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With all these dating apps,
it doesn't seem real.

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It's almost like a card game.

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It's like you're just
collecting people.

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I've just been swiping
and nothing.

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There's just nothing.

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In the heart of Britain's most
romantic city...

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Ooh-la-la!

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..Fred and his team...
CHAMPAGNE POPS

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..are matching hopeful singletons

10
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in a place where love is always on
the menu.

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Squirting everywhere.

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Mine always get stuck on my
boob shelf.

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These daters...

14
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How old are you?

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Old enough for you.
SHE LAUGHS

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..are searching for the one...

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Oh, my God!

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..in the real world.

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# O sole mio! #

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Oh, I grazed my knee this
morning...

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..falling for you.Oh, my God!
HE LAUGHS

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For some, stepping into the
unknown...

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How are you with your technology?

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Rubbish. I'm a dinosaur.

25
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Oh! Thank goodness.

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If I want to get in contact
with you, I have to WhatsApp you.

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Don't get too ahead of yourself.

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..can lead to surprising sparks.

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Are you blushing?
I don't know what's going on.

30
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But finding a connection...

31
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What's the dynamic here?

32
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..isn't always easy.

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How big is yours?

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My husband is at the bar.

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Would you like to meet him?

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GASPS, GLASS SHATTERS
Oh, shoot!

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Help me!

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In the end... Eh, eh, mate!

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..it comes down to one...

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Hello. Hello.

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..big...
This isn't awkward.

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..question.

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Do you guys want to see each other
again?

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SHE CHUCKLES

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This is The First Dates Restaurant.

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That is funky. Wow-wee!
He's come to find love, hasn't he?

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Very good. What an entrance.

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You never know who's
going to come through that door.

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Hi.

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Confident. Yes.

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I like that.

52
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It's not just about how people look.

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Oh, my God.
HE LAUGHS

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You've got to have that confidence
within yourself.

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What do you think?
Are you happy with what you see?

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I'm not even fussed, don't worry.

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I honestly don't care.

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Beautiful.

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Meet Leah,

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a recruitment manager who's hoping
that when it comes

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to love, the only way is up.

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It has been a stereotype.

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Essex girls dancing around in
white shoes

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and their white handbag.

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But not a lot of Essex girls are
like that.

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I've had my own businesses,
run restaurants.

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Thank you.

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I hold my own.

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So don't judge a book by its cover.

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I'm very independent.

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I don't need anybody.

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I want somebody.

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NERVOUS CHUCKLE
How are you?

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I'm good. How are you?

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You look so glamorous.
Thank you.

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What's been happening?

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I'm getting older.
I want to meet the one that

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I can introduce my children to.

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Right.
So I'm taking it nice and slowly.

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What a brilliant place to be.
Yes.

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Come with me.
Thank you.

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Here, take a seat here. Leah.

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Lovely.
Thank you, Fred. Hiya.

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Hi, Merlin. How are you?
I'm very good. How are you?

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Good, thank you.

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Tell me about yourself,
then. What are you like?

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I've been brought up in
a really old-fashioned family.

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My parents were together when they
was 14,

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and I still believe in really
old-fashioned love.

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And you've yet to find it.
And I'm yet to find it.

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So we need to find you a nice guy.
Absolutely.

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But I fall in love with
personality.

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Kind, confident, gentleman.
Old-fashioned chivalry.

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It's a dying breed to find a man
with those qualities now.

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Is it Leah? Yes. Oh, hi,
I'm Aoife. Nice to meet you.

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I am part of the Wright family.

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We've appeared on The Only Way
as Essex.

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Do the family know you were here?

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My mum knows I'm here.
Yeah? OK, love.

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She said to me, it would be so good
if this works out.

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Yeah.
Really, really wants it to happen.

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Of course. We all do.
LEAH CHUCKLES

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Look-wise, I don't have a type,
but I do have a height thing.

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Oh, what have I done?

