:39Any time you'll hear from us.
16:40OK.
16:44In preparation for my dates, I decided to contact another Bangkok marriage agency.
16:50Thai Professional Introduction Services.
16:53They hooked me up with one of their newly arrived clients from Great Yarmouth.
16:59His name, Lake Parma.
17:05Hello.
17:06Hello.
17:06Good morning.
17:07Are you Lake Parma?
17:08Yes, I am indeed.
17:08Can I come in?
17:09Of course you can.
17:10I'm Louis.
17:11Come in.
17:11How do you do?
17:12Ah, lovely.
17:13Not too badly.
17:14Not too badly.
17:15Can I offer you some refreshments?
17:17Oh, I wouldn't mind a coffee or something.
17:19Look at you.
17:20You're looking very good.
17:22I'm fine.
17:22And what was it in particular that attracted you to the Thai women?
17:27I'm 56 now.
17:29Very much alone.
17:32And I think life is passing me by.
17:35If I could find somebody to love and take care of, and I could offer them something in
17:40return, a home, a different environment, love, affection, then...
17:46So today, I understand it's quite an exciting day for you.
17:50Yeah.
17:50You're actually going to go on some dates with some Thai women.
17:54Your first dates.
17:55First dates, yeah.
17:56Is that right?
17:56That's right, yeah.
17:57Quite exciting.
17:58Well, a bit apprehensive.
17:59A bit of shaky, shaky.
18:00Shaky, shaky.
18:01Yeah.
18:01Why?
18:02Yeah, maybe underconfident.
18:04Yeah.
18:04Underconfident.
18:05I mean, Thai people are supposed to be quite...
18:07Oh, they're lovely people.
18:09Yeah, shy.
18:09Very shy, very calm me right down.
18:12I need somebody to calm me right down, because I get a bit...
18:16I suffer with my nerves a little bit.
18:17Do you?
18:18I get a bit erratic.
18:20Uh-oh.
18:20Yeah.
18:21Uh-oh.
18:22And what is it...
18:24And what happens when you get erratic?
18:28Blow off steam.
18:30Well, you don't go ballistic.
18:31No, no, no, no.
18:32It all depends on the circumstances.
18:34Yeah.
18:34If somebody upset me, I'll have a go at them.
18:37Wow.
18:37You know.
18:39I'll destroy them verbally.
18:41I don't use force.
18:42I don't fire them or anything.
18:43Yeah.
18:44They don't mess with me.
18:47Okay.
18:48Yes.
18:48I wasn't planning on it.
18:50No, no.
18:50I didn't mean...
18:51Oh, no, sorry.
18:51No, I didn't mean you.
18:53They don't mess with me.
18:54Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:55Do you know what you're going to ask or anything?
18:57Oh, yes, yes.
18:58I have a list of questions here.
19:02Um...
19:03This...
19:03This is a question for the lady.
19:06Question for the lady.
19:07Yeah.
19:07Can we open this up?
19:08Yes, of course.
19:09So these are questions you've written.
19:11What are you looking for in a husband?
19:13Because there might be something I forget to ask.
19:15And once she's gone, I can't ask.
19:18What are you looking for in a husband?
19:19Yeah.
19:20Why do you want a Western gentleman?
19:22Why do you not want a Thai husband?
19:24These are good questions.
19:24These are questions I've been asking myself.
19:27How quickly would you like or be able to come to the UK?
19:31I'm an ex-serviceman retired.
19:32I have a permanent home in the UK.
19:33I have a car, brackets paid for.
19:36I have no money worry so I could take care of you.
19:38And you read out number five.
19:39I would love and cherish you.
19:42And you would be my number one, wife.
19:46Number two, friend.
19:47Number three, soulmate.
19:50And I would always be faithful to you for the rest of my life.
19:53What is this?
19:55That's a picture of me with a band.
19:57You are a musician?
19:58No, just a singer.
20:00I don't call myself a singer.
20:00A singer, really?
20:01Yeah, I do karaoke as well.
20:03Do you?
20:03Just for a pastime.
20:05What are you singing in that actual photograph?
20:07Are you lonesome tonight?
