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First Dates 2013 Season 25 Episode 8
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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!
00:23Fred and his team...
00:25This is Captain Fur Potato.
00:27...are matching hopeful singletons.
00:29We're getting married, Merlin.
00:31...in 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 street.
00:40These daters...
00:41He probably thinks I'm having a poo or something.
00:43...are searching...
00:46...for the one.
00:49Did you chase me around the bedroom?
00:50Absolutely.
00:51Get your coat.
00:52I'm in.
00:53For some, stepping into the unknown...
00:57...can 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!
01:11...isn't always easy.
01:13Please tell me you actually last longer than three minutes.
01:18Help me!
01:21In the end...
01:22Hi.
01:23...it comes down to one...
01:25Nice to see you here.
01:26...big question.
01:28Would you guys have to see each other again?
01:31This isn't a total quiz, is it?
01:33This is the First Dates Restaurants.
01:44How are you?
01:46Terrified.
01:47Take a break.
01:48Yeah.
01:49I think every single person...
01:51...that walks into our restaurant...
01:53...is nervous.
01:54You excited?
01:55She's shooting my pants.
01:56You have no idea...
01:58...who that person is.
01:59I'm so nervous.
02:00It's like high-stakes gambling.
02:02Which is kind of exciting...
02:04...and kind of nerve-wracking.
02:06Some of us are more confident than others.
02:08It's fine.
02:09Everything's fine.
02:11You can't give up on love.
02:13You owe it to yourself.
02:15And 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%.
02:31I like to fall in love.
02:33It's just taking its time.
02:35So what's your dating experience so far, then?
02:38I 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.
02:44And I'll be sitting there like...
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.
02:57It 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 you in a bit, OK?
03:11All righty.
03:12Good.
03:12Should 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.
03:48Oh, 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,
03:56a 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.
04:08When 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.
04:14And on, Eva.
04:14Oh, here we go, here we go, here we go.
04:17Here we are.
04:18Hello.
04:18Hiya, nice to meet you.
04:19I'm Jack.
04:20I'm Rochella.
04:21Nice to meet you, Rochella.
04:22Oh, sorry.
04:23How are you?
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.
04:29How can I get you a drink?
04:30Can I get a mojito?
04:32Yeah, of course.
04:32So I should have asked what you were drinking to match up.
04:35I'm on a non-alcoholic beers.
04:37Okay.
04:38Yeah.
04:39I mean, I have, obviously, I'm a bit nervous, so 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.
04:52What's that, darling?
04:52Oh, everyone asks me that straight away, and I don't know how to give an answer, because
04:55it's literally everything, so...
04:57Oh, what about you?
04:57What 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.
05:16All I think is a smile, just making you feel relaxed.
05:19Yeah, it's a lovely smile.
05:20You can't complain.
05:20Yes, we've delivered, right?
05:22Yes, you have.
05:23Are you ready to go to your table?
05:24Yes, sir.
05:25Okay.
05:25All righty.
05:26Happy days.
05:27I love a timid man.
05:29I think it's really cute.
05:31I 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.
05:42I haven't either.
05:43It's got a big-ass ceiling.
05:44Yeah.
05:52This is stable manager Louise.
05:55Having recently turned 60, she'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 dangst, I just used to sit in my horse's stable, and I
06:13think that magnetic connection with animals has always remained with me.
06:17I just need to find a man that loves me as much as my horses do.
06:49Hello, Fred.
06:51When I was walking up and they look very old, you feel like, oh, is that really my date?
06:57You've been doing much dating, or...?
06:59Oh, no, I've been having a break.
07:01Men broke my heart.
07:03Oh, OK.
07:03Hopefully not tonight.
07:04Definitely not tonight.
07:05I think my slogan for life is 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 with nice, kind, generous values.
07:20Shall I get you a little drink?
07:21Oh, yes, please.
07:22Could I have a glass of champagne?
07:24Glass 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 and energy to do stuff and has just got kind of a spirit about
07:36them.
07:37LAUGHTER
07:38Oh, white bow.
07:41Louisa's date is former windsurfing British number one Simon.
07:46He's hoping to ride a new wave of love.
07:49I represent the Great Britain GPR team in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.
07:55The opening ceremony, closing ceremony, was unbelievable.
