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00:02Do you feel a bit rusty, Romance?
00:04Yes, very rusty.
00:06Definitely need a WD for our day.
00:09I need some help.
00:10It's hard out there.
00:12I am very single at the moment.
00:15I've run out of swipes.
00:16I've completed Tinder.
00:18In the heart of Britain's most romantic city.
00:22Aloha.
00:24Fred and his team.
00:25This is Captain Fur Potato.
00:27Are matching hopeful singletons.
00:29We're getting married, Merlin.
00:31In a place where love is always on the menu.
00:35I've got a bit in your finger.
00:36You didn't go that far down the strip.
00:40These daters.
00:41He probably thinks I'm having a poo or something.
00:43Are searching.
00:46For the one.
00:49Would you chase me around the bedroom?
00:50Absolutely.
00:51Get your coat.
00:52I'm in.
00:53For some, stepping into the unknown.
00:57Can lead to surprising sparks.
01:00I work in the adult industry.
01:02Do you have an office for that?
01:03I have a dungeon.
01:05But finding a connection.
01:07A love story is about to begin.
01:10Shut up.
01:11Isn't always easy.
01:13Please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes.
01:19Help me.
01:21In the end.
01:22Hi.
01:23It comes down to one.
01:25Nice to see you here.
01:26Big.
01:27Question.
01:29Would you guys like to see each other again?
01:31This isn't at all awkward, is it?
01:32This is The First Dates Restaurant.
01:44How are you?
01:45Terrified.
01:47Take a break.
01:48Yeah.
01:49I think every single person that walks into our restaurant is nervous.
01:54You're excited?
01:55Shooting my pants.
01:56You have no idea who that person is.
01:59I'm so nervous.
02:00It's like high-stakes gambling, which is kind of exciting and kind of nerve-wracking.
02:06Some of us are more confident than others.
02:09It's fine.
02:09Everything's fine.
02:11It's fine.
02:11You can't give up on love.
02:13You owe it to yourself, and you've got to go for it.
02:19Hi, my name's Jack.
02:21Oh, I feel sick.
02:24This is 23-year-old insurance salesman, Jack.
02:29Would you like to fall in love?
02:30Yeah, 100% I like to fall in love.
02:33It's just taking its time.
02:35So what's your dating experience so far, then?
02:37I don't really do it, to be fair.
02:39In public, I will never make a move on a girl, I can't lie.
02:42Would you not?
02:42No, I'm just like a nervous wreck, and I'll be sitting there like, all right.
02:48I'm not the best, I can't lie.
02:51There's been girls, but it's never led to anything serious, basically.
02:54I struggle to find that emotional connection.
02:56It does get to me sometimes.
02:58What kind of girls do you like, Jack?
03:01Strong, independent, outgoing women.
03:03Right.
03:04I don't care if she's short or tall.
03:06I do like lips and eyes, though.
03:07Lips and eyes do attract me, I can't lie.
03:09Enjoy it.
03:10I'll come around and check on your new bit, OK?
03:11All righty.
03:12Shall I stand up?
03:15Oh, bro, I don't know.
03:20Hello.
03:2325-year-old Rochella works in communications,
03:26but can't seem to talk her way into a relationship.
03:30I have become the butt of the joke at the moment.
03:33I know that my friends love hearing about how bad my dates are,
03:36but it's getting to the point where it's like,
03:38this is just not funny anymore.
03:40You've got the biggest smile.
03:42Are you always like that or are you just happy to see me?
03:43I'm just really happy to see you.
03:45Oh, that's very nice.
03:46Yeah.
03:48Oh, my days.
03:49So have you been single for long?
03:50My whole life.
03:51I've never had a boyfriend, anything like that.
03:52Never had a boyfriend?
03:53No.
03:54It's not like I haven't dated or haven't had, like,
03:57a series of situationships, but that's not really what I want.
04:00I can't do another, like, Bumble match or Hinge match or Tinder.
04:04My, like, brain is just sick of them.
04:06I don't have the best luck.
04:07When I first meet people, I can be a bit shy and guarded,
04:10so I do think it takes me a little bit of time to warm up.
04:13Shall we go?
04:14Yeah.
04:15Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go.
04:17Here we are.
04:18Hello.
04:19Nice to meet you, I'm Jack.
04:19Nice to meet you, I'm Rochella.
04:21Nice to meet you, Rochella.
04:22Sorry.
04:23Oh, yeah.
04:23It's all good?
04:24It's pretty hot in here.
04:25It is, innit?
04:26I was just thinking I might have to take this bad boy off.
04:29Hello, can I get you a drink?
04:30Can I get a mojito?
04:32Yeah, of course.
04:32Sorry, I should have asked what you were drinking.
04:34Can I match up?
04:35Sorry, I'm on the non-alcoholic beers.
04:37OK.
04:38Yeah.
04:39I mean, I have, obviously, I am a bit nervous,
04:41so I've had a little sip already.
04:42A little sip.
04:43No need to be nervous.
04:44Yeah.
04:48What do you do for work, then?
04:50I'm in communications.
04:51Oh, yeah, what's that now?
04:52Oh, everyone asks me that straight away,
04:54and I don't know how to give an answer,
04:55because it's literally everything, so...
04:57What about you? What do you do?
04:58Yeah, so I'm a salesman for life insurance.
05:02Oh, as in, like, death?
05:04Yeah.
05:05Sorry, that's the first thing I jump to, and I think...
05:07Yeah, that is literally what I'm chatting about all day.
05:09Yeah.
05:09Just, like, death, funerals.
05:11Oh, hello.
05:12How are you?
05:13I'm all good.
05:13How are you feeling?
05:14Yeah, I'm better now.
05:15Yeah, I'm all good now.
05:16Or is it a smile just making you feel relaxed?
05:19I know.
05:19Yeah, it's a lovely smile.