20:10Probably.
20:12Because I'm always lonesome tonight.
20:13Really?
20:14If your heart's filled with pain,
20:17shall I come back again?
20:21Shall we die?
20:23Are you lonesome tonight?
20:27Ooh.
20:32Here we go.
20:34In advance of his date, Lake would be getting some tips on courting etiquette from the marriage
20:39agency owner, Lawrence Lynch.
20:41Nice to meet you.
20:42How do you?
20:43I'm Louis.
20:43Nice to meet you.
20:44Welcome to Thai Professional Introduction Services.
20:46Thank you very much.
20:47Thai Professional Introduction Services.
20:48That's right.
20:49Would you like to take a seat?
20:50In fact, I think we might be interested if you go next door.
20:52OK.
20:52Yeah, yeah.
20:53Next door.
20:54Yeah.
20:54Sorry.
20:56It's not really appropriate to kiss or hug a lady.
21:01Not unless you've known her for quite a while.
21:04It may be OK by consent to hold her hand, that sort of thing.
21:08But certainly, Thai's are not into showing extremes of affection, not in public.
21:15Because you quite like to touch people, don't you?
21:17Well, I do, really.
21:18But obviously, the etiquette, when in Rome, does the wrong.
21:21Well, I mean, let me...
21:22Can you hold back?
21:23Yes.
21:24Yes, I will hold back.
21:25I may sort of just go like that.
21:27Well, is that all right?
21:28Yeah, if you say to the lady, do you mind if I hold your hand?
21:30And she says, no, that's fine.
21:31I'm happy to do that.
21:32Yeah, that's all right.
21:32As long as you ask first.
21:34What about, you know, do you mind if I run my fingers through your hair?
21:37No.
21:37That wouldn't, perhaps, be very appropriate.
21:39No.
21:40Certainly not on a first date or two.
21:42No.
21:43OK, I'm going to be keeping a discreet distance, right?
21:46But if I see Lake, you know, running his hand over the head of the date or whatever,
21:50should I just run in and pull him away?
21:53He might just tap your head and go like that.
21:57Yeah, you take a big stick with it.
22:00I'll go like...
22:01No, I'll be...
22:03You're going to remember that?
22:04What about English?
22:05Because, like, in Britain, we don't like to pick our noses in public.
22:08Oh, no, that is an interesting one, actually.
22:10It may seem a little unusual, but, in fact, in Thailand, picking one's nose is not a big thing.
22:17Really?
22:17Yes, you can see people, you know, from high-class people, and they're sitting there picking their nose.
22:23And that's OK?
22:23That's OK in Thailand.
22:24That's going to be quite nice, isn't it?
22:26It's unusual.
22:27Well, do you want me to pick my nose, then?
22:28No, no, no, I'm not suggesting that for that.
22:29No, it's all right.
22:30I'll tell you what isn't a lot of nice.
22:31No, no, no, no.
22:31Well, you were just saying...
22:32I don't pick my nose, do you?
22:33You were saying when in Rome, Lake.
22:35Yeah.
22:35I don't pick my nose both, but when in Rome...
22:38OK, have a good pick.
22:39It's not done to blow your nose lightly.
22:41Yeah, yeah.
22:41Have a good pick, yeah.
22:42And that'll be fine, as long as you don't rub your...
22:44Rub it through your hair.
22:45Rub it through the hair of the person you're with.
22:47Not recommended.
22:49No, no, no, no.
22:50Do you think you can...
22:51Yeah.
22:52Yeah.
22:53Anything.
22:53I think.
22:54No, because Lake occasionally gets slightly agitated.
22:56Oh, he knows that.
22:58Yeah.
22:58We all know that.
22:59We all get agitated, though.
23:00We all get agitated.
23:01But I'll tell him.
23:02If I'm agitated, I'll tell him.
23:04I hear that may be more serious.
23:06No, but I know him.
23:07Yeah, you know him, but you don't know the date.
23:08What I'm trying to say is that you will, I'm sure, when you meet your date, that you will find
23:13that she makes you...
23:15She's so feminine.
23:15She's so graceful, so calm.
