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00:02do you feel a bit rusty yes very rusty definitely need a wd for our day i need some help
00:10it's hard
00:11out there i am very single at the moment i've run out of swipes i've completed tinder
00:18in the heart of britain's most romantic city
00:22aloha fred and his team this is captain fur potato
00:27are matching hopeful singletons we're getting married merlin in a place where love is always
00:34on the menu i've got a bit in your finger you didn't go that far down the stick
00:40these daters he probably thinks i'm having a poo or something are searching
00:46for the one would you chase me around the bedroom absolutely get your coat i'm in
00:53for some stepping into the unknown can lead to surprising sparks i work in the adult industry
01:02do you have an office for that i have a dungeon but finding a connection a love story is about
01:09to begin shut up isn't always easy please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes
01:20in the end it comes down to one nice to see you here big question would you guys like to
01:29see each
01:30other again this isn't a total crit is it this is the first date's restaurant
01:46gerald my parents are coming for lunch later on i'd like you to look out for them
01:50oh i would love to i'd be honored thanks man you're very welcome thank you
01:54my parents are both romantic but the relationship with my mom when it comes to dating and love
02:01it's really special well it's chic
02:03i mean when i was 16 my mom gave me my first condom
02:16i brought my mom
02:19what a mom would be today we bought each other darling why not it isn't just fred whose mom takes
02:26an interest in his love life this is 26 year old electrician jordan and his mom kelly why not go
02:33on
02:34a date with your son what could possibly go wrong god i don't know what could go wrong i don't
02:40know
02:40what could go right
02:45how are you nice to see you nice to meet you so what's happening here um i'm his mom
02:53so is it bring your mom today oh you're on a double date yeah double date both single
03:00my mother was alive that would have happened she would hardly have been into that she would sign us
03:06both up and then like it'll be fun like not well i can't imagine anything worse
03:15thank you hello hi how are you we're good thank you how are you good so you're clearly what are
03:22you your your friends mother and son wow that's different something new you look terrified
03:34this is a fast for sure
03:39first time doing this why it's just a nice thing to do isn't it it is yeah we tend to
03:47do a lot of
03:47things yeah we do you go on holiday together go to parties together cheers george it's your mom
03:53coming out like yeah but she's gonna be in bed by 10. maybe maybe nine if you're lucky so whose
04:01idea
04:01was it so you discussed this beforehand and you went why don't i do it too i do want to
04:06find someone
04:06as well 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
04:14are like i've had kids well they've been with someone for years i would say like it's getting
04:19impressive now like so single it hurts and so what kind of what kind of girl do you think jordan
04:25needs definitely outgoing and fun i go off of the the energy some people have good energy and you're
04:33like you know what you're going to be looking out for that obviously you are is that really bad
04:36yeah let's do this this is 20 year old amy and she's bringing big date energy
04:50my family would probably describe me as a little bit crazy
04:55i'm down for anything and everything i would describe myself the embodiment of organized chaos
05:02awesome hi i love your hair you look like a viking thank you so much i've never been in a
05:10serious relationship like never ever i seem to attract all the wrong people my whole dating history
05:18is horrific it's just dating horror stories but i'm going to remain open-minded and just go for it
05:28i don't know where to put my energy i just don't know where to funnel it i feel like a
05:32volcano
05:34tell me what do you do for leaving um 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 yes i am i
05:47am i am is he
05:48here or am i easy okay i would like a tall guy i love a bit of facial hair i
05:55typically go for blondes but
05:57nothing's really a deal breaker here we are hi hi hi amy nice to meet you hi nice to meet
06:07you jordan
06:07how are you yeah i'm so good how are you good hi how are you hi i'm so good how
06:13are you what's your
06:14name sorry kelly hi nice to meet you kelly amy hi amy did you say this was my mum i
06:23don't think so
06:25my mum will give me a bit of uh wingman in a bit of backup and likewise i could do
06:30the same for you
