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00:02Do you feel a bit rusty? Yes, very rusty. Definitely need a WD for our day. I need some
00:09help. It's hard out there. I am very single at the moment. I've run out of swipes. I've
00:16completed Tinder. In the heart of Britain's most romantic city. Hello. Fred and his team.
00:24This is captain fur potato. Our matching hopeful singletons. We're getting married
00:30Merlin. In a place where love is always on the menu. I've got a bit in your finger. You
00:36didn't go that far down the stick. These daters. He probably thinks I'm having a poo or something.
00:43Are searching for the one. Would you chase me around the bedroom? Absolutely. Get your coat.
00:51I'm in. For some, stepping into the unknown can lead to surprising sparks. I work in the
01:01adult industry. Do you have an office for that? I have a dungeon. But finding a connection.
01:07A love story is about to begin. Shut up! Isn't always easy. Please tell me you actually last
01:14longer than three minutes. Help me! In the end, it comes down to one big question. Would
01:29you guys like to see each other again? This isn't at all quick, is it? This is the First
01:34States restaurants.
01:46Gerald, my parents are coming for lunch later on. I'd like you to look after them. Oh, I
01:50would love to. I'd be honoured. Thanks, man. You're very welcome. Thank you. My parents
01:55are both romantic. But the relationship with my mum, when it comes to dating and love, is
02:01really special. I mean, when I was 16, my mum gave me my first condom. I brought my mum.
02:19What a mum would be today. We brought each other, darling. It isn't just Fred whose mum takes
02:26an interest in his love life. This is 26-year-old electrician, Jordan, and his mum, Kelly.
02:33Why not go on a date with your son? What could possibly go wrong? God, I don't know what could
02:39go on. I don't know what could go right. How are you? Nice to see you. Nice to meet you.
02:48So, what's happening here? Um, I'm his mum. So, is it bring your mum to date? Oh, you're
02:56on a double date? Yeah. Double date. Yeah. Both single. My mother was alive, that would have
03:02happened. Really? She would totally have been into that. She would have signed us both up and
03:06been like, that'll be fun. Not well. I can't imagine anything worse. Thank you. Hello. Hi.
03:18How are you? We're good, thank you. How are you? Nice. Good. So, you're clearly, what are
03:22you, your friends? Mother and son. Wow. That's different. It's something new. You look terrified.
03:34This is a first, for sure. First time doing this. Why? It's just a nice thing to do, isn't
03:43it? It is. Yeah. We tend to do a lot of things. Yeah, we do. We go on holiday together,
03:49go
03:50to parties together. Cheers, George. It's your mum coming out tonight. Yeah. Like, yeah, but
03:56she's going to be in bed by ten. Maybe nine, if you're lucky. So, whose idea was it? So, you
04:02discussed this beforehand. And you went, why don't I do it too? I do want to find someone as
04:07well, so. Nice. I need someone to take them off my hands. I'm not old. I'm only 26. But
04:13all of my friends are, like, I've had kids or they've been with someone for years. I would
04:19say, like, it's getting pressing now. Like, so single. It hurts. And so, what kind of, what
04:25kind of girl do you think Jordan needs? Definitely outgoing and fun. I go off of the energy. Some
04:31people have good energy, and you're like, you know what? You're going to be looking
04:34out for that, obviously. You are. Is that really bad? Yeah. Yeah. Let's do this. This
04:43is 20-year-old Amy, and she's bringing big date energy. My family would probably describe
04:52me as a little bit crazy. I'm down for anything and everything. I would describe
04:59myself the embodiment of organized chaos. Hi. I love your hair. You look like a Viking.
05:07Thank you so much. I've never been in a serious relationship. Like, never ever. I seem to
05:14attract all the wrong people. My whole dating history is horrific. It's just dating horror
05:22stories. But I'm going to remain open-minded and just go for it. I don't know where to put
05:29up my energy. I just don't know where to funnel it. I feel like a volcano. Tell me, what
05:35do you do for my living? I'm a student at the moment in Bristol. I'm studying forensic
05:40science. Are you? Yeah. I'm book smart, not life smart. Are you ready for your date?
05:46Yes, I am. I am. I am. Is he here? Yes, she is. Is he? Okay. I would like a
05:52tall
05:52guy. I love a bit of facial hair. I typically go for blondes, but nothing's really a deal-breaker.
06:01Here we are. Hi. Hiya. Hi. Amy, nice to meet you. Jordan. Nice to meet you, Jordan. How
06:07are you? You all right? Yeah, I'm so good. How are you? Good. Hi, how are you? Hi, I'm
06:13so good. How are you? What's your name, sorry? Kelly. Hi, nice to meet you, Kelly.
06:17Amy. Hi, Amy. Did you say this is my mum? I don't think so. My mum will give me a
06:26bit
06:26of a wingman in, a bit of backup. And likewise, I could do the same for you. You never listen
06:31to me anyway, though. I do. What's the dynamic here? Sorry. This is my mum. I'm on a date
06:38day. How are you? Oh, my goodness. How old are you, sorry? 26. Okay, great. How
06:47are you? 20. Ooh. Is that an age? No, no, no. Age is just a number at the end of
06:53the day. If
06:53we get on, it doesn't matter. There you go. If we get on, it doesn't matter. Right, enough
06:57talking with your mother-in-law. Let's go upstairs for dinner. Come on. I will, I will. Have a good
07:05night, guys. Thank you, Angie. All right, see you. Bye. See you in a bit. Enjoy. See you
07:09in a bit.
07:23Thank you very much. You are very welcome.
07:29It's funny, actually, how you've got a ringside seat for the beginning of their date
07:33there. How long have you been single for, then? I've probably been single more of my
07:39adult life than I've been in a relationship. Okay. The last time I went on a date was 2013.
07:53I can't. Oh, it's a... Game start!