23:17She'll be a calming...
23:18She will calm me down.
23:20She will calm me right now.
23:22We don't want all this shit in here, do you?
23:23Oh, right, because it's going to happen here?
23:25I suppose so, yeah.
23:27How do you think Lake is going to get on?
23:29He's been through a lot in his life.
23:32He's had this post-traumatic stress syndrome that he suffers from, and he had to take a lot of medication.
23:36So it does give him mood swings, but he's a lovely man.
23:39At times get frustrated with things, but I mean, he's a lovely man.
23:44Will you let the young women know that he has this...
23:46We tell them everything.
23:47Yeah.
23:47Oh, yes, we tell them everything.
23:49We tell them everything about the man.
23:50We'd like to match any man who we think are going to be compatible.
23:55How about me being on the phone?
23:59Hey.
24:00Yeah.
24:00How are you doing, Lake?
24:01You feeling okay?
24:03Yeah.
24:03Yeah.
24:03What is it, do you think, that Thai women possess, in your view, that makes them so attractive
24:09to Western men?
24:10Well, they're extremely beautiful.
24:12Femininity.
24:13They're extremely beautiful.
24:14They're very petite.
24:15Yes.
24:15They're so regal.
24:17You've got it.
24:17You've got it.
24:18They're so...
24:21Is it un-emancipated or emancipated?
24:24They're...
24:25English women want to be men.
24:28A woman is a woman.
24:30And must be treated as such.
24:31Yeah.
24:32I have a hunch that Western women will be a bit shocked by some of the things you're
24:36saying about...
24:37Well, that's good.
24:37Let them be shocked.
24:39Well, that may be the case.
24:39Probably the change of ways of it.
24:41You think so?
24:41Yeah.
24:42I think that maybe they should be shocked.
24:44I think the pendulum has maybe swung a little bit too far from the 1950s on the traditional
24:50wife to the situation now where perhaps the lady's wearing the trousers a little bit
24:56but still wants to be treated as a lady.
24:57Lake, have you had bad luck with Western women?
24:59I've had very, very bad experiences.
25:02I find it very hard to trust now.
25:04I just want to be happy.
25:06Nothing wrong with that?
25:07I want to love.
25:07I want to be loved back.
25:08But I find nobody wants me.
25:12If I could find happiness in England, would I be sitting here now?
25:15Would I pay the money to come out here?
25:18It's your first date.
25:21You've calmed me down a lot.
25:23Have I?
25:23I've been trying to wind you up.
25:24Have you?
25:25Bastards.
25:27You haven't told me that.
25:28No.
25:29Not enough.
25:29No, you're alright.
25:32Lawrence wind me up.
25:33Did he?
25:33Yeah.
25:34How?
25:35What do you mean, why?
25:35It's just his attitude sometimes.
25:37Why?
25:40What a way he carries on.
25:42It's just that time, I'm afraid.
25:43It's the time for you to meet your chosen lady.
25:46I always ask the questions in Thai.
25:48Oh, I know all that things.
25:49The interpreter tells me, right?
25:52Yeah, okay.
25:52And then the interpreter tells the lady the things that I am offering.
25:57Well, listen.
25:58The interpreter tells the lady the things that I'm offering.
26:01Okay.
26:02Alright?
26:04Don't try and stay calm.
26:06I am calm.
26:07No, it was just the way you said, listen.
26:09Well, he don't listen, does he?
26:10Keep it calm.
26:11Keep it calm.
26:12Keep it calm.
26:13Keep it calm.
26:14Are you alright there, Lawrence?
26:16I can take it.
26:17I can take it.
26:23Blake, this is Si.
26:25Hello.
26:25Good to meet you.
26:26Hi.
26:27Very pleased to meet you.
26:28How are you?
26:29Fine.
26:30Lovely.
26:31Oh, very well.
26:33Would you like to sit down?
26:37The interpreter will be here in about two minutes.
26:40That's okay.
26:44Hello.
26:45Hello.
26:45Pleased to meet you.
26:46Pleased to meet you.
26:47Why is she looking for a husband?
26:49Well, she's a man.