05:19Yes.
05:21We've delivered, right?
05:22Yes, you have.
05:23Are you ready to go to your table?
05:24I'm ready.
05:24Yes, sir.
05:25All right, happy days.
05:27I love a timid man.
05:29I really do.
05:29I think it's really cute.
05:30I love a timid man, but I don't know if I would want to date a timid man.
05:34I would probably out-talk him in every aspect.
05:38Have you ever been to, like, a proper fancy restaurant like this?
05:41No.
05:42Mine either.
05:43It's got a big-ass ceiling.
05:45Yeah.
05:52This is stable manager Louise,
05:54having recently turned 60,
05:56she's on the hunt for unbridled romance.
06:00I've always really been into animals all my life.
06:04I had a horse when I was a teenager.
06:07When I was going through all my teenage danks,
06:10I just used to sit in my horse's stable,
06:12and I think that magnetic connection with animals
06:16has always remained with me.
06:17I just need to find a man that loves me as much as my horses do.
06:22Hello, Fred.
06:24How are you?
06:24I'm very good.
06:26You're looking so chic.
06:27It's like you're coming from Paris.
06:30I come from a farm.
06:31Do you?
06:32I'm usually in wellies.
06:33So, what, of your animals?
06:35Have you got land?
06:36Yeah, donkeys, Shetland ponies, horses, yeah.
06:39So, you can't meet any farmers?
06:41Like a Jeremy Clarkson type?
06:42No, I can't seem to meet anyone.
06:43I can't meet anyone.
06:45It's hard as you get older,
06:46because I think sometimes you forget
06:48that you are actually older yourself.
06:50When people turn up and they look very old,
06:54you feel like, oh, is that really my date?
06:57Have you been doing much dating or...?
06:59No, I've been having a break.
07:01Men broke my heart.
07:03Oh, OK.
07:04Hopefully not tonight.
07:04Definitely not tonight.
07:05I think my slogan for life
07:07is to be healthy, happy and horny.
07:10You're full of beans.
07:12Full of energy.
07:13Yeah, I am.
07:14This is good.
07:15I want a best friend
07:16with nice, kind, generous values.
07:20Shall I get you a little drink?
07:21Oh, yes, please.
07:22Could I have a glass of champagne?
07:24A glass of champagne?
07:24Yeah.
07:25I should have known you.
07:25Yeah.
07:26Why did I ask?
07:28Someone that's got an adventurous side
07:31and energy to do stuff
07:33and has just got kind of a spirit about them.
07:38Oh, wipe out!
07:41Louisa's date is former windsurfing
07:44British number one, Simon.
07:46He's hoping to ride a new wave of love.
07:49I represent the Great Britain GBR team
07:52in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.
07:55The opening ceremony, closing ceremony,
07:57it was unbelievable.
07:58Just going through the tunnel
07:59and then suddenly the cheer,
08:00like a couple hundred thousand people in the crowd.
08:03I can still feel it on the back of my neck now.
08:05It's like, it gives me tingles.
08:07I'd love to have that feeling.
08:09A relationship, Olympic level love,
08:11if not greater, gold medal love.
08:13How are you doing, sir?
08:14How are you? Nice to meet you.
08:15Nice to meet you.
08:16Congratulations to your daughter, by the way.
08:17Thank you very much.
08:18Yeah.
08:19Because I was at 88 Games.
08:21Were you?
08:21Yeah.
08:22What were you doing?
08:23I mean, surfing is such a cool sport.
08:25So, is it difficult to find women?
08:27Being a surf man?
08:29Come on.
08:30I was married for a little while.
08:31Right.
08:31So, I came out of that.
08:33Dating scenes changed quite dramatically.
08:35Okay.
08:36So, out of sync.
08:38I learned to find my person.
08:40I have not had that feeling in my life.
08:44I've come close.
08:45I thought I'd love somebody, but it was one-sided.
08:47I'll take you to your date.
08:48She's already here.
08:49Oh, okay.
08:50Sporty lady too.
08:51Sporty lady.
08:52I want to find somebody for me, this equal.
08:54A partner in crime.
08:55A friend.
08:56Someone you can laugh and enjoy life with.
08:59There she is.
09:01Hello.
09:02Hiya.
09:03Pleased to meet you.
09:03Nice to meet you.
09:05I'm Louise.
09:06Simon.
09:07Here you are.
09:08This is the menu.
09:10Thank you very much.
09:11Enjoy.
09:11I appreciate it.
09:13I got you something.
09:15There you are.
09:16Oh, bless you.
09:18So you can remember it.
09:19I've actually got you something too, but I left them on code.
09:22It's alright.
09:28I actually haven't looked at the menu because I'm starving.
09:30Yeah, trust.
09:31I was just thinking that.
09:32We've been chatting.
09:33But we aren't actually letting.
09:35I didn't see that.
09:37No, of course you didn't.
09:38Do you see the table over there?
09:40Yeah.
09:41Is the most nervous data I have ever seen in this restaurant.
09:45So this is going to be your table.
09:47Make sure you look after it.
09:48For sure.
09:49I'm kind of drawn to the steak, but I don't know if I've ever had a steak in my life
09:53before.
09:54I mean, we can start it now.
09:55Okay.
09:56See you today.
09:56I'll get one as well.
09:58Hello, I'll help.
09:58Slide in here if that's alright.
10:00My pleasure.
10:01Do you want any recommendations at all?
10:03Do you need some time?
10:04I think we've decided on a steak.
10:05Okay, great.
10:06We're going medium rare as well.
10:08Medium rare, fantastic.
10:09I'm guessing you're not having wine.
10:11I'm okay, so thank you.
10:12Yeah, great.
10:12If you're changing mine, you let me know.
10:14Gorgeous.
10:15Thank you so much.
10:16Yeah, it's like I don't drink anymore.
10:19Good for you.
