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First Dates UK Season 25 Episode 7
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00:00Oops, I've completed Tinder.
00:02In the heart of Britain's most romantic city...
00:06Hello.
00:07Fred and his team...
00:08This is Captain Fur Potato.
00:11...are matching hopeful singletons...
00:13We're getting married, Merlin.
00:14...in a place where love is always on the menu.
00:18I've got a bit in your finger. You didn't go that far down the street.
00:23These daters...
00:24You probably think I'm having a poo or something.
00:26...are searching...
00:29...for the one.
00:31Would you chase me around the bedroom?
00:33Absolutely. Get your coat.
00:34I'm in.
00:35For some, stepping into the unknown...
00:39...can lead to surprising sparks.
00:42I work in the adult industry.
00:44Do you have an office for that?
00:45I have a dungeon.
00:47But finding a connection...
00:49A love story is about to begin.
00:51Shut up!
00:52...isn't always easy.
00:54Please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes.
01:00Help me!
01:02In the end...
01:03Hi.
01:03...it comes down to one...
01:07...big...
01:08...question.
01:09Would you guys like to see each other again?
01:11This isn't a little crit, is it?
01:13This is the First Dates Restaurant.
01:24You have to have an open mind when you're dating.
01:26I'm a dominatrix.
01:27Interesting.
01:29You have to be open to different people.
01:31Spanking.
01:32Bondage tying.
01:33Where do I sign up, though?
01:35People that might spark interest in you that you didn't know about.
01:39I'm half of a hip-hop duo.
01:40Right?
01:41They end up in their 40s.
01:44I've always found that people that surprised me...
01:46...were the ones that I'd actually like.
01:48A millionaireess needs a magnet.
01:49That's what I want.
01:50Close.
01:50Jolly close.
01:52That's what makes you beautiful!
01:56Hello.
01:59Ready to prove she's full of surprises and hoping for sparks is engineer Ellie.
02:05My day-to-day job consists of a lot of grinding.
02:08When I say grinding, I mean angle grinding.
02:14I'm the only woman in my company that I work for.
02:17But just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I can't get a thought booth license.
02:20You do have to mark your territory.
02:22How are you, Ellie?
02:23I'm good.
02:24Nice to meet you.
02:25Nice to meet you.
02:26Are you ready?
02:27I'm so ready.
02:28Come with me.
02:29Sometimes I speak before I think.
02:31Being blunt can sometimes annoy the guy that I've dated.
02:35A lot of my thoughts will be quite brutally honest.
02:39Have you been on many dates?
02:41Quite a few, yes.
02:42Maybe too many.
02:43They've mainly been dating apps, but that's obviously not worked yet.
02:47Not working?
02:47No.
02:48But that's okay.
02:49That's why we're here.
02:50And what are you looking for tonight?
02:51Someone that's a bit of fun.
02:53Mm-hmm.
02:53That wants to have a laugh, a good time.
02:55I would like someone who's confident and also someone who's slightly willing to embarrass themselves.
03:01Shall I get you a drink?
03:02Do you want some tea?
03:02Yeah, I'll have a look at the menu, please.
03:03Oh, I do.
03:04Someone who doesn't care so much about what other people think.
03:10Not afraid to cause a reaction is nuclear project manager, Callum.
03:16When I meet people and I tell them my job, they tend to think, God, he's Thomas Simpson.
03:21I've been told I look like Wallace from Wallace and Gromit a few times as well, which is, again, not
03:25a compliment, is it?
03:27I grew up being a proper nerdy kid.
03:30Used to love dinosaurs and Pokemon and all that sort of stuff.
03:32I think nerdy people are just generally kind.
03:36Hello.
03:37Confident young man.
03:38Feeling confident.
03:38Feeling good.
03:39How are you?
03:39Nice to meet you, Callum.
03:40How are you doing?
03:41I don't think there's any shame in being a bit geeky.
03:44I think it's something you should cherish, to be honest.
03:50Your date has arrived.
03:51Oh, lovely.
03:51Yeah.
03:52Should I take you through?
03:53Yes, please.
03:54I'm looking for somebody who's quite adventurous.
03:56A little bit nerdy.
03:57Thanks for popping.
03:59Here we go.
04:00Hello.
04:01I'm Ellie.
04:01Callum, nice to meet you.
04:02You look lovely.
04:04Thanks.
04:05Pleasure.
04:06You all right?
04:06Yeah, I'm good.
04:07How are you?
04:07I'm good.
04:08How are you feeling?
04:09I'm nervous, I'll be honest.
04:10Me too.
04:11You look great.
04:12Do you want some water?
04:14I'll do that, I don't worry.
04:17If I can even pour it properly.
04:19Let's just spill it all over the floor, you know.
04:21What do you do?
04:22I do engineering.
04:23No way.
04:24I used to be an engineer.
04:25No way!
04:26What did you do?
04:26I was civil.
04:27I used to work in nuclear and stuff.
04:29That's cool.
04:29I really wanted to go into nuclear.
04:31I didn't go into nuclear.
04:33So what do you do now?
04:34I'm a project manager.
04:35I've actually been thinking about doing more project management stuff.
04:38I feel like that's the path for engineers though, isn't it?
04:39I feel like once you get like, I was going to say big enough, that sounds really cocky.
04:42No, like, was he good enough?
04:44I am kind of a big deal.
04:45Do you?
04:47No.
04:48Cheers.
04:49It's water.
04:51It's water.
04:51That's the ick already, isn't it?
04:58So kitsch.
04:59Love it, bud.
05:00Shall I get you something to drink?
05:02I would love something to drink.
05:03What would you like?
05:03A French martini.
05:04I think the French martini, it comes in a coupe glass based on Marie Antoinette's breast.
05:09That's right.
05:09Thank you so much, Fred.
05:11I put a spell on you.
05:13Bookworm turned author, Becky, is ready to turn her fiction fantasies into hard backs.
05:21We stumble upstairs and into the bedroom.