26:51I want to talk to her.
26:55She has a five-year-old son.
26:57Yeah.
26:58And she wants a happy family because in the past, she hasn't been too happy.
27:02Her family hasn't been too long.
27:04Okay.
27:04I've been married twice.
27:07Right?
27:07Broken heart.
27:09Ladies go off with other men.
27:11When cat's away, the mice are played.
27:13I don't want it to happen again.
27:15She's been hurt with words before.
27:17Yeah.
27:17And she's been, because of the sweet words, she's been having to work to support him and his three wives
27:24and kids.
27:25And she says that, therefore, she's sort of still hurt from that.
27:29Yeah.
27:29And she knows how it feels.
27:30We're both hurt.
27:32Yes.
27:33Is she a good cook?
27:34Come on.
27:35Come on.
27:36Yeah.
27:39She knows how to cook because she used to open a restaurant.
27:43I would love, love, and cherish.
27:47I would...
27:48Oh, sorry, Lake.
27:50I was going to ask.
27:51You carry on.
27:52Later.
27:52Yeah, okay.
27:53Later.
27:56Right.
27:57I would hope she...
27:59Let's put me off now.
28:01Now, I have a pleasant terraced house in Yama, which is rented, but it's permanent.
28:08I live there till I die.
28:10Okay.
28:11Okay.
28:11Right near the sea.
28:13Okay.
28:14Near sea.
28:14Okay.
28:15Now, I've just been thinking, right?
28:17Three bedrooms.
28:19Okay.
28:19One for her son.
28:21One for the two of us if she decides to get married and come to UK.
28:25And small bedroom, small bedroom, box room, could be made into an office.
28:30All I want is a nice home, a family, somebody to take out, a nice wife, and somebody to care
28:37for me and me to return.
28:39I feel like a flower without any water.
28:42It withers and dies.
28:44I don't want to die without love, you know?
28:46I need love and affection.
28:48I crave for love and affection.
28:51How about that?
28:51If she gives it to me, I will give it back tenfold.
28:56I know it's very quickly to make a decision, but after all that she has heard, do you think
29:02she likes me?
29:04I know it's very quick to make a decision.
29:09She says that she finds that you're a really nice person to be with, but then she still
29:14says it's really hard for her to say at this moment.
29:16Of course.
29:17Of course I understand that.
29:18Would you ask her if she mind if I hold her hand on the street?
29:25Say yes or no, it doesn't matter, it doesn't really matter.
29:28Change your mind a bit.
29:29Change your mind?
29:30I won't do it.
29:31Tell her I won't do it.
29:33Okay.
29:34So far it seemed to be going quite well, although I did worry that Lake was moving a little too
29:40fast.
29:41Very nice.
29:41A flower, like jungle.
29:42Yeah.
29:44Yeah.
29:48Thank you very much.
29:49Thank you very much.
29:51Thank you very much.
30:00So you have come with Sai as a friend to make sure everything is okay?
30:06Yes, right.
30:07Yeah, yeah.
30:08I don't think we have any problems that can't be solved.
30:11We work together, we solve all problems.
30:14Yeah, no problem. I look after you, OK?
30:18Thank you very much.
30:20I love you and I look after you and take care of you.
30:24Sai doesn't speak too much English.
30:28No, just a little bit.
30:30Just a little bit.
30:30Yeah.
30:32If you want to see me again and you'd like to bring some, that is OK.
30:39Understand? Yeah? Yeah?
30:42Bye-bye.
30:43It's been a pleasure. Thank you.
30:45You know how to contact me?
30:46Yes.
30:46OK? Through hotel?
30:48Yes.
30:48Or Mr Lawrence?
30:50Or Tapani?
30:51Yes.
30:51And I'll speak to you soon.
30:52OK.
30:53OK? Bye-bye.
30:54Bye-bye.
30:55God bless.
30:58OK.
31:01You mustn't touch the Thai women though. You really mustn't.
31:04I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
31:06They don't mind.
31:07They know it's not sexual.
31:12It went pretty well.
31:13You had a nice time.
31:13It went pretty well.