07:58Just going through the tunnel and then suddenly the cheer, like 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, if not greater, gold medal love.
08:14How 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.
08:18No, because I was at 88 Games.
08:21Were you?
08:21Yeah.
08:22What were you doing?
08:23I mean, surfing is such a cool sport.
08:26So is it difficult to find women being a surfman? Come on.
08:29I was married for a while.
08:31Right.
08:31So I came out of that.
08:33Dating scenes changed quite dramatically.
08:35OK.
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, OK.
08:50Sporty lady, too.
08:51Sporty lady.
08:52I want to find somebody for me.
08:53This equal.
08:54A partner in crime.
08:55A friend.
08:56Someone you can laugh, enjoy life with.
08:59There she is.
09:01Hello.
09:02Hiya.
09:03Nice to meet you.
09:04Nice to meet you.
09:05I'm Louise.
09:06Hi.
09:06Simon.
09:07Thank you, Ali.
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.
09:23It's all right.
09:28I actually haven't looked at the menu because I'm starving.
09:31Yeah, trust.
09:31I was just thinking that.
09:32We've been chatting, but we haven't actually looked at it.
09:35I didn't see that.
09:37No, of course you didn't.
09:38To see the table over there is 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, like, drawn to the steak, but I don't know if I've ever had a steak in my
09:53life before.
09:54I mean, we can start it now.
09:55Okay.
09:55See you as a day.
09:56I'll get one as well.
09:58I'm sliding here if that's all right.
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 change your mind, 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 right here.
10:29Yeah, no.
10:29That's because, basically, a little trauma dump on you right now.
10:33Let's go.
10:34Yeah.
10:34So, basically, I got diagnosed with epilepsy.
10:37When I was 19, I went out with my mates.
10:40I had a pretty heavy sesh.
10:41And 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, I
10:56dropped
10:56to 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.
11:06And 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.
11:19So, 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, like, no, I've just come to terms with it, you know?
11:35Yeah.
11:36And I'm just chilling.
11:37Yeah.
11:38Yeah.
11:39You're a good looking guy.
11:40You'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
11:50that girl for rest of the night.
11:51Knowing she said no.
11:52Like, that'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 is very impressive.
12:03What's this?
12:04So, to start, we have a complimentary, a moose boo.
12:06A moose...
12:07What?
12:07It's a moose.
12:09It's a fancy word for starter.
12:10Cool.
12:11Thank you very much.
12:11Enjoy.
12:12Just eat it in one or...?
12:13Yeah, straight 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.
12:41What are you doing, Merlin?
12:43Toasting.
12:43I'm going to set the whole house on fire.
12:45I'm going to set the place on fire.
12:48It's actually got aphrodisiac in it.
12:49Ooh!
12:50Yeah, so that's exciting, isn't it?
12:52Ooh, that's quite spicy.
12:54Like me.
12:56Gracias, Louise.
12:58Thank you very much, Louise.
13:00Excitement.
13:02How long have you been single?
13:04Way too long, I mean.
13:06Yeah.
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.
13:18Yeah.
13:18So, how old are you?
13:20Er, 58.
13:22Are you?
13:22Yeah.
13:23Oh, God, I'm not older than you.
13:25No.
13:25I am.
13:26I turned 60 last year.
13:28No way.
13:29I know.
13:29I had a real crisis about it as well.
13:32Because it feels so old.
13:34And, like, I just thought I've not met anyone.
13:36And then being single when you were 60 wasn't what I was imagining where my life was going to be.
13:43Yeah.
13:44I thought, sorry, 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, that
14:14I 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.
14:2720 years ago since I was married.
14:30Yeah.
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 because I'd
14:47been on my own for years.
14:49You missed the company, the companionship.
14:52I mean, I'm 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.
15:03Oh, yeah, definitely.
15:04Yeah.
15:04I want this third act of my life to be the most exciting and have a really great time.
15:11And I want to share my life.
15:14Yesterday, Tim.
15:15You're 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?
15:27And I did.
15:27Do you ever do affirmations?
15:29Yeah.
15:29I just do affirmations.
15:30I put this 15-minute affirmation on saying, you are brilliant.
15:34You are confident.
15:35You are special.
15:36You are all these things that by the end of the 15-minute thing, I was like, oh.
15:41I am these things.