06:30you never listen to me anyway though i do what's the dynamic here sorry this is my mum all right
06:37i'm on a date as well oh my goodness how old are you sorry 26 okay great how are you
06:4720. oh
06:50is that age no no no no age is just a number at the end of the day if we
06:53get on it doesn't matter
06:54there you go if we get on it doesn't matter right enough talking with your mother-in-law
07:01let's go on stage for dinner come on i will i will have a good night guys thank you angie
07:06all right
07:07see you bye see you in a bit enjoy in a bit
07:13what's the night bonsoir bonsoir thank you very much you are very welcome
07:26merci beaucoup it's funny actually how you've got a ringside seat for the beginning of their date
07:33there only is how long have you been single for that i've probably been single more of my adult life
07:40than i've been in a relationship okay the last time i went on a date was 2013
07:57oh 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 snapchat my daughter she's like my date night
08:17we go to nice restaurants so i'd much prefer somebody who could pay half the bill for starters
08:23how are you yeah good thank you how are you i'm john nice to meet you john nice to meet
08:27you
08:27what do you do for a living carpenter very handy my hands oh your date is at the bar actually
08:38here we are hi i'm john hi john i'm kelly nice to meet you can we get you a drink
08:44what do you have
08:44um what did i have you've now got to take me home i've only just met
08:51i've been dying for a guinness all day can you put a tia maria in it for me too
08:54good absolutely what kind of nerves a little bit sir mum's dates tab up oh my gosh oh my gosh
09:01looks quite young
09:05you've got big arms yes i've got some guns yeah you are that's nice thank you like girls with
09:11muscles yeah oh that's all right then as long as you're not bigger in mine
09:15oh what tonight do you want to flex on no no no no they look bigger in mine so cheers
09:20it's a nice
09:21evening yeah absolutely here you go enjoy pleasure
09:32you see you see all the people they're friends they're very stylish very stylish
09:39they're french parents they're adorable they're also very stylish
09:43i think
10:02What do you think, what kind of man 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 mum Katarina is ready to find love.
10:23My daughter, now she's 18, she's finishing her A-levels and hopefully, fingers crossed,
10:28she 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, Katarina.
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.
10:55Okay.
10:56So, have you met me?
10:57I have never dated this Frenchman.
11:02I am becoming fussier, yeah, with age.
11:05Because when we are young, we have like pink glasses, you know, on our eyes, yeah.
11:11Привет, привет.
11:13Hello.
11:13Привет.
11:14Привет.
11:14Oh my God, привет.
11:16Oh my God.
11:17Last of Prosecco for you to start.
11:19Welcome.
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
11:33appearance.
11:35British men, they are very polite, they are gentlemen.
11:38I like 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
11:53to plan his way to love.
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
12:09for the weekend.
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.
12:18Oh, I think I'm trying to do the swan thing.
12:21What 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.
12:29She'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?
12:48Nice to meet you.
12:49I'm Katrina.
12:51How are you doing?
12:52You all right?
12:52Fine, thank you.
12:53So you got yourself a drink already?
12:54Yes.
12:55What 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.
13:01Right, well, cheers.
13:02Budmo.
13:03Budmo.
13:04Budmo.
13:04Budmo.
13:04It's on my language.
13:06Right, okay, so which is from?
13:08I'm Ukrainian.
13:09So how long have you lived 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.
13:17Right.
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.
13:27Close to my daughter.
13:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:29Cheers.
13:30Nice to meet you.
13:34Hello there.
13:35We have a sirloin steak for you, Andy.
13:39Can you ask for yourself?
13:42What's your humour like?
13:43Dirty.
13:44Very innuendo.
13:45Yeah.
13:46Brilliant.
13:46I was like...
13:47I don't have a shower.
13:48Neither do I.
13:49Hello.
13:50Hi.
13:51This is an amuse-bouche.
13:53Okay.
13:53It is a tofu tartare and it is delicious.
13:57Thanks so much.
13:58What is tofu?
13:59Okay, it's like a meat 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'm good with my hands.
14:30So you like to play with tools as well?
14:32Yeah.
14:34What about you?
14:36I'm a dominatrix.
14:41I do...
14:43...pegging...
14:45...spanking, corporal punishment.