105
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I don't like a metrosexual.

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Has to be a bloke's bloke.

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Like, a guy who... "Shit, shower
and shave, let's go."

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SHE LAUGHS

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Hiya. You all right? I'm good.

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This is ex-bouncer Adam,

111
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who's ready to open the door
to love.

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I'm a complete contradiction.

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I used to work as a doorman.

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I'd be the one who went in
and sorted the trouble.

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But then at the same time,

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I could be baking my daughter's
birthday cake the next day.

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Are you a hopeless romantic?

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Yeah, I do love a bit of romance.

119
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Some of my favourite films are
like proper love stories,

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like City of Angels
with Nicolas Cage.

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Nice to meet you. And you. You all
right? Tell you one thing,

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I wouldn't have liked
to meet you at Agincourt.
THEY LAUGH

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It would have been bad news for me.

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Oh, my god he's huge.

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I like a woman who looks after
herself.

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With pretty eyes and a nice smile.

127
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Have you been doing much dating?

128
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No, not really.

129
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I spend a lot of time
with my kids and stuff like that.

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Your date is at the bar.
OK.

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Can you see past my shoulder?
Yeah, yeah.

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Oh, my God.
Would you like to meet her?

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Yeah, go on.
There you go. Let's go over.

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Thank you very much.
Enjoy.

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Hello. Hi, you all right?

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I'm Leah. Nice to meet you.
I'm Adam.

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Adam, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. You OK?

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You well? Yes, I'm well.

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I'm from Essex. All right.

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Where yous from?Runcorn.
SHE LAUGHS

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That's a bit far apart.
That is a bit. Yeah, Jesus.

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Four hours, like.
Oh, God!

143
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What are you drinking? I'm drinking
an old-fashioned margarita.

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Oh, are you? Yes. Right, OK.

145
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Very, very strong. Yeah.

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A bit like yourself.
THEY LAUGH

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What can we get you?
Can I have a French martini?

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Yeah, you can. Thank you.

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You look lovely. Thank you.

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Yeah.

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When you're on a date, you're trying
to work out if someone

152
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actually feels the same way as you
do about them.

153
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How do you read the signals?

154
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Well, it's also about confidence.

155
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You've got to go for it.
Let's say I fancy you.

156
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I want to make sure that you know.

157
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I don't have that problem.
I've never had that problem.

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You want to know what's going on
and what I'm thinking, right?

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Yes, yeah.
HE LAUGHS

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# Everybody's doing a brand-new
dance now

161
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Train conductor Violet is hoping
to find

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a fellow passenger
to journey through life with.

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# I know you'll get to like it if
you give it a chance now. #

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Welcome aboard the Love Express,

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calling at a romantic dinner for
two

166
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and also a goodnight kiss.

167
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Welcome aboard!
SHE LAUGHS

168
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Welcome, Violet.
Thank you.

169
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Are you excited to be here?
Yeah, excited.

170
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When was the last time you were on
a date?

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This is actually
the longest I've been single,

172
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because I tend to rush
into relationships.

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In the past, when it comes to being
in relationships,

174
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I have been a very fast,
express track to romance.

175
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Shall I take your jacket?
Oh, yes, thank you.

176
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But this time,
I just want a nice coastal journey,

177
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just getting to know the person
properly

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without rushing into anything.

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Welcome. What would you like?

180
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Can I get a Mai Tai?

181
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Yes, you can.

182
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How are you feeling about all
of this?

183
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Um, a bit nervous,
cause it's just the unknown.

184
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What have you dreamed might happen?

185
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Oh, someone I've ghosted.
SHE LAUGHS

186
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Seriously?
Yeah, that would...

187
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Was that your biggest fear?
Yeah, I think that.

188
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You just saved them in your contacts
as do not answer.

189
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No, block and delete. Ignore!

190
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I tend to date people

191
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and then kind of just continue
for the sake of it,

192
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or I try and make them end it
with me.