10:20Do you smoke or something?
10:21Both kinds.
10:23Crack and cigarette.
10:24No, I'm joking.
10:25I've got my pipe pipe.
10:28Yeah, no.
10:29That's because basically a little trauma dump on you right now.
10:33That's good.
10:34Yeah, so basically I got diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 19.
10:37I went out with my mates.
10:40I had a pretty heavy sesh.
10:41And yeah, I just dropped.
10:43That was bare loud.
10:45That's why I only drink this now.
10:47I'm sorry to hear that.
10:48No, that's calm.
10:49Yeah.
10:50After a pretty wild night out, I was just waiting for the bus the next day and I just...
10:55I dropped to the floor basically.
10:58The thing is with epilepsy, it doesn't mean anything the first time.
11:01So I thought nothing of it.
11:03And then I had another one after another night out.
11:05And then I got tested basically and I got diagnosed with it.
11:09It was pretty heartbreaking, to be honest.
11:11It was very sad.
11:12Because obviously I've got to take medication for the rest of my life now.
11:16And I used to be a really big drinker socially, so I've had to stop.
11:20That might be one of the reasons why I'm single as well, to be fair.
11:22I just can't make a move in public unless I'm plastered.
11:26So that's kind of halted it.
11:29It was tough at the start.
11:30Yeah.
11:31Because it's just like denying it.
11:33But now I've just come to terms with it, you know?
11:36Yeah.
11:36And I'm just chilling.
11:37Yeah.
11:38Yeah.
11:39You're a good looking guy, you've got a great sense of style.
11:42Yeah.
11:42What are you getting nervous about?
11:44I don't know.
11:44I think it's just like the fear of rejection and just like having to be in the bar or pub
11:50with that girl for the rest of the night.
11:51Knowing she said no.
11:52That's just what runs through my mind.
11:54Do you do anything with like raise awareness or...?
11:56I post it on my Instagram.
11:58But that still takes a lot.
11:59Yeah.
12:00To do that as brave.
12:01Yeah.
12:01Impressive.
12:03What's this?
12:04So to start we have a complimentary amuse boo.
12:06Amuse...
12:06What?
12:08It's a fancy word for starter.
12:10Cool.
12:11Thank you very much.
12:11Enjoy.
12:12Just eat it in one or...?
12:13Yeah.
12:13Straight in.
12:13Okay.
12:16I'm just going to nab it in one I reckon.
12:26It's gone the wrong way.
12:28It's gone the wrong way.
12:28It's gone the wrong way.
12:37Well.
12:41What are you doing, Merlin?
12:43Toasting.
12:43I'm going to set the whole house on fire.
12:45Set the place on fire.
12:47It's actually got an aphrodisiac in it.
12:50Ooh.
12:50Yeah, so that's exciting, isn't it?
12:52Ooh, that's quite spicy.
12:54Like me.
12:56That's just Louise.
12:58Thank you very much to me, it's an excitement.
13:02How long have you been single?
13:04Way too long, I mean.
13:07Work and that type of stuff, it just takes a toll on doing that.
13:11I think I question my ability to actually choose the right person,
13:14so hence the reason why I'm here.
13:16You were hoping people would choose for you.
13:18So how old are you?
13:2158.
13:22Are you?
13:22Oh, God, I'm not older than you.
13:25No.
13:25I am, I turned 60 last year.
13:28No way.
13:29I know, I had a real crisis about it as well,
13:32because it feels so old and, like, I just thought,
13:35I've not met anyone and then being single when you were 60
13:39wasn't what I was imagining where my life was going to be.
13:44Sorry, it gets emotional.
13:51I thought that I was going to end up being on my own for the rest of my life
13:56and I couldn't understand why I had never met the right person.
14:04And I just felt like all these social pressures of being 60 that I should start thinking about retiring,
14:13that I should downsize from living on a farm.
14:17And you shrink as you get older.
14:19And I wasn't ready to shrink.
14:21Have you been married?
14:23Yeah, I've been married.
14:25But that was a long time ago.
14:2820 years ago since I was married, yeah.
14:31For some reason it all came crashing in last year and I had a little bit of a breakdown.
14:36I started having panic attacks and anxiety.
14:39I hadn't got in touch with my inner vulnerabilities and understood that I was missing having a partner
14:46because I'd been on my own for years.
14:49You missed the company, the companionship.
14:52I'm not really happy.
14:53I love my life and I've got lots of great friends and family.
14:57Yeah.
14:57But it would be nice to do something with someone and be able to plan things and stuff.
15:03Yeah.
15:03Yeah, definitely.
15:04Yeah.
15:05I want this third act in my life to be the most exciting and have a really great time.
15:11And I want to share my life.
15:14Yesterday dating.
15:15To a new life, new chapter.
15:17Yeah.
15:18You look beautiful.
15:19Oh, thank you.
15:20You look smart in your blue suit.
15:22Oh, thank you.
15:22Yeah.
15:24This morning I woke up not feeling confident, right?
15:27Mm-hmm.
15:27And do you ever do affirmations?
15:29Yeah.
15:29I do some affirmations.
15:30I put this 15-minute affirmation on saying,
15:32You are brilliant.
15:34You are confident.
15:35Yes.
15:35You are special.
15:36You are...
15:37All these things that, by the end of the 15-minute thing, I was like...
15:41Oh!
15:41I am these things.
15:45I was going to do the exact same.
15:46Wow.
15:48I have a habit where I have to eat chips in size order and in pairs.
15:54Oh, yeah.
15:54They're, like, smaller to bigger.
15:57Oh, okay.
15:57But it would be really insufferable to me.
16:01Everyone I've been on a date with is like,
16:03When did you get type of nose?
16:04Yeah.
16:05Huh?
16:06What do you mean?
16:08What have your past relationships been like?
16:10So, my ex was four years ago now.
