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First Dates Season 25 Episode 5
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00:00I've ran out of swipes. I've completed Tinder.
00:03In the heart of Britain's most romantic city...
00:07Hello!
00:08Fred and his team...
00:09This is Captain Fur Potato.
00:12...are matching hopeful singletons...
00:14We're getting married, Merlin.
00:15...in a place where love is always on the menu.
00:19I've got a bit in your finger. You've been going that far down this day.
00:24These daters...
00:25You probably think I'm having a poo or something.
00:27...are searching...
00:30...for the one.
00:32Would you chase me around the bedroom?
00:34Absolutely.
00:34Get your coat.
00:35I'm in.
00:36For some, stepping into the unknown...
00:40...can lead to surprising sparks.
00:43I work in the adult industry.
00:45Do you have an office for that?
00:46I have a dungeon.
00:48But finding a connection...
00:50A love story is about to begin.
00:52Shut up!
00:53...isn't always easy.
00:55Please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes.
01:00Help me!
01:02In the end...
01:04...it comes down to one...
01:08...big...
01:08...question.
01:10Would you guys like to see each other again?
01:12This isn't a total crit, is it?
01:14This is the First Dates Restaurant.
01:17This is the First Dates Restaurant.
01:42You look chic.
01:44You look chic, yeah?
01:45You look at my vest.
01:46You look at my vest.
01:47There's no cornbread in the restaurant.
01:50I mean, when I was 16, my mum gave me my first condom.
01:55I brought my mum.
01:58I brought my mum with me today.
01:59We brought each other, darling.
02:01Why not?
02:02It isn't just Fred whose mum takes an interest in his love life.
02:06This is 26-year-old electrician, Jordan, and his mum, Kelly.
02:11Why not go on a date with your son?
02:15What could possibly go wrong?
02:17God, I don't know what could go wrong.
02:18I don't know what could go right.
02:23How are you?
02:24Nice to see you.
02:25Nice to meet you.
02:26So, what's happening here?
02:28Um, I'm his mum.
02:30So, is it bring your mum to date?
02:33You're on a double date.
02:33Oh, you're on a double date.
02:34Yeah.
02:34Both single.
02:38If my mother was alive, that would have happened.
02:41Really?
02:41She would have totally have been into that.
02:42She would have signed us both up and been like,
02:44It'll be fun.
02:46Not well.
02:47I can't imagine anything worse.
02:53Hello.
02:54Hi.
02:55How are you?
02:55We're good, thank you. How are you?
02:57Nice. Good.
02:58So, you're clearly, what are you, your friends?
03:00Mother and son.
03:01Wow.
03:01That's different.
03:04It's something new.
03:05You look terrified.
03:09This is a first for sure.
03:15First time doing this.
03:16Why?
03:17It's just a nice thing to do, isn't it?
03:19It is.
03:19Yeah.
03:21We tend to do a lot of things.
03:22Yeah, we do.
03:23We go on holiday together.
03:24We go to parties together.
03:26Cheers, George.
03:27It's your mum coming out tonight.
03:29Yeah.
03:30Like, yeah, but she's going to be in bed by ten.
03:32Maybe, maybe nine if you're lucky.
03:35So, whose idea was it?
03:36So, you discussed this beforehand.
03:37And you went, why don't I do it too?
03:39I do want to find someone as well, so.
03:41Nice.
03:42I need someone to take them off my hands.
03:44I'm not old.
03:45I'm only 26.
03:47But all of my friends are like, I've had kids.
03:50Or they've been with someone for years.
03:52I would say, like, it's getting pressing now.
03:54Like, so single.
03:55It hurts.
03:57And so, what kind of, what kind of girl do you think Jordan needs?
04:00Definitely outgoing and fun.
04:02I go off of the energy.
04:04Some people have good energy and you're like, you know what?
04:06You're going to be looking out for that, obviously.
04:08You are.
04:08Is that really bad?
04:09Yeah.
04:13Let's do this.
04:15This is 20-year-old Amy.
04:17And she's bringing big date energy.
04:22My family would probably describe me as a little bit crazy.
04:27I'm down for anything and everything.
04:30I would describe myself as the embodiment of organised chaos.
04:35Hi.
04:36Hello.
04:36I love your hair.
04:37You look like a viking.
04:38Thank you so much.
04:40I've never been in a serious relationship.
04:43Like, never ever.
04:44I seem to attract all the wrong people.
04:47My whole dating history is horrific.
04:51It's just dating horror stories.
04:54But I'm going to remain open-minded and just go for it.
04:59I don't know where to put my energy.
05:00I don't know where to funnel it.
05:01I feel like a volcano.
05:04Tell me, what do you do for a living?
05:06I'm a student at the moment in Bristol.
05:08I'm studying forensic science.
05:10Are you?
05:11Yeah.
05:11I'm book smart, not life smart.
05:14Are you ready for your date?
05:16Yes, I am.
05:17I am, I am.
05:17Is he here?
05:18Yes, he is.
05:19Is he?
05:19OK.
05:20I would like a tall guy.
05:22I love a bit of facial hair.
05:24I typically go for blondes, but nothing's really a deal-breaker.
05:29Here we are.
05:31Hi.
05:32Hiya.
05:32Hi.
05:33Amy, nice to meet you.
05:34Nice to meet you, Jordan.
05:35How are you?
05:36Yeah, I'm so good.
05:37How are you?
05:37Good.
05:39Hi, how are you?
05:40Hi, I'm so good.
05:41How are you?
05:42What's your name, sorry?
05:43Kelly.
05:44Hi, nice to meet you, Kelly.
05:45Amy.
05:45Hi, Amy.
05:49Did you say this is my mum?
05:51I don't think so.
05:52My mum will give me a bit of wingman in and a bit of backup.
05:56And likewise, I could do the same for you.
05:58You never listen to me anyway, no.
05:59I do.
06:01What's the dynamic here?
