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First Dates (2013) Season 25 Episode 3
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00:03Do you feel a bit rusty? Yes, very rusty. Definitely need a WD for our day. I need some
00:10help. It's hard out there. I am very single at the moment. I've run out of swipes. I've
00:16completed Tinder. In the heart of Britain's most romantic city, Fred and his team,
00:24this is Captain Fur Potato, are matching hopeful singletons. We're getting married, Merlin.
00:31In a place where love is always on the menu. I've got a bit in your finger. You didn't go
00:36that far down the strip.
00:40These daters, you probably think I'm having a poo or something, are searching for the one.
00:49Would you chase me around the bedroom? Absolutely. Get your coat. I'm in.
00:53For some, stepping into the unknown can lead to surprising sparks.
01:00I work in the adult industry. Do you have an office for that? I have a dungeon.
01:05But finding a connection... A love story is about to begin.
01:10Shut up! ...isn't always easy.
01:13Please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes.
01:19Help me!
01:21In the end... Hi.
01:23...it comes down to one...
01:26...big...
01:27...question.
01:28Would you guys like to see each other again?
01:31This isn't a total crit, is it?
01:33This is the First Dates Restaurant.
01:45My first ever date. I asked this girl if she would like to come up the park and have a
01:49picnic.
01:52Watched the mountains and heard of us.
01:55Wow!
01:59Where do you see your future?
02:00I see myself in a good few years. I would love to be in the countryside 100%.
02:07I love getting out and about, you know, the fresh air.
02:10It's really good for the soul. It's really healthy.
02:12Bird watching is just a really peaceful way to get your mind calm, I think.
02:17Like, there's a lot of busyness in the world.
02:20I think it's important to have that, like, sense of quiet, because I'm crazy.
02:25So being in, like, a field with nothing is amazing.
02:28And I think when I have my beautiful, organic children, and they're just running around, living their best life on
02:35a farm, I'm happy, definitely.
02:39This is Amber. She's looking to inject a breath of fresh air into her love life.
02:45When I was at school, everyone was meant to be a doctor or a lawyer, maybe a brain surgeon.
02:51And I was like, I really want to be a stay-at-home mum.
02:56I'm here to find the love of my life. Hopefully.
03:02Hello.
03:03How are you, Amber?
03:04I'm good, how are you?
03:05This was like a royal walk. Just the way you enter.
03:09Yeah, your hair, your coat on your shoulders.
03:11Such elegance.
03:12Thank you, thank you.
03:13Tell me, where do you live?
03:14Buckinghamshire.
03:15So you like the countryside?
03:16Yes, I love it.
03:17I horse ride.
03:19Oh.
03:19I pretend I'm organic.
03:21You pretend you're organic?
03:22Yeah.
03:22I love that.
03:24Being out and dating, I find it interesting seeing how boys approach you.
03:29And some, like, can't look you in the eye.
03:32Some get nervous.
03:35But I need a man, not a boy.
03:37Would you like a drink?
03:38Please can I have a nice red wine?
03:40Yes, you can.
03:42So what is your job?
03:43I was a nanny.
03:44You were a nanny?
03:45I left my nanny family.
03:46Right.
03:47So sad.
03:48Oh.
03:48With three babies.
03:49Mm-hmm.
03:50And now I am jobless.
03:52No more changing nappies.
03:53Until my own, my own babies come.
03:55Yeah.
03:57And so what is your type?
03:59Tall, dark, handsome.
04:01If this was a famous person, who would it be?
04:04Robert Pattinson.
04:06I love Robert Pattinson.
04:08People say, I think, you look like somebody famous.
04:10I've had Robert Pattinson a few times.
04:13I don't really agree with it.
04:14I think Robert Pattinson's way better looking than me.
04:18Looking to sink his teeth into love is 26-year-old James.
04:24I remember, like, when I was a little kid and thinking, oh, yeah, the girls are this,
04:28you know, mysterious kind of creature and, you know, and then you get a bit older and
04:33you kind of get some, you know, more experienced things.
04:36Then it brings you back to that feeling of being 16, 15, and it's quite nice.
04:41Can't meet you, can you?
04:42No, it's great.
04:44Here we go.
04:46Time for a new change, new horizons, getting out there.
04:49This was not on my bingo card, but that's what life's for, man.
04:53How about you?
04:54Nice to meet you, too.
04:55Is that him?
04:56Oh, my God.
04:57How are you feeling about today?
04:58Yeah, I'm okay.
04:59I'm okay.
04:59Are you?
04:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:00A little bit nervous, but, you know, why not?
05:03What are you searching for?
05:05Someone who is up for being active, someone down for a bit of a laugh, and that can kind
05:09of hold their own and being able to kind of give it back is quite important.
05:14Oh, please.
05:17Hello.
05:18Hello.
05:18Nice to meet you.
05:19Nice to meet you.
05:19Amber.
05:19Nice to meet you.
05:20James.
05:21How are you?
05:21I'm good.
05:22How are you?
05:22Yeah, I'm all right, thanks.
05:23I'm all right.
05:24Are you getting a drink?
05:25Absolutely.
05:26I'll get a beer or something.
05:27A beer?
05:28Hello.
05:30Can I get a beer, please?
05:31A pint or a bottle?
05:32A pint, please.
05:32That would be great.
05:34So, where are you from?
05:35I'm from Buckinghamshire.
05:37Buckinghamshire.
05:37Okay.
05:38I like more country.
05:39A bit more of a country girl.
05:40But I can get, yeah, I can get into London, like, if I need to.
05:43Oh, happy days.
05:43And do you work in London?
05:44No, no, but I actually start a new job tomorrow.
05:46But I was a nanny.
05:48I've been a nanny and a PA.
05:49No way.
05:50For, like, five, six years.