15:45I was going to do the exact same.
15:46Yeah.
15:48I have a habit where I have to eat chips in size order and in pairs.
15:54I feel like the smallest or the biggest.
15:57Oh, OK.
15:58But it would be really insufferable to me.
16:01Everyone I've been on a date with is like, when did you get type of nose?
16:04Yeah.
16:05Huh?
16:06What do you mean?
16:08What have your past relationships been like?
16:09So, my ex was four years ago now.
16:12Mm-hmm.
16:13Marriage is really it, to be honest.
16:15Have you had any past relationships then?
16:17I've never had a boyfriend before.
16:19Really?
16:19Yeah.
16:20Oh, man.
16:20I think I missed the, like, fun time for dating and I was thrown into it when it was, like,
16:25awful and shambolic as it is now.
16:28Yeah.
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 and was really, really, really, really shy as a kid.
16:40I remember at school all the comments would be, she doesn't talk to people.
16:45I didn't really have many friends to hang out with, so I would just always go to the library
16:50and 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 I'm like, if anyone's giving me attention, it must be
17:09for 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, rather than they
17:18want to be with me.
17:20I'm always like, yeah, I'm going to throw myself out there, I'm going to date, and then
17:23I'll be out there for, like, a minute, and I don't want to be here anymore.
17:27It's not fun.
17:27It just, like, sucks.
17:30I feel like I'm a very trusting person, so I don't want to just go to someone and be
17:36giving 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 now I'm thinking about it.
17:49Oh, what, you eat it in order?
17:50Yeah, I eat it in order as well.
17:51Oh, you eat your chips first.
17:54Well, I save 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.
18:02Oh, love that.
18:08This is Scott.
18:10Hey.
18:12Costumier to the stars, who 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 heart.
18:29She'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.
18:53How are you?
18:54Not bad. Comment allez-vous?
18:55Very good. Nice 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 sick of?
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.
19:24There's lots about me that I think is great.
19:26I'm quite long, that coat.
19:27No worries.
19:29Thank 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?
19:40To do with my pounds.
19:48I said hello in Albanian.
19:57Scott's magically enchanting date is hot linguist, George.
20:03I'm a bit wild.
20:04I would describe myself as a fire.
20:08You have to be able to handle the heat.
20:11Can 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.
20:20Wow, lacklustre.
20:22Are you excited?
20:23Yeah.
20:24Excited, un peu nerveux.
20:26I come across as very loud and outgoing and out there, and 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?
20:41I've not always felt super, super confident in how I look.
20:45I remember moving to Clapham, and I was like, wow, I actually just look like a potato compared to all
20:49of other these men.
20:50Your date is here.
20:52Oh, my gosh.
20:52Let's do it.
20:53Let'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.
21:00Are you all right?
21:00I'm good, thanks.
21:01How are you, George?
21:02It's 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.
21:10Sorry, what was your name again?
21:11George.
21:11George, sorry.
21:12That'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.
21:24How are you?
21:25I'm good.
21:25I'm good.
21:27I've had a great day, a lovely morning.
21:30Yeah, nice.
21:31Nice.
21:32What do you, like, do for fun?
21:34Like, have you got hobbies?
21:35I love to learn languages.
21:38What ones?
21:40So, I speak English, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Serbian, Albanian, Italian, German.
21:55Did I say German yet?
21:56No.
21:56I know.
22:00Finnish, Hungarian, Hindi, and learning Japanese to go to Japan.
22:07Oh, my gosh.
22:07That's fascinating.
22:08That's so cool.
22:09You're a polyglot.
22:10I think that's the word.
22:11I guess so.
22:12That's so cool.
22:19How'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.
22:25That's all you want in a relationship, really, no?
22:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
22:28He's a really nice guy.
22:29I'm not sure about the chemistry, though.
22:32Like, I 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 to go.
22:45Bye.
22:49Hey, loves, I have a little surprise for you on me.
22:52Got a cheesecake to share.
22:53Thank you so much.
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.
23:03We 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 think she fancied you?
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're scared.
23:31Would you like to see each other again?
23:34I'd say ladies first.
23:36Rock, paper, scissors, yeah.
23:37Fantastic.
23:39Perfect.
23:39Thank you very much.
23:40Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
23:45It's best of three.