06:02This is my mum.
06:04I'm on a date as well.
06:05How are you?
06:06I said yes.
06:09Oh, my goodness.
06:11How old are you, sorry?
06:1226.
06:13Okay, great.
06:13How old are you?
06:1420.
06:14Ooh.
06:17Is that age?
06:17No, no, no, no.
06:18Age is just a number at the end of the bit.
06:19If we get on, it doesn't matter.
06:21There you go.
06:21If we get on, it doesn't matter.
06:23Right.
06:23Enough talking with your mother-in-law.
06:27Let's go outside for dinner.
06:29Come on.
06:29I will, I will.
06:30Have a good night, guys.
06:31Thank you, Angie.
06:32All right, see you, bye.
06:34In a bit.
06:34Enjoy.
06:40Bonsoir.
06:40Good night.
06:43Good night.
06:44Good night.
06:44Good night.
06:44Good night.
06:44But the day, good day.
06:46Good night.
06:46Good day.
06:48Thank you very much.
06:49You are very welcome.
06:51Thank you very much.
06:53It's funny, Ashi.
06:54Yeah, you got a ringside seat for the beginning of their date there.
06:59How long have you been single for?
07:01I've probably been single more of my adult life than I've been in a relationship.
07:05OK.
07:07The last time I went on a date was 2013.
07:16Oh, it's a...
07:22Game start!
07:24Being he's the right man for the job is Carpenter John.
07:28He can fix anything except his love life.
07:31How would your friends and family describe you?
07:34Single.
07:36The first thing I've done this morning was Snapchat my daughter.
07:39She's like my date night.
07:40We go to nice restaurants.
07:41So I'd much prefer somebody who could pay half the bill, for starters.
07:45How are you?
07:46Yeah, good, thank you. How are you? I'm John.
07:48Nice to meet you, John. Nice to meet you.
07:49What do you do for all you think?
07:51Carpenter. Very handy.
07:53Give them my hands.
07:57Your date is at the bar, actually.
07:59Here we are.
08:00I'm John.
08:01Hi, John. I'm Kelly. Nice to meet you.
08:04And you.
08:04Can we get you a drink?
08:05What do you have for?
08:06What did I have?
08:07You've now got to take me home.
08:08Right, I've only just met.
08:12I've been dying for a Guinness all day.
08:13Can you put a Tia Marie in it for me too, Claude?
08:15Absolutely.
08:16Might calm the nerves a little bit, sir.
08:18Mum's date's time up.
08:20Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
08:21It looks quite young.
08:25Why?
08:25You've got big arms.
08:26Yes.
08:27Must be arms.
08:27I've got some guns.
08:28Yeah, you are.
08:29That's nice.
08:29Thank you very much.
08:30Do you like girls with muscles?
08:31Oh, that's all right then.
08:33As long as you're not bigger than mine.
08:35Oh, what tonight?
08:36Do you want to flex off?
08:36No, no, no, no.
08:37They look bigger than mine, so.
08:39Cheers.
08:39So, cheers.
08:40It's a nice evening.
08:41Yeah, absolutely.
08:44Here you go.
08:45Enjoy.
08:46Pleasure.
08:54French people are very stylish.
08:56Very stylish.
08:57Very stylish.
08:57Very stylish people.
08:58And they're French people.
08:59They're adorable.
08:59But they're also very stylish.
09:01Qu'est-ce qui t'arrive avec ça?
09:02Non, je voudrais l'accrocher.
09:04Je ne peux pas l'accrocher, maman.
09:05Alors, je vais le prendre avec tu.
09:06Non, non, non.
09:06Ah, non.
09:07Ah, non.
09:07Bon.
09:07Tu me laisses ça.
09:08Alors, laisse-le là .
09:13Oh.
09:13Nervous roulardaisons.
09:21Dessa, would you think, what kind of man, um, would they fancy?
09:25I think just someone you can chat with, because that's the most thing that you do is chat.
09:33Originally from the Ukraine, single mom Katherine is ready to find love.
09:39My daughter, now she's 18.
09:41She's finishing her A-levels and hopefully, fingers crossed, she will go to uni.
09:46Does that mean you want to find someone?
09:48Of course. It's like more motivation, yeah.
09:55Nice to meet you, Katerina.
09:56Nice to meet you.
09:57Tell me, where are you from?
09:58I'm from Ukraine.
09:59Are you?
10:00Yeah.
10:00How do you find life here in Britain and the British people?
10:03I love this culture. You're so polite.
10:05We are Ukrainian. We are not rude as well, but we are more direct.
10:09Right. Like the French.
10:10Okay. I have never dated with French men.
10:16I am becoming fussier here with age.
10:19Because when they are young, we have like pink glasses, you know, on our eyes.
10:25Привет. Привет. Hello.
10:27Привет. Привет. Привет.
10:29Oh my God.
10:31That's a Prosecco Q to start. Welcome.
10:34But yeah, I really don't want to be alone.
10:37Do you have a particular type?
10:38My life experience teaches me that sometimes personality is so strong and it doesn't matter appearance.
10:47British men, they are very polite, they are gentle men.
10:51I like masculine pants.
10:54Oh my God.
10:55Sorry.
10:55I don't know why I mentioned it this, but yeah.
11:00Project manager Peter may be handy in the planning department, but he hasn't been able to plan his way to
11:06love.
11:07I think people's misconception is that because I like to have a plan is that I can't be spontaneous.
11:12But I sort of will go, right, this weekend I'm not going to have a plan.
11:17And that makes me feel comfortable because I've at least got a plan that there is no plan for the
11:21weekend.
11:24How are you, Peter?
11:25Yeah, good, thank you.
11:26Good. Nice to meet you.
11:27Nice to meet you.
11:28You look very confident.
11:29Oh, I think I'm trying to do the swan thing.
11:32What do you do for leading?
11:34Project management.
11:34Oh, okay.
11:35So I used to be an aircraft engineer before that.