05:52For a few families.
05:53Are you ready for something to eat?
05:56Yep.
05:57Let's do it.
05:58This way.
06:02That's good.
06:03That's good.
06:04I think it's a bit too fruity for me, though.
06:05Yeah.
06:06I want to feel it hit the back of my throat.
06:09He, he, he, he, he.
06:13I can feel it, like love.
06:14I can feel it.
06:16Dang, dang.
06:17Hit you the face.
06:18Dang.
06:19How do you describe myself?
06:21I'm like a firm apple.
06:23Like a Granny Smith.
06:26A little bit of that kind of sourness.
06:28It's like, oh, that's some sass.
06:31Like, there's some resistance when you sink your teeth into it.
06:35That, that kind of apple.
06:40This is artist Sana from Finland.
06:43She's looking to be drawn to her perfect muse.
06:48I'm a creative artist, peacock, wonder freak.
06:54I see my face as a canvas.
06:56When I do my makeup, I do full on, like, impressions of people.
07:00Here is one that's Johnny Depp inspired.
07:05I'm a creative artist.
07:05I mean, I have my kooky ideas, but the right person would find me absolutely alluring.
07:12Like an adventure.
07:14Like sitting on a magic carpet ride.
07:18How are you?
07:19Hi.
07:20Tell me, what's dating been like for you recently?
07:22Um, uneventful.
07:24Really?
07:25Yeah.
07:26There's no men in Finland, so I wasn't dating for three years.
07:29So, when I moved to London ten years ago, I probably went on 50 dates that first year, and then
07:36that didn't work out.
07:37So, I'm obviously here to meet a man.
07:40So, come on, tell me.
07:42What are you looking for, Sana?
07:43I am looking for a curious spirit.
07:46And I run on all six cylinders, so it would be great for somebody to-
07:50Wow.
07:50If they're not running on all six, then they can handle me at my six.
07:56Joie de vivre!
07:57Sparkle.
07:57Yeah!
07:58So, my type, I am really weak for brown eyes, broad shoulders, someone who smells good, and piratey, bohemian, rock
08:08and roll, creative look like Johnny Depp.
08:13Why is the rum always gone?
08:20We need the eye makeup and the bandana.
08:25Hoping his pirate looks can work a bit of magic on his date tonight is Clint.
08:30When I was doing my first magic show on stage, and it was a really bad magic show.
08:36And then there was an agent who said, you look a little bit like Jack Sparrow.
08:40If you brought the costume, I could get you some work.
08:43So, I got the costume, and then I started doing magic as Jack Sparrow.
08:48And it's like, it's like a really fun time, just to be a pilot.
08:54How you doing, man?
08:55Good.
08:56I love your look, man. I love your hat.
08:57Thank you. I made it myself.
08:58Oh, do you?
08:59Yeah.
08:59Nice. Your date has arrived.
09:01If you look to the right of my shoulder, she's at the bar.
09:05Looking for love.
09:08I'm looking to meet somebody that's really creative, really a little bit out there.
09:17Like, I want this quirky. Just there. Not, like, that quirky.
09:22There's a fine line between quirky and owning, like, the Thousand Cats.
09:26I'm excited.
09:27Shall we go and see you?
09:28Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:29I'll let you make your way.
09:33Oh, thank you.
09:34Hiya.
09:34How are you?
09:35I'm good, thanks. How are you?
09:36Yeah, good. You?
09:38Lovely to meet you.
09:39And you. You've got a nice accent.
09:40Oh, you've... I love your scent.
09:42Do you?
09:43Sorry, I'm Sanna.
09:44Clint.
09:45Clint.
09:45Yeah.
09:46I like your style.
09:47Thanks, I like yours.
09:48Thank you, you're very cool.
09:49Yeah.
09:49Yeah, you too, you too.
09:51Yeah.
09:51Are you a musician?
09:53Everyone says that.
09:54Yeah?
09:55It's the look.
09:56I'm a magician.
09:58Okay.
09:58Yes, I do magical things.
10:00And then...
10:00You've got a bunny inside your hat.
10:02I have.
10:03Have you?
10:03Could you imagine?
10:06Have you been to Bath before?
10:07No, it's my first time.
10:08Thanks.
10:09But it felt like...
10:10It felt like Italy a little bit.
10:11Like...
10:11Yeah.
10:12Yeah, yeah, like Verona.
10:13I was watching Romeo and Juliet last night.
10:15Oh, okay.
10:15And they're in Verona.
10:17Sounds so bad.
10:18We know, like, people like watching documentaries about, like, serial killers and that.
10:22I like hearing about bad dates.
10:23Do you like serial killers as well?
10:25Because I'm a bit like a...
10:26I'm a little bit of a serial killer encyclopedia.
10:29So, what's your...
10:31Can't say favourite serial killer, can I?
10:33Geoffrey Dahmer.
10:37What's it?
10:37Wait, you were telling me what else you're into.
10:39I'm a closet nerd and, like, a massive, like, anime fan.
10:43Star Wars and stuff like that.
10:44Yeah.
10:44Okay.
10:46What are you interested in?
10:47Like, what about music?
10:48I like listening to songs.
10:50Do you go out raving?
10:52No.
10:53Okay.
10:53Oh, my God, no.
10:55I write songs as well sometimes.
10:56Oh, wow.
10:57That's cool.
10:58I taught myself in lockdown.
11:00Did you do anything in...?
11:01I learned how to horse ride.
11:02Oh, no way.
11:02I share a horse with my friend.
11:04Oh, sweet. Okay.
11:05Yeah.
11:05I'm actually not allowed to currently see him.
11:08Erm, my horse.
11:09The horse I was going with my friend.
11:10Because...
11:10No, because I, erm, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend
11:14and the horse lives on the farm.