16:12Mm-hmm.
16:13That was really it, to be honest.
16:14Have you had any past relationships then?
16:17I've never had a boyfriend before.
16:19Really?
16:19Yeah.
16:20I'm mad.
16:20I think I missed the, like, fun time for dating.
16:24And I was thrown into it when it was, like, awful and shambolic.
16:27Yeah.
16:27As it is now.
16:28And I just don't really enjoy it.
16:29And I've never really met anyone that I want to be in a relationship with, so...
16:33I think I'm a very bottled up person.
16:36I was really, really, really, really shy as a kid.
16:40I remember at school all the comments would be,
16:43She doesn't talk to people.
16:45I didn't really have many friends to hang out with, so...
16:48I would just always go to the library and just sit down and read books.
16:53I never got that innocent kind of romance where someone fancies you in class.
17:00As an adult here, I never really got attention from guys.
17:03It was always very negative, so...
17:06I'm like, if anyone's giving me attention, it must be for a bad reason or for a joke.
17:12Every time I'm on a date, I'm just thinking, what do they want from me?
17:16Rather than, they want to be with me.
17:20I'm always like, yeah, I'm going to throw myself out there.
17:22I'm going to date and then I'll be out there for, like, a minute.
17:25And I'm like, I don't want to be here anymore.
17:26Oh, this is not fun.
17:28Yeah.
17:28It just, like, sucks.
17:30I feel like I'm a very trusting person, so I don't want to just go to someone
17:35and be giving them all this love and affection and then have it thrown back in my face.
17:40I don't want to be hurt, basically, and I think I'm very guarded.
17:44Damn, your first ever state.
17:45Mm.
17:46See, I have to leave that for last, but...
17:48Oh, what, you eating it in order?
17:50Yeah, I eat it in order as well.
17:51Oh, you eat your chips first?
17:54What? I saved my chips for the end.
17:56The meat is, like, if I'm an animal in the world, I'd want to, like, save that.
18:01Oh, love that.
18:08This is Scott.
18:11Hey.
18:12Costumier to the stars.
18:14He loves a bit of dress-up himself.
18:19In his spare time, he becomes the drag diva Castor Hex.
18:24She is my gay suit of armor.
18:26She is my stronger half.
18:28She's a time-traveling immortal sorceress who could snap her fingers and set someone on fire.
18:37Whereas me...
18:40We will see how this goes.
18:43I'm quite soft-looking.
18:45I'm quite unassuming.
18:47I'm not physically very strong or powerful.
18:51That's so stupid.
18:52How are you?
18:54Not bad. Comment allez-vous?
18:55Very good.
18:56Nice to meet you, Scott.
18:56You too.
18:57Tell me what you do for a living.
18:58I work in costume for film and TV, actually.
19:00Oh, do you?
19:01When I was little, like, I would draw dresses.
19:04Bit of a nerd.
19:05Really?
19:06Yeah, yeah.
19:07So when was the last time you were in a relationship?
19:08A couple of years ago.
19:09It wasn't long, summer fling, kind of.
19:13So why do you think you're single?
19:16That's the million-dollar question.
19:18I think on paper I'm a catch.
19:20I have a good job.
19:21I love to cook.
19:22I'm very doting.
19:23There's lots about me that I think is great.
19:26Quite long, that coat.
19:27No worries.
19:28Thank you so much.
19:30I do want marriage, and I would like kids that whole fairy tale.
19:35Why wouldn't you want to find magic and enchantment?
19:40What do you do with my clowns?
19:45Hello.
19:48Hello.
19:49What was that you were saying?
19:51I said hello in Albanian.
19:57Scott's magically enchanting date is hot linguist, George.
20:02I'm a bit wild.
20:04I would describe myself as a fire.
20:08You have to be able to handle the heat.
20:10Can I just say, this is the most runway walk.
20:14Are you always walking like that, like you're on a runway?
20:17Maybe, maybe, maybe.
20:18You're looking fabulous.
20:19Give me a twirl.
20:19Merci beaucoup.
20:21Wow, that class.
20:22Are you excited?
20:23Yeah.
20:24Excited, un peu nerveux.
20:26I come across as very loud and outgoing and out there,
20:30and I'll talk to anyone and very sociable.
20:32But when it comes to boys, that is very much not the case.
20:37What have I looked to myself in life?
20:40I've not always felt super, super confident in how I look.
20:45I remember moving to Clapham and I was like, wow,
20:47I actually just look like a potato compared to all of other these men.
20:50Your date is here.
20:52Oh, my gosh.
20:52Let's do it.
20:54On you va.
20:54On you va.
20:55Keep walking.
20:55Keep doing the runway walk.
20:57I let you make your way.
20:59Hi.
20:59Hi, are you all right?
21:00I'm good, thanks.
21:01How are you?
21:01George, lovely to meet you.
21:02Scott, are you a hug person?
21:03Hello.
21:04Right.
21:04I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
21:10I'm good.
21:10Sorry, what was your name again?
21:11George.
21:11George, sorry.
21:12It's all good.
21:13Scott.
21:15Oh, my gosh.
21:17Is this wild?
21:18Yeah, it is a bit wild.
21:21Oh, my gosh.
21:22So, yeah, um...
21:24How are you?
21:25I'm good, I'm good.
21:27I've had a great day, a lovely morning.
21:30Yeah, nice, nice.
21:32What do you, like, do for fun?
21:33Like, have you got hobbies?
21:35I love to learn languages.
21:38What ones?
21:39So, I speak English, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Serbian, Albanian, Italian, German.
21:55Did I say German yet?
21:56No.
21:56No.
22:00Finnish, Hungarian, Hindi, and learning Japanese to go to Japan.
22:07That's fascinating.
22:08That's so cool.
22:09You're a polyglot.
22:10I think that's the word.
22:11Yeah.