05:24His experience is evident and I'm pleased.
05:27I like a man who knows what he's doing.
05:29Look what I've got for you, Becky.
05:32I'm having one.
05:33Is it?
05:35Get excited.
05:35Thank you very much.
05:37I once did it six times in an hour.
05:39He says, oh, nice.
05:42Ka-ching.
05:42I say, how lucky am I.
05:45So tell me, what are you expecting from today?
05:47Oh, I'm expecting something exciting.
05:50Bit of an adventure.
05:51Well, this is going to be an adventure.
05:52It will be an adventure.
05:54The whole of online dating is one big contradiction.
05:57I've been chatting to a man online and he told me that I wasn't his type.
06:02But the next day, he sent me a dick pic.
06:05Oh.
06:06What about sexual chemistry?
06:08Is it important for you?
06:09Oh, hugely important.
06:10Is it?
06:10You might not want to necessarily rip their clothes off.
06:12But, you know, just undo a few buttons.
06:15I'm looking for someone who's upstanding, full of integrity
06:18and treats a woman right, but at the same time has got a naughty side.
06:22And he will do all kind of spontaneous naughty things.
06:28Would it be really important that she was a good kisser?
06:30I guess it would.
06:31Yes, I guess that's the message, isn't it?
06:35Becky's date is retired English teacher turned poet.
06:38Paul, can it sweet words steal Becky's beating heart?
06:43Love feels like a warmish volcano going off inside.
06:49This huge feeling just comes out of nowhere.
06:51Oh, my God.
06:53That's what it's all about.
06:55How are you?
06:56I'm good.
06:57Bonjour.
06:58Nice to meet you.
06:58Bonjour.
06:59Are you excited about today?
07:00Yeah, I've only recently sort of started dating.
07:02Now's the time to start looking for that person I should really be with.
07:06Right.
07:07It's been so long, really.
07:09Hope springs eternal.
07:10What's important for you?
07:11I like cultural things.
07:12I like the arts and theatre and music and all that sort of thing.
07:15So do you write or...?
07:17I do write, yes.
07:19My type should probably be creative.
07:21I took quite like long here, really.
07:23Come with me.
07:25Mouth shape.
07:26I suppose it's kissability.
07:28Here we are. Hello.
07:29Hello.
07:29Lovely to meet you.
07:31I'm Becky.
07:31How are you doing?
07:35Thanks, Fred.
07:36Have a good date.
07:37That's for you.
07:39Oh, how lovely.
07:40Oh, that's very kind of you.
07:43It's a forget-me-not to symbolise fresh starts and new beginnings,
07:47that sort of thing.
07:48I love spring flowers.
07:49Just everything blossoming.
07:51It's just really, really nice.
07:52So what did you do?
07:54Well, I was a lecturer for many years in drama
07:57and then I took early retirement and now I'm a writer.
08:00Well, I'm the same.
08:02I'm a writer.
08:03OK, right.
08:03I was a teacher for many years of English language and literature.
08:06Right.
08:06But since I've retired, I'm in London.
08:08OK.
08:09I'm in the British library at the moment researching.
08:11One of my favourite places.
08:12Yeah.
08:12Yes.
08:17Are you ready?
08:18Hello.
08:19I will put this in the middle.
08:21That looks very nice.
08:22All good?
08:22All good.
08:24You're welcome.
08:24Come on.
08:26Come on, girl.
08:27Right.
08:27Are there any, like, turn-offs you have or red flags, I guess?
08:32I don't know about turn-offs, but I kind of, like, I know what I want.
08:34What do you want?
08:35I want someone who's, like, nice and I want someone who's, like, fun.
08:39Yeah.
08:39Because I feel that's been, like, severely lacking in things in the past.
08:44I had, like, a pretty rough year last year.
08:46Why was it rough?
08:47Me and my partner split up just before Christmas, because I was, like, cheated on pretty badly.
08:52Oh, no!
08:52It was on and off for, like, a few years, so...
08:54That's annoying.
08:55Every time it was off was because of cheating.
08:58That relationship was the only time I felt in love with somebody.
09:03It kind of feels like all fairy tales and magic and all that sort of stuff when you're in it,
09:06but then you kind of don't realise how much you lose yourself sometimes.
09:11That was painful.
09:12Yeah, I've not had the, like, best dating history.
09:15Like, everything that I liked about myself, she didn't...
09:18If I'd reach for her hand in public, she'd yank it away.
09:21It was almost like I felt she was a bit ashamed of me, and that kind of beats you down
09:25after a little while.
09:26I want to change that. I want to break the cycle.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Because, like, I feel like when relationships go sour, like, the fun just leaves.
09:32Yeah.
09:33It's only when your friends step in and say you're a bit of a shell of yourself
09:37that you kind of realise how far you've slipped.
09:39They say that's not normal in relationships, or you seem really shy all of a sudden or really nervous,
09:44and you kind of think, why am I feeling this way?
09:48You kind of just look back at it and you realise, like, you were just not meant to be together.
09:51That's horrible.
09:52I wanted to take time away just to fully recover.
09:56I didn't want to take any dramas from my last relationship into a new one.
10:00I feel really good. I feel really good, like...
10:02Yeah.
10:03No, I want to do, like, this stuff this year, like, buy a place and travel a bit more and
10:07stuff like that.
10:08That's good. Would you want to get married one day?
10:10Yeah, definitely. I do. Do you?
10:11Yeah, one day.
10:12One day. I'm not saying right now.
10:16Do you want kids?
10:16One day. Yeah, I do.
10:19I'm, like, I don't know. I don't know if I should say this.
10:23I get, like, I don't know, well-broody at the moment.
10:26Yeah.
10:26Well, cos, like, I've seen my mates, like, having kids and stuff.
10:28Yeah. And it's just, like, so cute.
10:29It's, like, they've got an old family thing together.
10:31Yeah, it's kind of cute.