08:01Being he's the right man for the job is Carpenter John. He can fix anything except his love life.
08:08How would your friends and family describe you? Single.
08:14First thing I've done this morning was Snapchatting my daughter. She's like my date night. We go to nice restaurants.
08:19So I'd much prefer somebody who can pay half the bill, for starters.
08:24How are you? Yeah, good, thank you. How are you? I'm John.
08:26Nice to meet you, John. Nice to meet you. What do you do for a living?
08:30Carpenter. Very handy.
08:32Give them my hands.
08:35Your date is at the bar, actually. Here we are. Hi. I'm John. Hi, John. I'm Kelly. Nice to meet
08:42you.
08:43And you. Can we get you a drink? What did you have? What did I have?
08:46You've now got to take me home. Right, I've only just met.
08:51I've been dying for a Guinness all day. Can you put a Tia Marie in it for me too, please?
08:55Absolutely. Might calm the nerves a little bit, sir.
08:58Mum's date's tap up. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
09:01It looks quite young.
09:05Hi. You've got big arms. Yes. Muscley arms.
09:07I've got some guns. Yeah, you are. That's nice. Thank you very much.
09:10Do you like guns with muscles? Yeah. Oh, that's all right then.
09:13As long as you're not bigger than mine.
09:16What do you want to flex on? No, no, no. They look bigger than mine, so...
09:20Cheers. So, cheers. Here's a nice evening.
09:22Yeah, absolutely.
09:25Here you go. Enjoy. Thank you. Pleasure.
09:32You can see here, all the people are in love.
09:36Yes, yes. French people are very stylish.
09:38Very stylish. Very stylish people.
09:40And they're French parents. I expect that they're also very stylish.
09:43What's going on with that? No, I want to cross it.
09:46You can't cross it, Mom. So, I'm going to take it with you.
09:48No, no, no. Ah, no?
09:49No? Okay.
09:50You leave me there.
09:51So, leave me there.
09:52Oh, I'm so happy.
09:53I know. I'm so happy.
09:54Voilà .
09:56What else would fuck this, isn't it?
09:59Uh, daughter, what do you think, what kind of man, um, would I fancy?
10:09I think just someone you can chat with, because that's the most thing that you do is chat.
10:17Originally from the Ukraine, single mom Katerina is ready to find love.
10:23My daughter, now she's 18. She's finishing her A-levels and hopefully, fingers crossed, she will go to uni.
10:30Does that mean you want to find someone?
10:32Of course. It's like more motivation, yeah.
10:39Nice to meet you, Katerina.
10:41Nice to meet you.
10:42Tell me, where are you from?
10:43I'm from Ukraine.
10:44Are you?
10:45Yeah.
10:45How do you find life here in Britain and the British people?
10:48I love this culture. You're so polite.
10:51We are Ukrainian. We are not rude as well, but we are more direct.
10:54Right. Like the French.
10:56Okay.
10:56So, have you met...
10:57I have never dated with Frenchmen.
11:02I am becoming faster, yeah, with age.
11:04Because when they are young, we have, like, pink glasses, you know, on our eyes, yeah.
11:11Привет. Привет.
11:13Hello.
11:13Привет.
11:15Привет.
11:16Oh my God.
11:17Oh my God.
11:17A glass of Prosecco for you to start. Welcome.
11:20But yeah, I really don't want to be alone.
11:24Do you have a particular type?
11:25My life experience teaches me that sometimes personality is so strong and it doesn't matter appearance.
11:35Britishmen.
11:36They are very polite.
11:37They are gentlemen.
11:38I like, um, masculine hands.
11:42Oh my God.
11:43Sorry.
11:43I don't know why I mentioned this, but, yeah.
11:48Project manager Peter may be handy in the planning department, but he hasn't been able to plan his way to
11:54love.
11:55I think people's misconception is that, because I like to have a plan, is that I can't be spontaneous.
12:01But I sort of will go, right, this weekend I'm not going to have a plan.
12:06And that makes me feel comfortable because I've at least got a plan that there is no plan for the
12:10weekend.
12:13How are you, Peter?
12:14Yeah, good, thank you.
12:15Good.
12:16Nice to meet you.
12:16Nice to meet you.
12:17You look very confident.
12:19Oh, I think I'm trying to do the swan thing.
12:22What do you do for a living?
12:23Project management.
12:24Okay.
12:25I used to be an aircraft engineer before that.
12:27Right.
12:28Well, your date is already here.
12:30She's at the bar.
12:34Right.
12:35Stereotypically hot is the kind of girl that I go for.
12:38Yes.
12:39Reach for the stars and you'll hit the moon.
12:41Can I go?
12:43Yeah, of course.
12:44See you later.
12:45Oh my God.
12:46Hi.
12:47Wow.
12:48How are you?
12:49Nice to meet you.
12:49I'm Katrina, sorry.
12:50Katrina, Pete.
12:51Yeah.
12:52How are you doing?
12:52Fine, thank you.
12:53What did you go for?
12:56Prosecco.
12:57What could we do for you to drink?
12:58I'll go with Prosecco, please, yeah.
12:59Of course.
13:00Yeah, yeah.
13:01Right, well, cheers.
13:02Budimo.
13:03Budimo.
13:04Budimo.
13:04It's on my language.
13:06Right, okay, so which is from?
13:08I'm Ukrainian.
13:09So how long have you lived over here?
13:11Two years in house.
13:12Okay.
13:13We, when I say we, I mean me and my daughter, we choose to come here.
13:16Yeah.
13:17Right.
13:17I have a daughter already.
13:19Sorry, yeah.
13:20So how old's your daughter?
13:22She's already 18.
13:23Oh, okay.
13:24So my son is 19 and my daughter's 22.
13:27Of course to my daughter.
13:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:29Cheers.