15:00This looks gorgeous, Merlin.
15:03It is.
15:03It's brilliant.
15:04It's good looking.
15:06I'm a man.
15:06I'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 bad looking and friends.
15:18Come on.
15:18Well, it's a pleasure to meet you.
15:20Nice to meet you.
15:21Ah, 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 she's enjoying it pose or do you reckon that I'm judging you?
15:40She'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 wrestle men.
16:01Do you?
16:01Yes, I do.
16:02To be fair, I've got a sore shoulder to beat me.
16:08When Jordan was a baby, I became a personal trainer.
16:11And 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,
16:21you know, a financial break.
16:23I got into webcaming initially.
16:25It 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.
16:34Yeah.
16:35The amount of money that I get paid per hour
16:39is quadruple what I was earning in the fitness industry.
16:43So, it's relieved a lot of the anxiety and pressure
16:47that comes with being a single parent.
16:51Like, I'm okay with whatever you think.
16:53It's fine.
16:54You're supporting your family, I'd say.
16:56Why not?
17:02What about your previous relationships then with us?
17:04How's that work with your going and working?
17:07My last relationship, unfortunately, he passed away.
17:11Oh, I like that.
17:11Um, he had a heart attack and died really suddenly.
17:15Yeah.
17:15He was only 49.
17:16Yeah.
17:17So, I actually felt like Julia Roberts when I met him
17:21because 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.
17:46Even though we had the differences and stuff, you know, he...
17:50He was a good man.
17:51Yeah, yeah.
17:52No, you can see with the way you're talking about him.
17:53Yeah.
17:53He was a good guy, yeah.
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,
18:07but it worked for us.
18:09The first year was the worst, I'd say.
18:13You never forget, right?
18:14Of course you don't, no.
18:15Of course you don't.
18:15I just felt like something kind of lifted a little bit.
18:18The first year was heavy.
18:19Yeah.
18:20I'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
18:35until you're fundamentally strong enough to move on and carry 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.
18:52Just go over and say ooh-la-la.
18:55That's what the son says.
18:57Ooh-la-la.
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.
19:08It seems like a little shop.
19:10I 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
19:26and you hear explosions.
19:28Yeah.
19:28I remember evening before, I and my friend went to the cinema.
19:33My friend asked me,
19:35Oh my God, if tomorrow the war will start.
19:38I said to her,
19:39Are you silly?
19:40No, it's impossible.
19:43Just went to sleep.
19:45And at 6am, I heard explosions outside.
19:50First three days, we stayed in Kiev with air alerts, with explosions.
19:57You started to react on every sound.
20:01Even if you open the drawer, you know, and the sound,
20:04you'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.
20:12But for a civilian, you've made no choice whatsoever for that to happen to you.
20:17And 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.
21:00Yeah.
21:01I do know some Ukrainian, but I'm probably going to pronounce it wrong.
21:05Okay, just try.
21:06Slava, Ukraine.
21:11Just directly to my heart, you know.
21:13Just directly to my heart.
21:14Oh, my God.
21:15Slava, Ukraine.
21:16It's glory to Ukraine, and answer should be always.
21:20Heroin Slava, glory to heroes.
21:22Hooray.
21:23I'm going to forget all of these.
21:24You're absolutely good.
21:26Or I'll probably, after another glass, I'll probably be fluent.
21:29Okay.
21:29Okay.
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.
21:45Was Fred always romantic?
21:50Merci.
21:51J'adore travailler pour Fred.
21:52Ah, mais c'est gentil.
21:53Has he toujours été romantique?
21:55Ah oui.
21:56Ah oui.
21:56Oui.
21:57Oui.
21:57Oui.
21:58Il avait des copines.
22:00Alors, après, on est pas avec lui quand il a qui copine.
22:04Okay.
22:06Merci.
22:07Merci.
22:10It's definitely poor form to ask on a first date, but what is your dating history like?
22:15I've had some good relationships.
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
22:22to be in.
22:23Don't like doing dogging.
22:24Sorry.
22:24Huh?
22:25Hmm?
22:26You always do it when it's a serious question.