22:12I guess so.
22:12That's so cool.
22:18How's it going?
22:19You all right?
22:20Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
22:21How's your date?
22:22A little bit of a connection?
22:23Oh, we can laugh and talk.
22:25That's all you want in a relationship, really, you know?
22:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:28He's a really nice guy.
22:29I'm not sure about the chemistry, though.
22:32Like...
22:33I really would love it to be good chemistry.
22:36Oh, that's such a shame.
22:37I know, but I'm going to work on it, because he's a really lovely person.
22:41I really like him, and we're getting on really well.
22:44Anyway, our best again.
22:45Bye.
22:49Hey, loves, I have a little surprise for you on me.
22:51Ooh.
22:52I've got a cheesecake to share.
22:53Thank you so much.
22:54Yeah?
22:55I'll let you go first, then.
22:57No, I'll let you go first.
22:58We'll go at the same time.
22:59Get right into it.
23:00Uh-huh.
23:03We were just vibing the whole time, which I really enjoyed, personally.
23:07Lots of laughs going on.
23:08Yeah, I'd say I fancy her, yeah.
23:10Do you nip your fancy dick?
23:11I don't know.
23:12I don't know.
23:14I mean, we were chatting loads, but does that translate into ratings or not?
23:18Have we discussed what we'd like to do with the builds?
23:21I mean, we don't need to, anyway.
23:23No, no, no, genuinely.
23:25That's fine.
23:25Don't let any of that machine.
23:27I'm fine to spare.
23:27If you insist.
23:31Would you like to see each other again?
23:34I'd say ladies first.
23:36Rock, paper, scissors, is it?
23:37Fantastic.
23:38Perfect.
23:39Thank you very much.
23:40Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
23:43Nice.
23:44It's best of three.
23:46Time flies when you're having fun.
23:48Exactly.
23:49Yeah, I'm done.
23:50Yeah?
23:52Yeah, I'm down to see you again.
23:53Yeah?
23:54Yeah.
23:54Happy days.
23:55Right, let's get out of here.
23:57Skididoo.
23:58It was all ten tens around for me.
24:00Yeah.
24:01Have a good evening.
24:02Sweet, yeah.
24:03You bounced off of me very well.
24:05Yeah.
24:05And didn't get too weirded out.
24:07You rolled with it really nicely.
24:09Yeah.
24:09And you're just, like, a really interesting person.
24:11Yeah.
24:11Oh, thank you.
24:12Okay, I'll take it back.
24:14Oh.
24:15Say our France here.
24:16Yeah?
24:17Yeah, let's see him.
24:18Yeah?
24:19Alrighty.
24:20Yeah.
24:21Happy days, sir.
24:24Hey, Pickle.
24:25Korean fried chicken?
24:26Yes.
24:27Thanks, sir.
24:28You got some champagne.
24:30There's lots to celebrate.
24:32Yeah, 100%.
24:33Breathing.
24:34Yes.
24:35Have you been there busy?
24:36Oh, yeah, I'm always busy, yeah.
24:39What are you up to?
24:39Well, I live on a farm, so I have horses and stuff.
24:42No, really?
24:43Yeah, have you ever ridden a horse?
24:45Yeah, when I was younger.
24:46Did you?
24:46Yeah, but my passing sport was windsurfing.
24:49What, professionally?
24:50Yeah.
24:51Was it?
24:51Oh.
24:52Went to the Olympic Games.
24:54Did you?
24:55Yeah.
24:55My God.
24:57That's so impressive.
24:59I was sailing a lot when I was younger.
25:01Watched the Games, 84.
25:03Saw the windsurfing.
25:05I liked that.
25:06Self-taught, and then went to the Games in 88.
25:09That is a big achievement.
25:10Many moon ago now.
25:12Yeah.
25:13Growing up, I had a bit of a broken family.
25:15School bullying and that type of stuff.
25:18I was put on, like, closed hooks, punched.
25:21As soon as I finished school, went sailing, windsurfing.
25:26Put my fear and anguish into sport.
25:29As soon as I came out of school, just jumped on a board.
25:31God.
25:32And tricked around.
25:33Yeah.
25:34Bullying nearly broke me on a lot of aspects,
25:37but it made me who I am, and that's something that I am proud of.
25:42What about yourself?
25:43I've always been a bit sporty, and, like, I've always been horsey,
25:46and I, like...
25:47I can't look and see that, do you?
25:48Yeah, I know!
25:48You've got bigger guns than me!
25:50I can't say that!
25:54You've got to pop the mouth a bit.
25:56And I have, like, very toned flies from my horse riding!
26:16It's great chemistry, the eye connection.
26:19Yeah.
26:19They end up looking at each other.
26:20I know.
26:21And the way that they're sitting forwards.
26:23Yes.
26:23Like, it's like they're leaning in to be...
26:25They're interested in each other, yeah.
26:26Yeah.
26:26Courser.
26:27I think it's going to go well.
26:28So do I.
26:29Yeah.
26:30You've got nice eyes.
26:31Did you?
26:32Yeah.
26:32I was just thinking exactly the same thing, yeah.
26:35It's my guyliner.
26:41You have great eyes.
26:43Thank you so much.
26:46That language thing is honestly so bewitching to me.
26:48I love this vote of confidence.
26:50I love languages.
26:51I do dip into Latin.
26:54That's really cool.
26:55Did you do Latin in school?
26:56Nah, mate.
26:57I'm in Essex.
26:58Ah, okay.
26:59Not, like, glamour Essex.
27:02I'm from, like, slightly backwards homophobic,
27:05homophobic kind of Essex.
27:08Being gay where I'm from really wasn't great.
27:12It's a little town,
27:13and it's a retirement destination,
27:16so there's some older values
27:18which are not the fun kind of older values.
27:21Little anecdote.