193
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So I'm trying to break
out of these toxic habits.

194
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Who are you looking for?

195
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Someone fun, adventurous,
and a good sense of humour.

196
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And a good sense of humour,
of course. Yeah.

197
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I do love tattoos, piercings.

198
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I do love the creative kind of
look.

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They have their own individual sense
of style.

200
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No, it's good.
No, it's horrible, innit?

201
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It's good, it's good!
HE LAUGHS

202
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I like the colour,
it's like the ocean.

203
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Yeah.

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And I'm a bit of a mermaid,
so... Are you? ..it goes well.

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E.T.
by Katy Perry

206
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Ready to make a splash is
37-year-old Reya,

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who wants to find
an equally adventurous companion.

208
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I love swimming in the ocean.
I like to go and explore.

209
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In the ocean,
thoughts just were set free.

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I'm a lot older than I look
and act.
SHE LAUGHS

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Hello!
SHE CHUCKLES

212
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How are you?
Hi, I'm very well.

213
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I'm here to dive in
and see what happens.

214
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I need adventure in my life
because I get bored easy.

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Shall I take your jacket?

216
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Yes, please. Thank you.

217
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You like bright colours.

218
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I do. I'm a colourful person, Fred.

219
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So my type,

220
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I like 'em any height,
curvy and voluptuous.

221
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That would definitely feed my eyes.

222
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Give me fire that pours on the
rain.

223
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Give me someone that
I definitely want to see again.

224
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Here we are.
Hello!

225
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Hi, how are you? Nice to meet you.

226
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I'm Reya. I'm Violet.

227
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Nice to meet you.
Hi, Violet.

228
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I wouldn't do well with
a boring girl.

229
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I would get bored.

230
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It's a nice name.

231
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Thank you.

232
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And my favourite colour's
actually purple.

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Close enough.
THEY LAUGH

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I will tell you a little secret.
Go on.

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When I go to the beach,
something happens to my legs.

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When I go in the water.

237
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She swims.
THEY LAUGH

238
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What happens? What, you swim?

239
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Come on, legs, water,
something happens to them.

240
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I'm trying not to have any
judgement right now.

241
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Wo-o-o-o-w!

242
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You better say something amazing.

243
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You turn into a mermaid or
something like that.

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Thank you.
Where was that ten minutes ago?

245
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Let's ask some basics, like.

246
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I don't even want to ask your age.
OK, I'll ask your...

247
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Oh, you don't want to ask my
age? Well, I do... Try!

248
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I don't... I want to ask it
in...a subtle way.

249
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So let's say kind of,
like, TV show kind of eras.

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Oh, OK. Yeah.

251
00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,080
So my thing would be,
like, Keenan And Kel.

252
00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,960
THEY LAUGH
That's the one.

253
00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,480
Ladies, I am so sorry.

254
00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:09,840
A couple of guests have complained

255
00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,400
that there's too much noise at
the bar.

256
00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,400
Oh. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

257
00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,320
I'm only kidding! Ohh!

258
00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,120
Don't say that, cos then we could
get louder.

259
00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,000
I felt so bad. I was just like,
"Oh, crap."

260
00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:21,200
Are you ready to go to your table?

261
00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,920
I think so. Yeah. I actually forgot
we were going to eat.

262
00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,080
I am hungry.

263
00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,760
How long have you been single?

264
00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,440
Maybe a year and a half.
It was, like,

265
00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:30,760
quite a hard thing to accept

266
00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,160
because we parent so well together.

267
00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,840
Mm-hm. But we realised that we just
couldn't deliver

268
00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,840
for each other.
What about yourself?

269
00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,640
Uh...
THEY LAUGH

270
00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:45,520
Erm, so...

271
00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,000
For me, um, he was very abusive.

272
00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,080
I fell head over heels in love
with this man.

273
00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,720
I thought he was wonderful.
And then it changed.