22:28I like to catch you off guard.
22:30Of course.
22:31Anyways.
22:32Yeah, what was the same?
22:33What's my name again?
22:35Amy.
22:36Good.
22:37Correct.
22:37Keep moving.
22:37I've got ADHD, so I'm very much...
22:40Okay.
22:40Everything lasts, like, five minutes.
22:42No, no, no.
22:42I fully understand.
22:43I 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'd medicate myself, I'd be sat here like...
22:56Oh, really?
22:57Yeah.
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.
23:09It was hard in school.
23:11I was struggling to find friendships, struggling to listen, learn.
23:16It was just all over the place.
23:19I wouldn't say everyone was nice to me.
23:20But, yeah, I'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.
23:28I am also neuro-to-advasion.
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.
23:36Oh, my gosh.
23:37Oh, my gosh.
23:38Oh, my gosh.
23:38On the same wavelength.
23:40I love that.
23:40I love that.
23:42Leaving school was the biggest turning point for me, because when I left school,
23:45I kind of had the attitude that I was going to fend for myself,
23:48so now I believe I have mastered it.
23:51How long have you got left at uni?
23:53I would finish at the end of next year, right?
23:56Yeah.
23:56I 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 someone.
24:07Hi.
24:09Hi.
24:09How's it going?
24:11Really well, thank you.
24:12How's your day?
24:14Yeah, it's going well, yeah.
24:16Yeah, it's going well.
24:18All right, Mary.
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, so I've got a hell of a body.
24:26He can chat.
24:27There hasn't been any awkward moments, so...
24:30It's always positive.
24:31I've had maybe two, three.
24:34Oh, who's counting?
24:35Not me.
24:36She's feisty.
24:37She's feisty.
24:38Yeah, I have a little bit of space to eat.
24:41Well, I'll leave you to it, then.
24:42Enjoy the rest of your evening.
24:44You too.
24:45See you later, then.
24:47You too.
24:48I try not to fall down the stairs in my shoes.
24:50Thank you, guys.
24:52God, give me strength.
25:02Messy.
25:03Oh, my God.
25:05I can't get this done up.
25:06What the actual...
25:09She's done a runner.
25:12I've been stood up.
25:14She hasn't done a runner.
25:15She hasn't done a runner.
25:17Oh, my God, she's gone. She's gone.
25:22Don't do that to me.
25:23I was watching that happen as well.
25:24I'm going, I'm hoping you bumped into each other on the stairs, you know.
25:30His mum is here.
25:32His mum's on his date with us.
25:35Where's he gone?
25:37Hiya. You all right?
25:39Yeah, not too bad.
25:39Yeah, I just thought I'd come in just for myself.
25:41I'm Kelly's son.
25:43Oh, hi, Kelly's son. How you doing?
25:44Good, you? Enjoying it?
25:45Yes, really well, yeah.
25:46My mum's very nice.
25:49You all right?
25:51Yeah.
25:52So I came back and I was like,
25:54has she done a run-up?
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 am 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.
26:24Yeah, it used to be my son.
26:26Yeah, bless him.
26:27Yeah.
26:27But your children, they live separately.
26:30Yeah, yeah.
26:32I 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, as soon as you can support your family as
26:53well.
26:53So, it definitely had a toll on the relationship.
26:57How long have you been separate here?
27:01Nine years, I have.
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, you know, my son then wanted
27:13to 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 and grow old together.
27:37We are like three parents now.
27:39We have freedom, yeah?
27:40Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:41Yeah, exactly, yeah.
27:42Sorry, could I ask you, how 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?
27:51So, if I wasn't here, I was going to jet away and 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 meet and you took over everything.
28:05Okay.
28:05So, yeah.
28:06Wow.
28:07Cool.
28:08One more.
28:08But more.
28:08But more.
28:09But more.
28:10You see?
28:10You see?
28:11Okay.
28:14All right.
28:17Gerald, 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.
28:30This is 36-year-old Liverpudlian Liam, engineer by day, bongo bingo performer by night.
28:38Why are dancers needed for bingo?
28:40Because we get people going.