13:30Thanks to meet you.
13:34Hello there.
13:35We have a sirloin steak for you, Andy.
13:39A seatbelt for you, Sam.
13:42What's your humour like?
13:43Dirty.
13:44Very innuendo.
13:46Yeah.
13:46Brilliant.
13:46I was like...
13:47I don't have a filter.
13:48Neither do I.
13:50Hello.
13:50Hello.
13:51This is an amuse-bouche.
13:53Okay.
13:54This is a tofu tata and it is delicious.
13:57Thanks so much.
13:58What is tofu?
13:59Okay, so I can meet substitute.
14:04My meat does not taste like that.
14:09Your meat doesn't taste like that.
14:11Yeah, like...
14:14Wow, okay.
14:16This is the level.
14:16It would not taste like that.
14:21I won't eat the tofu.
14:27What do you do?
14:28I'm a carpenter.
14:29Okay.
14:29I could wear my hands.
14:30So you like to play with tools as well?
14:33Yeah.
14:35What about you?
14:36I'm a dominatrix.
14:42I do...
14:43...pegging...
14:45...spanking, corporal punishment.
15:01This looks gorgeous, Merlin.
15:03It is.
15:04It's Friday.
15:04It's good looking.
15:06Okay, maman.
15:07I'm going to present Kyle.
15:08How's it going?
15:09Nice to meet you.
15:11Nice to meet you.
15:12Nice to meet you.
15:13I just said that you're the best looking in the team.
15:15Oh, thank you.
15:16Not...
15:16Not bad looking and friends.
15:18Come on.
15:18Well, it's a pleasure to meet you.
15:20Nice to meet you.
15:22Ah, pardon.
15:24Would you kiss the hand, do you?
15:25Oh, no, sorry.
15:26Yeah, you're going to create a problem here if you stay here.
15:33She's got a strong pose on there.
15:35Do you reckon that's...
15:37She's enjoying it pose, or do you reckon that's...
15:39My mum's very much got...
15:41She's got a good poker face.
15:44Working in the adult industry is not really a lifelong choice.
15:47Right.
15:48It's something that I found myself in a lifetime situation.
15:51So, yeah, I do various different things.
15:53I do bondage, tie-in.
15:56I also do fantasy wrestling.
15:58Oh, okay.
15:59So, I won wrestle men.
16:01Do you?
16:01Yes, I do.
16:02To be fair, I've got a sore shoulder if you beat me.
16:08When Jordan was a baby, I became a personal trainer.
16:12And I managed to keep my head above water for approximately 18 years.
16:16But I was trying to find that thing that really is going to give me, you know, a financial break.
16:23I got into webcaming initially, and it was actually a friend of mine who sort of said,
16:28look, have you thought about maybe doing this?
16:30And to be honest with you, I didn't even know what webcaming was.
16:35Yeah.
16:35The amount of money that I get paid per hour is quadruple what I was earning in the fitness industry.
16:43So, it's relieved a lot of the anxiety and pressure that comes with being a single parent.
16:51Yeah.
16:51Like, I'm okay with whatever you think.
16:53It's fine.
16:55You're supporting your family, I'd say.
16:56Why not?
17:02What about your previous relationships then?
17:04How's that work with your going and working?
17:07My last relationship, unfortunately, he passed away.
17:11Oh, I like it.
17:12He had a heart attack and died suddenly.
17:14Yeah.
17:15He was only 49.
17:17So...
17:19I actually felt like Julia Roberts when I met him because I met him through work.
17:24He knew what I did.
17:25He was my biggest fan.
17:28He didn't have any children, so he looked at me like a son.
17:32He fit in perfectly with our family and he was just on my wavelength.
17:37We'd have banter all day.
17:39He liked the same music as me, so the relationship was a good one.
17:43We'd been together just over two years.
17:47Even though we had the differences and stuff, you know, he was a good man.
17:51Yeah, yeah.
17:52You can see with the way you're talking about him, he's a good guy, yeah.
17:55Yeah.
17:56I don't know, from the first day that I met him, I just felt like...
18:01It was like he was my best friend.
18:03And he moved in with us quite quickly and it was a bit of a whirlwind, but it worked for
18:09us.
18:09The first year was the worst, I'd say.
18:13Yeah.
18:13You never forget.
18:14Of course you don't, no.
18:15Of course you don't.
18:16I just felt like something kind of lifted a little bit.
18:18The first year was heavy.
18:19Yeah.
18:19I'm kind of scared to give myself to someone.
18:25I think since he died, I just put a massive barrier up.
18:31It's often, people often say that their spirit stays with you until you're fundamentally strong enough to move on and
18:39carry on.
18:40For sure.
18:46What are you doing, my love?
18:48I'm trying to talk to Fred's parents with my little bit of French.
18:52They say, je t'aime.
18:54Just go over and say, ooh la la.
18:55That's what my son says.
18:57Ooh la la.
18:57Je t'aime.
18:57Yeah, ooh la la.
18:58That's all that Fred says.
19:00Ooh la la.
19:03So, where do you live in the UK then?
19:05In Bath.
19:06You live in Bath?
19:07No way.
19:09I live here, yeah.
19:12We came directly to Bath because of the war.
19:15Yeah, let's not beat around the bush.
19:16That's horrendous what's happened to you, to have to...
19:19It's horrible, absolutely.
19:20And I don't wish anyone to feel this when one day you just wake up and you hear explosions.
19:28Yeah.
19:28I remember evening before, I and my friend went to the cinema.
19:33My friend asked me, oh my God, if tomorrow the war will start.
19:38I said to her, are you silly?
19:40No, it's impossible.
19:43Just went to sleep.
19:45And at 6 a.m. I heard explosions outside.
19:50First three days we stayed in Kiev with air alerts, with explosions.
19:56You started to react on every sound.