274
00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,760
I mean, sometimes he'd call me
175 times a day

275
00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,840
just to check where I was.

276
00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,520
Any money I had,

277
00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,800
he wanted control of it.

278
00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,400
It wasn't just the financial abuse.

279
00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,720
You know, being called thick,
"You've put on weight,

280
00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,240
"you're stupid," that hurt more.

281
00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,040
I was such a confident person

282
00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:25,440
that I don't think...I ever
recognised myself for

283
00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,000
a long, long time.

284
00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,800
Sorry.

285
00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,480
For me, we don't have any
relationship whatsoever.

286
00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,240
There's still that trauma

287
00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:40,080
of what happened in my life
with him before.

288
00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,280
Yeah, of course. Of course.

289
00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:47,600
I've wasted so much
of my life loving the wrong person,

290
00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,280
that now, if I can love the
wrong one,

291
00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,520
I can love the right one.
SHE LAUGHS

292
00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:54,720
I'm ready to be with someone now.
Yeah.

293
00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:56,000
Obviously, there are always

294
00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,800
going to be that niggling in my
back, is this too good to be true?

295
00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,400
Yeah, yeah. You know?
Yeah.

296
00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:04,000
But I always have this saying that
you take care of me,

297
00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:05,400
I take care of you. Yeah.

298
00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,160
That's most probably why they've
ended up sitting us together.

299
00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,560
Right, you're gonna have to
excuse me,

300
00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,360
cos I do need to go to the
toilet. No worries.

301
00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,800
Do you mind?
It'd be weird if I did.
THEY LAUGH

302
00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:23,720
Hi. Well, I got what I asked for,
that's for sure!

303
00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,640
He's lovely.

304
00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:28,680
Like, huge.

305
00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,800
But, there's a but.

306
00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:35,160
He's from up north,
like, miles away.

307
00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,680
I'm thinking, how the hell are we
going to make that work?

308
00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,080
You've got a bum bag like me.

309
00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:52,320
Yay! Bum bag..high five.
Wait, what else are they called?

310
00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,720
Fanny packs. Oh... I didn't want to
say it!

311
00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,760
I was going to do this all day.
Grow up.

312
00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,360
Grow up? Uh-uh... OK. Damn.

313
00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,080
Talking about it, tell me
about your family.

314
00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,280
Do you have siblings?

315
00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,560
Um, yeah. So I've got one brother.
OK. And I grew up, basically,

316
00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,240
it was just me and my mum
and my brother.

317
00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,120
It was hard with my mum,
like, coming out.

318
00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,760
She was quite cultural. Yeah. And
very religious.

319
00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:24,200
At the time, I didn't know anyone,
so I felt like

320
00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,080
I was going through
an internal battle by myself,

321
00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,920
like, "Oh, but is this right? Is
this wrong?

322
00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:31,240
"I don't know what I want."

323
00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:32,920
If I was to dress a bit more
tomboyish,

324
00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,000
then she'd be like, "Oh, you look
like a boy."

325
00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,400
Blah, blah, blah. OK.
It's those kind of things.

326
00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,600
That was something I had to work
through. Is it just that?

327
00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,000
Is it just your sexuality that

328
00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,760
becomes the barrier between you?
Yeah, yeah.

329
00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:47,680
It was very difficult.

330
00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,000
I did go through really bad
depression

331
00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,200
and you do feel quite lonely.

332
00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,240
It's very easy to be like, "Oh,
how could she think like that?"

333
00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,680
But it's just like, no, you need to
actually think...

334
00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,280
..look at her background.
And she grew up in Africa.

335
00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,800
In Uganda, homosexuality is
illegal,

336
00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,920
which is why I don't want to be
so judgemental of her.

337
00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,920
At the moment, we're just...we're
talking.

338
00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,920
Talking about it honestly helped a
lot dealing with these emotions.

339
00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,160
Now I'm happy and proud how I am,
so, yeah.

340
00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,240
Have you done a blind date before?
No! I know, right?