23:46Time flies when you're having fun.
23:48Exactly.
23:49Yeah, I'm done.
23:50Yeah?
23:51Yeah.
23:52Yeah, I'm down to see you again.
23:53Yeah?
23:54Yeah.
23:54Happy days.
23:55All right, let's get out of here.
23:57Let's go do-do.
23:58It was all ten-tens around for me.
24:00Yeah.
24:01Yeah.
24:02Have a good evening.
24:03Have a good evening, yeah.
24:03You bounced off 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.
24:12I can't take it back.
24:14See how fancy it?
24:17Yeah, that's him.
24:18Yeah?
24:19All righty.
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.
24:34Yeah.
24:35So you've been that busy, or...?
24:37Oh, yeah, I'm always busy, yeah.
24:39So...
24:39Well, I live on a farm,
24:40so I have horses and stuff.
24:42No, no, 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?
24:51Cool.
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, like that.
25:06Self-taught, and then went to the Games in 88.
25:09That is a big achievement.
25:10Many moon are going out.
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.
25:32I tricked around.
25:33Yeah.
25:34Bullying nearly broke me on a lot of aspects,
25:37but it made me who I am,
25:39and that's something that I am proud of.
25:42What about yourself?
25:43I've always been a bit sporty,
25:45and, like, I've always been horsey, and I like...
25:47I can't even see that.
25:47Yeah, I know.
25:48You've got bigger guns than me.
25:50I can't even say that.
25:54What a popular love of it.
25:56And I have, like, very toned flies from my house, always riding.
26:16It's great chemistry.
26:18The eye connection.
26:19They ends 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.
26:26Corsa.
26:27I think it's going to go well.
26:28I don't know why.
26:29Yeah.
26:30You've got nice eyes.
26:31Did you?
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 that in school?
26:56No, mate.
26:57I'm in Essex.
26:58Ah, OK.
26:59Not, like, glamour Essex.
27:01I'm from, like, slightly backwards, homophobic kind of Essex.
27:08Being gay where I'm from really wasn't great.
27:12It's a little town and it's a retirement destination, so there's some older values which are not
27:18the fun kind of older values.
27:21Little anecdote.
27:22I wore, like, a soft grey-pink jumper and the F-slur got yelled at me from across the street.
27:30As much as you like to think you're rock solid, it 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 God.
27:52Yeah.
27:53I do drag.
27:55Well, that's like my side career kind of thing.
28:00I suppose as Scott, I 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 and you tie the strings on that corset,
28:10it transforms you in a way that you feel stronger.
28:14What is your, what's your drag name?
28:16Castahex.
28:17Castahex.
28:18Oh, my gosh.
28:19So you'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, a bit of ambition.
28:39Yeah.
28:40I find ambition quite sexy.
28:42Cheers 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?
28:5311 times?
28:54Cars, boats, planes.
28:56Gosh.
28:56I've done stupid things.
28:59Have you?
28:59Yeah.
29:00Surfed on top of a roof, holding onto a board strap, doing 70 mile an hour on one of those
29:05buses.
29:06Dopamine jumping.
29:06Well, I thought windsurfing was on the sea.
29:09Yeah, we have to get to events.
29:12Oh my God, you sound like James Bond.
29:15I haven't had a date like that with anyone, not 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.
29:29As a chance of having a second date, on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd hope it'd be a
29:349-10.
29:35I'm hoping I read the room right.
29:40Do you like to see the two again?
29:42I'll let the lady go first.
29:46I've had the best date, and I did.
29:49And I don't think I've met anyone as warm and interesting as you for a really long time.
29:56I felt really safe and, like, in a really good space with you.
30:01Yeah.
30:02I'm going to do a selfie with you.
30:03Come here.
30:05We can go 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 a friend, and then see how it goes.
30:15Let's do that.
30:17Let's see each other as friends and see where it goes.
30:22I like the way that you dress, the carry of the self, the hair, the way that you look after
30:26yourself.
30:27Oh, thanks.
30:29You won't think so when I'm covered in mud.
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.
30:55Let'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.
31:03Do 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 for now?
31:25You know, there's going to be somebody out there.
31:27How are you?
31:28I'm good, thank you.
31:29How are you?
31:29I'm very well.
31:30You've got some interesting necklaces going on here.