10:32I always, like, said to myself, like, when I left uni, like,
10:34oh, I'll get married and have a kid before 30.
10:36I'm, like, got to get fucking cracking.
10:40We're running out of time here.
10:41I know.
10:53Hope steals like strong perfume into spring air.
10:57Expectation stands on tiptoe, not daring to breathe.
11:01Who are you?
11:02You hover ahead of me like an angel
11:04as we are born into a new season, the spring of our age.
11:08Well, I'm no angel, I'll tell you that, but...
11:10Very good.
11:13He wrote her a pre-planned love poem.
11:15How cute is that?
11:17That's really sweet. Yeah, large.
11:18I think I'd absolutely love that. I would die for that.
11:21I'd like to know that someone's thought about me before they've even met me.
11:23Yeah.
11:23He's not even met her yet and he's writing her a poem.
11:26Actions.
11:27This is why I don't do food on dates.
11:29No, it's a bit awkward, isn't it?
11:30Yeah.
11:30How have you found, like, dating since uni, then?
11:33It's more difficult to, like, meet people when you're not at uni.
11:37Yeah.
11:38So you have to kind of, like, rely on the dating apps, but then, obviously, like...
11:41They're shit.
11:42They're awful.
11:42Yeah.
11:43I've been on quite a few dates, actually, last year, just because I was like,
11:45wow.
11:46Right, no, no, no, no.
11:49It was just so easy to do, like, them so often, you know what I mean?
11:53Too much choice.
11:54But then, yeah.
11:54Manana was just like, you've got to kiss a few frogs before you meet a princess.
11:58But, obviously, it didn't work out with anyone.
12:01I would say I'm really sorry it didn't work out, but I'm not.
12:04You're very attractive.
12:05Right, so there you go.
12:06Look at you like...
12:09Now you say something nice about me.
12:11No, no, I'm joking.
12:11You're also very attractive.
12:14How old are you, by the way?
12:16I'm 29.
12:1729?
12:17How old are you?
12:18I would say guess, but I feel like I don't really want to guess.
12:21I'm awful at this.
12:23Go on.
12:2325?
12:24Yeah, 25 in a couple of weeks.
12:26Oh, no, wait.
12:26You must have graduated, what, like a week ago, in that case?
12:29Last year.
12:29Wow.
12:30Age gap, no, no.
12:31Yeah, I probably started uni when you finished.
12:33Don't say that.
12:37The majority of 25-year-olds have so many options, but also it's a bit terrifying.
12:42I could settle down and get a job.
12:44I could go back to uni.
12:45I could take a year off.
12:46I could travel the world.
12:47I don't know.
12:48I could literally do anything, and I think that is so scary.
12:52I'm having like a quarter-life crisis.
12:54It's like, what do I do?
12:55Which way do I go?
12:56What's like number one at the moment?
12:57Right now, I think it's good to have a job.
13:00A child?
13:01Right.
13:02Not a child.
13:03No time soon.
13:04No, that wasn't like a panic.
13:05It's all right.
13:06I was just trying to hear.
13:06Panic for me.
13:08Dating in your mid-20s is really strange because so many people are at different points in
13:14their life, but they're the same age.
13:15People could do anything at this point in time.
13:18They could get married.
13:18They could have babies.
13:19Or they could just have a date.
13:21It's tricky.
13:22I feel like I'm approaching a bit of a mid-life crisis.
13:26What do I want to do with my life?
13:27I was like...
13:28Yeah.
13:28I'd love to like, I don't know, open a CAF, I think, and just have a little quiet life.
13:32Nice.
13:34Right now, I want to have fun in my life.
13:37I'm not at the stage where I really want to settle down.
13:40I would like to have adventures with someone.
13:44Life is so short, and why not have fun?
13:47I think I would like to do a ski season.
13:49I like climbing.
13:50Oh, sick.
13:51Do you?
13:51I've done it when I lived in Bristol.
13:52I'm scared of heights, so...
13:54Oh, God, you don't like heights!
13:55I'll try anything once, honestly.
13:56I tried CrossFit to try and, like...
13:59Oh, yeah?
13:59...make friends last summer.
14:01How do you make friends as an adult?
14:02Yeah, no, listen, how do you make friends as an adult?
14:03I do have friends, I don't want to say!
14:04How do you make friends as an adult?
14:04Do you ever go on, like, nights out, anymore?
14:06Ever.
14:07Like...
14:09No, I'm just staying in Nick.
14:11OK.
14:12Yeah.
14:12I still have nights out.
14:16Hello, you wonderful people, how's it going?
14:18My name's Kayu.
14:19You look a good gentleman.
14:20Very natterly dressed.
14:22Yeah, he does.
14:23Do you know what you wanted to drink at all?
14:25I would like wine, I think.
14:26Yeah?
14:27A white wine?
14:27Yes, that sounds good.
14:28Awesome.
14:28Thank you very much.
14:30So, what did you write?
14:31I wrote, last year, a cultural memoir, which is about the effects of technology on relationships
14:38between men and women, and how the whole kind of scene has completely changed.
14:42OK.
14:42And that all came out of a very bad situation I was in with an ex.
14:48When I was separated from my ex, it was a very, very dark time.
14:55I needed a period of time for my heart to mend again, because it was broken, definitely.
15:01What I thought was there was no longer there, so I had to reshape my future.
15:07About nine months or so after we separated, that's when I thought, now's the time to start
15:12looking around, so that's when I started online dating, which led me into a lot of adventures.
15:17That's really what my book was all about.
15:19It was great fun for a number of years.
15:21I met lots of different men, had my heart broken a bit, made quite a lot of bad decisions
15:27along the way.
15:29In a toy boy situation, I've had a phase of toy boys.
15:34Ah, the toy boys.
15:36I found there were a lot of younger men approaching me, which came as a huge surprise.
15:41It was a boost to the confidence, but also at the same time, I was thinking, what the
15:45hell are you doing?
15:45This is not good.
15:47I'd had enough of that now.