27:23I wore, like, a soft grey-pink jumper,
27:26and the F-slur got yelled at me from across the street.
27:30As much as you like to think you're rock-solid,
27:32it does chip away at you.
27:34So I think I'd develop a bit of an icy prickliness.
27:37Maybe that's why I'm single.
27:38I don't know.
27:41Where are you based normally?
27:42Um, so I live in Clapham.
27:44Oh, nice.
27:45I've been there.
27:45I've been there a fair bit.
27:47On a Clapham night out.
27:49I've performed at one.
27:51Oh, my gosh.
27:52Yeah.
27:53I do drag.
27:55Well, that's like my side career kind of thing.
28:00I suppose as Scott,
28:01I don't feel like I fit in with the world at large, really.
28:05But when you put on that inch of makeup and that wig
28:08and you tie the strings on that corset,
28:10it transforms you in a way that you feel stronger.
28:13Yeah.
28:14What is your, what's your drag name?
28:16Castah Hex.
28:17Castah Hex.
28:18Oh, my gosh.
28:19You're kind of like really witchy.
28:20My character is kind of, yeah, witchy, historical.
28:23Oh, cool.
28:24Yeah.
28:25So this is what I did last year.
28:27A lot of pink butterflies.
28:29Fun.
28:30That's supposed to be Poison Ivy.
28:32I don't know if it's like the best.
28:33I feel like my style is a bit wild.
28:35It's important that someone has like substance,
28:38a bit of ambition.
28:39Yeah, yeah.
28:40I find ambition quite sexy.
28:41Cheers to that.
28:43I'm going to do it like that.
28:48What's the craziest thing you've done?
28:51I've only died 11 times.
28:53Have you? 11 times?
28:54Car, boats, planes.
28:56Gosh.
28:56I've done stupid things.
28:59Have you?
28:59Yeah, surfed on top of a roof,
29:01holding onto a board strap,
29:03doing 70 mile an hour on one of those buses.
29:06Dopamine junkie.
29:07I thought windsurfing was on the sea.
29:09Yeah, we have to get to events.
29:12Oh, my God.
29:13You sound like James Bond.
29:15I haven't had a date like that with anyone.
29:19Not that I can actually remember.
29:21She is a stunning lady.
29:22How would you like to pee?
29:24There you go.
29:25He's been a gentleman.
29:26I offered.
29:27I did offer.
29:28Thank you very much.
29:29There's a chance of having a second date.
29:32On a scale of one to ten, I'd hope it'd be a nine-ten.
29:35I'm hoping I read the room right.
29:40Do you like to see you two again?
29:42I'll let the lady go first.
29:46I've had the best date.
29:48I did.
29:49And I don't think I've met anyone as warm and interesting as you for a really long time.
29:55As I know you, I felt really safe and like in a really good space with you.
30:01Yeah.
30:02I'm going to do a selfie with you.
30:04Come here.
30:06Go this way.
30:07Right, I have to get my camera.
30:09I felt the same.
30:11I'd like to see you again, even if it's just like having friends and then see how it goes.
30:15Let's do that.
30:17Let's see each other as friends and see where it goes.
30:21I like the way that you dress, the carry of yourself, the hair, the way that you look after yourself.
30:27Oh, thanks.
30:29You won't think so when I'm covered in mods.
30:37So exciting.
30:40I can't believe I'm actually sitting here.
30:43Part-time DJ Priscilla is looking for a plus one who can keep up with her on the dance floor.
30:50Oh God, I could start a party in a paper bag.
30:54Come on paper bag, let's start it off.
30:58How are you?
30:59Nice to meet you.
31:00I've never met anybody called Priscilla.
31:02Well, there you go. Do you want my autograph?
31:04Yes.
31:05I love that name.
31:06What's your motto in life?
31:07Grab life by the short and curlies.
31:10What do you mean?
31:11Your short and curlies.
31:15Come with me.
31:17I've always loved love.
31:19And there is going to be somebody out there for me.
31:21I mean, what, there's six billion, is it, in the world?
31:25You know, there's going to be somebody out there.
31:27How are you?
31:28I'm good, thank you. How are you?
31:29I'm very well.
31:30You've got some interesting necklaces going on here.
31:33Yes, I've got rose quartz.
31:35That's real.
31:36That's the crystal of love.
31:37Oh, is it the crystal of love?
31:38Yeah.
31:40Love, for me, feels warm.
31:42It's that warm, comfortable feeling, that safe feeling.
31:48I'm here to find my forever man.
31:50He needs to be ready for the party from the off.
31:53Maybe even before the off, actually.
32:02Looking to dance his way into Priscilla's heart is 50-year-old Raj.
32:08I'm a father of three, so you could say I'm a fun dad or a fun-jabi, whatever you want
32:14to call it.
32:15Yeah.
32:18I grew up in East End, watching Only Fools and Horses.
32:21It's my happy place.
32:22What's your favourite Del Boy quote?
32:24I love all of them.
32:25You know, like, lovely, jubbly, cushy.
32:27Moran's two, Moran's two, bonnet de douche and all that.
32:32How are you?
32:33How are you doing, Raj?
32:34I'm fine, how are you?
32:35Yeah, very good.
32:36How's dating for you?
32:37It's been a stop start, so I'm trying to get the momentum going again.
32:41Right.
32:41And I thought this would be a great way to start.
32:44Let's see how it goes.
32:46I've been single probably coming up to about two and a bit years.
32:50Being in a relationship for, I think it's 13 years, so you're at the game for so long.
32:55I think I've got a pretty established situation now, and I think I'm a pretty decent version of myself that
33:02I can now put out there, as it were.
33:04Shall I take you to go and meet her?
33:06Yes, please.
33:07Come on.
33:08I guess I have that type where it's beautiful eyes and a smile.
33:12But for me, it comes down to having a good heart.
33:16Hello.
33:17Hi.