341
00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:23,760
But you don't know who to expect.

342
00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,440
Coming today was a brave thing
to do.

343
00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,760
And I know that because I did it,
too.

344
00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:28,800
So this is a gift.

345
00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,320
And it includes

346
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,720
special crystals on there that are
for love.

347
00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,680
And I want to give it
to you today for self-love

348
00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:39,680
because it's a brave thing
for you to do today.

349
00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:44,360
So there's a gift for you that I
made with my mummy. Thank you.

350
00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,960
That's really sweet. Can I wear it
now? Go for it.

351
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,200
I will wear it, though. Thank you.

352
00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,360
Hiya!

353
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,160
That was so... Can I do that again,
please?

354
00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:05,960
I'm so sorry... PRODUCER: Hiya!

355
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000
Make-up artist Morgan's love life
needs a makeover.

356
00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,520
She's after an all-natural romance.

357
00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,000
I'm the joker of the family.

358
00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,800
You can hear me from a mile away.
Normally it's my stick or my mouth.

359
00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,960
You are a girl on a mission. Oh,
everyone says that.

360
00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,040
So what brings you here?

361
00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:27,400
A date. A date?

362
00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,480
So what has it been like for you
dating?

363
00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,720
Difficult. Has it? Hard, yeah.

364
00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,720
I've been on a couple of dates
and it never worked out.

365
00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:40,120
So I want to meet someone who's
going to like me for me.

366
00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,040
Anything in particular you're
looking for?

367
00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,720
Good personality. Right.

368
00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:49,040
Can have a laugh and can chit-chat.
Chit-chat is important?

369
00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,560
Yeah. I don't like silence.
Shall I take you to the table?

370
00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,400
Oh, thank you. Come with me.

371
00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,960
I find dating apps really difficult
because I've just been ghosted.

372
00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,840
Let me get you the menu. Thank you.

373
00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,640
I was like, "OK, you do you." But,
like,

374
00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,560
you're not coming back because I'm
not

375
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,400
someone's second option, second
best.

376
00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,200
I just want to spend time with
someone

377
00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,000
and maybe get married and have kids
one day.

378
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,480
Just waiting for my date.
I'm so nervous.

379
00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,920
Honestly, Jess. Like, you wouldn't
know how nervous I am.

380
00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,920
First-timer Jake is hoping beginners
luck can bag him

381
00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,280
a perfect partner.

382
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,560
I would like to get married
and having a house

383
00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,520
and children and whatnot.
But I've never kissed a girl.

384
00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,560
It would be hard to know, you know,
am I even doing it right?

385
00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,120
I can quite confidently say no
experience at all.

386
00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,840
Hello. Are you OK, Jake?
How are you feeling today?

387
00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:51,480
Nervous, but excited. Yeah?

388
00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,440
Just wanting to do something
to build the confidence.

389
00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,280
It'd be nice to meet someone as
well out of it.

390
00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,320
What a great thing to do. Yes,
ready. Come with me.

391
00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,520
I've never had relationships
before.
I like someone calm, positive...

392
00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,800
Please be me, please be me, please
be me.

393
00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,200
..you know, who's friendly.

394
00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,080
Hiya. Hi, there. Nice to meet you.
I'm sorry, wrong way.

395
00:17:11,120 --> 00:17:13,440
Nice to meet you. Hi. Nice to
meet you. Are you all right?

396
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,880
Yes, very well, thank you. How are
you?

397
00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,920
I'm good. Like the leather jacket.
Thank you.

398
00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,640
What's your name? So my name's
Jake.

399
00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:25,440
My name's Morgan. Nice to meet you.

400
00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,920
Sorry, no.No, sorry.
THEY LAUGH AWKWARDLY

401
00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,040
Uh...

402
00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,160
Where are you from?

403
00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,080
Near Southampton, Winchester,
Portsmouth area. Oh, OK.