11:38Really.
11:38Well, your date is already here.
11:40She's at the bar.
11:44Right.
11:45Stereotypically hot is the kind of girl that I go for, yes.
11:48Reach for the stars and you'll hit the moon.
11:51You want to go and meet her?
11:52Can I go?
11:52Yeah, of course.
11:53See you later.
11:55Oh my God.
11:55Hi.
11:56Wow.
11:56Hi.
11:57How are you?
11:58Nice to meet you.
11:58Can you get me?
11:59I'm Katrina.
11:59Katrina Pete.
12:00Yeah.
12:01How are you doing?
12:01You all right?
12:01Hi, thank you.
12:02Nice.
12:02Have you got yourself a drink already?
12:03Yes.
12:04What did you go for?
12:05Prosecco.
12:05What can we do for you to drink?
12:07I'll go with Prosecco, please.
12:08Of course.
12:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:09Absolutely.
12:10All right, well, cheers.
12:11Budimo.
12:12Budimo.
12:12Budimo.
12:13It's on my language.
12:14Right, okay.
12:15So which is from?
12:17I'm Ukrainian.
12:17Right.
12:18So how long have you lived over here?
12:19Two years in the house.
12:20Okay.
12:21We, when I say we, I mean me and my daughter, we choose to come here.
12:24Right.
12:25I have a daughter already.
12:27Sorry, yeah.
12:28So how old is your daughter?
12:29She's already 18.
12:31Oh, okay.
12:32So my son is 19 and my daughter's 22.
12:34Of course to my daughter.
12:37Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:37Cheers.
12:37Thanks for meeting you.
12:41Hello there.
12:43We have a solo in steak for you, Andy.
12:46Can you ask for yourself?
12:49What's your humour like?
12:50Dirty.
12:50Very innuendo.
12:52Yeah.
12:53Brilliant.
12:53I was like, I'm going to...
12:55Neither do I.
12:56Hello.
12:57Hi.
12:57This is an amuse-bouche.
12:59It is a tofu tartare and it is delicious.
13:03Thanks so much.
13:04What is tofu?
13:05Okay, it's like a meat substitute.
13:10My meat does not taste like that.
13:15Your meat doesn't taste like that.
13:16Yeah, like...
13:19Wow, okay.
13:21This is the level.
13:21It does not taste like that.
13:26I won't eat the tofu.
13:31What do you do?
13:32I'm a carpenter.
13:33Okay.
13:34I'm good with my hands.
13:35So you like to play with tools as well?
13:37Yeah.
13:39What about you?
13:40I'm a dominatrix.
13:44I do pegging, spanking, corporal punishment.
14:03This looks gorgeous, Merlin.
14:06It is.
14:06It's good looking.
14:08Hey, Mama, I'm going to present Kyle.
14:11How's it going?
14:12He is the best of the team, so I told you that you would appreciate it.
14:15I've just said that you're the best looking in the team, so that she would appreciate it.
14:18Not bad looking in friends.
14:20Come on.
14:21It's a pleasure to meet you.
14:22Nice to meet you.
14:24Ah, pardon.
14:26Would you kiss the hand, do you?
14:27Oh, no, sorry.
14:28Yeah, you're going to create a problem here if you stay here.
14:35She's got a strong pose on there.
14:37Do you reckon that she's enjoying it, pose, or do you reckon that I'm judging you?
14:41My mum's very much got a good poker face.
14:45Working in the adult industry is not really a lifelong choice.
14:48Right.
14:48It's something that I found myself in a lifetime situation.
14:52So, yeah, I do various different things.
14:54I do bondage, tie-in.
14:56I also do fantasy wrestling.
14:58Oh, OK.
14:59So I wrestle men.
15:01Do you?
15:01Yes, I do.
15:02To be fair, I've got a sore shoulder to your feet now.
15:08When Jordan was a baby, I became a personal trainer.
15:11And I managed to keep my head above water for approximately 18 years.
15:15But I was trying to find that thing that really is going to give me, you know, a financial break.
15:22I got into webcaming initially.
15:24My head.
15:24And it was actually a friend of mine who sort of said, look, have you thought about maybe doing this?
15:29And to be honest with you, I didn't even know what webcaming was.
15:33Yeah.
15:33The amount of money that I get paid per hour is quadruple what I was earning in the fitness industry.
15:41So it's relieved a lot of the anxiety and pressure that comes with being a single parent.
15:48Like, I'm OK with whatever you think.
15:51It's fine.
15:52You're supporting your family, I think.
15:54Why not?
15:59What about your previous relationships, Emma?
16:01How's that work with your going to work?
16:04My last relationship, unfortunately, he passed away.
16:08Oh, I like it.
16:08He had a heart attack and died really suddenly.
16:11Yeah.
16:11He was only 49.
16:14So, I actually felt like Julia Roberts when I met him because I met him through work.
16:20He knew what I did.
16:21He was my biggest fan.
16:23He didn't have any children, so he looked at me like a son.
16:28He fit in perfectly with our family and he was just on my wavelength.
16:33We'd have vent all day.
16:35He liked the same music as me, so the relationship was a good one.
16:39We'd been together just over two years.
16:42Even though we had the differences and stuff, you know, he was a good man.
16:46Yeah, yeah.
16:47No, you can see with the way you're talking about him, he was a good guy, yeah.
16:51I don't know, from the first day that I met him, I just felt like it was like he was
16:56my best friend.
16:57And he moved in with us quite quickly and it was a bit of a whirlwind, but it worked for
17:03us.
17:03The first year was the worst, I'd say.
17:07You never forget.
17:08Of course you don't know.
17:09Of course you don't.
17:09But I just felt like something kind of lifted a little bit.
17:11The first year was heavy.
17:13Yeah.
17:13I'm kind of scared to give myself to someone.
17:17I think since he died, I just put a massive barrier up.