11:16We met during school times
11:18and we parted ways because being a nanny
11:20made me realise what I wanted in my future
11:22and what I wanted with children.
11:24And so did he.
11:26And it was two different things.
11:27We were together for a long time.
11:29Oh, really?
11:29Like, how long?
11:31Seven years.
11:32Okay.
11:32So, like, a good and hard time.
11:34Seven years.
11:35My parents had kids by the time they were 25.
11:38I was really lucky to have my mum at home with me.
11:41But I used to then say, okay, when I want children,
11:43then I would want to be the same as my mum.
11:47What's the dream outcome for this day?
11:50Like, a massive rock on this thing.
11:53When's your birthday?
11:5520th of April.
11:56Oh, that's nice.
11:58Everyone in my family is in April apart from me.
12:00Nice, nice.
12:01So, green flag.
12:02Wait until I tell you this next bit.
12:04I have the same birthday as Hitler.
12:07Oh.
12:08Okay.
12:09So, that's kind of like a red flag.
12:11But I've got no...
12:12I wouldn't shout that out.
12:14Got no connections to the man at all.
12:17Shall I tell you an hour later that I'm Jewish?
12:20Okay.
12:23We'll move on.
12:33I think I'm going to have to get a steak.
12:36What do you fancy?
12:38I was thinking, like, a chicken burger.
12:39I eat, like, chicken with a ton.
12:41Yeah.
12:41I can see you as a chicken boy.
12:44You're calling me a coward or something?
12:45You just called me a chicken, basically.
12:47You're eating chicken.
12:51So, I'm, like, really weird.
12:53I don't like cheese.
12:54Okay.
12:55Just don't have a taste of it.
12:56I know, it's fine.
12:57But don't worry.
12:58Zero judgment.
12:58Honestly, that's, like, so refreshing to hear.
13:00Can I just say?
13:02Hello, you all right?
13:03How are you doing?
13:03Good, how are you?
13:04I'm really well.
13:05Good.
13:06Anything particularly eye-catching?
13:09I think we're both feeling steak.
13:11Yeah, nice.
13:12Yeah?
13:12Is that because I called you a chicken boy?
13:13Yeah, that's it.
13:16I hope you don't mind my saying sorry.
13:18I'm joking.
13:19You really look like.
13:20Yeah.
13:20You get this all the time.
13:21You know the geyser from Twilight?
13:23Yeah.
13:24Yeah, yeah.
13:25I said that he was my celebrity crush.
13:27Did you really?
13:28When I said...
13:30Do you know the vibe that you're giving me?
13:32Do you like Kate Middleton?
13:33That's it.
13:33I'll take that.
13:34I love that.
13:37Yeah, what a pairing.
13:37I'll take that, yeah.
13:39Oh, sorry.
13:40Sorry.
13:40All right.
13:41So, I'm going to say something to you, and I'm going to take it as a compliment.
13:45Yes.
13:47You've got a pirate vibe going on.
13:48Yeah.
13:49Starts with a J, ends with a D.
13:51Yeah.
13:53I actually got down to being Johnny Depp's body double.
13:56Really?
14:00It's like Robert Pattinson.
14:02Yeah, that's so funny that she said that.
14:03Because I literally, I was like, yeah, he would be my celeb crush.
14:06Yeah.
14:07There we go.
14:07Now the green flag.
14:08There we go.
14:09Well done.
14:09Um, wait, but keep on telling me about you.
14:12Obviously, like, well, it's traveling.
14:14Okay, green flag.
14:15Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:16Go away all the time.
14:17Um, well, as much as I can.
14:19You know, had a trip to Lisbon.
14:23It didn't go very well.
14:24Why?
14:24I split up with my ex-girlfriend.
14:26Oh, no.
14:26On the plane over there.
14:28It was, it was like a mutual thing.
14:30Oh, no.
14:30And it kind of, all this stuff kind of came out.
14:33Oh, well, sorry.
14:34It wasn't a great breakup.
14:36I think it was over the English Channel.
14:39There was plans to, like, move in and live together.
14:41And that kind of, you know, ended not super long ago.
14:45Both kind of realized that the relationship just wasn't right for either of us.
14:48And, you know, feelings come out and things get said.
14:53But you've got to kind of get through the trip.
14:56Ended up getting a flight back a couple of, a day early.
15:00Yeah, it was, it was difficult.
15:06But, you know, so that chapter is very much closed and very much, like, kind of ready to move on,
15:12I guess.
15:14So that's kind of partly why I moved to London.
15:16So, like, started a new job and wanted to get settled into that and not be away a lot.
15:20Yeah.
15:21I can't be, I'm starting a job tomorrow.
15:22Sorry, it's just, I've never done sales.
15:24Yeah.
15:25Ever.
15:25You've got to back yourself.
15:26I've never done the whole on the phone.
15:28How hard can it be?
15:29How hard can sales be?
15:31Yeah.
15:31I work in finance.
15:32So I spend a lot of time, like, speaking to people on the phone and stuff.
15:34Okay.
15:35So, so, call me.
15:36Do you want me to call you?
15:37Okay, go, go.
15:38Let's pretend that this is.
15:40Hi.
15:40Hi, is this Amber?
15:41Speaking.
15:42Look, reason for the call today.
15:44Yeah.
15:44Is I want to tell you about this fantastic product that we're selling.
15:47It's for investing.
15:48Okay.
15:49What do you look for in an investment product?
15:51Lots of money.
15:51There you go.
15:52Bye.
15:52The thing with it is, it's not like...
15:54That was really smooth, though.
15:55It's just got to ask questions.
15:56Okay.
15:57You've just got to ask questions about...
15:58Yeah, it flowed.
15:58I wasn't like, no.
15:59Yeah, exactly.
16:00Put the phone down.