31:14I think she was at ease.
31:16Do you think she might be the one?
31:19Yes. It could be. It could be.
31:21I've got to give the other ladies a chance really.
31:23I feel awful maybe seeing the other ladies.
31:26But now they're booked, I can't really let them down.
31:28It's not very fair, is it?
31:30Any downsides?
31:32I mean, she wasn't committing, was she?
31:33No, no.
31:33I mean, you're raring to go.
31:35Are you going to do these other dates?
31:35She was not committing.
31:37I don't quite know how she was feeling.
31:40She was very happy.
31:41She was very, er, she was very sort of relaxed.
31:44You didn't seem to get too agitated at any point, did you?
31:47No, no, no.
31:47I mean, I thought you were touching her a bit too much.
31:51Yeah, I probably forgot.
31:52But after, I mean, she said in there she wouldn't hold my hand.
31:56Yet she held my hand.
31:57Yeah, but you kind of pressured her into it.
31:58No, I didn't.
31:59No, I just asked her.
32:00She said, okay.
32:01I didn't have one complaint.
32:04I only touched their arm to get attention, to get their attention.
32:08Yeah.
32:10She didn't say, get off.
32:11Yeah, but would a Thai woman do that?
32:14No, they did sort of tweak a little bit.
32:17The overwhelming impression was that she was really nice.
32:20I was, I was sorry to see her go.
32:22We waved bye-bye, she was in the car, bye-bye, bye-bye, you know, so.
32:26She came out as a really nice person.
32:28Yeah.
32:29I think if she is the one and I go home on the plane, I'll cry all the way home,
32:33you know.
32:33Must be sorry to go.
32:36Thoughts?
32:37Thoughts.
32:38Erm, I thought the lady was a lovely lady, quite outgoing.
32:41He moves very quickly.
32:43Like, I mean, he was sort of, like, proposing, getting close to proposing love, I thought,
32:48you know, quite early on.
32:50He wears his heart on his sleeve.
32:51He's a lovely man.
32:52Yeah.
32:52He's very, very open with people.
32:54Yeah.
32:55And, erm, he's very easily heard.
32:58If Sai is not interested in seeing Lake again, how will you deal with that?
33:02Well, we'll tell him the truth.
33:03We will say that, I mean, it works both ways.
33:05I mean, it could have been our idea.
33:06Tell him the truth.
33:07We'll tell him the truth.
33:08And how do you think he'll feel about that?
33:09Erm, the pill will be sugared by meeting other ladies in between.
33:13It's been quite hard on you.
33:15I'm sorry, I can take it.
33:16It's part of the job.
33:17It's part of the job, yes.
33:18We're here to serve them.
33:19And we're here to find...
33:19At the end of the day, they shake my hands and say,
33:21thank you very much, you've changed my life.
33:23So that's what it's all about, making people happy.
33:25Yeah.
33:26Giving them their dreams.
33:28Dreamweaver.
33:29Mm, dreamweaver.
33:30Lawrence Lynch, dreamweaver.
33:31Retire, humble best.
33:33There you go.
33:35Good one.
33:36All right.
33:36It's good.
33:38Bit of pleasure.
33:39Nice to meet you, Louis.
33:40You too.
33:40Okay.
33:41Bit of pleasure.
33:42Bye-bye.
33:42Let me know how it goes.
33:43Will you give me updates?
33:44I will.
33:44Okay, bye now.
33:48The next day, I had a call from Ronnie to say several Thai women had expressed an interest
33:53in my particulars.
33:54I'd found yesterday's dating experience a little unnerving.
33:58I'd decided I wouldn't be using any of Lake's techniques.
34:01Right.
34:03Well, you gave me a selection of ladies that you would like to meet.
34:09And what do they know about me?
34:11At this stage, I think they know your age and your height and your profession.
34:16Right.
34:17And we think you're a nice guy.
34:19So you have had to lie a little bit.
34:22You call that lying?
34:24Is it too late to back out?
34:27Not very polite.
34:29The ladies are actually here.
34:31Is that a problem?
34:33Okay.
34:35How do you do?
34:36Bye-bye, thank you.