28:42I think it's the fact that we're just being idiots, like, I can't even dance.
28:49So, a lot of the time I'm absolutely leveraged with parenting my mates on stage.
28:53You probably feel like, well, yeah, we can do it, I 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 that, yeah.
29:03Are you ready to dance a night away?
29:05Yeah, I feel after a few.
29:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
29:08Is that happening 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, like, yeah.
29:17I mean, it probably does when you're, like, 20, 21, but when you're getting on a bit, like, it's, like,
29:21people don't really want that.
29:23Shall I take your jacket?
29:24Yeah, nice one, thank you.
29:26You keep yourself fit.
29:27I can see you work the guns.
29:29Yeah, I try my best, mate.
29:30You're looking fit, man.
29:32I think you do want a girlfriend who will just go, should we just go, uh, get a flight?
29:36I do think it's nice of that spontaneity, yeah.
29:39Should I get you a drink?
29:40Can I get, uh, an old-fashioned, please?
29:42Straight away.
29:42Cheers, Redsat.
29:43I'm looking for someone who's sweet, but also a bit funny.
29:48Nice long hair, maybe a little bit mad as well.
29:51I like that.
29:52Not the norm.
29:54Meet 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 I've made?
30:08It's got loads of LED lights.
30:10I love that, so when it's dark, you can make it flash.
30:12This one, good vibes, because who doesn't want good vibes?
30:15Wars inspired me.
30:17I don't know really what inspired me, maybe just being a bit of a raver who loves festivals.
30:23How are you?
30:24I'm very well.
30:25It's like a Beyoncé hat.
30:27And you love tattoos too, I can see.
30:29Some people kind of blend in, or a wallflower, I'm definitely not.
30:33I need someone on my level a little bit, someone who doesn't blend in the background, but is quite happy
30:38to 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.
30:47I would love someone to join me in dancing.
30:50If you can come together on the dance floor, you're going to stay together.
30:53Are you all right, yeah?
30:54Do you do hugs?
30:55You're okay, yeah.
30:55I'm Charlie.
30:56Nice to meet you, Charlie.
30:57Nice to meet you.
30:57How are you?
30:58Yeah, I'm fine.
30:59Yeah, you're good, yeah?
31:00Are you feeling?
31:01All right, yeah, a bit nervous.
31:02Yeah?
31:03Do your date.
31:04Have fun.
31:05It's time, mate.
31:05Cheers.
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 talking.
31:11All right, okay, yeah.
31:12And we'll take it off, because I know it's probably really distracting.
31:15So I feel like he's just looking at the tangly bits.
31:17Did you ask them, like, what they got here in that, like, see if they had their, like, book fast
31:20and stuff like that?
31:22No, don't say that.
31:23No, no, I'm only joking.
31:24No, no, my friend was airging me on.
31:26She was like, Charlotte, date, ask for 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?
31:38I've been on guns bingo for the good eight years.
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?
31:54I've been single for about a year.
31:55Like, it's been dead busy, like, to be fair.
31:57It's been a whole house for me brother.
31:59And I was, like, working my normal job.
32:03And I was working bingo.
32:04And I was working my house every night and that as well.
32:07Like, been a mad year.
32:10I think it's just working all the time.
32:13It's just kind of changed me, really.
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.
32:30Are you a dancer, are you?
32:30Just always, like, that.
32:31I'm just, like...
32:32It's a lovely move, that, like...
32:34I don't know what that was.
32:35You got any more tricks, though?
32:37That's what means now when you say...
32:39Ha, ha, ha, ha.
32:40Yeah.
32:42It has been a pleasure to have you at the restaurant.
32:46Parapos.
32:48Me too.
32:52Merci beaucoup.
32:53Merci beaucoup.
32:54Merci beaucoup.
32:55Je vais vous montrer en haut le restaurant.
32:57Merci beaucoup, Gérald.
32:58Merci.
32:59Merci.
32:59Je vais vous montrer.
33:04You've got, like, a bit of a southern accent, would you say?
33:07Mum and Dad moved around quite a lot when I was young.