33:18Hiya.
33:19Nice to meet you.
33:20All right.
33:22Two kisses.
33:23What's your name, sorry?
33:24Priscilla.
33:25Priscilla.
33:25Hi, I'm Raj.
33:28This is a menu.
33:30Oh, wow.
33:30There you are.
33:30Thank you very much.
33:32You look lovely.
33:33Thank you very much.
33:35So, how are you feeling?
33:38I think I'm okay.
33:39I think I got more nervous than meeting Fred.
33:46Hello.
33:47How are you guys?
33:48I'm good, I'm good.
33:49How are you?
33:49Very well, thank you.
33:50Are you coming to take order?
33:51I've come to do everything.
33:53Have you?
33:53I assume you guys are...
33:54Can you sing and dance for me then as well?
33:55Oh, wow.
33:56We do it together.
33:57I'll follow you.
33:58Let's do it.
33:58What's your normal go-to song?
34:01Strumming my pain with his fingers.
34:04One time.
34:05Yay!
34:06Yay!
34:09Why, why, why does Lila?
34:13Oh, sorry.
34:15Hello, you okay?
34:16When I was studying abroad, I met loads of people from the Balkan region.
34:20Okay, okay.
34:20And I got really, really into the pop music from this region.
34:24Okay.
34:25It's like a mixture of Middle Eastern rhythms, like Eurodance and gangster rap.
34:30That's really funny.
34:32I also weirdly am obsessed with Eminem.
34:34Me and my brother used to do the raps when we were young.
34:37I love that.
34:38But I haven't asked you what your star sign is.
34:40Taurus.
34:41What are you?
34:42Aquarius.
34:42Aquarius, okay.
34:43That works.
34:45As long as you're not on Aries, that's...
34:47Is that, like, the problem sign for you?
34:48Oh, you always struggle with an Aries.
34:51For me, it's Gemini.
34:54That's my...
34:54There has been some...
34:55Some two-faced bitches.
34:57Some pretty interesting Gemini men in my life.
35:02Okay.
35:02Not being clear about their feelings or, like, just being a bit weird.
35:07Just bad vibes.
35:09In a group of friends, there was a boy.
35:12There was chemistry.
35:13There was chemistry.
35:15I really wanted the excitement, like, the things that you see in films.
35:20This, like, budding romance.
35:21And I was like, oh my gosh, this is what it's like.
35:23This is what it's like and it feels amazing.
35:26He kept sort of, like, giving me just enough and then someone else came on the scene and then he
35:33started paying them a bit more attention.
35:37I'm so over that, like, game playing.
35:40It's not...
35:41Yeah.
35:43We were out ice skating and it's really romantic, there's loads of, like, fairy lights and stuff.
35:50And they were, like, skating together, having their film moment.
36:00No, can I please not cry on TV because that is so crazy.
36:08They're gonna laugh at me, oh my God.
36:12Like, the phrase, men are trash, is there for a reason, isn't it?
36:16Yeah.
36:19I've shut myself off.
36:21And I think now I'm ready to sort of open myself up again and put myself out there.
36:30How do you say men are trash in Serbia?
36:38That gave me, like, Eastern European mafia vibes.
36:43That's in the best way.
36:44That's very...
36:51Thank you so much.
36:55So, what do you do?
36:57It's a boring profession.
36:58I'm a qualified accountant, so I don't know how to make it sound any more interesting without you falling in
37:02your coffee, you know?
37:04Gosh, you're not me then.
37:05I've had the corporate side of things.
37:08But I'm also a part-time DJ.
37:11You're not.
37:13We just took a left turn somewhere here.
37:15How did you navigate that?
37:17It's, like, two ends of the spectrum, right?
37:19So, I'm 54 now.
37:21When I was 37, I had a heart attack.
37:23Oh, damn.
37:25I'd gone to bed, and then all of a sudden, I felt like an ache in my head.
37:31I felt this wave of heat rush all the way through me as well.
37:35And I was thinking, this doesn't feel right.
37:37So, I went to the hospital.
37:40My left artery was 100% blocked.
37:42They couldn't believe that I'd survived.
37:47For me, it's like homing in on a silver lining rather than focusing on that cloud.
37:54I'll get you.
37:56For me, that was my second chance at life.
37:59I went through a huge healing journey.
38:02I then learned to re-love myself again.
38:07If you've come through anything, you've survived for a reason.
38:10And that's to live.
38:12Live your life.
38:14And to love.
38:15And to love.
38:17Yeah.
38:19So, yeah, it's...
38:20I've got quite, sort of, a few facets to me, if that makes sense.
38:25Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:26So, what genre? Any music, or...?
38:2880s, but the, kind of, like, the disco 80s, if that makes sense.
38:32You know, I love having a good time.
38:34If there was some sort of, like, soul Motown disco that was happening down the road, you know, I'll be
38:39there.
38:40Surely.
38:41That's not me.
38:45I know what I like.
38:46And if I go, if I'm in a venue where I'm not feeling that music, I'm not...
38:49Yeah.
38:49Not me.
38:59That's Phil Nellies.
39:01Oh, yeah?
39:01Yeah.
39:02Are you a cauliflower fan?
39:04I do love cauliflower, actually.
39:06Do you want to try a bit?
39:07Yes, please.
39:07It's good.
39:10Thank you so much.
39:11No trouble.
39:11It's good.
39:12How's everything going with the food dishes?
39:14I'm struggling with this.
39:15It just feels really chewy, and...
39:17Oh, no.
39:18And it was not really warm.
39:20I might only eat it because I'm hungry.
39:21So, I can swap it for...?
39:24Maybe a small piece of chicken or something.
39:26Absolutely.
39:28Thanks.
39:29The problem is, it came cold.
39:31But, again, I've got to eat it.
39:32I'm starving.
39:35Chef.
39:36Can I please have one, like, Korean fried chicken starter?