31:33So, yes, I've got rose quartz.
31:35So that's the crystal of luck.
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.
31:47I'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 funjabi,
32:13whatever you want to call it.
32:15Yeah.
32:17I grew up in the East End, watching Only Fools and Horses.
32:21It's my happy place.
32:22What's your favourite dead boy quote?
32:24I love all of them, you know, like, lovely, jubbly, cushy.
32:27Moins too, Moins too, 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,
32:41and 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,
32:52so you're at the game for so long.
32:55I think I've got a pretty established situation now,
32:58and I think I'm a pretty decent version of myself
33:01that I 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.
33:20A little bit of a day here.
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.
33:31Thank 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've got more nervous meeting Fred.
33:46Hello.
33:47How are you guys?
33:48I'm good.
33:49I'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've seen me go to...
33:54Can you sing and dance for me then as well?
33:55Oh, wow.
33:56We'll do it together.
33:57I'll follow you.
33:58Let's do it.
33:59What's your normal go-to song?
34:01Strumming my pain with his fingers.
34:04One time.
34:05Yes!
34:06Yes!
34:10Why, why, why does Laila...
34:13Oh, sorry.
34:14Hello, are you okay?
34:16When I was studying abroad,
34:17I met loads of people from this,
34:19like, the Balkan region.
34:20Okay, okay.
34:20And I got really, really into
34:23the pop music from this region.
34:24Okay.
34:25It's like a mixture of, like,
34:27Middle Eastern rhythms,
34:27like, 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
34:36when we were young.
34:37I love that.
34:38But I haven't asked you
34:39what 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,
34:46that's...
34:47Is that your, like,
34:47the problem sign for you?
34:49Oh, you always struggle with an Aries.
34:50For me, it's Gemini.
34:54That's my...
34:54There has been some...
34:55Some two-faced bitches.
34:57Some pretty interesting Gemini men
35:00in my life.
35:02Okay.
35:02Not being clear about their feelings
35:04or, like, just being a bit weird.
35:07Just bad vibes.
35:09In a group of friends,
35:11there was a boy.
35:12There was chemistry.
35:15I really wanted the excitement,
35:17like, the things that you see in films,
35:19this, like, budding romance.
35:21And I was like,
35:21oh, my gosh, this is what it's like.
35:23This is what it's like,
35:24and it feels amazing.
35:26He kept sort of, like,
35:28giving me just enough,
35:30and then someone else came on the scene,
35:33and then he started paying them
35:34a bit more attention.
35:37I'm so over that.
35:38Like, game-playing.
35:40It's not...
35:41Yeah.
35:43We were out ice skating,
35:46and it's really romantic.
35:48There's loads of, like, fairy lights and stuff,
35:50and they were, like, skating together,
35:54having their film moment.
36:01No, can I please not cry on TV
36:02because that is so crazy.
36:08They're gonna laugh at me.
36:09Oh, my God.
36:12Like, the phrase,
36:13men are trash
36:13is that for a reason, isn't it?
36:17Yeah.
36:19I've shut myself off,
36:21and I think now
36:24I'm ready to sort of
36:25open myself up again
36:26and put myself out there.
36:30How do you say men are trash
36:32in Serbian?
36:38That gave me, um, like,
36:41Eastern 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,
36:59so I don't know how to make it sound
37:01any more interesting
37:01without you falling in your coffee,
37:03you know?
37:04Gosh, about me, then.
37:05I've had the corporate side of things.
37:07Um, but I'm also a part-time DJ.
37:11You're not, really?
37:12HE LAUGHS
37:13We just took a left turn somewhere here.
37:14HE LAUGHS
37:15How did you navigate there?
37:17What's that two ends of the spectrum?
37:18Right?
37:19So I'm 54 now.
37:21When I was 37,
37:22I had a heart attack.
37:23Oh, damn.
37:25I'd gone to bed
37:26and then all of a sudden
37:27I felt like an ache in my head.
37:31I felt this wave of heat
37:33rush all the way through me as well.
37:35And I was thinking,
37:35this doesn't feel right.
37:37So I went to the hospital.
37:39My left artery was 100% blocked.
37:42They couldn't believe that I'd survived.
37:47For me, it's like
37:49homing in on a silver lining
37:51rather than focusing on that
37:53cloud.