17:24It's often people often say that their spirit stays with you until you're fundamentally strong enough to move on and
17:32carry on.
17:32For sure.
17:38What are you doing, my love?
17:40I'm trying to talk to Fred's parents with my little bit of French.
17:45Just go and say ooh-la-la, that's what my son says.
17:49Yeah, ooh-la-la, that's all that Fred says.
17:52Ooh-la-la.
17:55So where do you live in the UK then?
17:57You live in Bath?
17:58No way.
18:00I live here, yeah.
18:03We came directly to Bath because of the war.
18:06Yeah, let's not be around the bush.
18:07That's horrendous what's happened to you, to have to...
18:09It's horrible, absolutely, and I don't wish anyone to feel this when one day you just wake up and you
18:17hear explosions.
18:18Yeah.
18:18I remember evening before, I and my friend went to the cinema.
18:23My friend asked me, oh my God, if tomorrow the war will start.
18:28I said to her, are you silly?
18:30No, it's impossible.
18:32Just went to sleep.
18:34And at 6 a.m. I heard explosions outside.
18:40First three days, we stayed in Kiev with air alerts, with explosions.
18:46You started to react on every sound, even if you open the jaw, you know, and the sound, you're always
18:53jumping after this.
18:55I used to be in the military, so I know what it's like to be in a war zone, but
19:01for a civilian, you've made no choice whatsoever for that to happen to you.
19:05You don't know what to do.
19:08You go to sleep in the evening, and you're absolutely not sure that tomorrow you will wake up.
19:15And then I understood it could happen to be my daughter.
19:20I love Ukraine, but I came here to save my daughter.
19:24As a mother, I have to do this.
19:27It must have been pretty hard.
19:30It was hard, yeah, but I think we are really lucky to be here.
19:34But, yeah, my English, you know, it's not perfect to have very high...
19:39It's pretty good.
19:42Prosecco helps a lot.
19:43It's definitely better than my Ukrainian.
19:45Yeah, I know.
19:46I do know some Ukrainian, but I'm probably going to pronounce it wrong.
19:50Okay, just try.
19:52It's Slava-Ukraine.
19:56Just directly to my heart, you know, just directly to my heart.
20:00Oh, my God.
20:01Slava-Ukraine.
20:02It's glory to Ukraine, and answers should be always.
20:05Heroin.
20:05Slava.
20:05Glory to heroes.
20:07Hooray.
20:08I'm going to forget all of these.
20:09You're absolutely good.
20:10Or I'll probably, after another glass, I'll probably be fluent.
20:14Okay.
20:14But then by tomorrow, I'll have forgotten everything.
20:16Okay, I can remind you.
20:22It's warmly.
20:24Cheers, boys.
20:27I love working for Fred.
20:29Was Fred always romantic?
20:33Merci.
20:34J'adore travailler pour Fred.
20:36Ah, mais c'est gentil.
20:37As-tu toujours été romantique?
20:38Ah oui.
20:39Ah oui.
20:40Oui.
20:41Il avait des copines.
20:43Alors, après, on n'est pas avec lui quand il a avec les copines.
20:47Ah, okay.
20:49Merci.
20:52It's definitely poor form to ask on a first date, but what is your dating history like?
20:57I've had some good relationships.
20:59It just haven't worked out.
21:00And then I've had some relationships where I've been in, like, positions that I don't want to be in.
21:05Don't like doing doggy.
21:06Sorry.
21:07Huh?
21:07Hmm?
21:08You always do, and it's a serious question.
21:10I like to catch you off guard.
21:11Of course.
21:13Anyways...
21:13Yeah, what was the same?
21:14What's my name again?
21:16Amy.
21:17Good.
21:18Correct.
21:18Keep moving.
21:19I've got ADHD, so I'm very much...
21:21Everything lasts, like, five minutes.
21:23No, no, no, I fully understand that.
21:24I have, like, ADHD friends, and it's, like, as soon as they don't take their medication,
21:28well, it'll help us.
21:28I'm not medicated anymore.
21:30Oh, okay.
21:30I was medicated in school, and then when I left school, I was like, I can't.
21:33If I was to come on this date now, and I'd medicate myself, I'd be sitting here like...
21:36Oh, really?
21:37Yeah.
21:39I grew up with ADHD, taking probably one of the highest doses of medication in the UK for
21:45a six-year-old, so it wasn't a joke for me, unfortunately.
22:17It was hard in school.
22:18I love that.
22:19Oh.
22:19I love that.
22:20Leaving school was the biggest turning point for me, because when I left school, I kind
22:24of had the attitude that I was going to fend for myself, so now I believe I have mastered
22:29it.
22:29How long have you got left at uni?
22:31I would finish at the end of next year, right?
22:33But I am doing a master's.
22:35Can I make that?
22:36Mm.
22:37And I think the fact that you've done it shows drive as well.
22:39It's a nice...
22:40I'm a very ambitious person.
22:40It's a nice thing to see in someone.
22:44Hi!
22:46Hi.
22:46How's it going?
22:48Really well, thank you.
22:49How's your date?
22:51Yeah, it's going well, yeah.
22:52Yeah, it's going well.
22:54All right, Mary, she's nice.
22:55She's a bit older than I thought.
22:56She's 50.
22:58Oh, she's all right?
22:58Yeah, she's nice.
22:59Yeah, she does a lot of work now, so I've got a hell of a body.
23:02You can chat.
23:03There hasn't been any awkward moments, so...
23:06That's always positive.
23:07I've had maybe two, three...
23:09Oh, who's counting?
23:11Not me?
23:11She's feisty.
23:13I know.
23:13She's crazy.
23:14Yeah, I have a little bit of space to me.
23:16Well, I'll leave you to it, then.
23:18Enjoy the rest of your evening.
23:19You do.
23:20See you later.
23:21Enjoy.
23:22You do.
23:23I try not to fall down the stairs in my shoe.
23:27God, give me strength.