20:01Even if you open the drawer, you know, and the sound, you're always jumping after this.
20:07I used to be in the military, so I know what it's like to be in a war zone.
20:13But for a civilian, you've made no choice whatsoever for that to happen to you.
20:18And you don't know what to do.
20:20You go to sleep in the evening, and you're absolutely not sure that tomorrow you will wake up.
20:28And then I understood it could happen with my daughter.
20:32I love Ukraine, but I came here to save my daughter.
20:37As a mother, I have to do this.
20:40It must have been pretty hard.
20:43It was hard, yeah, but I think we are really lucky to be here.
20:47Yeah.
20:48But, yeah, my English, you know, it's not perfect.
20:53It's pretty good.
20:56Prosecco helps a lot.
20:57It's definitely better than my Ukrainian.
20:59Yeah, I know.
21:01I do know some Ukrainian, but I'm probably going to pronounce it wrong.
21:05Okay, just try.
21:06It's Slava Ukraine.
21:11Just directly to my heart, you know.
21:13Just directly to my heart.
21:15Oh, my God.
21:16Slava Ukraine.
21:16It's glory to Ukraine, and answer should be always,
21:20Heroine Slava, glory to heroes.
21:22Hooray.
21:23I'm going to forget all of these.
21:25You're absolutely good.
21:26Or I'll probably, after another glass, I'll probably be fluent.
21:29Okay, okay.
21:30But then by tomorrow, I'll have forgotten everything.
21:32Oh, okay.
21:32I can remind you.
21:34Yeah.
21:35Yeah, yeah.
21:38It's wobbly.
21:40Cheers, boys.
21:43I love working for Fred.
21:46Was Fred always romantic?
21:50Merci.
21:51J'adore travailler pour Fred.
21:52Ah, c'est gentil.
21:53Has-il toujours été romantique?
21:55Ah, oui.
21:56Ah, oui.
21:56Oui.
21:57Oui.
21:57Oui.
21:58Oui.
21:58Il avait des copines.
22:00Alors, après, on est pas avec lui comme des copines.
22:05Okay.
22:06Okay.
22:10It's definitely a poor form to ask on a first date,
22:13but what is your dating history like?
22:15I've had some good relationships.
22:17Mm-hmm.
22:17It just haven't worked out.
22:18Mm-hmm.
22:19And then I've had some relationships where I've been in, like, positions that I don't want
22:23to be in.
22:23Don't I do any doggy?
22:24Sorry.
22:25Huh?
22:25Mm?
22:26You always do it when it's a serious question.
22:29I like to catch you off guard.
22:30Of course.
22:31Anyways.
22:32Yeah, what was I saying?
22:33What's my name again?
22:35Amy.
22:36Good.
22:37Correct.
22:37Keep moving.
22:38Okay.
22:38I've got ADHD, so I'm very much...
22:40Okay.
22:40Everything lasts, like, five minutes.
22:42No, no, no.
22:43I fully understand.
22:44I have, like, ADHD friends, and it's like, as soon as they don't take their medication,
22:47well, it'll help us.
22:48I'm not medicated anymore.
22:49Okay.
22:49I was medicated in school.
22:51And then when I left school, I was like, I can't.
22:53If I was to come on this date now, and I medicate myself, I'd be sat here like...
22:56Oh, really?
22:57Yeah.
22:59I grew up with ADHD, taking probably one of the highest doses of medication in the UK
23:05for a six-year-old, so it wasn't a joke for me, unfortunately.
23:10It was hard in school.
23:11I was struggling to find friendships, struggling to listen, learn.
23:16So it was just all over the place.
23:19I wouldn't say everyone was nice to me.
23:20But, yeah.
23:21I'm not going to hold a grudge against them.
23:23They probably didn't understand it themselves, so they just thought,
23:26oh, he's just an idiot.
23:29I am also a neurological surgeon.
23:30I'm not ADHD, but I am dyslexic, so...
23:33I will, like, simple messages, and I will get Siri to write them for me.
23:36I'll just...
23:36Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
23:38On the same wavelength.
23:40I love that.
23:41I love that.
23:42Leaving school was the biggest turning point for me,
23:45because when I left school, I kind of had the attitude that I was going to fend
23:48for myself, so now I believe I have mastered it.
23:52How long have you got left at uni?
23:53I would finish at the end of next year, right?
23:56But I am doing a masters.
23:58I rate that.
23:59Mm.
23:59And I think the fact that you've done it shows drive as well.
24:02I'm a very ambitious person.
24:03It's a nice thing to see in summer.
24:07Hi.
24:09Hi.
24:10How's it going?
24:11Really well, thank you.
24:12How's your day?
24:14Yeah, it's going well.
24:15Yeah.
24:16Yeah, it's going well.
24:18Yeah.
24:18All right, mate.
24:18She's nice.
24:19She's a bit older than I thought.
24:20She's 50.
24:21Oh, she's all right?
24:22Yeah, she's nice, yeah.
24:23There's a lot of work now and stuff.
24:25Got a hell of a body.
24:26He can chat.
24:27There hasn't been any awkward moments, so...
24:30That's always positive.
24:31I've had maybe two, three.
24:34Oh, who's counting?
24:35Not me?
24:36She's feisty.
24:37I know.
24:37She's feisty.
24:38Yeah, I have a little bit of space to me.
24:41Well, I'll leave you to it then.
24:43Enjoy the rest of your evening.
24:44You too.
24:45See you.
24:45Enjoy.
24:47You too.
24:48I try not to fall down the stairs in my shoes.
24:52God give me strength.
25:04Oh my God, I can't get this done up.
25:07What the actual...?
25:10She's done a runner.
25:13I've been stood up.
25:15She's not done a runner, is she?
25:16She hasn't done a runner.
25:16She hasn't done a runner.
25:17She hasn't done a runner.
