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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 didn't go 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!
01:03In the end...
01:04Hi!
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 little crit, is it?
01:14This is The First Dates Restaurant.
01:17This is The First Dates Restaurant.
01:42It's not special.
01:42It's a little chic.
01:44It's a little chic.
01:45It's a little bit of a mess.
02:11Yes.
02:12Why 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?
02:28I'm his mum.
02:30So, is it bring your mum to date?
02:33Oh, you're on a double date.
02:34Yeah.
02:34Double date.
02:35Both single.
02:38If my mother was alive, that would have happened.
02:41Really?
02:41She would hardly have been into that.
02:42She would have signed us both up and been like,
02:44That'll be fun.
02:46Like, not well.
02:47I can't imagine anything worse.
02:53Hello.
02:54Hi.
02:55How are you?
02:55We're good, thank you.
02:56How are you?
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.
03:17Why?
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.
03:27Is your mum coming out tonight?
03:29Yeah.
03:30Like, yeah, but she's going to be in bed by ten.
03:32Maybe nine, if you're lucky.
03:35So, whose idea was it?
03:36So, you discussed this beforehand.
03:38And 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.
03:46I'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.
03:54I'm like, 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 and 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.
04:36I 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 in now.
05:00I just don't know where to funnel it.
05:01I feel like a volcano.
05:05Tell me, what do you do for anything?
05:06I'm a student at the moment in Bristol.
05:09I'm studying forensic science.
05:10Are you?
05:11Yeah.
05:11I'm book smart, not life smart.
05:15Are you ready for your date?
05:16Yes, I am.
05:17I am, I am.
05:17Is he here?
05:18Yes, he is.
05:19OK.
05:20I would like a tall guy.
05:22I love a bit of facial hair.
05:23I typically go for blondes, but nothing's really a deal-breaker.
05:29Here we are.
05:31Hi.
05:32Hiya.
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?
05:38Good.
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.
05:53My 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?
06:02Sorry.
06:03This is my mum.
06:04I'm on a date as well.
06:05Oh, are you?
06:06Yeah.
06:09Oh, my goodness.
06:11How old are you, sorry?
06:1226.
06:13Okay, great.
06:13How old are you?
06:1420.
06:14Oh.
06:17Is that an age?
06:17No, no, no, no.
06:18Age is just a number at the end of the day.
06:19If we get on, it doesn't matter.
06:21There you go.
06:21If we get on, it doesn't matter.
06:23Right, enough talking with your mother-in-law.
06:27Let's go upstairs for dinner.
06:29Come on.
06:29I will, I will.
06:30Have a good night, guys.
06:31Thank you, Andrew.
06:32All right, see you, bye.
06:34See you in a bit, enjoy.
06:35See you in a bit.
06:39Here's your...
06:39Good evening.
06:40Good evening.
06:42Good evening.
06:44Good evening.
06:44Good evening.
06:45Good evening.
06:45Good evening.
06:46Good evening.
06:48Thank you very much.
06:49You are very welcome.
06:51Thank you very much.
06:53It's funny, actually, how you've got a ringside seat
06:56for the beginning of that date there.
07:00How long have you been single for, then?
07:01I've probably been single more of my adult life
07:04than I've been in a relationship.
07:05You paid me.
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...
07:42Somebody could pay half the bill, for starters.
07:45How are you?
07:46Yeah, good, thank you. How are you?
07:47I'm John.
07:48Nice to meet you, John.
07:49Nice to meet you.
07:49What do you do for a living?
07:51Carpenter.
07:51Very handy.
07:54Give them my hands.
07:57The ladies at the bar, actually.
07:59Here we are.
08:00Hi.
08:00I'm John.
08:01Hi, John.
08:02I'm Kelly.
08:03Nice to meet you.
08:04Can we get you a drink?
08:05What did you have?
08:06What did I have?
08:07You've now got to take me home.
08:08I've only just met.
08:11I'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 tant up.