16:01I believe in you.
16:04What is that?
16:05Is that chocolate?
16:05No, this is a passion fruit.
16:08How did I think that was chocolate?
16:10Maybe you're, you know, hankering for chocolate right now.
16:13What's chocolate?
16:13Have you got go-toed chocolate?
16:15My most favourite chocolates you can't get in the UK.
16:18Unfortunately, the Finnish ones.
16:19Oh, okay.
16:20Sad.
16:21You need a chocolate deal, like, that things are over.
16:23Yeah, yeah.
16:24That's what you need.
16:24When I come back, I always have a suitcase full of all my goodies.
16:29It lasts me a week every time.
16:32Really?
16:33I don't understand the people that eat a bit of chocolate and put it away in the fridge.
16:38No, no, no.
16:39I keep going.
16:40Yeah.
16:41Yeah.
16:43Do you ever miss home?
16:45All the time.
16:47But I miss, I miss my family more than, than home itself.
16:51So I miss them every day.
16:54My mum and dad split up when I was three and a half, four.
16:58I always felt like my dad wasn't there.
17:01I very much wanted his approval, very much wanted his love.
17:06So when I moved to London, I was on a mission.
17:09I wanted to prove that if I was chosen by enough men, that it was okay that my dad didn't
17:15choose me.
17:17So I was looking for my dad's approval in all of these, you know, pointless dates.
17:23I tried so hard to be liked and to be chosen.
17:28And now that I've chosen myself, I'm ready to take someone else on fully.
17:36So did you say you've been to Bath before?
17:38No.
17:38Did you come today?
17:39Yesterday.
17:40Did you come today?
17:41No, yesterday as well.
17:42We could have walked past each other.
17:44It's possible.
17:45Do you think you would have gone?
17:47Do you think I would have been like it?
17:50Possibly.
17:51Possibly.
17:52Do you know what?
17:53Once I've cut my hair, I do feel uncoloured here.
17:55I feel like your, any outfit looks just a million times better.
17:59I agree with you.
18:00Do you know what I mean?
18:03Hello.
18:05How would you describe yourself?
18:07Energetic, a bit chaotic.
18:10Enthusiastic, I get told that a lot.
18:12And like bubbly, those sorts of words.
18:15So I am a civil servant, but I have quite a lot of hobbies.
18:19So far I try pottery and stuff like that.
18:21But pole dancing is actually my main hobby.
18:2426-year-old Priya is no longer dancing around when it comes to love.
18:30So I've been single forever.
18:32People see me as just like a very single person.
18:37I've posted Instagram stories before as a joke saying,
18:40if you fancy me, tell me.
18:42And no one slid into the DMs.
18:47So I am here because I decided that this year
18:50I would manifest finding some love for me.
18:55Nice to meet you.
18:56Nice to meet you too.
18:57You're so vibrant.
18:58I do try, yeah.
18:59What are you doing in your spare time?
19:00I'm a pole dancer.
19:02Are you?
19:02Yes, I am.
19:03I mean, I can touch my toes.
19:05I mean, look.
19:06There you go. You're fine.
19:07I touch my toes.
19:08That's pretty good.
19:09I've got like the eight inch stripper heels.
19:12It feels like I'm like liberating something from within.
19:15But I can see that some people would frown upon it.
19:19If somebody would ever judge me for that,
19:22then they're probably not somebody that I'd want in my life anyway.
19:26So...
19:26Shall I get you a little drink while you're waiting for your date?
19:28What would you like?
19:30Anything elderflower-y.
19:31All right?
19:31Yeah.
19:32Leave it with me.
19:32I'm quite a busy girly and quite an energetic person.
19:35So I wouldn't mind someone...
19:37Someone to balance me out a bit, perhaps.
19:40I definitely am attracted to people who have their own sense of style.
19:44And sometimes if it's a bit quirky, definitely very attractive.
19:48Thank you very much.
19:49Enjoy.
19:50Thanks.
19:51All of the redheads that I've ended up fancying are always just very cool people.
19:55I do edge towards creative people.
19:59I would be down for just some cute, wholesome activities.
20:02I...
20:03Yeah.
20:04I'm quite a keen bird watcher,
20:06which is kind of an interesting one for me to disclose
20:09because it makes me sound a bit like an 80-year-old man.
20:14This is Katie, who's hoping their love life will finally take flight.
20:19I can recognise birds by their sound.
20:21Like, the robin is kind of a bit of a beatboxer,
20:23so that's a good one.
20:25I think people perceive me to be quite unique and bright and vivid.
20:29I get commented on how I kind of look like a CBeebies presenter or something.
20:34But, yeah, I feel quite confident in myself.
20:37I think most people in their mid-twenties are maybe looking for something more casual,
20:42but I'm just looking for that settling down bit, hopefully.
20:47Hey, how are you?
20:48I'm not bad, how are you?
20:50Nice to meet you.
20:50Should I take your jacket?
20:51Yes.
20:53What are you looking for?
20:54Someone fun, someone nice, someone friendly.
20:57Well, I've definitely got that for you.
20:58I really just like someone who...
21:00They know their own mind and they know what they like and what they care about.
21:04I like it if someone has a set of interests and hobbies.
21:08Having an idea of the person through how they present themselves.
21:11Hi.
21:12Hi.
21:13Nice to meet you.
21:14Nice to meet you.
21:14I love your earrings.
21:15Yeah, why not?
21:16My name's Priya.
21:17What's your name?
21:17I'm Katie.
21:18Nice.
21:19Thank you very much.
21:22Wow.
21:25Earrings.
21:26I know, yours are so cool too.
21:27Oh, my God.
21:28Rings?
21:29Check.
21:29Yeah.
21:30Love.
21:30I know yours also.
21:31Also, I love your eyeliner.