404
00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:39,360
Yeah, nice. What about you?
I live in Southampton.

405
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,520
Southampton, yes. Yeah. It's not
too far at all. No.

406
00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,080
Oh, thank you so much. Oh, hello.
Hello there. How are you?

407
00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:49,320
Yes, very well, thank you.
Would you like a drink?

408
00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:50,880
Yes. Could I have a...

409
00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:55,280
Do you do a sunrise mocktail?
So a virgin...

410
00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,880
..sunrise cocktail. That's right,
yeah. Cheers.

411
00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,920
And would you like me to take your
coat? Yes, why not?

412
00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:05,000
Yeah, let's go nuts. It's too hot
with it on.

413
00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,640
Thank you very much. Oh!

414
00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,680
Ah. Yeah.

415
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,760
This is the first date I've ever
been on. Have you?

416
00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,000
I've never been on a date.

417
00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,080
Quite nerve-racking, but it's nice.

418
00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:19,560
Yeah, it's very nice. I was very
nervous. Yeah.

419
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000
Ahem.

420
00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,880
Ah, yes.

421
00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,200
What about your first date? Oh, my
God.

422
00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,040
I think all I remember is just
staring at this menu for

423
00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,320
so long. I didn't know what you
were meant to do. Yeah.

424
00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,520
We just didn't know what to say
to each other. Right.

425
00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,440
I think if the menus had been
taken away,

426
00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,560
we probably would have found
something to say. Something!

427
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,600
Yeah, it was just like, "Um..."

428
00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,480
I never want to think about that
again.

429
00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,360
So, are you competitive? Oh, yeah.

430
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:58,400
Do you play golf? No? You? Yeah.
Yeah? Yeah.

431
00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,960
So the problem is, being 6'4", I'm
left-handed.

432
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,240
Oh, you're lefty? Mm. So you're
artistic.

433
00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,160
I make all my kids' birthday cakes.

434
00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:11,000
Are you winding me up? No.
You're dead serious? Yeah.

435
00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,520
You make a cake?

436
00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,640
That's what I made the other day.
From scratch.

437
00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,080
Are you serious? Yeah, yeah.

438
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:22,200
That's actually really good.
What on hell made you just do that?

439
00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,960
Cos it was my daughter's birthday
the other day.

440
00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,200
You're like a big softie. Mm.

441
00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:30,560
One of my kids,

442
00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,000
he used to not cry because he
thought I didn't cry,

443
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,000
cos he just thought his dad was
this big tough guy

444
00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,120
and that's what he thought he
needed to be.

445
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,760
And I noticed one day that he was
holding it in.

446
00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,080
So I think I might have watched
Big Hero 6 with him.

447
00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,680
And... And let him see me cry.

448
00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,400
So why did you come on here?

449
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,480
Because you must have guys dropping
in your...

450
00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,360
I'm never going to walk up to
a man who gives me the eye

451
00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,280
and expect me to walk up to him.
I believe in chivalry.

452
00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,960
Ah, so you'll never open a door

453
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,320
and you'd never walk roadside with
me.

454
00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:16,600
Like, that's little things that,
like... That's really lovely.

455
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:19,280
..that I just think are done.

456
00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,280
I asked for an ovener. Did you?
Mm-hm.

457
00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,560
So I want an ovener that lives
in myself.

458
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,880
Yeah, but I was thinking,
"How's this going to work?"

459
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:34,080
Wow.

460
00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,840
HE SIGHS

461
00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:42,600
Uh...

462
00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,960
Taking in the scenery. It's quite a
restaurant, isn't it? Quite pretty.

463
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,240
Yeah.

464
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,320
That's two nervous people.

465
00:20:52,360 --> 00:20:53,360
100%.

466
00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,560
Oh, this is really cute. This could
work. I hope they do.

467
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,040
Have you done much blind dates,
dating, anything like that?

468
00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:07,680
Um... This is my first blind date.
Yeah.