08:20Oh my gosh.
08:21Oh my gosh.
08:22It's quite young.
08:25Have you got big arms?
08:26Yes.
08:27Muscley arms.
08:28Yeah, you are.
08:29That's nice.
08:29Do you like guns with muscles?
08:31Yeah.
08:31Oh, that's all right then.
08:33As long as they're not bigger than mine.
08:35Oh, tonight, do you want to flex off?
08:36No, no, no.
08:37They look bigger than mine, so...
08:39So, cheers.
08:40It's a nice evening.
08:41Yeah, absolutely.
08:44Here you go.
08:45Enjoy.
08:46Pleasure.
08:55French people are very stylish.
08:56Very stylish.
08:57Very stylish.
08:57Very stylish.
08:58And they're French people.
08:59They're also very stylish.
08:59Oh, they're adorable.
08:59But they're also very stylish.
09:01Qu'est-ce qui t'arrive avec ça?
09:02Non, je veux l'accrocher.
09:04Tu ne peux pas l'accrocher, maman.
09:05Alors, je vais le prendre avec toi.
09:06Non, non, non.
09:07Ah, non.
09:07Ah, non.
09:07Tu me laisses, tu sais.
09:08Alors, laisse-le là .
09:09Oh.
09:10Oh.
09:10Oh.
09:10Oh.
09:11I know.
09:11So happy.
09:13Voilà .
09:13Voilà .
09:20Daughter, what do you think, what kind of man would I fancy?
09:26I think just someone you can chat with, because that's the most thing that you do, is chat.
09:33Originally from the Ukraine, single mum Katarina 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.
09:50It's like more motivation, yeah.
09:55Nice to meet you, Katarina.
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.
10:04You're so polite.
10:06We are Ukrainian.
10:07We are not rude as well, but we are more direct.
10:09Right.
10:09Like the French.
10:10Okay.
10:11I have never dated with French men.
10:16I am becoming fussier, yeah, with age.
10:19Because when we are young, we have like pink glasses, you know, on our eyes.
10:24Yeah.
10:25Привет.
10:26Привет.
10:27Hello.
10:28Привет.
10:30Oh my God.
10:31Last of a seco for you to start.
10:33Welcome.
10:33Welcome.
10:33But 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
10:46appearance.
10:47British men, they are very polite, they are gentle men.
10:51I like masculine hands.
10:54Oh my God.
10:55Sorry.
10:56I don't know why I mentioned this, but yeah.
11:00Project manager Peter may be handy in the planning department, but he hasn't been able to plan
11:05his way to love.
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
11:21for the weekend.
11:24How are you, Peter?
11:25Yeah, good, thank you.
11:26Good.
11:26Nice to meet you.
11:28I'm very confident.
11:29Oh, I think I'm trying to do the swan thing.
11:32What do you do for leading?
11:34Project management.
11:35Oh, okay.
11:35So I used to be an aircraft engineer before that.
11:38Right.
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.
11:47Yes.
11:48Reach for the stars and you'll hit the moon.
11:51Can I go?
11:52Yeah, of course.
11:53See you later.
11:55Oh my God.
11:56Hi.
12:24Hi.
12:26Already.
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.
12:35Close to my daughter.
12:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:37Cheers.
12:37Cheers.
12:37Cheers.
12:41Hello there.
12:43We have a sirloin steak for you, Andy.
12:47See you.
12:47See you.
12:48What's your humour like?
12:50Dirty.
12:51Very innuendo.
12:52Yeah.
12:52Brilliant.
12:53I was like...
12:54I don't have a filter.
12:55No idea do either.
12:56Hello.
12:57Hi.
12:57This is an amuse-bouche.
12:59It is a tofu tartar 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.
13:22It 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?
13:39What about you?
13:40I'm a dominatrix.
13:45I do...
13:47...pegging...
13:49...spanking, corporal punishment.
14:04This looks gorgeous, Merlin.
14:06It is.
14:06It's really.