21:33Is it red and orange?
21:34Yeah.
21:34It's a cool vibe.
21:35It's a cool vibe.
21:36I've got a very warm face.
21:37Cute.
21:38It's like very friendly, you know?
21:44I'm feeling...
21:44I'm getting the same energy here.
21:48Are you vegetarian?
21:49Yes.
21:50Well, pescatarian, really.
21:51Pescatarian, okay.
21:52Oh, wait.
21:54I got you a little...
21:55Oh, my gosh.
21:56...something.
21:57It was vegan just in case.
21:59Thank you so much.
22:00That's really sweet.
22:02What are your pronouns, though?
22:03She, her.
22:04Okay.
22:04I'm David.
22:05Lovely.
22:05Great.
22:09So, this is gonna...
22:11This can sound really hypocritical.
22:12You're not gonna say a cheesecake.
22:14You're joking.
22:16Sounds really hypocritical.
22:17You're joking.
22:17What's got cheese in?
22:18I do like a cheesecake.
22:20I would eat a cheesecake.
22:20I would eat a tiramisu.
22:21Maybe you do like cheese.
22:22I...
22:24He's very good looking.
22:26I fancied him.
22:27We're a little bit different.
22:29I think maybe...
22:30I don't know if I'm a bit much for him.
22:33Actually, I just don't know at all how he feels about me.
22:37I really, really...
22:39Couldn't tell.
22:40What's your meal deal?
22:41I feel like that's a telling question about a person.
22:44It was, you know what?
22:44M&S.
22:46Their beef and caramelised onion sandwich is my favourite thing in the whole world.
22:50Marks and Spences.
22:52There we go.
22:53There we go.
22:53Sorry.
22:58Hello.
22:59Hey.
23:04What's the damage on this?
23:07What's the damage?
23:11So, would you like to see each other again?
23:13You can go best.
23:15I had a great time.
23:16I would do.
23:17But I think it was like a friend capacity.
23:19I think it's like very personal.
23:20But I just didn't get that kind of, you know, want a girlfriend thing.
23:24I just thought we got on really well.
23:26Yeah.
23:26We got similar kind of personalities in some ways.
23:28Yeah.
23:28I think we'd just be better as mates, I think.
23:30That sort of thing.
23:31That's fine.
23:33Good stuff.
23:35There we are.
23:36There you go.
23:37Great.
23:37You like Marks and Spencers and I like Tesco.
23:39Yeah, there we go.
23:41Maybe it's that.
23:42Big problem.
23:43Maybe it's down to the supermarket.
23:45Okay.
23:46See you later.
23:46Bye.
23:47Lovely to meet you.
23:48Safe journey home.
23:49Bye-bye.
23:53See you later.
23:54Bye.
24:01He couldn't give a valid reason of why.
24:04You know, he's beating around the bush like, what is your reason?
24:07What do you think Breton's saying that he's more Tesco guy and you're more...
24:12Cop-out?
24:13Like, what do you mean?
24:14I literally said one sandwich I liked.
24:17From there.
24:18I'm going to Aldi.
24:20Like...
24:21But that's okay.
24:22Nice meal.
24:24Free.
24:25So there we go.
24:26The joke is on it.
24:30I shouldn't have said that.
24:34What are you doing Merlin?
24:35I don't know.
24:36Look.
24:38You're not called Merlin for nothing, huh?
24:40You're a real musician.
24:41So I heard a rumor about you.
24:45Uh-uh.
24:45That you are actually magic.
24:50Are we about to be serenaded by magic?
24:53If you take out a card.
24:55It could be any one you want.
24:57I'll take that one.
24:59Yeah.
24:59Have a look at it.
25:00Okay.
25:03Five across.
25:04I think so.
25:06But we need to pick the stable ones.
25:09And sign your name.
25:10I'm really big on the card.
25:15If this falls over, it's your fault.
25:17Yeah.
25:19Card here.
25:20It's fine.
25:21If you say stop whenever you like.
25:28Stop.
25:30Ooh!
25:31Oh, no!
25:34And that was my misdirection.
25:39Nothing broke in your...
25:40Oh!
25:41It did.
25:43If you turn over.
25:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:51Oh, my God!
25:54You should do this for a living.
25:55I mean, I should do this for a living.
25:59The hardest part of street performing is drawing in the crowd.
26:03You literally have to stand in a box and talk to no one
26:07for a long period of time, and sometimes no one stops.
26:11But eventually, you get two people stop and watch you,
26:15and then you concentrate on them,
26:16and then you build the edge of the crowd out.
26:19And when you get a really good show on the street,
26:21and you're in that flow state, and you're performing,
26:24and you've stopped people going from where they're going,
26:27and they're watching you, it's the biggest buzz.
26:29It's the biggest buzz in the world.
26:33I'm the complete opposite of how I am on stage to how I am.
26:38And it's like, um, one of my things is, like,
26:42learning to be okay with rejection.
26:46So this was, like, a big thing for me.
26:49I think I'm like Marmite, so I think when you see me,
26:53it's either you like or you don't like.
26:57I'd love to find someone who can get that amazing feeling,
27:00like, where someone feels like you're home.
27:05Do you think I'm hard to read?
27:08I've had harder.
27:10Where did you learn to...
27:16Check your butt purse.
27:17Really? It keeps going.
27:18It keeps going.
27:19Check it.
27:20Have a look.
27:30It's not in there.
27:31That would have been great there.
27:45I'm excited now, because it's spring.
27:47Yeah?
27:48And everything is popping up.
27:49That's right, yeah, yeah.
27:50That means I can start working on my lawn.
27:54I'm a bird watcher.
27:55Oh, you were back.
27:56Oh, my God, that's so cool.
27:57And me hanging out with the 60-year-old men.