34:37And what's your name?
34:39Max.
34:39Max.
34:40Can you sit down?
34:42I'm just going to get a chair for myself so I can sit down, if you'll excuse me.
34:47Um.
34:51Just relax.
34:52Yes, I am relaxed.
34:54May I ask how old you are?
34:5630.
34:5730?
34:58Wow, you look much younger.
35:00I also like your hair very much.
35:04Very fashionable.
35:05You can do like this.
35:06We could have matching haircuts.
35:08You can make a highlight like this.
35:10Yeah.
35:10Or many colours.
35:11You know?
35:12Hmm?
35:12What do you want in your ideal husband?
35:17Kindness, man.
35:18Gentle.
35:19Good looking.
35:21Good money.
35:22Good job.
35:24Do you have any questions for me?
35:26Do you have a girlfriend?
35:30That's a tough one.
35:31I do actually.
35:32I do have a girlfriend and she's in London.
35:35And since I've got you looking smart.
35:41Excellent.
35:43It's going quite well, isn't it?
35:45Absolutely.
35:48Thank you very much.
35:49Nice to see you.
35:49Nice to see you.
35:51Thank you very much.
35:52Good luck.
35:52You too.
35:53She's a strong woman, which I think is excellent.
35:56But that's not what you've been putting out, is it?
35:58But she's exposed to the Western world much more than others.
36:04As you know, she's a tourist guide.
36:06I almost feel as though you're ever so slightly distancing yourself
36:09from what she represents, I suppose.
36:15She's not typical, no.
36:18No.
36:22For your husband, do you have an age in mind?
36:26Would you like him to be a certain age?
36:2940 years up.
36:31Up?
36:32Yeah.
36:33What if he's less than 40, like 30?
36:36Oh, no.
36:36I think he's still young.
36:38Too young?
36:39Yeah.
36:40OK, Ronnie, that's me out of the picture.
36:42I'm only 30.
36:44OK.
36:47Why would you like to marry a Western man?
36:51Because I think they're kind and I hope they're romantic.
36:56Where in your dreams would you live?
36:59I want to go to live in England.
37:01Really?
37:02Mm-hm.
37:03Yeah.
37:03Why to England?
37:04Somebody told me beautiful country.
37:07I travel a lot because I make television programs.
37:11So I might be away, you know, for two weeks, then come back for a week,
37:16then go away for two weeks.
37:18Is that a problem?
37:18It's no problem.
37:21I like to travel.
37:23I couldn't always take you with me.
37:25Yeah, I know.
37:26Do you want children?
37:29Yeah.
37:31Some.
37:32Maybe one, two.
37:34Yeah.
37:35Do you marry already?
37:37Not yet.
37:37I've never known.
37:39I've never married.
37:40No.
37:41No.
37:42No children.
37:43No children.
37:45You're a very beautiful young woman.
37:46No children.
37:48No children.
37:48No children.
37:53No children.
37:53No children.
37:53No children.
37:54No children.
37:54Anyway, before you go out, do people actually, and people sometimes, and then presumably sometimes
38:02the Thai women say no, thank you.
38:05I mean, it says in your brochure that you should get used to the idea of rejection.
38:08It could happen, and if that does happen, don't take offence.
38:13So it does happen.
38:13Oh, yeah.
38:18You could be interested to go out with him if he asked you.
38:21Are you interested in me?
38:24No, it's...
38:26He actually said you're all very nice, because I know your answer.
38:30I think you quite like him, yes?
38:32Yeah.
38:32Yeah, I thought so.
38:34Would you go out with him, or not?
38:37He's definitely too young for you.
38:39Louis?
38:39Yeah.
38:40He have a girlfriend.
38:41I know.
38:42Let's suppose he didn't have a girlfriend.
38:44If he didn't have a lady friend.
38:47I don't know.
38:48You would?
38:49Yeah.
38:49Okay.
38:51Okay, thank you.
38:52All right.
38:53I can't think about it.
38:54Yeah, okay.
38:55All right, thank you.
38:56All right, bye-bye.
39:00As far as I'm concerned, they all would like to go out with you.