14:07It's good looking.
14:08Okay, Mama.
14:09I'm going to present Kyle.
14:11How's it going?
14:11He is the best of the team,
14:13so I told you to appreciate it.
14:15Hola.
14:15I've just said that you're the best looking in the team.
14:17Oh, thank you.
14:18Not bad looking in France.
14:20Come on.
14:21Well, it's a pleasure to meet you.
14:22Nice to meet you.
14:25Pardon.
14:26Would you kiss the hand, dear?
14:27Oh, no, so 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's...
14:38...she's enjoying it pose,
14:39or do you reckon that's untrudging you?
14:41My mum's very much got...
14:42She's 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 tying.
14:56I also do fantasy wrestling.
14:58Oh, okay.
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.
15:06No.
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,
15:20you know, a financial break.
15:22I got into webcaming initially.
15:24And it was actually a friend of mine who sort of said,
15:27Look, have you thought about maybe doing this?
15:29And to be honest with you, I didn't even know what webcaming was.
15:33Yeah.
15:34The amount of money that I get paid per hour is quadruple what I was earning
15:40in 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 okay 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 does that work with your going to work?
16:04My last relationship, unfortunately, he passed away.
16:08Oh, right.
16:08He had a heart attack and died really suddenly.
16:11Oh, did he?
16:11Yeah.
16:12He was only 49.
16:14So...
16:15I actually felt like Julia Roberts when I met him, because I met him through work.
16:20He knew what I did.
16:22He was my biggest fan.
16:24He 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...
16:45He was a good man.
16:46Yeah, yeah.
16:47No, you can see the way you're talking about him.
16:48He was a good guy, yeah.
16:49Yeah.
16:51I don't know, from the first day that I met him, I just felt like...
16:55It was like he was my 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.
17:07Yeah.
17:07You never forget, right?
17:08Of course you don't know.
17:09Of course you don't.
17:09I just felt like something kind of lifted a little bit.
17:11The first year was heavy.
17:13Yeah.
17:13Yeah.
17:13I'm kind of scared to give myself to someone.
17:18I 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.
17:44Just go and say, ooh la la.
17:47That's what my son says.
17:49Je t'aime.
17:49Yeah, ooh la la.
17:50That's all that Fred says.
17:52Ooh la la.
17:55So, where do you live in the UK then?
17:57In Bath.
17:57You live in Bath?
17:58No way.
17:59Yeah.
18:00I know.
18:01I live here, yeah.
18:03We came directly to Bath because of the war.
18:06Yeah.
18:06Let's not beat around the bush.
18:07That's horrendous what's happened to you to have to...
18:09It's horrible.
18:10Absolutely.
18:11And I don't wish anyone to feel this when one day you just wake up and you hear 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 6am I heard explosions outside.
18:40First three days we stayed in Kyiv with air alerts, with explosions.
18:46You started to react on every sound.
18:50Even if you open the jaw, you know, and this sound, you're always jumping after this.
18:55I used to be in the military, so I know what it's like to be in a war zone.
19:01But for a civilian, you've made no choice whatsoever for that to happen to you.
19:05And you 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 with 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.
19:31Yeah, but I think we are really lucky to be here.
19:33Yeah.
19:35But yeah, my English, you know, it's not perfect.
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.
19:51Okay, just try.
19:52It's Slava Ukraine.
19:56Just directly to my heart, you know.
19:58Just directly to my heart.
20:00Oh my God.
20:00Slava Ukraine.
20:01Okay.
20:02It's glory to Ukraine and answer should be always.
20:05Heroium Slava.
20:06Glory to heroes.
20:07Hooray.
20:08I'm going to forget all of these.
20:09You know, you're absolutely good.
20:10Or I'll probably be, after another glass, I'll probably be fluent.
20:14Okay.
20:14But then by tomorrow I'll have forgotten everything.
20:16Okay.
20:17I can remind you.
20:17Yeah.
20:18Yeah.