469
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,640
I've had one boyfriend. I was with
him about nine months.

470
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,360
It just didn't end good.
I just haven't found a good one.

471
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,880
What about you?

472
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,840
I've not really had the opportunity
so much

473
00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,160
because I've had quite a few of my
own health issues.

474
00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,560
OK. Can I ask?

475
00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:29,080
So I was diagnosed when I was
about 11 with IBD,

476
00:21:29,120 --> 00:21:30,920
ulcerative colitis, I got.

477
00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:32,360
My large bowel was removed

478
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,680
and I had a stoma for a little bit.
OK. And all this time,

479
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,560
my liver was also an issue. Oh,
God.

480
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,840
And they said,

481
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,640
"Oh, you're going to be listed
for transplant."

482
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,320
I was terminally ill without
a liver transplant,

483
00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:46,080
and now I've gone to having
a normal,

484
00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,480
healthy life and expected

485
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:52,120
to live, you know, to a normal old
age.

486
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,480
Ever since that day of the surgery,

487
00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,080
it's like a second birthday.

488
00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:58,840
Without it, I wouldn't be here.

489
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,320
Oh, bless.

490
00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:03,800
Having had a transplant organ from
someone else,

491
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,880
I think it'd be not quite right if
you don't kind

492
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,560
of maximise your life.

493
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,960
I'm almost living for two people
now

494
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,040
and it's making that family kind
of proud as well.

495
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,760
It's been a long, tough road,

496
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,160
but I think kind
of everything's settled down now.

497
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,000
Get out there and have some fun.

498
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:23,720
Do everything you ever wanted
to do.

499
00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:27,560
Yeah. Oh, that's good.
I'm glad you're doing that.

500
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,960
I want to say, up to 15,

501
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,920
16, I was always in and out of
hospital. Yeah.

502
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,280
There was one time I was in
hospital
about four-and-a-half months

503
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,560
because I had a really major
operation on my spine.

504
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,360
I had the metal rods in. Yeah. At
the age of 14,

505
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,200
you should be going out and doing
stuff,

506
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,480
and I'm just stuck in hospital.

507
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,400
People can only appreciate it if
they've gone through

508
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,040
something similar. Yeah.

509
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,760
And you get a bit more kind
of connection that way, don't you?

510
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,280
Yeah. It makes you appreciate every
day that little bit more.

511
00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:58,080
Yeah.

512
00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:01,640
I mean, I think doing this, once
you get going kind

513
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,960
of eases everything, doesn't it?

514
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,200
Yeah. And it's like, whatever
you're bonding with,

515
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,720
we've got a good chat at the
moment.

516
00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:11,800
You... Y-You look lovely.

517
00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,880
Scrub up well.

518
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,840
Yum. Do you like cooking? Do I like
what, sorry? Do you like cooking?

519
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,040
Oh, cooking. I don't know why, I
thought you said cricket.

520
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,240
Crickets?

521
00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,400
I like the sound of crickets.
We can talk about crickets.

522
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,680
No, I don't want to talk about
crickets!

523
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,400
I think they've got a nice sound.

524
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,720
They feel like you're on holiday.

525
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,720
Why are you judging crickets out
here? Right.

526
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,160
All right, let's be serious.

527
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:46,120
Let's try to be serious for five
seconds. What do you do?

528
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:51,160
OK, so I have my own pet business.
Mm! So I do animal care,

529
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,200
but my main role is a therapeutic
foster carer.

530
00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,400
And I've done that for like eight
years.

531
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,400
Me and my ex did it together.

532
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,680
It was a lot to walk away from,
for me to split up.

533
00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:06,160
I think fostering children
with complex needs did have

534
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,320
a toll on our relationship.

535
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,680
You get attached to them quite
a bit?

536
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,600
Oh, yeah, every time. Yeah.

537
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,080
It never gets easier. It is hard.