33:11Yeah.
33:12So...
33:12I was moved around because my dad was in the army.
33:14Yeah.
33:15Oh, really?
33:16OK, yeah.
33:16So you understand where I'm coming from with that.
33:18It's always, 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, how old were you?
33:26Nine.
33:27Oh, crikey, that's terrible.
33:30Me and my dad had a real good relationship up until then.
33:32People 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.
33:44You probably missed him a lot when you were younger.
33:48Growing up, yeah, yeah.
33:49My mum took 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,
34:00to ferry me around, really, to go to football practice,
34:03to pick me up from school trips and things.
34:04So, yeah, that's where the love came from, really.
34:09You would never want that for your own childhood?
34:12No, definitely not.
34:12Yeah, that's another...
34:13You want to look after yourself and live as healthy a lifestyle as you can.
34:18Yeah.
34:18Yeah.
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 me take a photo of all three.
34:32Cheers.
34:33You don't need to take a photo of all three.
34:34Come on, smile, mum.
34:34Sorry, you're on the photo.
34:37Can I see?
34:41Could I ask you?
34:43You can ask me anything.
34:45Go for it.
34:46OK.
34:47What are you looking for?
34:49What are you looking for?
34:49Oh, well, that's how you can ask me anything.
34:52What am I looking for?
34:53So, I'm after a best friend that I want to jump in bed with and enjoy life with.
34:59That is what I'm after.
35:03Happy?
35:04Yeah.
35:08Does it need to be said?
35:09Yeah.
35:11Yeah.
35:11Boudemore.
35:11Boudemore.
35:12Boudemore.
35:12Boudemore.
35:13Yeah.
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.
35:32No.
35:32OK.
35:32Definitely 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.
35:43I would love to see you again.
35:45Oh, thank you.
35:46I 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 smoothie, absolutely nice, talking about everything what
36:07we would like.
36:07We didn't have any pose, like just talking, talking, talking, yeah.
36:12There's more to scratch beneath the surface.
36:14Very floral, isn't it?
36:16Yeah, pretty 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.
36:34Oh, I said he'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 tight ears.
36:42And he lives down the road.
36:44Are you good?
36:46Talk about close to who?
36:48Oh, I'm good.
36:49Talk about close to who.
36:50Oh, love you.
36:52Bye.
36:57Bish, fresh, and fabulous.
36:59Let's go, let's go, let's go.
37:06I 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.
37:15Oh, are you?
37:1636.
37:16OK, nice.
37:18Yeah, 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 are a bit too immature.
37:35In high school, I was always yard one out.
37:37I've spent my whole life feeling like I look, I speak different.
37:41People didn't like different in the school I went to.
37:45And I've always found it quite difficult to fit in.
37:49I'm a tall girl.
37:50I'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, people look at you funny.
37:57When you struggle to make friends when you consider yourself an outsider, it is really lonely.
38:04I was stepping away from, like, people socially.
38:07I spent a lot of my life going, oh, all these girls who are nasty to me, why can't I
38:11be like that?
38:13It's only in recent years I've really found myself and started to accept who I am.
38:18I don't want to be anyone else.
38:19And I'm ready to see what the world has for me.
38:22I've been on a bit of 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 because I feel more authentic.
38:30Oh, my God, am I being, like, a bit much?
38:32Oh, not a toy. You've been lovely, man.
38:35Have you been a nice night, eh?
38:36Did you go on holiday quite a bit?
38:38I've been to Thailand.
38:39We went down on my own.
38:40Had the best time.
38:41What about you?
38:43From Mexico, Mexico's mental life.
38:46First night we were over there, we got mugged by the police.
38:48Oh, my God.
38:49We got rubbed, like, four times, like...
38:51So I'm coming on holiday with you.
38:53Yeah, I know, yeah.
38:56I 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, all right.
39:14So you say when.
39:15You say when.
39:16Three, two, one, when.
39:18This is my weak arm.
39:20Yeah, but you're strong.
39:22He's gonna beat me.
39:32She's gonna beat me.
39:33Oh, no.
39:34She's gonna beat me.