20:22It's wobbly.
20:24Cheers, boys.
20:26I love working for Fred.
20:29Was Fred always romantic?
20:33Merci.
20:53It's definitely a poor form to ask on a first date, but what is your dating history like?
20:57I've had some good relationships which just haven't worked out.
21:00Mm-hmm.
21:01And then I've had some relationships where I've been in, like, positions that I don't want
21:04to be in.
21:05Don't I do any talking?
21:06Sorry.
21:07Huh?
21:08You always do it when it's a serious question.
21:10I like to catch you off guard.
21:12Of course.
21:12Anyways.
21:13Yeah, what was his name?
21:14What's my name again?
21:17Amy.
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.
21:25I have, like, ADHD, for instance, like, as soon as they don't take their medication,
21:28well, it'll help us.
21:28I'm not medicated anymore.
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 medicate myself, I'd be sitting here like...
21:36Oh, really?
21:37Yeah.
21:38Yeah.
21:39I grew up with ADHD.
21:42Taking probably one of the highest doses of medication in the UK for a six-year-old,
21:46so it wasn't a joke for me, unfortunately.
21:49It was hard in school.
21:51I was struggling to find friendships, struggling to listen, learn.
21:56It was just all over the place.
21:58I wouldn't say everyone was nice to me, but, yeah, I'm not going to hold a grudge against
22:01them.
22:02They probably didn't understand it themselves, so they just thought, oh, he's just an idiot.
22:07I am also a neurological veteran.
22:09I'm not ADHD, but I am dyslexic, so...
22:11I will, like, simple messages and I will get Siri to write them for me.
22:14Oh, my gosh.
22:15Oh, my gosh.
22:16Oh, my gosh.
22:17On the same wavelength.
22:18I love that.
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.
22:26So, now, I believe I have mastered it.
22:29How long have you got left at uni?
22:31I would finish at the end of next year, right?
22:33Yeah.
22:34But I am doing a masters.
22:35Can I make that?
22:36Mm.
22:37And I think the fact that you've done it shows drive as well.
22:39I'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 day?
22:51Yeah.
22:51It's going well.
22:52Yeah.
22:53Yeah, it's going well.
22:54I'm married.
22:55She's nice.
22:55A bit older than I thought.
22:56She's 50.
22:58Oh, she's all right?
22:58Yeah, she's nice, yeah.
23:00Does a lot of work now and stuff.
23:01I've got a hell of a body.
23:02You can chat.
23:03There hasn't been any awkward moments, so...
23:06It's always positive.
23:07I've had maybe two, three...
23:09Oh.
23:10Who's counting?
23:11Not me.
23:11She's feisty.
23:13I know.
23:13Oh, yeah.
23:14I have a little bit of space to me.
23:16Well, I'll leave you to it, then.
23:17Enjoy the rest of your evening.
23:19You do.
23:20See you later.
23:22You do.
23:23I try not to fall down the stairs in my shoes.
23:27God give me strength.
23:38Oh, my God.
23:39I 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 done a runner, is she?
23:49She hasn't done a runner.
23:50She hasn't done a runner.
23:51Oh, my God.
23:51She's gone.
23:52She's gone.
23:53I know.
23:54See, 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 bumped into each other on the stairs, you know?
24:03His 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 in just for myself.
24:13I'm Kelly's son.
24:15Oh, hi, Kelly's son.
24:16How are you doing?
24:16Good, dude.
24:17Enjoying it?
24:17Yeah, it's really well, yeah.
24:19My mum's very nice.
24:21You all right?
24:23Yeah.
24:24So, I came back and I was like, has she done a runner?
24:28Where is she?
24:30So, what do you do?
24:32I work in procurement.
24:34Okay.
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?
24:48Shame on me.
24:48I love my food.
24:49I like to use, like, every single pot and pan.
24:51Do you have dishwasher?
24:53Yeah.
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.
25:01Yeah, 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 as soon as you can support your family as
25:22well.