15:48You know, I wanted to meet people in real life, rather than toy boys online.
15:53Yes.
15:54I'm looking for both love and lust.
15:57To me, they co-exist.
15:59I want that companionship, I want that connection, because that's important to me.
16:05It's interesting that you can have so much chemistry zinging off the screen, but when you actually
16:10meet in real life, there's absolutely nothing there.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Yeah.
16:14Toy boys.
16:20I did see online, there are aphroditey bitters.
16:24Yes.
16:24It's kind of like bitters of love.
16:26Yes.
16:26So I think we should be putting a few dashes of that in every cocktail.
16:29Every single drink.
16:29Seriously.
16:30These are cocktails, man.
16:32You cannot claim any health benefit from a cocktail.
16:34I beg to differ.
16:35I don't.
16:36It gives you happiness.
16:37I know, yeah.
16:37Whiskey makes you frisky.
16:39Cider makes you a good rider.
16:40Rum will make you...
16:42I'm going to leave you guys to it, man.
16:43I'm not part of it.
16:44OK, what other ones can we come up with?
16:4734-year-old John is a disco DJ.
16:50He knows how to get the party started, but his love life seems somewhat off track.
16:56You must get women throwing themselves at you.
16:58Nah.
16:59This is a misconception.
17:01I don't know what fat whistling does.
17:03It's not true.
17:05I'd like to know what the trick is, because I haven't found it yet.
17:08It's gotta move on.
17:09My outfit is inspired by a certain Chandler being.
17:14Eventually, Chandler got right, so I'd like to think my story would be a similar ending,
17:19I'd hope.
17:20I'm looking for my moniker, yes.
17:22That suit.
17:23Thank you very much.
17:24Nice to meet you, John.
17:24Yeah, pleasure.
17:25Have you gone many days?
17:27Oh, I try.
17:28You try?
17:29I've...
17:29Yeah, I'm experienced.
17:30You're experienced, although I'm here now, so it's fine.
17:33Last Chance saloon.
17:34Here I am.
17:35Ah.
17:36I am quite picky.
17:38Alright, let's go.
17:39How do you approach girls?
17:41I don't.
17:42Take a seat, mate.
17:43But he will fix you up.
17:44It's that awful fear of rejection.
17:46Maybe I should go to, like, dating school, where they, you know, teach you to be fearless.
17:51So, tell me a bit about who you're looking for.
17:53A brunette, like a slim figure and everything.
17:55Maya Janna vibes.
17:56Okay.
17:57That's my vibe.
17:57That's your vibe.
17:58But whether I'm their vibe, I don't know, so that's why I'm here.
18:01Warm, funny, outgoing.
18:05Smiles at me in that way that any other girl smiles at their boyfriend.
18:10That's the aim of the game, isn't it?
18:11It's not hard, is it?
18:14With a smile that could save the planet, environmental campaigner Susha is looking for someone to burst her bubble.
18:21Bubbles are just whimsical goodness.
18:24Because if a guy can't appreciate bubbles, then we're not on the same level of whimsy.
18:30I feel like people meet me and they think that I'm, like, really, like, overly sweet and cute.
18:36And, like, they're just like, aw, you want to save the world?
18:39My life is, like, full.
18:40It's an open book waiting for someone to walk into.
18:44I'm looking for, at the risk of being too ambitious, the love of my life.
18:49Good to meet you, Susha.
18:50I'm so excited.
18:52The date is here.
18:53Okay.
18:53She's at the bar.
18:56My type is someone who is funny, first and foremost.
19:00Dark eyes, dark hair.
19:02We love a beard.
19:04Love just a moustache, too.
19:06Hi.
19:06Hi.
19:07How are you?
19:08Nice to meet you.
19:09Nice to meet you.
19:10Oh, sorry.
19:10You all right?
19:11What's your name?
19:12I'm Susha.
19:13Susha.
19:13Like Susha, but Susha.
19:15Susha, Susha.
19:15And you?
19:16John.
19:16John, I can meet you.
19:18What can we get you to drink?
19:20A Fleming Lovely.
19:21So, where are you from?
19:22I'm from London.
19:22What about you?
19:23I live in Hometi.
19:25Oh, easily.
19:26I live in Whitechapel, so really close.
19:27Nice.
19:28What do you do?
19:30I work for an environmental charity.
19:32Oh.
19:32Yeah, doing their, like, digital comms and social bits.
19:35Oh, nice.
19:36That's nice.
19:37What about you?
19:37By day, I work for the council, doing their video stuff.
19:40Like, community hero content.
19:42Oh, love.
19:44I may be working on, like, a new social content stream at the moment
19:47that is literally trying to do, like, community hero stories.
19:51Heroes need to be heard.
19:52I see why we're matched.
19:53Yeah.
19:54Well, cheers.
19:55Cheers, thank you.
19:56Cheers.
19:56I can't for that.
19:57Sorry.
20:02The other day, I had some Watsits, and I was having them with chopsticks.
20:06You're so cultured.
20:07I love Chinese restaurants.
20:09Chinese, not Italian.
20:10My dad's parents, like, immigrated from Italy to America.
20:14Oh, no way?
20:14Yeah.
20:15I kind of, like, fixate on stuff, and I, like, really fixated on the American election.
20:18Really?
20:20It's just...
20:20It's crazy, isn't it?
20:22It's actually...
20:22Who says romance is dead?
20:23We're talking about politics.
20:24Yeah, I know.
20:25Yeah.
20:25Yeah.
20:25I'm really showing my age now.
20:28Like...
20:28Yeah.
20:29Thank you so much about my stocks and shares ISA I'm about to open.
20:31Oh, fuck, I'll do it.
20:32Tell me all about that.
20:34I'm looking to invest.
20:37What's the, like, weirdest thing that's put you off somebody?
20:39Oh, I took someone on a date, and we went cold water swimming, because I was like, that's fun.
20:45I got in, and then he just could not get in.