39:03If you were a genuine client.
39:07Wow.
39:08So the choice would then be down to you, really.
39:11So I could just have my bag.
39:14I could just do whatever I want.
39:16I mean, no, you can't do whatever you want.
39:17But seven out of ten would be happy with you if you were free.
39:23I'm not going to take this any further as far as going to any restaurants or anything.
39:27Fine.
39:28Is that all right?
39:28No problem.
39:29Yeah, no problem.
39:30All right.
39:37So I know you're not going to agree with this, Ronnie, but I do think there's a perception
39:42that Western people can offer more security in their relationships.
39:46Nothing wrong with that, though.
39:47But the security that they're actually looking for in the relationship over and above the
39:51financial side is the emotional security.
39:54But if you look at the statistics between us, I mean, I've only, I've been going out with
40:00the same woman for a long time.
40:02Right.
40:02But you've had four marriages.
40:04Nothing wrong with that.
40:05Nothing wrong with that.
40:06Nothing wrong with that.
40:07But the average between us is two divorces.
40:09And they're all yours.
40:12Can I just say, I thought those women were very, very nice.
40:17Really nice.
40:18And so thank you very much for introducing me.
40:21You're all very welcome.
40:22Really.
40:22You're very welcome.
40:23Well, I should probably be moving along.
40:25Okay.
40:25And maybe, maybe we can hook up sometime in England.
40:30See you later.
40:32See you.
40:33I quite liked Ronnie.
40:35I only hoped his latest marriage would fare better than the previous three.
40:38All the rest.
40:38Cheers.
40:42Now that I'd had my dates, it was clear just how easy it was to get involved.
40:46And I worried that agency clients entered into their relationships without thinking them
40:51through.
40:52As if on cue, the next day I received a hurried phone call from Lawrence Lynch on the latest
40:57developments in Lakes Love Life.
40:59I hoped he hadn't done anything too drastic.
41:04Hi, Louis.
41:05Lawrence.
41:06Good to see you.
41:07You too.
41:08Please take a seat.
41:08How are you doing?
41:09I'm doing very well.
41:10Looking well.
41:11Yes, and you.
41:11And I hear there's...
41:13Lovers in the air indeed.
41:14Lovers in the air.
41:14So when last we met, Lake had been on a date with Cy.
41:17And what's happened since then?
41:18Well, we got feedback on the date the next morning.
41:20Yes.
41:21And Lake was sort of lukewarm on it.
41:23No, he wasn't.
41:24All right.
41:24A little bit more than lukewarm.
41:25Yes.
41:26But the lady was lukewarm at the end of the day.
41:28Really?
41:28So that one fell on stony ground.
41:31And he went on two more dates.
41:33And lo and behold, this particular lady caught Lake's eye.
41:37They had a half hour together sort of expressing what they were looking for in partners, as we
41:42always do.
41:43And agreed to go out on their first date at 7 o'clock that evening.
41:46So this is two days ago, this has happened.
41:49Indeed.
41:50Since then, they've got married.
41:51They're married.
41:51They're married this morning.
41:52We've just come back from their wedding about three hours ago.
41:55They're very happy.
41:57That's unbelievable.
41:59Married already?
42:00Indeed.
42:01In two days?
42:02Indeed, yes.
42:03He had proposed to the lady on the first date.
42:06Is that wise?
42:07That seems too quick.
42:08That seems a rush.
42:10And just the day before, it seemed like he wanted to bring Cy home back to Great Yarmouth.
42:14And now, he wants to, he's talking about marrying, he's married to this other woman.
42:19I think what you've got to believe is it is...
42:21That seems really, that seems much too quick.
42:23Well...
42:24And she knows about, you know, that he's on heavy medication.
42:27Yes, yes.
42:28And post-traumatic stress syndrome.
42:30That gets very agitated and angry.
42:33Yes, yes.
42:34They spent, they spent...
42:35Yes.
42:35Yes, indeed, she does.
42:37He told me himself, he finds her a calming influence.
42:40And he's a new man.
42:42He really is.
42:42You will see when you meet him.