23:38Oh, my God, I can't get this done up.
23:41What the actual...
23:43She's done a runner.
23:46I've been stood up.
23:48She's not going to run her, is she?
23:50She hasn't gone to the table, yeah, yeah, yeah.
23:51Oh, my God, she's gone.
23:52She's gone.
23:53I know, see, I was just...
23:55Don't do that to me.
23:56I was watching that happen as well.
23:58I'm going, I'm hoping you've bumped into each other on the stairs, you know?
24:03Oh, my God, I can't do it.
24:04His mum is here.
24:05His mum is on a date with us.
24:08Where's he gone?
24:10Hiya.
24:11You all right?
24:11Yeah, not too bad.
24:12Yeah.
24:12I just thought I'd come and dress for myself.
24:13I'm Kelly's son.
24:15Oh, hi, Kelly's son.
24:16How are you doing?
24:17Enjoying it?
24:17Yeah, it's really well, yeah.
24:19I'm very nice.
24:20Oh, thank you.
24:21You all right?
24:23Yeah.
24:24So, I came back and I was like, has she done a run-up?
24:28Where is she?
24:30So, what do you do?
24:32I work in procurement.
24:34Oh, okay.
24:35I'm always joking about this because I love shopping, you know?
24:39Now I'm in hospitality procurement.
24:41It's quite new for me, even if I'm not a foodie person.
24:46You're not a foodie person?
24:47Shame on me.
24:48I love my food.
24:49I like to use, like, every single pot and pan.
24:52Do you have dishwasher?
24:52Yeah.
24:53Oh.
24:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
24:54It used to be my son.
24:56Yeah, bless him.
24:57Yeah.
24:58But your children, they live separately.
25:00Yeah, yeah.
25:03I met my children's mum when I was 18.
25:06She was pregnant at 18.
25:08We had our first child when she was 19.
25:11And having children that young puts a lot of pressure on you.
25:16You have to grow up quickly.
25:17You've got to drive your career forward as quickly as possible,
25:20as soon as you can support your family as well.
25:23So it definitely had a toll on the relationship.
25:26How long have you been separated here?
25:29Nine years ago.
25:31They stayed with their mum, which was the right decision.
25:34You know, I moved on to base.
25:36But then when I came out of the Navy and then moved back home,
25:41you know, my son then wanted to come and live with me.
25:42So, you know, which was lovely.
25:44Now my son is 19.
25:46He's just left to join the RAF.
25:49And my daughter is doing her thing as well.
25:52I definitely feel like I've got more time now.
25:55I don't want to be single.
25:57I don't think I've ever wanted to be single.
25:59I want to meet somebody and fall in love with somebody
26:02and grow old together.
26:04We are like three parents now.
26:05We have freedom, yeah?
26:07Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.
26:08Yeah, exactly.
26:09Could I ask you, how old are you?
26:11So I'm 42 now, so I'll be 43 on Tuesday.
26:14Okay.
26:15What plans do you have for your birthday?
26:17Well, so if I wasn't here, I was going to jet away
26:20and go to Bucharest for the weekend.
26:23But yeah, something better came up.
26:26So...
26:26You don't have any plans now?
26:28Coming to me and you took over everything.
26:30Okay.
26:31So, yeah.
26:32Wow.
26:33Cool.
26:33One more.
26:35You see?
26:36You see?
26:36Yeah.
26:39Alright.
26:43Gerald, thank you very much for looking after my parents.
26:45They are so delighted.
26:46Would you mind to take my mum's coat to her?
26:48Sure.
26:48And I'll be over in just a second.
26:49Okay.
26:50Cheers.
26:50Thanks very much.
26:55This is 36-year-old Liverpudli and Liam
26:58engineer by day, bongo bingo performer by night.
27:02Why are dancers needed for bingo?
27:04Because we get people going.
27:06I think it's the fact that we're just being idiots.
27:08Like, I can't even dance.
27:12So, a lot of the time, I'm absolutely leather just pairing my mates on stage.
27:16You probably feel like, well, yeah, we can do it.
27:19I can do it.
27:20I think it's the art of not giving AF, like...
27:23You look so cool.
27:24It's up to you, mate.
27:25You look smashing, man, yeah.
27:26Are you ready to dance a night away?
27:28Yeah.
27:28Yeah, I feel after a few.
27:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:31Is that happy with the ladies?
27:33Not really, no.
27:35Once they see you're just a party boy, it doesn't really help you that much.
27:38Like, yeah.
27:39I mean, it probably does when you're, like, 20, 21,
27:41but when you're getting on a bit, like, it's like, people don't really want that.
27:45Shall I take your jacket?
27:46Yeah, nice one, thank you.
27:48You keep yourself fit, I can see.
27:50The guns.
27:51Try me best, mate.
27:52You're looking fit, man.
27:53I think you do want a girlfriend who will just go,
27:56should we just go get a flight?
27:57I do think it's nice of that spontaneity, yeah.
28:00Shall I get you a drink?
28:01Can I get an old-fashioned, please?
28:03Straight away.
28:03Cheers.
28:04I'm looking for someone who's sweet, but also a bit funny.
28:09Nice long hair, maybe a little bit mad as well.
28:11I like that.
28:13Not the norm.
28:14Meet Charlie, a 27-year-old events manager from Liverpool,
28:19whose creative side comes with a collection of hats
28:23as bold as her personality.
28:26So, would you like to see some of the hats I've made?
28:28It's got loads of LED lights.
28:29I love that, so when it's dark, you can make it flash.
28:32This one, good vibes, because who doesn't want good vibes?
28:35Wars inspired me.
28:36I don't know really what inspired me,
28:38maybe just being a bit of a raver who loves festivals.
28:42How are you?
28:43I'm very well.
28:44It's like a Beyoncé hat.
28:46And you love tattoos too, I can see.
28:48Some people kind of blend in with a wallflower.
28:51I'm definitely not.