25:23So, it definitely had a toll on the relationship.
25:26How long have you been separated?
25:29Nine years ago.
25:30Mm-hmm.
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, you know, my son then wanted
25:41to come and live with me.
25:42So, you know, which was lovely.
25:43Now, 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 and grow old together.
26:04We are like three parents now.
26:06We 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 and go to have a rest for the
26:23weekend.
26:23But yeah, something better came up.
26:26So...
26:26You don't have any plans now?
26:28No.
26:28Coming and meeting you took over everything.
26:30Yeah?
26:31So, yeah.
26:32Wow.
26:33Cool.
26:33One more.
26:35You see?
26:36You see?
26:36Yeah?
26:39Right.
26:43Gerald, thank you very much for looking after my parents.
26:45Very welcome.
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 a F, like...
27:23You look so cool.
27:25So do you, mate.
27:25You look smashing though, yeah.
27:26Are you ready to dance the night away?
27:28Yeah.
27:28Yeah, I feel after a few.
27:30Yeah?
27:30Yeah, yeah.
27:31Are they 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.
27:48You keep yourself fit.
27:49I can see you work the guns.
27:51I try my 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 don't 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.
28:15Meet 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 of me?
28:27It's got loads of LED lights.
28:30I love that, so when it's dark, you can make it flash.
28:32This one, good vibes, because who doesn't want good vibes?
28:35What inspired me?
28:36I don't know really what inspired me,
28:39maybe 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.
28:48I do.
28:48Some people kind of blend in, or a wolf flower, I'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 dates?
28:59I can.
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,
29:10you're going to stay together.
29:11Hi.
29:12Do you do hugs?
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?
29:20Do 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, mate.
29:28Oh, OK, yeah.
29:29And we'll take it off, cos I know it's probably really distracting.
29:31Yeah.
29:31So I feel like you're just looking at the tangly bits.
29:33Did you ask them, like, putting family in that, like,
29:36see if they had any, like, book fast 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, shall I date, ask for book fast?
29:44And I went, I'm not being that girl.
29:46Book fast 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 long gone to bingo for a good eight years and that.
29:55Oh, OK.
29:55Doing what?
29:56As a dancer.
29:57Oh, cool, OK.
29:59It sounds like a wild job.
30:00Wild time, mate.
30:03How long have you been single for, then?
30:05I broke up with my boyfriend a year ago.
30:07What about you?
30:08I've been single for about a year.
30:10Like, it's been dead busy, like, to be fair.
30:12I bought a house for me brother and I was, like,
30:16working my normal job and I was working bingo.
30:18I was working my house every night and that as well.
30:21Like, it's been a mad, yeah.
30:24I think it's just working all the time.
30:27It's just kind of changed me, really.
30:30Just having no life.
30:31Instead of going out and being free all the time,
30:34which is something I would like to get back to, right?
30:36What?
30:39I'm a bit of a partier.
30:40Like, I like raves, I like dancing.
30:43Oh, you're the dancer, are you?
30:43Just always like that.
30:44I'm just like...
30:46It's a lovely move, that line.
30:47I don't know what that was.
30:48What are your more tricks, like?
30:50That's for me to know and you to find out.
30:52I want that.
30:52Yeah.
30:54It has been a pleasure to have you at the restaurant.
30:58Parapos.
31:00Me too.
31:04Merci beaucoup.
31:05Merci beaucoup.
31:06Merci beaucoup.
31:07Merci beaucoup.
31:08Merci beaucoup.
31:09Merci beaucoup.
31:11One more thing.
31:16You've got, like, a bit of a southern accent, would you say?
31:19Mum and Dad moved around quite a lot when I was young.
31:22Yeah.
31:23So...
31:24Well, I moved around because my dad was in the army.
31:25Yeah.
31:26Oh, really?
31:26OK, yeah, so you understand where I'm coming from with that.
31:29It's always like the new person at the school and stuff like that.
31:32Different schools.