39:38Thank you so much.
39:42So, what is it that you look for?
39:45I'm trying to get into a relationship now.
39:48I'm a romantic, right?
39:49So, I really want to be settled down.
39:52You're an Aries, then, aren't you?
39:53Yeah, I am, yeah.
39:54Fire sign.
39:55Yeah, okay.
39:55I'm more guarded.
39:56I'm not going to be like, oh, please marry me like that.
40:00Straight away, I'm going to be more...
40:03Do you clash to yourself as a slow burner, then?
40:05I wasn't used to being like that, but I'm more conscious that I am now.
40:09Growing up, watching Bollywood romance, those type of movies growing up and how they kind of woo the lady there,
40:16that never goes away.
40:46How's the chicken?
40:47Doing handstands in the shower.
40:52I would cheers you, but in the Balkans, it's unlucky to cheers with an empty glass.
40:58Like, it's bad luck to give a purse without a coin in it.
41:00Like, you can't step over someone's legs or, like, you can't, like, you can't sit, like, naked on the bathroom
41:06floor.
41:07You can't have, like, all of these, like, wild superstitions.
41:10I love it.
41:10And, like, the ladder thing, don't go under ladders.
41:13That's just common sense.
41:14They've got paint up there.
41:15Do you know what I mean?
41:21Oh, my...
41:22You're not going to believe this?
41:24So, a new opportunity will present itself.
41:27Be ready to seize it.
41:30Mine says...
41:33A love story is about to begin.
41:35Shut up!
41:41I think it went okay.
41:43I think.
41:44I'm not 100% sure yet.
41:48However, when I opened my fortune cookie, I couldn't believe what it said.
41:52And then when his said, a love story is about to begin, I very much believe in, kind of, like,
41:58messages from the universe.
42:00And I'm, like, thinking, well, maybe I shouldn't really completely write it off.
42:05How's it going to you again?
42:06Good, good.
42:07How would you like to pay?
42:08Would you like to split or pay in full?
42:09I'll pay.
42:10I'll split.
42:10And I'll pay.
42:11He's a gentleman.
42:12He's all right.
42:13He is very much so.
42:14Thank you very much.
42:19Yo!
42:25Would you guys like to see each other again?
42:27I'm going to say, I've met a fantastic human being and a fantastic, inspiring story.
42:33But romantically, I can't see seeing you as a romantic, ongoing situation for me.
42:40I completely agree with what you're saying about the romantic spark not initially being there.
42:47However, I was willing to go on a second date.
42:51Oh, really?
42:52Just to see, outside of all of this, just to see if there was something untapped here.
42:59I just feel like you would run towards karaoke and that kind of music and I'm not really, that's not
43:04my go-to.
43:04Yeah.
43:06It is what it is.
43:06But do you know what?
43:07It's been a really lovely evening.
43:09Oh, yeah.
43:09What do I want?
43:10No, thank you as well.
43:12All the best.
43:12All right.
43:14Okay.
43:14See you later.
43:14Bye.
43:15Is there a karaoke song you can think of that describes this?
43:19I will survive.
43:21Hey, hey!
43:29Look at that.
43:31Woo-hoo!
43:32Isn't that great?
43:32Look at the colour.
43:33Cheers.
43:34Cheers.
43:37A bit of ice just so I can get my memories.
43:39That's the worst, isn't it?
43:40Choking on a bunch of ice blocks.
43:42Just like the end of Titanic.
43:45I've never seen Titanic.
43:48That is...
43:49That...
43:51I don't understand.
43:53I don't know.
43:53I don't know why I've never seen it.
43:55I just...
43:56Do you know how many drag queens have performed that terrible, off-key, like, recorded version of My Heart Will
44:02Go On?
44:02I love that.
44:02Do you know how many people have done that bloody...
44:04I love that.
44:05Stupid recorders.
44:06So funny.
44:08Oh, I've had fun.
44:09It's been great.
44:10100%.
44:11Great times.
44:11It helps that you have great eyes.
44:13Thank you so much.
44:14They're very expressive.
44:16Could be in silent movies.
44:18Maybe I was in the past.
44:25Would you like to see something again?
44:26Yeah.
44:26Yeah.
44:29I mean, if it works, it works.
44:31Yeah.
44:32Five versus five.
44:32Yeah.
44:33It was fun.
44:33I had a lot of fun.
44:35How do you want to handle this?
44:37Do you...
44:38I don't mind getting this one.
44:39That's very kind of you.
44:40It's all good.
44:41It's been five years or so since I've been on a date with somebody, I think, sort of.
44:48That's wild.
44:48I was super nervous.
44:50I was really, like, quite scared to put myself out there.
44:54And thank you for creating, like, a wonderful space and making me feel, like, really at ease.
44:59It was really nice.
45:00Oh, that's really sweet.
45:01Oh, great shoes, by the way.
45:04I felt very not judged, which is very important to me.
45:06I'm glad.
45:07So, genuinely, I really appreciate that.
45:09You're really welcome.
45:10Thanks.
45:13Now would probably be a good little time for a quick picky.
45:16Yes.
45:18Let me cue that up.
45:24I don't hate that.
45:25I'm just kidding.
45:26I don't hate that.
45:29You've got shiny eyes.
45:30What does that mean?
45:31That's what I like in a woman.
45:44I've decided where of the next day it's going to be already.
45:47Where?
45:48This little, like, cake shop in London.
45:51I love a cake.
46:03I definitely wouldn't like to take your horse ride in.
46:06No, I'd like to take a horse ride in.
46:08That's the same.
46:09Well, you'd be a pony for me to start off with.
46:12I've got a Shetland.
46:14We don't need money.
46:17Don't need money.
46:18Don't take fame.
46:19Don't need no credit card.
46:21I'll take you.
46:52Ha ha!
46:54You
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