42:43You understand why I'm pushing you a bit harder, you know, because I do think this is...
42:47Yeah, I mean, people are going to say this is very contrived.
42:51I never, never suggest that anybody rushes into a hasty marriage unless they feel 100% certain.
42:58At the same time, if both sides have had everything made clear to them, explained to them,
43:04and they're still prepared to proceed, we can't stop them.
43:09Well, I think I might go over and meet the happy couple.
43:11Excellent.
43:19Hello.
43:20Hello.
43:20Hello.
43:20How are you doing?
43:21Come on in.
43:22Look at you.
43:24Let's get down to it, baby.
43:25Yes.
43:27How's it all been going?
43:28Oh, it has been like a fairy tale.
43:31We have very active two days.
43:33Yes.
43:34Very active.
43:36I speak English.
43:38I'm sorry.
43:39Very beautiful lady.
43:40Very beautiful.
43:41So what happened?
43:42We talked three hours later.
43:44You want me?
43:45Yes, I like you.
43:47You make me happy?
43:48Yes, I make you happy.
43:49Could you love me?
43:51Yes, I could love you.
43:52Yes.
43:52You went through your list of questions?
43:54Soulmate?
43:55Cherish?
43:55Yes, yes, yes.
43:56Then Mr. Lawrence Lynch comes in with his wife.
44:00We say, guess what?
44:01We have some news to tell you.
44:04Huh?
44:05He could not believe it, yes?
44:06Yes.
44:07I say, we're going to get married.
44:09He went, ah, ah, well, well.
44:11He said, that must be the shortest period of time in his entire history.
44:17Very quick.
44:19Very quick.
44:19Too quick.
44:21When you see a bargain, do you let it get away?
44:24Somebody else buy.
44:26Yeah.
44:27Bargain.
44:27What was it?
44:28So it was, um...
44:29Chemistry.
44:30Chemistry.
44:31Meeting of minds.
44:36What was it that you liked about Lake when you saw him?
44:39What, to have a friend, good friend, and someone to take care of each other, because he alone, I'm alone.
44:47He tell me everything.
44:50He said, he's not a rich man.
44:53I said, okay.
44:54Not a rich man.
44:54Not a rich man.
44:55I said, I don't want the money, because I have a car.
44:58I have a, uh, a house.
45:01I have my own house.
45:03I think that, I think it's like, uh, honest.
45:06Very honest.
45:07Mm-hmm.
45:08And he takes medicine.
45:10Yes.
45:10Yeah.
45:11Many, many, many, too much medicine.
45:13He showed me.
45:17I give.
45:18I give to you.
45:20May the, may the, the flame of our love never die.
45:23I love you.
45:24I need you.
45:26I want you.
45:28Okay?
45:29Make me happy.
45:30Yeah, make you happy.
45:32Very happy.
45:34Okay?
45:37Are you sure how you make me happy?
45:41Always make you happy.
45:42If you're not happy, you tell me.
45:44We are now one, 50-50, together.
45:48Mm-hmm.
45:49One.
45:51Okay?
45:51Not two people.
45:52One.
45:53One person.
45:55I love you.
45:57I understand.
45:58Yes.
46:05I wasn't quite sure what I'd just seen, but I knew it was time for me to leave.
46:10You have to go now.
46:11I think I'll make a move.
46:12Okay.
46:13Thank you so much.
46:13Lovely to see you.
46:14To you too.
46:14Thank you very much indeed.
46:16I'll be checking up on you.
46:17Yes.
46:17I'll be checking up on you.
46:18No more divorces.
46:23I left Thailand feeling confused.
46:26Bye-bye.
46:27Guys like Lake were definitely finding happiness, but for how long and at what price, it was
46:33too early to say.
46:35And you come to me on a summer breeze.
46:40Keep me warm in your love.
46:42There is a valley.
46:45How deep is your love?
46:47How deep is your love?
46:51I really need you to love.
46:54Lord, if we're living in a world of fools, breaking us down, when they all should let us be, they
47:07belong to you and me.
47:11Na-da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
47:15-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
47:15-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
47:15-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
47:16-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
47:16-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na