31:33Then I lost my dad when I was young in a car accident.
31:35Aww.
31:36How old were you?
31:37Nine.
31:38Oh, crikey, that's terrible.
31:40Me and my dad had a real good relationship up until then.
31:43People said, do you still remember him?
31:44Yeah, you do.
31:45You do remember the good times and things.
31:47Went through 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, yeah.
31:58My 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.
32:21You want to look after yourself.
32:22Exactly, yeah.
32:23Live as healthy a lifestyle as you can.
32:26Yeah.
32:27You obviously look after yourself and things.
32:29I do.
32:29Yeah.
32:29Yes, I do.
32:31You're like a little pocket rocket, aren't you?
32:39Cheers.
32:48Can I ask you?
32:50You can ask me anything, go for it.
32:53Okay.
32:54What are you looking for?
32:55What are you looking for?
32:57Well, that's how you can ask me anything.
32:58What am I looking for?
32:59So, I'm after a best friend that I want to jump in bed with.
33:04And enjoy life with.
33:05That is what I'm after.
33:09Happy?
33:10Yeah.
33:13Does it need to be said?
33:15Yeah.
33:16Much more.
33:17Much more.
33:17Much more.
33:18Much more.
33:18Much more.
33:18Much more, yeah.
33:19To have rebuilt her life in a new country, it gives a very good impression.
33:24There was definitely a spark for me, and I do hope there was a spark for her as well.
33:29You don't regret that you should change your birthday plans?
33:34Oh God no.
33:35No.
33:35Definitely not.
33:36No.
33:37Okay.
33:37Definitely a good decision.
33:38Yeah, 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.
33:50Yeah.
33:50I think definitely we need to see each other again.
33:53Good.
33:53Good.
33:55How are we doing the bill?
33:57I'll take that one, please.
33:58Oh, thank you for this.
34:02To be honest, our date was absolutely smoothy, absolutely nice, talking about everything
34:09what we would like.
34:10Oh, we 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.
34:19Very romantic, you know?
34:27Hey, let's go girls.
34:28Woo!
34:29Let's have a go.
34:31Bath ain't ready for me.
34:33Are you okay?
34:34I'm good.
34:36Oh, I see it's good.
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.
34:45I'm good.
34:47Talk about close to her.
34:52Love you.
34:53Bye.
34:58Face, fresh and 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.
35:12How old are you, anyway?
35:13Me, I'm 27.
35:1427, yeah.
35:15How old are you?
35:1536.
35:16Okay, nice.
35:17Yeah, I'm just saying, not far off, 28.
35:19Yeah.
35:20Obviously, it's, like, a little bit of an age gap, because my, you said,
35:22my cut-off age is, like, no more than ten 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.
35:43And 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,
35:54people look at you funny.
35:55When you struggle to make friends,
35:57when you consider yourself an outsider, it is really lonely.
36:01I was stepping away from, like, people socially.
36:04I spent a lot of my life going,
36:05oh, all these girls who are nasty to me, why can't I be like that?
36:09It's only in recent years I've really found myself
36:12and 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.
36:21So now I'm feeling, like, more confident.
36:22I feel like me again.
36:23I feel like I'm happy to meet people
36:24because I feel more authentic.
36:26Oh, my God, am I being, like, a bit mad, you know what I mean?
36:28Oh, no, that's all. You've been lovely, man.
36:30It's been a nice night.
36:31Did you go on holiday quite a bit?
36:33I've been to Harlem.
36:35We went there on my own.
36:36Had the best time.
36:37What about you?
36:38From Mexico, Mexico's mental life.
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?
36:48Yeah, I know, yeah.
36:51I hear you're very strong.
36:53What, you want an arm wrestle?
36:54Yeah, why not? Shall we do an arm wrestle?
36:57Let'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, all right.
37:08So you say when, you say when.
37:10Three, two, one, when.
37:12This is my weak arm.
37:13Yeah, but you're strong.