28:52I need someone on my level a little bit,
28:54someone who doesn't blend in the background,
28:56but is quite happy to be kind of looked at.
28:58Are you ready to meet your date?
28:59I am.
29:00Are they here?
29:01Yes, they are.
29:02He is.
29:04Come with me.
29:05I would love someone to join me in dancing.
29:08If you can come together on the dance floor,
29:09you're going to stay together.
29:11Are you all right, yeah?
29:12Do you do hugs?
29:12OK, yeah.
29:13I'm Charlie.
29:14Nice to meet you, Charlie.
29:14Nice to meet you, how are you?
29:15Yeah, I'm fine, yeah.
29:16You good, yeah?
29:17Are you feeling?
29:18All right, yeah, a bit nervous.
29:20Yeah?
29:21Do your date, have fun.
29:22You're probably thinking what's going on with this hat.
29:24I make hats and headdresses for festivals,
29:26so I thought it would be a little bit of a talk about it.
29:28OK, yeah.
29:29I will take it off, because I know it's probably really distracting.
29:31Yeah.
29:31Because I feel like you're just looking at the dangly bits.
29:33You never ask them, like, what they barrier in that, right?
29:36See, they had, like, Buckfast and stuff like that.
29:38No, don't say that.
29:39I'm only joking.
29:40No, no, my friend was egging me on.
29:42She was like,
29:42Charles, date us for Buckfast.
29:44And I went,
29:45I'm not being that girl.
29:46Buckfast gets you fucked fast.
29:48Sorry.
29:49Do you like going to events or nights out or...?
29:52Yeah.
29:52Do you know what?
29:53I've been on Gun Bingo for a good eight years and that.
29:55Doing what?
29:56As a dancer.
29:57Oh, cool, OK.
29:59It sounds like a wild job.
30:00Wild time, eh?
30:03How long have you been single for, then?
30:05I broke up with my boyfriend a year ago.
30:07What about you?
30:09I've been single for about a year.
30:10Like, it's been that busy, like, to be fair.
30:12Bought a house for me brother and I was, like,
30:16working my normal job.
30:17I was working Bingo and I was working my house every night
30:20and that as well.
30:21Like, been a mad year.
30:23Yeah.
30:24I think it's just working all the time.
30:27It's just kind of changed me.
30:29Really.
30:30Just having an old life.
30:31Instead of going out and being free all the time.
30:34Which is something I would like to get back to.
30:36Like, what?
30:39I'm a bit of a partier.
30:40Like, I like raves.
30:42I like dancing.
30:43Are you a dancer, are you?
30:43Just always like that.
30:44I'm just like...
30:46It's a lovely me, that, like...
30:47I don't know what that was.
30:48I don't know what that was.
30:48You've got any more tricks later.
30:51Yeah.
30:54That's for me.
30:55It has been a pleasure to have you at the restaurant.
31:00Me too.
31:04Merci beaucoup.
31:05Merci beaucoup.
31:06Merci beaucoup.
31:06Merci beaucoup.
31:07Merci beaucoup.
31:07Je vais vous montrer en haut, le restaurant.
31:09Merci beaucoup, Gérald.
31:10Merci.
31:15You've got, like, a bit of a...
31:17a southern accent, would you say?
31:19Mum and Dad moved around quite a lot.
31:21Yeah, I get that, yeah.
31:21When I was young.
31:22Yeah.
31:23So...
31:23Well, I was moved around because my Dad was in the army.
31:25Yeah.
31:26Oh, really?
31:26OK, yeah.
31:27So you understand where I'm coming from.
31:29Yeah, different schools, yeah.
31:29It was, like, the new person at the school and stuff like that.
31:33I lost my Dad when I was young in a car accident.
31:35Aw.
31:35And you're still...
31:36How old were you?
31:37Nine.
31:37Oh, crikey, that's terrible.
31:40Me and my Dad had a real good relationship up until then.
31:42People said, you still remember him.
31:44Yeah, you do.
31:45You do remember the good times and things.
31:47Went for a bit of a hard time, just with stress levels and anxiety.
31:52I don't even know how you get over it, to be honest.
31:54You probably missed him a lot when you were younger.
31:57Growing up, yeah.
31:58Yeah, my Mum took over.
31:59As soon as my Dad passed away, she was stuck.
32:02She was living in a village where we live now.
32:05She went out driving lessons, passed the driving test,
32:08to ferry me around, really, to go to football practice,
32:11to pick me up from school trips and things.
32:13So, yeah, that's where the love came from, really.
32:18You would never want that from your own childhood.
32:20No, definitely not.
32:21Yeah, that's a lovely group.
32:21You want to look after yourself.
32:22Exactly, yeah.
32:23Live as healthy a lifestyle as you can.
32:26Yeah, yeah.
32:27You obviously look after yourself and things.
32:28I do.
32:29Yeah.
32:29Yes, I do.
32:31You're like a little pocket rocket, aren't you?
32:37Let's take the photos, all of you three.
32:39Cheers.
32:40Don't have to take a photo.
32:41Go, smile, Mum.
32:42Smile, it's on the photo.
32:44Did I ask you?
32:50You can ask me anything, go for it.
32:53OK. What are you looking for?
32:55What are you looking for?
32:56Well, that's how you can ask me anything.
32:58What am I looking for? Yeah.
32:59So, I'm after a best friend that I want to jump in bed with.
33:03And enjoy life with. That is what I'm after.
33:09Happy? Yeah.
33:13Does it need to be said? Yeah.
33:17Yeah.
33:19To have rebuilt her life in a new country,
33:21it gives a very good impression.
33:24There was definitely a spark for me,
33:25and I do hope there was a spark for her as well.
33:29You don't regret that you should change your birthday plans?
33:34God, no. No. Definitely not.
33:36OK. Definitely a good decision. Yeah, yeah.
33:41Do you want to see each other again?
33:45Would you like me to answer first?
33:47Yes, please.