20:47He was like, why does anyone do this for fun?
20:49And I was like, because it's fun.
20:51I don't know.
20:52I do that.
20:53Do you?
20:53Yeah, I do that.
20:54Yeah.
20:55I do, like, rivers and stuff.
20:56There's a quarry near me that I do it.
20:57I love it.
20:57I think it's great.
20:58Cold water swimming is something that, like, older women always do.
21:01Are you older than you say you are?
21:02I don't really want to say.
21:02Maybe.
21:03Superly.
21:04But it's a bit of a thread, isn't it?
21:06Yeah.
21:07I like to think it was a vibe, but I can get it wrong.
21:13So, I don't want to get my hopes up.
21:15I have bought by the bill.
21:17I'm going to leave it here.
21:18Should we split it, then?
21:19I'm happy to take it.
21:21I'm happy to split it.
21:22No, it's okay.
21:22I got it.
21:23Don't worry.
21:23Yeah, it's fine.
21:26That's fine.
21:33Jokes and broke.
21:36I forgot all of my cards.
21:38I forgot all of my cards.
21:39I forgot all of my cards.
21:39What's that?
21:40What's happened?
21:41Can't even dine and dash for being recorded.
21:46Would you like to see each other again?
21:50I would like to see you again, yeah.
21:52I'd like to see you again, too.
21:54Oh, good.
21:55Cool.
21:57Good choice.
21:58Yeah, good choice.
21:58Have a good evening.
22:00Thank you, you too.
22:01Have some place fun now?
22:02Hopefully.
22:02Okay.
22:04I think we've got a similar sense of humour in us, but it's a little bit awkward and a
22:08little bit dry and strange.
22:11Thank you, George.
22:13You're a little bit strange.
22:15This is nice, isn't it?
22:16So nice.
22:17So flowery.
22:20Yeah, I'd fancy you.
22:22Oh, thank you.
22:23Yeah, I thought you were very attractive when I walked in.
22:25Thanks.
22:27Thanks.
22:27I thought you were, too.
22:28Well, you are.
22:28Still.
22:29I know.
22:31Thanks for getting it as well.
22:33That's all right.
22:33You're a bit older than me.
22:34You've probably got a bit more savings from me.
22:36No!
22:45My mind!
22:46Eva, can you help me a second?
22:48Absolutely.
22:48Let's go.
22:49Let's go.
22:51This is a moose bush, and they call it a mouth-pleaser.
22:55It's got an aphrodisiac in it, apparently.
22:58I will try it. Chuck it all in it once, apparently.
23:00Oh, gosh. Oh, he's gone for it, he's gone for it.
23:03He's gone for it, yeah. Nice, Paul.
23:04It'll take a few minutes to calm down after that one.
23:07It's a bit of a mouth-pleaser, innit?
23:08It's amused your bush.
23:10It's amused my bush, yes.
23:11My bush has never been so amused.
23:14It's right.
23:16You're talking about the dates you've been on.
23:18I'm relatively new to this, very inexperienced.
23:20Have you been separated, divorced?
23:23My daughter's mother, I was with her for 30 years,
23:27but we never lived together, we were never married.
23:30Oh, well.
23:31We had a child, but it didn't work out.
23:34My mental health was in the doldrums for a long time.
23:37I got ill with depression.
23:39Clearly, that relationship could never work.
23:41So I've been in therapy trying to get over this.
23:44Oh, it must have been so difficult.
23:45It takes years and years of it, yes.
23:48Thanks to the hard work of mental health services and myself,
23:52finally I feel I've come to terms with what happened to me,
23:54I've understood it, and that makes me feel, you know,
23:56I could be a good partner for somebody now.
24:00It's only just in the last year, really,
24:01I felt it was a time for new beginnings, you know.
24:04Yeah.
24:05So I would like to spend it with someone, really.
24:08I do feel that I'm ready for a relationship.
24:11Here I am, hoping to find the one.
24:15Did you know immediately if you were attracted to somebody?
24:17You can tell if there's a spark.
24:19Usually I can tell, yeah.
24:22What is it I'm expecting to feel?
24:25Well, I think if you have to ask yourself,
24:28then there's no spark.
24:29Hmm.
24:45Hey, how are you doing? Nice to meet you.
24:47How are you getting on? Are you all right?
24:49Horrible. Terrible.
24:50Yeah.
24:52Is that fun?
24:55How are we doing with the menu?
24:56What are we thinking?
24:56I think we're going to go for sharing messe.
24:59Lovely.
25:00Thank you very much.
25:02So, what do you like to do?
25:04I disco DJ.
25:05That's cool.
25:06How long have you been DJing?
25:08Um, ten years.
25:10Oh, man.
25:11Yeah, we had a, like, tenth birthday last year.
25:13In fact...
25:14If you're going...
25:15If you're about to put up a fucking sticker!
25:17Oh, my God!
25:18You're welcome.
25:19I have a sticker for you, too!
25:20Oh, my God, what is it?
25:21It's a climate sticker,
25:22so if you don't care about the climate whipsy...
25:24We have to care about climate.
25:26We must.
25:26That's cool.
25:27Well, it's not cool, but it is cool.
25:29That's like a melting?
25:31Yeah, the earth will be melting.
25:32It's hot.
25:33That's cool.
25:34Oh, my God, I love.
25:34Thanks.
25:36Um...
25:36Do you know what you're looking for at this point in your life?
25:39Well, I'm at that point in my life where everyone's getting married and having kids.
25:42Mmm.
25:43And I am not.
25:44So, I'm kind of thinking, yeah, I need to, er, seek that.
25:48Need to or want to?
26:18Yeah.
26:19And then halfway and everything, so it's looked forward to.
26:22And, you know, I actually thought this was going to be something.
26:24Mmm.
26:25Just got a call of, like, I need to tell you something.
26:28I was like...
26:29Oh, no.
26:31She was like, oh, I just, you know, slept with someone on the ship.
26:35I was like...