39:35She's gonna beat me.
39:36He's gonna beat me.
39:40He beat me.
39:43I feel bad for you because you're all well in the lurch of it completely.
39:46I knew my mum was here, you didn't.
39:48Yeah, but that's OK, 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.
39:56I rate yours.
39:57It's one of the same.
39:58It's almost as if you coffeed me.
39:59That's crazy.
40:02You got nice hair.
40:04It's all mine as well.
40:05You're very glamorous.
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's 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.
40:46At least where 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.
40:58Okay.
40:58Yeah.
40:59Definitely think.
41:03Mm-hmm.
41:06Would you guys like to see each other again?
41:08Yeah.
41:08Do you know how to go first?
41:09You know, all of them.
41:10Yeah.
41:10You just haven't seen.
41:11Yeah.
41:12Round two.
41:12Yeah.
41:12Do you know?
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.
41:21Okay.
41:22What a gentleman you are.
41:24Yeah, definitely there's a click, for sure.
41:27We've got a couple of things in common, so there's something there.
41:33Mm-hmm.
41:33Very good.
41:34Mm-hmm.
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?
41:44Mmm.
41:45Spicy.
41:47PG.
41:49We're trying to do it PG, man.
42:02I don't have it on my face, do I?
42:03No, that's all right.
42:04You look sorry.
42:06I can't tell whether he thinks I'm attractive, whether he likes my personality.
42:11I don't know if I've put them off, so I feel quite unsure.
42:14I...
42:14All right, yeah.
42:15How are we?
42:16Sound on, yeah.
42:18I feel like the naughty school kids.
42:20I...
42:23So, do you want to see each other again?
42:25Yeah, I'll see each other again.
42:26Yeah?
42:27Yeah.
42:27Watch your behave like that.
42:29Just like that.
42:30Wait for the job.
42:32But we had a laugh.
42:33I just...
42:34That was only dull moments, like, was that?
42:36No.
42:38Here we go.
42:38We'll be back down.
42:40Hey, guys.
42:40How have we been doing this?
42:42Oh, half.
42:42No, man.
42:43Yeah, we're...
42:44Are you sure?
42:44Yeah.
42:44Your dad's been mad time, so...
42:46Yeah, 100%.
42:48We can start with a drink tonight, if you want.
42:50Yeah.
42:53Here's your clothes.
42:53Nice one.
42:54Thanks a lot, Fred.
42:56She's a long person, isn't she?
42:57You know, that much of a helmet, like, to be fair.
43:00Thanks.
43:01Thanks.
43:01That was really romantic.
43:03It'd be hard to go and wild.
43:05See you.
43:06Bye.
43:06Bye.
43:06Bye, Fred.
43:07We had a good dancer, like, didn't we?
43:10We had a laugh and that, like...
43:11Yeah, definitely.
43:12The hat didn't scare you off too much.
43:14No.
43:15I found you putting up my height and 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 later.
43:27Your arms are 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.
43:52But I thought, you know what, I've come here with an open mind,
43:55so I'm going to talk to this guy.
43:57I'm going to have a really nice evening and see where it goes.
44:02I've just got an Ironman tattoo.
44:04Have you done an Ironman?
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.
44:23Oh, cool.
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. I would definitely say yes.
44:33I shaved my legs and things too.
44:35Oh, that's all right. There's nothing wrong with that.
44:37That's nice. Yeah.
44:38Yeah, I'd like to go on another date again and see...
44:42Just see where it went. Yeah, and see where things go, yeah.
44:45Yeah, cool.
44:46We're two fully grown adults. We've got this.
44:49We're two fit fully grown adults.
44:51Yeah. I'd say so.
44:52Guns off.
44:55No, I didn't know.
44:59They're bigger, aren't they?
45:00Yeah. Cheers, thank you.
45:02Thank you. Bye-bye.
45:04I've got bigger legs, though.
45:06I don't know. They're pretty big.
45:10Hang on a minute. It's Penny's trousers up.
45:13Here I come, plodding down the stairs.
45:18Do you want to link arms?
45:19Yeah, why not?