33:47I would love to see you again.
33:49Oh, thank you.
33:50I think definitely we need to see each other again.
33:53Good. Good.
33:55How are we doing the bill?
33:57I'll take that one, please.
33:58Oh, thank you for being.
34:01To be honest, our date was absolutely smoothy, absolutely nice,
34:08talking about everything what we would like.
34:10Yeah.
34:10We didn't have any pose, like, just talking, talking, talking, yeah.
34:14There's more to scratch beneath the surface.
34:17Very floral, isn't it?
34:18Yeah.
34:19Pretty romantic, you know?
34:26Hey, let's go, girls.
34:28Woo!
34:29Let's have a go.
34:30Bath ain't ready for me.
34:33Are you OK?
34:34I'm good.
34:36I'm good.
34:36Oh, I said...
34:37He's, like, literally what I asked for on paper.
34:39He's got blue eyes, brown hair, and a beard.
34:41And he's got two sleeves of tattoos.
34:43And he lives down the road.
34:47Talk about closer.
34:48So...
34:52Love you.
34:53Bye.
34:58First impression, fabulous.
35:00Let's go, let's go, let's go.
35:06I feel like I've just been to the other side of town.
35:09Yeah.
35:09All good?
35:10All good, right, yeah.
35:12It's, like, all day here, anyway.
35:13Me, I'm 27.
35:1427, yeah.
35:15All of you?
35:1537.
35:15OK, nice.
35:17Yeah, I'm just saying, I'm not far off 28.
35:19Yeah.
35:20Obviously, it's, like, a little bit of an age gap.
35:22Because, like, Maya said, my cut-off age is, like, no more than 10 years.
35:25But I'm quite independent.
35:27I have been since I was 18.
35:28Do you know what I mean?
35:29Like, sometimes, lads who are, like, my age or younger are a bit too immature.
35:33In high school, I was always yard one out.
35:36I've spent my whole life feeling, like, I look, I speak different.
35:40People didn't like different in the school I went to.
35:42And I've always found it quite difficult to fit in.
35:47I'm a tall girl.
35:48I'm five, nine and a half.
35:49But I could be six foot one in heels.
35:52When you're a tall girl and, like, I'm a bit out there, people look at you funny.
35:55When you struggle to make friends, when you consider yourself an outsider, it is really lonely.
36:00I was stepping away from, like, people socially.
36:04I spent a lot of my life going, oh, all these girls who are nasty to me, why can't I
36:08be like that?
36:09It's only in recent years I've really found myself and started to accept who I am.
36:14I don't want to be anyone else.
36:16And I'm ready to see what the world has for me.
36:18I've been on a bit of more of, like, an independent journey.
36:20So now I'm feeling, like, more confident.
36:22I feel like me again.
36:23I feel like I'm happy to meet people because I feel more authentic.
36:26Oh, my God.
36:26Am I being, like, big match?
36:28You know what I mean?
36:28Oh, not a toy.
36:29You're lovely, man.
36:30It's been a nice night, eh?
36:31Did you go on holiday quite a bit?
36:33I've been to Thailand.
36:35We went down on my own.
36:36Had the best time.
36:37What about you?
36:38From Mexico, Mexico's mental, right?
36:41First night we were over there, we got moped by the police.
36:43Oh, my God.
36:44We got robbed, like, four times, like...
36:46So I'm coming on holiday with you.
36:47Yeah, I know, yeah.
36:51I hear you're very strong.
36:53What, you want an arm wrestle?
36:54Yeah, why not?
36:55Shall we do an arm wrestle?
36:56Let's go here.
36:58Maybe move these glasses to one side.
37:00All right.
37:01Yeah?
37:02Are you left or right-handed?
37:03I'm right-handed.
37:04Well, let's see if I can beat you with my weak hands.
37:06OK.
37:07All right.
37:08So you say when.
37:09You say when.
37:09Three, two, one, when.
37:12This is my weak arm.
37:13Yeah, but you're strong.
37:16He's going to be weak.
37:25He's going to beat me.
37:26Oh, no.
37:27He's going to beat me.
37:28He's going to beat me.
37:30He beat me.
37:32He beat me.
37:35I feel bad for you because you're all well in the lurch of it completely.
37:38I knew my mum was here, you didn't.
37:40Yeah, but that's OK, though.
37:41I'm very much a person who will roll with the punches and just go, whatever.
37:46I actually rate your hair as well, ma'am.
37:48Mm.
37:48I rate yours.
37:49It's one of the same.
37:50It's almost as if you copied me.
37:51That's crazy.
37:53You got nice hair.
37:56It's all mine.
37:56You're very glamorous.
37:59You can pull it.
38:00It won't come out.
38:03I don't miss my hair.
38:04No.
38:04I mean, I have hair.
38:05I just don't grow it.
38:06You've got hair in just a different place.
38:08In a different place.
38:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:09Distribution of hair.
38:11Cheers.
38:11Yeah, go on then.
38:12Ching-ching.
38:12Uh-huh.
38:16Don't like cream.
38:17Hands up cream.
38:24How'd it go?
38:25Yeah, I think it went well.
38:26It was good.
38:27I think she's funny.
38:28She's got banter.
38:29She's got humour, which is good.
38:31She's pretty.
38:32She's got lovely hair.
38:33Yeah, she's my type of person.
38:35At least where she says no, innit?
38:39I don't think you can judge off of one date.
38:41Is this you trying to be really smooth?
38:43No, but I'm just saying, I don't think you can judge off of one date.
38:46OK.
38:47Yeah.
38:48Definitely think.
38:49Hmm.
38:54Would you guys like to see each other again?
38:57I don't know.
38:57Let's go first.
38:58Yeah, all right.
38:58You just do understand.
38:59Yeah.
39:00Round two, yeah.
39:01Bring it on.
39:02Yeah, sure.
39:05Sure you don't want to split that, by the way?
39:07No, it's fine.