26:40I don't wish that upon anyone.
26:43I just felt a bit empty, you know, and kind of like, what now?
26:47She just wanted to walk back into my life.
26:50I need to rebuild the truck.
26:51There was no gobbling, which is not what I was there for.
26:54But also, like, come on.
26:56I do deserve better than that.
26:58Everyone deserves better than that.
26:59If I was to do that, I'd be round her house, I'd be with flowers.
27:03Yeah.
27:03I'd be begging her.
27:05And there was none of that.
27:06So, I just thought, you're worth more than that, I think.
27:08Mmm.
27:09I told her it was, er, not for me.
27:13We all want to be loved, and life is for sharing.
27:15And if you do that with a companion, that's the goal in life.
27:19I mean, it wasn't even that long.
27:20But it was one of them where I actually thought,
27:22OK, this could go somewhere.
27:23Yeah.
27:24So, it was...
27:24Do you think you were in love?
27:27Yeah.
27:34This is Andy, who, at the age of 72,
27:37is living life in the far lane,
27:39and getting revved up for romance.
27:42Get your motor running.
27:44When I'm riding my motorbike, I feel really free.
27:48I can zip along at speed, just watch the world go by.
27:51It's just a great thing to do.
27:53I love it.
27:54You look like a man without a care in the world.
27:56Oh, I hope so.
27:56I like that.
27:57OK, good.
27:58But you don't find women on the back of a motorbike.
28:00Tell me, why are you single?
28:02I have no idea.
28:03I wish I knew that.
28:03I've been single for five years, Fred.
28:05What about your friends and family?
28:06Do they introduce you to people?
28:07Well, my family's all over the place.
28:09I've got a few friends around,
28:10but most people you know are married or in relationships.
28:14I hope I'm a little bit unconventional.
28:16Currently, my body wants to go to sleep,
28:18but my head is not letting me.
28:19Come with me, I'll take you to your table.
28:21Thank you, sir.
28:22What retirement means for me,
28:23is skewer diving, parachuting, caving,
28:26all those sorts of things.
28:28We'll go this way.
28:29But I always feel it's better to be able to do that
28:31with your partner.
28:33Shall I get you a drink while you're waiting?
28:34Er...
28:34What would you like?
28:35I'd love to plan the future,
28:41you know, come up with a joint bucket list
28:42or something like that.
28:43That'd be nice.
28:44Ah!
28:45Somebody's got shared values,
28:47as adventurous in some degree.
28:49It's a bonus if they want to go on my motorbike.
28:54Ready to kickstart her love life is footballer Jan.
28:59But will Andy play ball?
29:01Taking up football at the age of 69
29:02probably isn't what everybody does.
29:04It hurts.
29:06I play central defence,
29:08and the men have put my little emoji as the chopper.
29:14They reckon I kick their ankles.
29:16They're just babies.
29:18You're looking amazing.
29:19Thank you. So do you.
29:21Thank you very much.
29:22A lot of people say a plummet challenge.
29:25I've got a spirit of adventure.
29:27I don't worry about going to Spain and playing football with somebody I don't know.
29:32Why wouldn't you do that?
29:33Come with me.
29:34I want someone with a bit of adventure and not routine.
29:39Oh, what a lovely table.
29:41Nice to meet you.
29:43Nice to meet you.
29:44I cannot stand routine.
29:46I don't want to eat spaghetti bolognese every Monday.
29:48Enjoy your date.
29:49Have fun.
29:50Thank you, I will.
29:51Sorry, what's your name?
29:52Jan.
29:53Jane.
29:54Jan.
29:55J-A-N.
29:56Oh, Jan.
29:57Okay.
29:57Andy.
29:58Short for Janet, but I hate that name.
30:00Okay, well, short for Andrew, so only my mum calls me Andrew.
30:05I absolutely hate the name Janet.
30:07You do?
30:08Okay.
30:09I'll try not to call you Janet then, Jan.
30:12I wear hearing aids.
30:14I can turn you off if I want, so be careful.
30:16Well, I hope that doesn't happen.
30:21So what kind of cultural things do you like to do?
30:23They're obviously theatre a lot.
30:24Yeah, yeah.
30:25But I play saxophone, so I play in a jazz band.
30:27Does that mean that you like jazz then?
30:29I do, yes.
30:29Yeah.
30:30I love blue notes from that period.
30:33Yeah, they love that.
30:35They love it.
30:36Yeah, obviously they've matched us because we've got a lot in common in terms of academic background.
30:39That sort of thing.
30:40Do I feel attracted to you?
30:42I think I do.
30:44You don't do flirting, do you?
30:45I don't.
30:46I have no idea how to flirt.
30:47That's majorly important.
30:48Yes, I wouldn't know if someone's flirting with me.
30:52Yeah.
30:52Can you learn it?
30:56I feel like I'm a teenager.
30:57I've never done this.
30:58You know, and I'm nearly 70.
31:00You know, I'm starting again at this stage of life.
31:04It's about putting out feelers to sound out another person, but also to let them know how you feel, that
31:13you are interested in them.
31:15Yeah.
31:15It's not just, you know, two friends meeting for lunch or something like that.
31:19Yeah.
31:19So it's also showing the other person that you're interested in them.
31:24We had a lot in common, but that's as far as it went.
31:29I can play you visual components.
31:30I like your hair and all that sort of thing.
31:32And that's all true.
31:33I do feel.
31:34Do you like my hair?
31:35Yes, I do like your hair.
31:36Yeah.
31:39We seem to be on different parts of our dating journey.
31:41I like something that's a lot more flirty and sexy, and I didn't get any of that.
31:47Do you feel that you're cut off emotionally?
31:49Yes.
31:50I think I've lived in a sort of desert for a very long time.
31:52Yeah.
31:52It sounds like it, yeah.
31:53I'm not quite sure how to connect properly.
31:56Yeah.
31:59I feel a bit like Paul in Wonderland, you know.
32:03Yeah.