28:00I'm, like, a chaotic hobby girly.
28:02What hobby?
28:03I did pottery at the beginning of this year.
28:05Pottery is so cool.
28:05So I'm a pole dancer, mostly.
28:08That's so cool.
28:10When I started, it was more like pole fitness.
28:12Yeah.
28:13And then I got more into the dance side,
28:14because I realised that, like, a lot of the pole fitness studios...
28:17Firstly, I did it because I wanted to dance,
28:18and pole fitness isn't dancing.
28:20Yeah.
28:20This isn't my vibe.
28:22And then I realised that also a lot of the pole fitness studios
28:24are, like, sanitising the roots of pole dancing.
28:27As a South Asian woman,
28:28my family definitely could have disowned me
28:31in terms of the cultural stigma,
28:33but my family are very liberal.
28:36Mum has come to every single one of my performances.
28:40She's been in the front row of all of them.
28:43It's a huge part of my life now,
28:45because there's just a huge community.
28:46I felt like my confidence just increased a lot,
28:49so I felt like I could express my identity a bit more
28:52and a bit more comfortable, like, in my, like, queerness.
28:55And who do you date?
28:56Do you date, like, only non-men or do you date everyone?
28:59Yeah, only non-men.
29:00Cool.
29:00OK.
29:01So I've got my whole gamut.
29:02Oh!
29:03Like...
29:05I feel like I'm ready to let somebody in to my life
29:09in that capacity for the first time,
29:11like, to properly commit,
29:12because I feel, like, yeah,
29:14just very confident in who I am.
29:17This is the first date in two years,
29:19so I haven't really...
29:20Wow.
29:21OK, way to come back.
29:22Like, hello.
29:23I thought that.
29:24Like, dating.
29:27Hiya!
29:30Hiya!
29:31Hiya!
29:32How was it good?
29:32Yeah.
29:33You have really light blue eyes.
29:37This has been real.
29:39Good way.
29:40Mm.
29:41Yeah.
29:42How was it?
29:44I really, really liked him.
29:45I mean, we have a lot in common.
29:47When he first walked in, I thought,
29:49OK, similar vibe.
29:52I think he might have been a little bit hard to read.
29:55Possibly a little bit reserved as well.
30:00Thank God.
30:04So, would you like to see each other again?
30:08Should I go first?
30:10Ladies first.
30:11Oh, yeah.
30:11I'd like to see Clint again.
30:14Same.
30:15Same.
30:15Yeah.
30:15Of course.
30:16Why wouldn't I?
30:20Don't forget your hat.
30:21Your beautiful hat.
30:22Oh, yeah.
30:22Oh, my God.
30:23I couldn't read you, so...
30:25Because you said that you were hard to read.
30:27Yeah.
30:27So, I thought, was that maybe you projecting to me?
30:29Yeah.
30:30I can't read you.
30:31Yeah.
30:31I think maybe it's my thing.
30:33It's a me thing.
30:34OK.
30:35Oh, my God, look at this.
30:36It's like a garden of Eden.
30:37Yeah.
30:38Woo!
30:39You're a cool dude.
30:40Yeah.
30:41And I think you're layered.
30:42Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:43I'm like an onion.
30:44The more you peel, the more it stinks.
30:46But in a good way.
30:46That was good.
30:47And you like my smell.
30:49Yeah.
30:49That was a fair.
30:50Yeah, yeah.
30:51Yeah, I don't stink.
30:51I'm not stinking mouth.
30:52No, no.
30:53It's a good stench.
30:54I'm looking forward to what other kind of magic tricks you've got up your sleeve.
30:59We better find a bar then.
31:00Yeah.
31:01Shall we?
31:02Yeah, I think so.
31:06I think the older you get, the more you are at peace.
31:08The older people come in, you can tell they're comfortable with themselves.
31:13Yeah.
31:13And they're gregarious and they talk to people.
31:16Yeah.
31:16And I'm just like, okay.
31:18Because of what have they got to lose?
31:19What have they got to lose?
31:22This is Chrissie.
31:26I'm naughty.
31:27Yeah, I have.
31:29When it comes to dating, she's not pussy-putting around.
31:34I do what I want to do.
31:35When I want to do it, I don't answer to anybody.
31:39Don't try and tie me down, because it won't work.
31:42Or unless it's in the bedroom.
31:45Everything you dream of.
31:48I just hit the dating apps and I thought, well, there you go.
31:52This is what it's all about.
31:54One guy I met, and he said he had a present for me.
31:56And you can imagine what it was.
31:59When did he get off giving me a vibrator?
32:01I mean, really.
32:06Feels a filthy habit.
32:09How are you?
32:10I'm very well, thank you. How are you?
32:11I'm very good.
32:12Good.
32:13So have you been on a blind date before?
32:15I have never been on a blind date in my life.
32:18I am fiery and feisty and I'm spicy.
32:21But I'm not like that on a first date.
32:24I wouldn't go in like a Rottweiler and terrify somebody
32:27and frighten them off.
32:29Hello.
32:30Hello there.
32:31What would you like to drink, Chrissie?
32:32A Bucks Fizz.
32:33A Bucks Fizz, yeah.
32:34That's OK.
32:36Do you go on many dates?
32:37For the last two years, I have been on lots of dates, actually.
32:40Have you?
32:41I have.
32:42What am I looking for?
32:43Someone that's got their own interests.
32:45Smartly dressed.
32:47Clean.
32:48Then a gentleman holds your coat up for you.
32:51Pays the bill.
32:53I think those things are important.
32:55So you like your independence?
32:56Yes, I do, yes.
32:57Do you want a boyfriend kind of thing?
32:59Yeah.
33:00Basically, yes.
33:01But not one that wants to see me all the time.
33:04Yeah.
33:05Almost like a friend with benefits.