25:18She's gone.
25:19She's gone.
25:20She's gone.
25:20I know, yeah.
25:20See, I was just...
25:22Don't do that to me.
25:23I was watching that happen as well.
25:25I'm going, I'm hoping you bumped into each other on the stairs, you know?
25:30His mum is here.
25:33His mum's on a date with us.
25:35Where's he gone?
25:37Hiya.
25:38You all right?
25:39Yeah, not so bad.
25:39Yeah.
25:40I just thought I'd come in just for myself.
25:41I'm Kelly's son.
25:43Oh, hi, Kelly's son.
25:43How are you doing?
25:44Good, you?
25:45Enjoying it?
25:45Yes, really well, yeah.
25:46Mum's very nice.
25:49You all right?
25:51Yeah.
25:52So I came back and I was like, uh, she done a runner?
25:57Where is she?
25:59So, what do you do?
26:01I work in procurement.
26:03Okay.
26:04I'm always joking about this because I love shopping.
26:08Now I'm in hospitality procurement.
26:10It's quite new for me, even if I'm not a foodie person.
26:15You're not a foodie person?
26:17Shame on me.
26:17I love my food.
26:18I like to use, like, every single pot and pan.
26:21Do you have dishwasher?
26:22Yeah.
26:22Oh.
26:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:24It used to be my son.
26:26Yeah, bless him.
26:27Yeah.
26:28But your children, they live separately.
26:30Yeah, yeah.
26:33I met my children's mum when I was 18.
26:36She was pregnant at 18.
26:38We had our first child when she was 19.
26:41And having children that young puts a lot of pressure on you.
26:46You have to grow up quickly.
26:48You've got to drive your career forward as quickly as possible,
26:51so as you can support your family as well.
26:53So it definitely had a toll on the relationship.
26:58How long have you been separated here?
27:01Nine years.
27:02They stayed with their mum, which was the right decision.
27:06You know, I moved on to base.
27:08But then when I came out of the Navy and then moved back home,
27:13you know, my son then wanted to come and live with me.
27:14So, you know, which was lovely.
27:16Now my son is 19.
27:18He's just left to join the RAF.
27:21And my daughter is doing her thing as well.
27:24I definitely feel like I've got more time now.
27:28I don't want to be single.
27:30I don't think I've ever wanted to be single.
27:32I want to meet somebody and fall in love with somebody
27:35and grow old together.
27:37We are like three parents now.
27:39We have freedom, yeah?
27:40Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:41Yeah, exactly.
27:42Yeah.
27:42Sorry, could I ask you?
27:43How old are you?
27:44So I'm 42 now, so I'll be 43 on Tuesday.
27:48Okay.
27:48What plans do you have for your birthday?
27:50Well, so, if I wasn't here, I was going to jet away
27:54and go to Bucharest for the weekend.
27:58But yeah, something better came up, so...
28:00You don't have any plans now?
28:02No, coming to me and you took over everything.
28:05Okay.
28:05So, yeah.
28:06Wow.
28:07Oh, one more.
28:08Bojmo.
28:09Bojmo.
28:09Bojmo, you see?
28:10You see?
28:11Yeah.
28:14All right.
28:18Gerald, thank you very much for looking after my parents.
28:20You're very welcome.
28:20They are so delighted.
28:21Would you mind to take my mum's coat to her?
28:23Sure.
28:23And I'll be over in just a second.
28:25Okay.
28:25Cheers.
28:25Thanks very much.
28:42Okay.
28:42I think it's the fact that we're just being idiots.
28:45Like, I can't even dance.
28:47Hear what I say now.
28:48We'll be over.
28:49So, a lot of the time, I'm absolutely levered just powering my mates on stage.
28:53You probably feel like, well, yeah, we can do it.
28:56I can do it.
28:57I think it's the art of not giving AF, like.
29:00You look so cool.
29:02So do you, mate.
29:02You look smashing though, yeah.
29:04Are you ready to dance a night away?
29:05Yeah.
29:06See how we feel after a few.
29:07Yeah.
29:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:08Is that happy with the ladies?
29:10Not really, no.
29:12Once they see you're just a party boy, it doesn't really help you that much.
29:16Like, yeah.
29:17I mean, it probably does when you're, like, 20, 21, but when you're getting on a bit, like,
29:21it's like, people don't really want that.
29:23Shall I take your jacket?
29:24Yeah, nice one.
29:26You keep yourself fit.
29:27I can see the guns.
29:29Yeah, try me best, mate.
29:30You're looking fit, man.
29:32I think you do want a girlfriend who will just go, should we just go get a flight?
29:36I think it's nice of that spontaneity, yeah.
29:39Shall I get you a drink?
29:40Can I get an old-fashioned, please?
29:42Straight away.
29:42Cheers, Fred.
29:44I'm looking for someone who's sweet, but also a bit funny.
29:48Nice long hair.
29:49Maybe a little bit mad as well.
29:51I like that.
29:52Not the norm.
29:53Meet Charlie, a 27-year-old events manager from Liverpool, whose creative side comes with a collection of hats as
30:03bold as her personality.
30:06So would you like to see some of the hats of me?
30:08Yeah.
30:08It's got loads of LED lights.
30:10I love that.
30:10So when it's dark, you can make it flash.
30:12This one, good vibes, because who doesn't want good vibes?
30:16Wars inspired me.
30:17I don't know really what inspired me.
30:19Maybe just being a bit of a raver who loves festivals.
30:23How are you?
30:24I'm very well.
30:25It's like a Beyonce hat.
30:27And you love tattoos too.
30:28I do.
30:29I can see.
30:29Some people kind of blend in or a wallflower.
30:32I'm definitely not.
30:33I need someone on my level a little bit.
30:35Someone who doesn't blend in the background, but is quite happy to be kind of looked at.