37:54I'll get you.
37:55Yeah, yeah.
37:56For me, that was my second chance
37:58at life.
38:00I went through a huge healing journey.
38:02I then learnt to re-love
38:05myself again.
38:07If you've come through anything,
38:09you'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.
38:18So, yeah, it's, um,
38:21I've got quite, sort of,
38:22a few facets to me,
38:24if that makes sense.
38:25Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:26So, what genre?
38:26Any music or...?
38:2880s, but the, kind of, like,
38:30the disco 80s,
38:31if that makes sense.
38:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
38:32You know, I love having a good time.
38:35If there was some, sort of, like,
38:36soul Motown disco
38:37that was happening down the road,
38:38you know, I'll be there.
38:40Surely.
38:41That's not me.
38:45I know what I like,
38:46and if I go,
38:46if I'm in a venue where
38:47I'm not feeling that music,
38:48I'm not, yeah,
38:50not me.
38:50I like it.
38:59That's feeling nice.
39:00Oh, 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.
39:09Ba-boo.
39:10Thank you so much.
39:11No trouble.
39:11It's good.
39:12How's everything going
39:13with the food dishes?
39:14I'm struggling with this.
39:15It just feels really chewy,
39:16and it was not really warm.
39:20I'm only eating
39:21because I'm hungry.
39:21So, I can swap it for...
39:24Maybe a small piece of chicken
39:25or something.
39:26Absolutely.
39:28Thanks.
39:29The problem is,
39:29it came cold,
39:30but again,
39:31I've got to eat it.
39:32I'm starving.
39:35Chef.
39:36Can I please have one
39:37like Korean fried chicken starter?
39:38Thank you so much.
39:42So, what?
39:43What is it that you look for?
39:45I'm trying to get
39:47into a relationship now.
39:48I'm a romantic, right?
39:49So, I really want
39:50to be settled down.
39:52You're an Aries,
39:53then, aren't you?
39:53Yeah, I am.
39:54Fire sign, yeah.
39:55Okay.
39:55I'm more guarded.
39:56I'm not going to be,
39:58oh, please marry me like that.
40:00It's very, I'm going to be more...
40:03Do you clothe yourself
40:04as a slow burner, then?
40:05I wasn't used to be like that,
40:06but I'm more conscious
40:07that I am now.
40:09Growing up,
40:10watching Bollywood romance,
40:12those type of movies
40:13growing up,
40:14and how they kind of
40:15woo the lady there,
40:17that never goes away.
40:20How's the chicken?
40:21Much better.
40:23You do eat chilis as well, then?
40:25My tolerance is not as good.
40:27I want someone
40:28who's not given up on life.
40:29Like, I'm 50,
40:30and I don't feel 50.
40:32I need someone
40:33who has the energy,
40:34someone who can do
40:35a bit of banter with me.
40:36For me, it's like,
40:37the flavor.
40:38After that,
40:38you're just eating
40:39hot stuff with no flavor.
40:41And then,
40:42if I haven't put
40:43any toilet roll
40:43in the freezer
40:44the next day,
40:44I'm finished.
40:47You know what I mean?
40:47I'm doing handstands
40:48in the shower.
40:52I would cheers you,
40:53but in the Balkans,
40:55it's unlucky to cheers
40:56with an empty glass.
40:58Like, it's bad luck
40:58to give a purse
40:59without a coin in it.
41:00You can't step over
41:02someone's legs,
41:03or, like,
41:03you can't, like,
41:04you can't sit, like,
41:05naked on the bathroom floor,
41:06or you can't have, like,
41:07one of these, like,
41:09wild superstitions.
41:10I love it.
41:10And, like, the ladder thing,
41:12don'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 gonna believe this?
41:24So, a new opportunity
41:26will present itself.
41:28Be ready to seize it.
41:30Mine says...
41:33A love story
41:34is about to begin.
41:35Shut up!
41:41I think it went okay.
41:43I think.
41:44I'm not 100% sure yet.
41:49However,
41:50when I opened
41:50my fortune cookie,
41:52I couldn't believe
41:52what it said.
41:53And then when his said
41:54a love story
41:54is about to begin,
41:56I very much believe
41:58in, kind of, like,
41:58messages from the universe
42:00and I'm, like, thinking,
42:02well, maybe I shouldn't
42:03really completely write it off.