32:03A bit out of my depth, because I've so little experience.
32:06Yeah, yeah.
32:07You're trembling on the verge of something new.
32:10Yeah.
32:12Would you like to see each other again?
32:16Well, Paul, I think you're a lovely guy.
32:18Thank you so much for Forget Me Not.
32:20And thank you so much for the poem.
32:22I thought the poem was fantastic.
32:23You're so talented.
32:25But for me, no, there won't be another date, I'm afraid.
32:28No, I agree.
32:29We had a good time.
32:30I really enjoyed your company.
32:31I thought you were very interesting.
32:33And we obviously share a lot in terms of our kind of backgrounds and so on.
32:36But I think we agreed we're not a dating couple.
32:40No.
32:41Thank you so much.
32:44Have a lovely evening.
32:45And you. Bye.
32:47I've just been so out of date by my mistress.
32:49And surely it's not a headmistress job to tell you how to date.
32:53She was very nice though.
32:55And she did it very nicely.
32:56I mean, she's a good headmistress, I think.
32:58I hope everything goes well for you.
33:00And for you.
33:01And thank you so much for everything.
33:03And for paying for the meal.
33:05Thank you, Paul.
33:06Bye.
33:18There's a great line in Friends where Ross says to Phoebe, I think it is, when you go on a
33:25date, just do little bits of crazy.
33:29Don't give him it all in one go.
33:30All the crazy it wants.
33:30So I started playing football.
33:33You play football?
33:34I know.
33:35It's insane.
33:36Well, I wasn't expecting that.
33:37I know.
33:38I go to Spain to play in tournaments.
33:41What little bit of crazy do I do?
33:43I play in a samba band.
33:45Brilliant.
33:45What instrument?
33:47I play a timba.
33:48Okay.
33:49Which is a hand drum.
33:50And the other one I play the big surdos.
33:52Big drums with sticks.
33:53Yes.
33:54Oh, wow.
33:55So how did you get into that?
33:56I'm actually useless at anything else, really.
33:58It can't...
33:59It's better than sitting at home watching daytime TV.
34:03I like to be looking and seeing and touching.
34:05Yes.
34:05Feeling and smelling things.
34:07Oh, this is really nice.
34:08I'm so relieved.
34:11Yeah, absolutely.
34:13I love a man that has a special talent.
34:16I did want to actually show you something.
34:18Oh.
34:18I've actually brought it away me.
34:19Go on.
34:22So, um...
34:23This is Diablo.
34:24Has this ever helped you, Paul?
34:26Um, so...
34:26I don't think it's helped me, no.
34:27Keeping you.
34:28Keeping you.
34:33How do you know when you're in love?
34:35How do you know?
34:36Yeah, how do you know when you're in love?
34:42Asking for a friend.
34:44Of course.
34:45In the way that...
34:46The way that I've been dating in the past, like, two years,
34:48I've loved a lot of things about a lot of people.
34:50I don't think I've been in love.
34:52Ooh.
34:54My mum, she's the...
34:55The role model for love that I have.
34:58She's truly taught me, like, the meaning of unconditional love.
35:01She has two young kids.
35:03But, like, she's done so much to help me.
35:06Dating energy comes in waves, right?
35:08Like, sometimes you'll be up for it.
35:09Sometimes you're just wiping.
35:10Sometimes you're like, I hate this.
35:12And now...
35:14I'm looking for a husband.
35:17I have not introduced anybody to my mum
35:20because nobody has been...
35:23marriage potential.
35:25What I actually want is, like,
35:27a lifelong partnership
35:28based off of love and commitment and connection
35:32and family and all that good stuff.
35:34That's what's important to me.
35:36So, have you been dating a lot recently?
35:40Erm...
35:41Please.
35:42I was...
35:43I'm just trying to think, like, is it the...
35:44Oh, sorry, I was talking to the...
35:45The thing.
35:46It wouldn't stay on my fork.
35:47Oh, you're talking...
35:48You talk to your food now.
35:49Good boy.
35:49I talk to everything.
35:52Please, tell me the answer.
35:54Go.
35:55Do you talk to yourself when you're alone?
35:59I talk to myself, like, non-stop.
36:01Do you have a voice in your head?
36:02Not, do you hear voices?
36:04This is quite some sort.
36:04Do you have a voice in your head?
36:05Where are we?
36:07Oh.
36:09See, that's when you talk to your potato.
36:11That's a good time to have a word with it.
36:14Do I have voices in my head, though?
36:16You don't.
36:17No, you don't.
36:19Mad.
36:19Yeah, see, I only found out, like, two years ago
36:21that not everybody has a voice in their head.
36:25And it seems like you just found out now that people do.
36:39How's it going?
36:40It's going pretty good.
36:41Right.
36:42Do you know what you remind me of?
36:43You've seen this series on TV called One Day?
36:46Oh!
36:47Yes.
36:48I love One Day.
36:49Well, you remind me of this couple in the series.
36:52Who?
36:53Have you...
36:53You sat on red!
36:56Sorry.
36:58Wipe yourself down, please.
36:59Oh, no worries.
37:00It's fine.
37:02OK, go on.
37:03How many times have you been married?
37:04Married once.
37:05Oh, OK.
37:05I was married very young.
37:07I've got two kids, a boy and a girl.
37:09And then we got a divorce after 12, 13 years, something like that.
37:14So have you been married or...?
37:15Married twice.
37:16OK.
37:17Like you, married very young.
37:19Lasted 13 years.
37:21OK.
37:21But the second time it was short.
37:23Short and sweet, really.
37:25OK.
37:25Silly, really.
37:26I was pregnant, so we got married.
37:29Getting divorced was probably the best thing for me because it gave me the impetus to do
37:34all sorts of amazing things.
37:35The whole experience was, at the time, painful but ended up being the right thing.
37:42I made the decision, really, to concentrate on a career and the children, so I took a one-year-old
37:49and a seven-year-old and relocated to America because I had that opportunity.