30:40Are you ready to meet your date?
30:41I can.
30:42Are they here?
30:43Yes, they are.
30:44Perfect.
30:44He is.
30:46Come with me.
30:48I would love someone to join me in dancing.
30:50If you can come together on the dance floor, you're going to stay together.
30:53Hi.
30:54Do you do hugs?
30:56I'm Charlie.
30:56Nice to meet you, Charlie.
30:57Nice to meet you.
30:57Nice to meet you, Charlie.
30:58How are you?
30:58Adam's found, yeah.
30:59You're good, yeah.
31:00Are you feeling?
31:01All right, yeah, a bit nervous.
31:03Yeah?
31:04Enjoy your date, have fun.
31:05I hate to you.
31:05You're probably thinking, what's going on with this hat?
31:07I make hats and headdresses for festivals, so I thought it would be a little bit of a
31:11talking night.
31:11Okay, yeah.
31:12And we'll take it off, because I know it's probably really distracting.
31:15So I feel like you're just looking at the tangly bits.
31:17Did you ask them, like, what they're going to hear in that, like, see if they had any,
31:20like, book fast or stuff like that?
31:22No, don't say that.
31:23I'm only joking.
31:24No, no, my friend was egging me on.
31:26She was like, Charles, date after a book fast.
31:28And I went, I'm not being that girl.
31:30Book fast gets you fucked fast.
31:32Sorry.
31:33Do you like going to events or nights out or...?
31:36Yeah.
31:37Do you know what?
31:38A bit long gone to bingo for a good eight years.
31:40Oh, okay.
31:40Doing what?
31:41As a dancer.
31:42Oh, cool, okay.
31:43It sounds like a wild job.
31:45Wild time, man.
31:48How long have you been single for, then?
31:50I broke up with my boyfriend a year ago.
31:52What about you?
31:53I know.
31:54I've been single for about a year.
31:55Like, it's been that busy, like, to be fair.
31:58I bought a house for my brother.
31:59And I was, like, working my normal job.
32:03I was working bingo.
32:04I was working my house every night and that as well.
32:07Like, been a mad year.
32:09Yeah.
32:10I think it's just working all the time.
32:13It's just kind of changed me.
32:15Really.
32:16Just having no life.
32:17Instead of going out and being free all the time.
32:20Which is something I would like to get back to.
32:22Like, what?
32:25I'm a bit of a partier.
32:27Like, I like raves.
32:29I like dancing.
32:30Oh, you're a dancer, are you?
32:31Yeah.
32:31It's a lovely new, that, like.
32:34I got what that was.
32:36You got any more tricks, though?
32:37Yeah.
32:37That's for me to now.
32:38I need to find out.
32:39Yeah.
32:42It has been a pleasure to have you at the restaurant.
32:46Parapos.
32:49Me too.
32:52Merci beaucoup.
32:53Merci beaucoup.
32:54Merci beaucoup.
32:55Merci beaucoup.
32:56Merci.
32:58Merci.
32:58Merci.
33:04You've got, like, a bit of a Southern accent, would you say?
33:07Mum and Dad moved around quite a lot.
33:10Yeah, I get that, yeah.
33:10When I was young.
33:11Yeah.
33:12So...
33:12Well, I was moved around because my dad was in the army.
33:14Yeah.
33:15Oh, really?
33:16OK, yeah, so you understand where I'm coming from.
33:18Yeah, yeah.
33:18Different schools here.
33:19It was like the new person at the school and stuff like that.
33:22I lost my dad when I was young in a car accident.
33:25Oh.
33:25How old were you?
33:26Nine.
33:27Oh, crikey.
33:28That's terrible.
33:30Me and my dad had a real good relationship up until then.
33:33People said, do you still remember him?
33:34Yeah, you do.
33:35You do remember the good times and things.
33:37Went through a bit of a hard time, just with stress levels and anxiety.
33:42I don't even know how you get over it, to be honest.
33:45No.
33:45You probably missed him a lot when you were younger.
33:48Growing up, yeah.
33:48Yeah.
33:49My mum took her over.
33:50As soon as my dad passed away, she was stuck.
33:53She was living in a village where we live now.
33:56She went out driving lessons, passed the driving test, to ferry me around, really.
34:01To go to football practice, to pick me up from school trips and things.
34:05So, yeah, that's where the love came from, really.
34:09You would never want that for your own child, or do you?
34:12No, definitely not.
34:13You want to look after yourself and live as healthy a lifestyle as you can.
34:18Yeah.
34:19Yeah.
34:19You obviously look after yourself and things.
34:21I do.
34:21Yeah.
34:22Yes, I do.
34:23You're like a little pocket rocket, aren't you?
34:30Let's take a photo of all three.
34:32Cheers.
34:33You don't need to take a photo of all three.
34:34Go, smile, mum.
34:35Sorry, you're on the photo.
34:37Let's see.
34:41Did I ask you?
34:44You can ask me anything.
34:45Go for it.
34:46OK.
34:47What are you looking for?
34:49What are you looking for?
34:50Well, that's how you can ask me anything.
34:51What's happened?
34:52What am I looking for?
34:53Yeah.
34:53So, I'm after a best friend that I want to jump in bed with.
34:57And enjoy life with.
34:59That is what I'm after.
35:03Happy?
35:04Yeah.
35:08Does it need to be said?
35:09Yeah.
35:13To have rebuilt her life in a new country, it gives a very good impression.
35:19There was definitely a spark for me, and I do hope there was a spark for her as well.
35:24You don't regret that you should change your birthday plans?
35:29Oh, God no.
35:30No.
35:31Definitely not.
35:32OK.
35:33Definitely a good decision.
35:34Yeah, yeah.
35:37Do you want to see each other again?
35:41Would you like me to answer first?
35:43Yes, please.
35:43Yeah.