37:15He's going to beat me.
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, man.
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 a nice hair.
37:56It's all mine as well.
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.
38:07You'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.
38:12Chin chin.
38:12Uh-huh.
38:15Don't like cream?
38:17Turns out 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.
38:34Yeah, 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,
38:44I don't think you can judge off of one date.
38:47OK.
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.
38:58You just do what I'm saying.
38:59Yeah.
39:00Round two, yeah.
39:01Yeah, sure.
39:05Sure you don't want to split that, by the way?
39:07No, that'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.
39:14But we've got a couple of things in common,
39:17so there's something there.
39:20Mm-hmm.
39:20I agree.
39:21Mm-hmm.
39:22I haven't even asked.
39:23Do you like pets?
39:24My family account, 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?
39:30Mm-hmm.
39:31Mm-hmm.
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 sound.
39:52I can't tell whether he thinks I'm attractive,
39:54whether he likes my personality,
39:56I don't know if I've put them off,
39:57so I feel quite unsure.
39:59I...
40:00I know, yeah.
40:01How are we?
40:01Sound up, yeah.
40:03I feel like the naughty 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?
40:13It's just like that.
40:15We turn it up.
40:16Well...
40:17I thought we had a laugh.
40:18I just...
40:18No.
40:24Hey, guys, how will we be doing this?
40:25Oh, hot.
40:26Oh, man.
40:27Yeah, whatever.
40:27Are you sure?
40:28Yeah.
40:30Yeah, 100%.
40:31We can start with a drink tonight, if you want.
40:33Yeah.
40:34That's your head.
40:36Here's your clothes.
40:37Thanks a lot, Fred.
40:39She's a long person, isn't she?
40:40You know how much you the hell I look like to be there.
40:43Thanks.
40:44Thanks.
40:44That was really romantic.
40:46My heart's going wild.
40:48See you.
40:49Bye.
40:49Bye.
40:51You had a good banter, didn't you?
40:52You had a laugh in that line.
40:54Yeah, definitely.
40:55The hat didn't scare you off too much.
40:57No.
40:57I'm just putting up my height on my hat.
40:59You're not even taller.
41:01You haven't seen the shoes I've got in the hotel yet.
41:03Yeah.
41:04Might get them out of here later.
41:09Your arms sound pretty good.
41:11For guns?
41:12Yeah.
41:13Your legs look really muscly too.
41:14I love a thigh muscle.
41:16Do you?
41:16It'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.
41:42Just got an Ironman tattoo.
41:44Have you done an Ironman?
41:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:45Been at the New Yorker, yeah.
41:46Have you?
41:47I wouldn't get the tattoo unless I did an Ironman.
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 all right.
42:02Oh, cool.
42:03Yeah.
42:04I 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.
42:17Yeah, 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, cool.
42:24We're two fully grown adults.
42:25We've got this.
42:27We're two fully grown adults.
42:28Yeah.
42:29I'd say so.
42:30Guns off.
42:32No, I didn't know.
42:36You're bigger, aren't they?
42:37Yeah.
42:38Cheers, thank you.
42:40Bye-bye.
42:41I've got bigger legs, though.
42:43Oh, I don't know.
42:45They're pretty big.
42:46Well, I'm not going to get a shot.
42:47Hang on a minute.
42:48It's Penny's trousers on.
42:50Here I come, plodding down the stairs.
42:54From Linkhams?
42:56Yeah, 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, though.
43:19I went walking the other day.
43:22When everything was going fine.
43:24Mama said.
43:26I met a little boy named Billy Joe.
43:28And then I almost lost my mind.
43:32Mama said.
43:33Let'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.
43:40Hey, hey.
43:46Mama said.
43:47Hey, hey.
43:49Mama said.
43:52And we're at Tenerife Bound for some Sunsea and some naughty dinner table talk.
43:57Celebs go dating.
43:58Monday at 9.25 on E4.
44:00And you've got the weekend to stream what you've missed so far.
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