33:06I'll have a squeeze.
33:07A squeeze, yeah.
33:10I want someone that can match me.
33:13A bit cheeky.
33:14Is sex important to you?
33:16Ah, it's a bonus.
33:21God, my daughter's going to watch this.
33:24This is Jan.
33:27Who's looking to add a little spice to his retirement plan.
33:31And it would be lovely to find a lady who can laugh at themselves.
33:39A bit of wicked and naughty sense of humor.
33:42Sly.
33:43A little look at the side to say, yeah, that's really dark.
33:47Et cetera.
33:48Look out, old Mackey is back!
33:51Yeah.
33:52It's incredibly hard to define.
33:56How are you?
33:57I'm good, sir.
33:58How are you?
33:59Good to see you.
33:59Yes, very good.
34:00Thank you very much.
34:01I like your look.
34:02You're really relaxed.
34:03Am I?
34:03When was the last time you went on a first date or a blind date?
34:06Never.
34:07Never.
34:08Never.
34:08I've been single for eight years.
34:11I like independent women.
34:13I don't need anybody.
34:15And I like women who don't need anybody.
34:18But they would like to have someone in their lives.
34:22Hello.
34:23Hello.
34:24Hello.
34:25My name's Jan.
34:26Hello, Jan.
34:27I'm Chrissie.
34:29Chrissie.
34:29Lovely to meet you.
34:30Good afternoon.
34:31Good afternoon.
34:32May I have a G&T?
34:33G&T.
34:34Where have you come from?
34:35North London.
34:37I was from South London.
34:38South London.
34:39Oh, South London.
34:40You know what I mean?
34:41Yeah, South London.
34:42Cheers, Jan.
34:43Cheers.
34:44Nice to meet you.
34:45Love you.
34:46Blue.
34:47Thank you very much.
34:50Hello, Fred.
34:51Can I take you to your table?
34:52Oh, sure.
34:53Shall we go?
34:55I'll take that.
34:56Thank you very much.
34:57What a gentleman.
34:57What a gentleman.
34:58Now, come on.
34:59Stop selling me.
35:00Points scored.
35:01Come on.
35:01Where are we going?
35:03Thank you, Jan.
35:05So, what do you do?
35:07A technical title is a solidarity coordinator,
35:10and it's for a disability arts organisation.
35:12Oh, my God.
35:13Yeah.
35:13I'm disabled.
35:14I just had to have a really dramatic entrance into the world
35:17by being strangled while I was being born.
35:20And, like, so I became disabled because of lack of oxygen.
35:23My mum, she worked for, like, disabled children,
35:26so she knew what my diagnosis was before they even diagnosed me,
35:30because she was like,
35:31this child seems, like, to seem to have cerebral palsy.
35:34And she went to the doctors, and they were like,
35:35they did a scan of my brain, and they were like, yeah.
35:37Yeah.
35:39My mum is a big part of the reason why I'm so confident, like,
35:43within myself and also as a disabled person,
35:46because she never made me feel like it was burdensome or difficult,
35:49and rather that it's the world that's burdensome and difficult
35:52to disabled people for not being set up in the right way.
35:56There was a time, I think, where I was like, you know, insecure,
35:59and I think I just got to a point where I was like,
36:01actually, like, you either like yourself
36:03or you spend, like, what, 80 years feeling a bit rubbish?
36:06Yes.
36:06And it's like, why not?
36:08Why not just be like, I'm great?
36:10I'm disabled and really happy about being disabled,
36:13and I think a lot of people are quite surprised when I say
36:16I wouldn't want to change anything.
36:18I really love the kind of body and the mind that I've ended up in.
36:21Oh, my God, this looks good, your cocktail.
36:23Is it right? Hello.
36:24It matches your vibe as well, I'm not going to lie.
36:26You guys, look, you guys.
36:28Can you say, both of your hair is sensational.
36:30I love your colour as well.
36:31I know, I feel like I'm cheating by complimenting yours.
36:33It's very similar to mine.
36:36I love a redhead, I'm not going to lie.
36:38It's a cool vibe, it's a cool vibe.
36:40And you really pull off the shaved head look as well.
36:46How old are you?
36:48As it's you and we're here, I'm 79.
36:51You're 79?
36:53Yeah.
36:53You're fantastic for 79.
36:55I hope I can last another week.
36:57That sounds fucking old, doesn't it?
37:01I know, I doubt it.
37:02In a couple of weeks, I will be 75 and...
37:06Well, you look bloody amazing too.
37:08Well, thank you.
37:10Probably because I don't drink or smoke.
37:13My late husband, he liked a glass of white wine.
37:15Really?
37:16So I was always the chauffeur.
37:18And have you dated since your husband died?
37:20I have.
37:21I mean, he died 12 years ago.
37:24What did he die of?
37:25We were on holiday in Crete,
37:27celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary.
37:29It's the last day of the holiday,
37:31and he died of a heart attack.
37:33It was all pretty shocking and traumatising, I would say.
37:38He knew me better than I knew me, actually.
37:41You just imagine you're going to be married forever.
37:44You don't imagine to go on holiday with your husband
37:46to celebrate 40 years' wedding anniversary
37:49and come home with just a suitcase of clothes.
37:52Which is awful.
37:54You don't know what you can deal with until it's thrown at you.
37:57It's funny how it slowly dawns on you that you are coping, isn't it?
38:02Because there is no alternative.
38:04No, exactly.
38:05You don't know how strong you're going to be
38:07or how you're going to handle these things
38:08until it happens to you.
38:10But you just deal with it.
38:11You just get on with it and you deal with it.
38:13So that kind of toughened you up.
38:16Do you find it harder because you know what you like now
38:19as opposed to when you're much younger?
38:21I am fussier.
38:22I know what I like.