35:44I would love to see you again.
35:45Oh, thank you.
35:46Yeah.
35:47I think definitely we need to see each other again.
35:49Good.
35:49Yeah.
35:50Good.
35:52How are we doing the bill?
35:54I'll take that one, please.
35:55Oh, thank you for this.
35:58To be honest, our date was absolutely smoothly, absolutely nice, talking about everything
36:06what we would like.
36:08Yeah.
36:08Or we didn't have any pose, like, just talking, talking, talking.
36:11Yeah.
36:12There's more to scratch beneath the surface.
36:15Very floral, isn't it?
36:16Yeah.
36:17Very romantic, you know.
36:25Hey, let's go, girls.
36:26Woo!
36:27Let's have a go.
36:29Bath ain't ready for me.
36:32Are you OK?
36:33I'm good.
36:35Oh, I said...
36:36He's, like, literally what I asked for on paper.
36:38He's got blue eyes, brown hair and a beard.
36:40And he's got two sleeves of tattoos.
36:42And he lives down the road.
36:46Talk about close to who.
36:51Love you.
36:52Love you.
36:58Bish, fresh and fabulous.
37:00Let's go, let's go, let's go.
37:06There she is.
37:07I feel like I've just been to the other side of town.
37:09Yeah.
37:10All good?
37:11All good, right, yeah.
37:12So, how old are you, anyway?
37:13Me, I'm 27.
37:1427, yeah.
37:15Old you?
37:1636.
37:17OK, nice.
37:17Yeah, I'm just saying I'm not far off, 28.
37:20Yeah.
37:21Obviously, it's, like, a little bit of an age gap,
37:23because my cut-off age is, like, no more than 10 years.
37:26But I'm quite independent.
37:28I have been since I was 18.
37:29Do you know what I mean?
37:30Like, sometimes lads who are, like, my age or younger,
37:33a bit too immature.
37:35In high school, I was always yard one out.
37:37I've spent my whole life feeling like,
37:39I look, I speak different.
37:42People didn't like different in the school I went to.
37:44And I've always found it quite difficult to fit in.
37:49I'm a tall girl.
37:51I'm five nine and a half.
37:52But I could be six foot one in heels.
37:54When you're a tall girl and, like, I'm a bit out there,
37:56people look at you funny.
37:57When you struggle to make friends,
38:00when you consider yourself an outsider,
38:02it is really lonely.
38:04I was stepping away from, like, people socially.
38:07I spent a lot of my life going,
38:09oh, all these girls who are nasty to me,
38:11why can't I be like that?
38:13It's only in recent years I've really found myself
38:16and started to accept who I am.
38:18I don't want to be anyone else.
38:20And I'm ready to see what the world has for me.
38:22I've been on a bit more of, like, an independent journey.
38:24So now I'm feeling, like, more confident.
38:26I feel like me again.
38:27I feel like I'm happy to meet people,
38:28because I feel more authentic.
38:29Oh, my God.
38:31I've been, like, a bit mad, you know what I mean?
38:32Oh, not a toy.
38:34You've been lovely, man.
38:35It's been a nice night, like.
38:36Did you go on holiday quite a bit?
38:38I've been to Thailand.
38:39We went down on my own, had the best time.
38:41What about you?
38:43From Mexico, Mexico's mental, like...
38:46First night we were over there,
38:47we got booked by the police.
38:48Oh, my God.
38:49We got robbed, like, four times, like...
38:51So I'm coming on holiday with you.
38:53Yeah, I know, yeah.
38:57I hear you're very strong.
38:59What, you want an arm wrestle?
39:00Yeah, why not?
39:01Shall we do an arm wrestle?
39:02Let's go here.
39:04Maybe move these glasses to one side.
39:06All right.
39:07Yeah?
39:08Are you left or right-handed?
39:09I'm right-handed.
39:10Well, let's see if I can beat you with my weak hands.
39:12OK.
39:13All right.
39:14So you say when, you say when.
39:16Three, two, one, when.
39:18This is my weak arm.
39:20Yeah, but you're strong.
39:22It's gonna beat me.
39:32He's gonna beat me.
39:34Oh, no.
39:34She's gonna beat me.
39:36He's gonna beat me.
39:37He's gonna beat me.
39:40He beat me.
39:41He beat me.
39:41He beat me.
39:42He beat me.
39:43I feel bad for you, because you were well in the lurch of it completely.
39:46I knew my mum was here, you didn't.
39:48Yeah, but that's okay, though.
39:49I'm very much a person who will roll with the punches and just go, whatever.
39:54I actually rate your hair as well, man.
39:56Mm, I rate yours.
39:57It's one of the same.
39:58It's almost as if you copied me.
39:59That's crazy.
40:02You got nice hair.
40:04It's all mine as well.
40:05You're very glamorous.
40:06Don't have extensions.
40:07You can pull it.
40:08It won't come out.
40:12I don't miss my hair.
40:13No.
40:13I mean, I have hair.
40:14I just don't grow it.
40:16You've got hair in just a different place.
40:17In a different place.
40:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:18Distribution of hair.
40:20Cheers.
40:21Yeah, go on then.
40:21Chin chin.
40:22Uh-huh.
40:25Don't like cream.
40:27Hands up cream.
40:34How'd it go?
40:35Yeah, I think it went well.
40:36It was good.
40:37I think she's funny.
40:38She's got banter.
40:39She's got humour, which is good.
40:41She's pretty.
40:42She's got lovely hair.
40:44Yeah, she's my type of person.
40:45I swear she says no in it.
40:50I don't think you can judge off of one date.
40:52Is this you trying to be really smooth?
40:54No, but I'm just saying, I don't think you can judge off of one date.
40:58OK.
40:58Yeah.
40:59Definitely think.
41:01Hmm.
41:06Would you guys like to see each other again?