42:05How's it going?
42:06Are you okay?
42:07How would you like to pee?
42:08Would you like to split
42:08or pee in full?
42:09I'll pick.
42:09I'll split.
42:10I'll pick.
42:11He's a gentleman.
42:12It's all right.
42:13He is very much,
42:14so thank you very much.
42:15Trash.
42:19Yo!
42:25Would you guys like to see
42:26each other again?
42:27I'm going to say
42:28I've met a fantastic human being
42:30and a fantastic,
42:31inspiring story,
42:32but romantically,
42:34I can't see
42:36seeing you
42:37as a romantic,
42:38ongoing situation
42:39for me.
42:40I completely agree
42:42with what you're saying
42:43about the romantic spark
42:45not initially being there.
42:47However,
42:49I was willing
42:50to go on a second date
42:51just to see
42:53outside of all of this,
42:55just to see
42:56if there was
42:57something untapped here.
42:59I just feel like
43:00you would run towards karaoke
43:01and that kind of music
43:02and I'm not really,
43:03that's not my go-to.
43:05It is what it is,
43:06but do you know what?
43:07It's been a really lovely evening.
43:08Oh, yeah, what I want.
43:10No, thank you as well.
43:12All the best.
43:12All right.
43:14See you later.
43:14Bye.
43:15Is there a karaoke song
43:17you can think of
43:18that describes this?
43:19I will survive.
43:21Hey, hey!
43:30Look at that.
43:30Woo-hoo!
43:32Look at the colour.
43:33Cheers.
43:37A bit of ice,
43:38just so you can get me.
43:39That's the worst,
43:40isn't it?
43:40Choking a bunch of ice blocks.
43:42Just like the end of Titanic.
43:45I've never seen Titanic.
43:48That's...
43:49That...
43:51I don't understand.
43:53I don't know.
43:53I don't know why.
43:54I've never seen it.
43:55I just have.
43:56Do you know how many drag queens
43:57have performed
43:58that terrible,
43:59off-key,
44:00like,
44:00recorded version
44:01of My Heart Will Go On?
44:02I love that.
44:02Do you know how many people
44:03have done that bloody...
44:04I love that.
44:05Stupid recorders.
44:06So funny.
44:08Oh, I've had fun.
44:09It's all great.
44:10100%.
44:11Great times.
44:11It helps that you have
44:12great eyes.
44:13Thank you so much.
44:15They're very expressive.
44:16Could be in silent movies.
44:18Maybe I was in a parcel.
44:25Would you like to see something again?
44:26Yeah.
44:27Yeah.
44:29I mean,
44:30if it works, it works.
44:31Yeah.
44:32Five to five.
44:32Yeah.
44:33It was fun.
44:33I had a lot of fun.
44:35How do you want to handle this?
44:37I don't mind getting this one.
44:39That's very kind of you.
44:40It's all good.
44:40It's all good.
44:41It's been five years or so
44:44since I've been on a date
44:46with somebody,
44:47I think, sort of.
44:48That's wild.
44:48I was super nervous.
44:50I was really, like,
44:52quite scared
44:53to put myself out there.
44:55And thank you
44:56for creating, like,
44:57a wonderful space
44:58and making me feel, like,
44:59really 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,
45:05which is very important to me.
45:06I'm glad.
45:07So, genuinely,
45:08I really appreciate that.
45:09You're really welcome.
45:10Thanks.
45:13Now would probably be
45:14a good little time
45:15for a quick picky.
45:16Yes.
45:18Queue that up.
45:24I don't hate that.
45:25I 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
45:45where of the next day
45:46it's going to be already.
45:47Where?
45:48This little, like,
45:49cake shop in London.
45:51I love a cake.
45:53That's a power of love.
45:59Tough and diamonds.
46:01Rich like cream.
46:03I definitely would like
46:04to take your horse riding.
46:06I'd like to take a horse riding.
46:08Definitely.
46:09Well, you'd be a pony
46:10for me to start off with.
46:12I've got a Shetland.
46:13Don't need money.
46:17Don't take fame.
46:19Don't need a credit card.
46:21Don't need a credit card.
46:22Stop with you.
46:24Bye-bye.
46:53You
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