37:54What did you do?
37:55What was your job?
37:55Sales research, really.
37:57It was a complicated business.
37:58I lived in America for 25-plus years and brought up two boys, so...
38:04Well done.
38:04It was a wonderful afternoon.
38:07I've never seen myself as a brave person.
38:09I think you just take some risks.
38:13Just have a great time, I'm sure.
38:15Yeah, they did.
38:16They did.
38:16If it makes you nervous, it's worth doing.
38:19Hello there, we have a sirloin steak for you.
38:24Thank you very much.
38:26That looks lovely.
38:27Enjoy.
38:29So how old are your boys now, then?
38:31One is in his early 30s, one is in his late 20s.
38:36Now both of them are happily married, have their own homes and are settled.
38:42And now you think, well, actually, I don't need to be a mum anymore because they're fine.
38:48Now I have to plan the next bit of my life.
38:52I am fine on my own for long periods of time.
38:56It doesn't bother me.
38:57No.
38:57But the one time I have felt really lonely is when you go to, like, a family function.
39:04Under all.
39:05And everybody's...
39:06And you're fine when you're there.
39:08But then at the end, everybody leaves in their couples and gets in their car and you think...
39:14I'm on my own again.
39:16No.
39:24Tell me.
39:25Do you...
39:26Do you know what your attachment style is?
39:30Anxious, secure or avoidant?
39:32I don't know.
39:33If you have an anxious attachment style, you might be looking for more communication in relation to, like, figuring out
39:39what a relationship is.
39:40And if you have an avoidant style, you run away from conflict.
39:46Yeah, I don't know. I haven't really looked into that.
39:50I feel like I could learn a lot.
39:53Do you want to see each other, then?
39:57Do you want to go first, shall I?
39:59If you want.
40:02I'd be very happy to see you again.
40:06I...
40:07I...
40:08I...
40:09I don't think romantically.
40:11However, as a person, as a friend, as a...
40:15Someone who values a lot of things I believe in, I just don't think there was that kind of connection
40:21with us.
40:22Mm-hmm.
40:23So, have we decided what we'd like to do about the bill?
40:25She has all of it. No, I'm joking. I'll take it.
40:28Great. So, all for you.
40:29Are you sure?
40:30Yeah, ma'am.
40:31I think you can just...
40:33Probably...
40:33If I say too intelligent to me, I felt like I learned a lot in space, so that we were
40:37there.
40:38Oh, no way!
40:39I was just a bit like, what?
40:41Up to you.
40:43But, come down to a disco any time.
40:46Free engine.
40:47It was nice meeting you.
40:49Yeah, I had a lovely time.
40:50Yeah, I'd love to hear you DJ sometime.
40:52Yeah, good, good.
40:53Free.
40:53Take care.
40:54Alright.
40:54I'm this way.
40:57See you later.
40:58Take care.
40:58Bye.
41:04These are really good martinis, I have to say now.
41:07Live dangerously.
41:08Live dangerously.
41:11That is a guest table.
41:12Look at them.
41:13And if it's not, I owe you tenner.
41:15I believe you.
41:16I don't need the tenner.
41:17I'm with you.
41:18I've been away for three weeks.
41:20Where were you?
41:21Marley.
41:22I actually did New Zealand, and also Cook Island.
41:26Ooh.
41:27Which was lovely, but it was a bit weird, because it's a very romantic place.
41:33And I had this lovely room.
41:35Yeah, yeah.
41:36Honeymoon suite.
41:38You know, with all these romantic couples around me, I thought, I feel a bit weird.
41:42It's always nice to share that with somebody, because it's much more fun if you're a couple.
41:47I tend not to go out at night.
41:49Yes.
41:49That's what's kind of missing.
41:51You look lovely, by the way.
41:54It's been a lovely first day.
41:56It's been great.
41:58Hi.
41:58Hiya.
41:59You all right?
42:00Yes, thank you.
42:01Good to see you again.
42:04I have a motorbike.
42:06I had a Kawasaki at one point.
42:08I'm happily set on the back, but not actually doing the driving.
42:11Okay, well...
42:12I'm too dangerous doing the driving.
42:14I've got space for a pillion.
42:17Would you like to see what you're going to get?
42:20You first?
42:21No, you go first.
42:23Go on.
42:24Yes.
42:25Oh, absolutely, yes.
42:27Yes.
42:31No, no, no.
42:32Do you want to do 50-50?
42:33Because I have my cards.
42:34Do you want to be short or a long answer?
42:36I'm happy to do half of it.
42:37No, thank you.
42:38I'm happy.
42:39When we first started talking, it was easy.
42:42It was good.
42:43Yeah.
42:43Yeah, I just remember it as being smooth.
42:46From the beginning.
42:47I loved it.
42:48Thank you very much.
42:49Have a good evening.
42:50That was lovely, thank you.
42:52Great, you're welcome.
42:53It was almost identical.
42:55It would be lovely to do it with somebody else instead of doing it solo.
42:59I'm smiling.
43:01Would you like to go for a drink now?
43:03I would love to go for a drink, yeah.
43:04And then we'll talk about another date later.
43:07Absolutely.
43:07At the same time.
43:13We'll find a karaoke bar.
43:15That's the song.
43:15And the Elvis song.
43:16It is.
43:17I haven't told you about that yet.
43:32Are you happy to do it right?
43:35I am.
43:36Okay.
43:36Well, what's a bonus?
43:37Yes.
43:38But I want to see you drive your bike first.
43:41Yeah, okay.
43:41All right.
43:43I think that I'm alive.
43:45I do love you.
43:47I do love you.
43:48I do love you.
43:51I do love you.
43:59I do love you.
44:06I do love you.
44:09I do love you.
44:09I do love you.
44:10I do love you.
44:12I do love you.
44:13I do love you.
44:14I do love you.
44:16I do love you.
44:17I do love you.
44:18I do love you.
44:18I do love you.
44:18I do love you.
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