38:23I know what I don't like.
38:24That's what I mean.
38:25I know what I don't want.
38:26I know what I...
38:27You're kind of formed, aren't you?
38:28Yeah.
38:29I know I'd never want to live with a man again.
38:34Oh, good.
38:35You don't live with a man either.
38:37You got there before me.
38:39Yes.
38:43What are you reading about, Fred?
38:45It's a chronicle of the French Revolution.
38:46A chronicle of the French Revolution.
38:48It's really detailed.
38:49Is that...
38:50Are you going to college again or something, Paul?
38:51I'm not quite sure really what the French Revolution did.
38:54There's a lot of things I'm unsure of,
38:55so I want to make my own mind up.
38:59Well, how...
39:00I mean, how about Brexit?
39:03I mean, I don't...
39:04Brexit divided so many people.
39:06Yeah.
39:06I don't...
39:07I talk about Brexit and politics, religion.
39:11I...
39:11I don't like talking about it.
39:13Fine.
39:22How old are you, by the way?
39:2326.
39:24How old are you?
39:2426.
39:25I had to Google it.
39:27I was like, if I was born in 1998, how old am I?
39:32I thought I was 27 for a second.
39:33I don't know why.
39:37I saw a woodpecker the other day.
39:40Woodpeckers aren't blue.
39:41No.
39:43It was from a distance.
39:44Caught most birds are.
39:49Children.
39:51Children.
39:52Yes.
39:55I have two grown-up sons,
39:57and I have seven grandchildren.
39:59I have no...
40:00I've got three children.
40:01And no...
40:02You haven't got any grand children?
40:04You've got a few people.
40:04They've seen my life, so they can...
40:07So, you're divorced?
40:09Yes.
40:10Oh, you're divorced?
40:11Oh, yes.
40:11Yeah, mum went to the other side of the world.
40:14Without the children?
40:15Yes.
40:16OK.
40:17I was...
40:18I'm not passing any judgment.
40:20Their mother remarried, had another child,
40:24and then one day said,
40:26I'm going to the other side of the world.
40:30It was like that.
40:31Bang.
40:33Bang.
40:34Bang.
40:35Bang.
40:36Bang.
40:38Bang.
40:39Bang.
40:39Bang.
40:41Bang.
40:43Bang.
40:44Bang.
40:44Bang.
40:45Bang.
40:45Bang.
40:58Bang.
41:02course it did you're probably closer to your children now than you ever would have been
41:05last summer there was a wedding in france and my daughter came over to me and she said would you
41:13dance oh how lovely that made your day that made your year made my life yeah made your life when
41:21a daughter comes to ask her dad to dance yes yes that's probably the greatest compliment you can
41:26that's okay how's the journey looking it's uh it's looking like something it's moon and jelly i can
41:36see it it's proper wibbly wobbly in here uh yes um he's very nice do you know he is very
41:51nice and we've
41:53had a laugh but oh you know what i mean hello gorgeous people hi so i have for you wow
42:01that is i know what you're thinking yeah this is actually an representative of the dome of the
42:07building oh am i of course what else would it be lovely lovely the last time i ate jelly was
42:16when
42:16i had norovirus last year so i shouldn't say that sorry are you snogging i think to be fair now
42:25that
42:25i think about it that might be one of the best birthdays that i've had i think it's just rare
42:31to have that many things in common i do definitely feel some flirty vibes both ways i think
42:45should we go dutch yeah let's slush okay would you like to see each other again i'm gonna let
42:55you go first you're gonna make me go first are you yeah i definitely would good because i would
43:01also that's good i feel like it would be insane to not see you again we're like this similar but
43:08also very different which is perfect because you don't make alone i don't know if i talk as fast as
43:13you do but i feel like we're relatively well paced so like we could probably get to like the fifth
43:17date
43:19two dates time exactly it was honestly really one of my best first days ever
43:24i know who asked what a moment yeah that needs to go back
43:32sorry jan that was a mile away that toilet do you think i've done a runner yeah imagine i've had
43:39a
43:40very nice meal have you i've enjoyed i've enjoyed your company enormously oh have you that's really
43:45nice i've enjoyed your company that's good i did ask for a gentleman then when i think fred come to
43:53take
43:53us up to the table he picked my drink up for me i thought that was really nice obviously i'm
43:58getting this so we're not going to go through that thing are you sure well thank you very much i
44:02appreciate my pleasure hello what's up we meet again what's my fortune don't give up i would never give
44:13up nor would i would you like to see each other day would you like me to go first yes
44:20you go first okay
44:21yes that's very kind thank you it's very nice of you i'm not sure is the truth i thought i
44:31thought
44:31we had a lovely date good i thought you were lovely i loved your mind but i'm not sure it
44:38would be any
44:39more than like a friendship i completely agree with the friendship bet do you absolutely well that's
44:47good friends okay french is cool yeah i'm okay with that i'm all right with that good that was
44:54incredibly cheap anyway saying i'm a cheap date
44:59you mentioned friends with benefits uh i don't do a benefit i think we could be very nice friends
45:07i think we could enjoy each other's company yes occasionally yes i think you could and then i
45:14probably find another woman and you'll be weeping we had a lovely time yes i'll smash it
45:25what did you think of prince magic trick i was really impressed by it was you i didn't have one
45:30that i didn't do you need to save that for the next time yeah yeah
45:43you could tell me what is it is in the wood yeah i'll teach you i've been thinking about it
45:48like a lot like obviously i've been paying attention to what you're saying but you were still thinking
45:52about the birds are you flirting uh probably a little bit yeah because you are by the way you've
46:08got smashing legs oh have i yes well thank you when did you see my legs well as soon as
46:13i saw you
46:14really i did you yeah you were sitting there with your legs hanging
46:19you
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