39:07Are you sure?
39:08Yeah.
39:08OK.
39:09What a gentleman you are.
39:12Yeah, it definitely is a click, for sure.
39:14We've got a couple of things in common, so there's something there.
39:20Mm-hm.
39:20I agree.
39:21Mm-hm.
39:22I haven't even asked.
39:23Do you like pets?
39:23My family are cat ladies.
39:25I'm more of a dog lady myself.
39:26Thank God for that.
39:28Shall we go for an apple?
39:29Just an apple?
39:31Ooh, spicy.
39:33PG.
39:35I'll try and do it PG now.
39:47I don't have it on my face, do I?
39:49No, that's all.
39:50You look sorry.
39:52I can't tell whether he thinks I'm attractive, whether he likes my personality.
39:56I don't know if I've put them off, so I feel quite unsure.
39:59Hi.
39:59All right, yeah.
40:00How are we?
40:01I don't know, yeah.
40:03I feel like there's not any school kids, I...
40:08So, do you want to see each other again?
40:10Yeah, I'll see each other again.
40:11Yeah?
40:12Yeah.
40:12What's your name like that?
40:13Just like that?
40:15Wait till the shop.
40:16What?
40:16I thought we had to laugh.
40:17I just...
40:18That was only told no one side, was it?
40:20No.
40:22Here we go.
40:23Here we go.
40:23Hey, guys, how are we doing this?
40:25No hot?
40:26No.
40:27Yeah, whatever.
40:27Are you sure?
40:28Yeah.
40:28You'd have some mad time still, wouldn't you?
40:30Yeah, 100%.
40:31We can start with a drink tonight, if you want.
40:33Yeah.
40:34Best to your house.
40:36Here's your clothes.
40:37Nice one.
40:37Thanks a lot, Fred.
40:39She's a long person, isn't she?
40:40You're not that much of a hell of a little life to be there.
40:44Thanks.
40:44Thanks.
40:44That was really romantic.
40:46My heart's going wild.
40:48See you.
40:48Bye.
40:49See you.
40:51We had a good banter, didn't we?
40:52We had a laugh in that line.
40:54Yeah, definitely.
40:55The hat didn't scare you off too much.
40:57No.
40:57Thanks for putting up my height and my hat.
40:59You're not even tall.
41:00I mean, you're even here.
41:01You haven't seen the shoes I've got in the hotel yet?
41:03Yeah.
41:04Might get them out later.
41:09Your arms sound pretty good.
41:11You've got guns?
41:12Yeah.
41:13Your legs look really muscly, too.
41:14I love a thigh muscle.
41:16Do you?
41:17It's the third most important muscle in your body.
41:18I think you're beautiful.
41:20Yeah.
41:23I don't take compliments that well.
41:25And I didn't compliment him as much as he complimented me.
41:29I didn't feel like I was massively flirting with him.
41:32But I thought, you know what, I've come here with an open mind,
41:35so I'm going to talk to this guy.
41:37I'm going to have a really nice evening and see where it goes.
41:42You've just got an eye mode tattoo.
41:43Have you done an eye mode?
41:45Yeah, yeah.
41:45I've done it in New York, yeah.
41:46Have you?
41:47I wouldn't get the tattoo unless I did an eye mode.
41:49Oh, my God.
41:50Honestly, that's such an achievement.
41:56So then, guys, would you like to see one another again?
42:00I'll go first, if that's right.
42:02Oh, cool.
42:03Yeah.
42:03I thought we had a great date.
42:05There was no conversation stoppages or anything.
42:08I totally respect what you do and everything.
42:10I think you're gorgeous.
42:10I would definitely say yes.
42:12I shaved my legs and things too.
42:14That's all right.
42:15Nothing wrong with that.
42:16That's nice.
42:16Yeah.
42:17Yeah, I'd like to go on another date again and see.
42:20Just see where it went.
42:21Yeah, and see where things go.
42:23Yeah.
42:23Yeah, cool.
42:24We're two fully grown adults.
42:25We've got this.
42:27We're two fully grown adults.
42:28Yeah.
42:29I so-so.
42:30Guns off.
42:36You're bigger, aren't they?
42:37Yeah.
42:38Cheers, thank you.
42:40Bye-bye.
42:40Bye-bye.
42:41Bye-bye.
42:41I've got bigger legs, though.
42:43Oh, I don't know.
42:45They're pretty big.
42:46Hang on a minute.
42:48It's Penny's trousers up.
42:50Here I come, plodding down the stairs.
42:54From Link Arms?
42:55Yeah, why not?
43:01Is your mum going to be there the second time?
43:04No.
43:04Okay, good.
43:05No, no, no, no, no.
43:06Mama said there'll be days like this.
43:09There'll be days like this.
43:11Mama said.
43:11Mama said.
43:12Mama said.
43:13Mama said.
43:14There'll be days like this.
43:15Nice day, yeah?
43:16Yeah.
43:16That's the awkward bit, Dad.
43:19I went walking the other day.
43:22Yeah, yeah.
43:23Everything was going fine.
43:24I met a little boy named Billy Joe.
43:28And then I almost lost my mind.
43:32Let's get the song Russell going there, shall we?
43:35Hey, hey.
43:36Mama said.
43:37Mama said.
43:37Hey, hey.
43:39Mama said.
43:40Hey, hey.
43:45And support information for the issues raised can be found online at channel4.com slash support.
43:51And we're at Tenerife bound for some Sunsea and some naughty dinner table talk.
43:57Celebs go dating.
43:58Monday at 925 on E4.
44:00And you've got the weekend to stream what you've missed so far.
44:03And end up before.
44:04FEMALE SPEAKER
44:04We shall see you in the back of the following class.
44:04I'm I.
44:09We shall see you in the back!
44:09You're about to the right ack!
44:10Seattle.
44:10And for command.
44:10Here.
44:10Youré–€. You ever asset.
44:11Risk.chnet
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