41:08Yeah.
41:08Do you know how to go first?
41:10Yeah.
41:11Yeah.
41:12Round two, yeah.
41:13Bring it on.
41:14Yeah, sure.
41:17Sure you don't want to split that, by the way?
41:19No, it's fine.
41:20Are you sure?
41:20Yeah.
41:21OK.
41:21What a gentleman you are.
41:24Yeah, it definitely is a clique, for sure.
41:27We've got a couple of things in common, so there's something there.
41:33Mm-hm.
41:33I'd agree.
41:34Mm-hm.
41:35I never even asked.
41:36Do you like pets?
41:37My family are cat ladies.
41:38I'm more of a dog lady myself.
41:40Thank God for that.
41:41Shall we go for an apple?
41:42Just an apple?
41:44Mm-hm.
41:45Spicy.
41:47PG.
41:49I'll try to do it PG, man.
42:02I don't have it on my face, do I?
42:03No, that's all.
42:04You look sorry.
42:06I can't tell whether he thinks I'm attractive, whether he likes my personality,
42:11whether I've put him off, so I feel quite unsure.
42:14Aye.
42:14Aye.
42:15Aye, aye.
42:15How are we?
42:16Sound off, yeah.
42:19I feel like the naughty school kids.
42:23So, do you want to see each other again?
42:25Yeah, I'll see you again.
42:26Yeah?
42:27Yeah.
42:27What should I have like that?
42:29Just like that?
42:30We've finished up.
42:32But we had a laugh.
42:33I just...
42:34There was only dull moment, sorry, was there?
42:36No.
42:36Yeah.
42:38Well, can we go?
42:39We'll be back now.
42:40Hey, guys.
42:41How have we been doing this?
42:42About half.
42:42No, man.
42:43Yeah, without...
42:44Are you sure?
42:44Yeah.
42:45We'd have some mad time, so...
42:46Yeah, 100%.
42:47We can start with a drink tonight, if you want.
42:50Yeah.
42:50That's your head.
42:53Here's your coach.
42:54Thanks a lot, friend.
42:56She's a lovely person, isn't she?
42:57You're not that much of a helmet like to be there.
43:00Thanks.
43:01Thanks.
43:01That was really romantic.
43:03Your heart's going wild.
43:05See you later.
43:07Bye, Fred.
43:07Bye, mate.
43:08We had a good dancer, like, don't we?
43:10We had a laugh in that lane.
43:11Yeah, definitely, yeah.
43:12The hat didn't scare you off too much.
43:14No!
43:15I found you putting up my height on my hat.
43:17You're not even tall, I mean, you're even in heels.
43:19You haven't seen the shoes I've got in the hotel yet?
43:21Yeah!
43:22Might get them out here later.
43:27Your arms sound pretty good.
43:29With guns?
43:30Yeah.
43:31Your legs look really muscly too.
43:33I love a thigh muscle.
43:35Do you?
43:35It's the third most important muscle in your body.
43:37I think you're beautiful.
43:39Yeah.
43:42I don't take compliments that well.
43:44And I didn't compliment him as much as he complimented me.
43:49I didn't feel like I was massively flirting with him.
43:51But I thought, you know what?
43:53I've come here with an open mind, so I'm going to talk to this guy.
43:57I'm going to have a really nice evening and see where it goes.
44:02Just got an eye on my tattoo.
44:04Have you done an eye on my tattoo?
44:05Yeah, yeah.
44:05Been at the New Yorker, yeah.
44:06Have you?
44:07I wouldn't get the tattoo unless I didn't know.
44:09Oh, my God!
44:11Honestly, that's such an achievement.
44:17So then, guys, would you like to see one another again?
44:21I'll go first, if that's right.
44:23Of course.
44:24Yeah.
44:25I thought we had a great date.
44:26There was no conversation stoppages or anything.
44:29I totally respect what you do and everything.
44:31I think you're gorgeous.
44:32I would definitely say yes.
44:34I shaved my legs and things too.
44:35That's all right.
44:36There's nothing wrong with that.
44:37That's nice.
44:38Yeah.
44:38Yeah, I'd like to go on another date again.
44:41And see.
44:42Just see where it went.
44:43Yeah, and see where things go.
44:45Yeah.
44:45Yeah, cool.
44:46We're two fully grown adults.
44:47We've got this.
44:49We're two fit fully grown adults.
44:51Yeah.
44:52I'd say so.
44:52Guns off.
44:55No, no, no.
44:58They're bigger, aren't they?
45:00Yeah.
45:01Cheers, thank you.
45:03Bye-bye.
45:04I've got bigger legs, though.
45:06Oh, I don't know.
45:08They're pretty big.
45:10Hang on a minute.
45:11There's Kenny's trousers up.
45:13Here I come, plodding down the stairs.
45:18Pulling in your arms?
45:19Yeah, why not?
45:25Is your mum going to be there the second time?
45:28No.
45:28Okay, good.
45:29No, no, no, no, no, no.
45:31No, no, no, no.
45:31Mama said there'll be days like this.
45:33There'll be days like this.
45:35Mama said, Mama said, Mama said, Mama said, Mama said there'll be days like this.
45:39Nice thing, yeah?
45:40Yeah.
45:41That's the awkward bit, then.
45:42Ha, ha, ha, ha.
45:44I went walking the other day, yeah, yeah, yeah.
45:48Everything was going fine.
45:50I met a little boy named Billy Joe, and then almost lost my mind.
45:58Mama said there'll be days like this.
46:12And support information for the issues raised
46:14can be found online at channel4.com slash support.
46:18And we're at Tenerife Bound for some Sunsea
46:21and some naughty dinner table talk.
46:24So let's go dating Monday at 9.25 on E4
46:26and you've got the weekend to stream what you've missed so far.
46:36We'll see you next time.
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