538
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:16,320
So it was quite a long
relationship,

539
00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:21,880
which started off how most do.
We were actually engaged.

540
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,360
That's why I think it was hard
for my family, right? Girl...

541
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,240
At one point, we had two girls and
a boy.

542
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,680
I felt like the dream, that was it.

543
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,920
I felt like I was winning.

544
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,000
Like, I had someone that could
potentially be my wife,

545
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,560
plus three children.

546
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,760
Are you ready? I think we are. Oh!

547
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,840
I love making a big dinner
and saying,

548
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,520
"Dinner's ready", and then we all
sit at a table.

549
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,560
I love all that. So for that to
break down yet,

550
00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,880
it's left a lot of cracks in my
heart.

551
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,320
I'm just going to the toilet.

552
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:54,320
Please, let me show you the way.
Thanks.

553
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:58,520
So it's very hard to imagine going
that far again.

554
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:00,560
I'm a bit boundaried now
and, I'll be honest,

555
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,000
maybe a bit scared of love.

556
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,080
Date's going well, right?

557
00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:08,680
I think she is...interested?

558
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,560
Just be yourself.

559
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,320
I am. It's great vibes.

560
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:16,560
But I'm not sure she's my type in
certain ways.

561
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:20,720
You're still going with that
one, yeah?

562
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,200
Enjoy.

563
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,880
You're still going with that one,
yeah?

564
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,720
I'm going to suck the ice. You do
what you need to do.

565
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,280
Just get that last drop of alcohol.

566
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,000
There we go.

567
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,120
Do it in layers. Be careful. Yes.
Oh...

568
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,960
What's your work and stuff?
I'm actually at uni at the moment.

569
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,800
So I am a make-up artist in
prosthetics.

570
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:52,520
Cool. And then I work in retail. So
I work in fragrance.

571
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,760
It's customer-facing, isn't it?

572
00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:00,000
My job is fun. Like, I meet loads
of people.

573
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,280
I think the last two years,
I've just got this confidence.

574
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,280
Yeah? Like, if you met me three
years ago, I'd stay shy.

575
00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:12,440
Back in high school and college,
I got bullied a lot.

576
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,200
I used to go sit in the art block
for lunch.

577
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,560
I used to avoid people. I never
went to parties,

578
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,960
never did stuff like a normal
teenager would do.

579
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,120
I didn't really have friends. I was
very, like, a loner

580
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,600
in high school. I was.

581
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,760
I've always been told, "You can't
do this, you can't do that."

582
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,760
I always used to believe it,

583
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,280
so I've always been knocked down
about my confidence.

584
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,480
How have you been...? Have you been
all right recently?

585
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,440
Yeah. Since my last operation,
I said to the doctors,

586
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,520
"Can I just have a life now? Like,
I want to go out,

587
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:47,920
"I want to make friends."

588
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,640
When I turned 18, my mum gave me
£20

589
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,120
and shoved me on the bus for
the week and she's like,

590
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,360
"Right, you don't do it now,
you're never going to do it."

591
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,240
And that's how I got my confidence.

592
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,400
I never try and use my disability.
If I can do it,

593
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,000
I'll do it. All this freedom now,
I love it.

594
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,640
Amazing.

595
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,600
I love my independence. But
sometimes I do

596
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,800
sit around and think, "Oh,
I wish I had someone."

597
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,560
I don't want to cry right now.
Bloody hell. Sorry.

598
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,600
I think it shows you've got
a strong personality.

599
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,320
It would be so easy to say,
"Oh, I can't do that." Yeah.

600
00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:29,960
Because there's been times where
I've thought you can just sit
there,

601
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,040
feel sorry for yourself. Yeah.

602
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:33,480
And it's not going to do you any
good, is it?

603
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,480
I do everything by myself.

604
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,520
Even getting onto
the kitchen side into a cupboard.

605
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,440
My housemates are walking,
and they're like,

606
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,000
"Can you not text us to come
and help you?"

607
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,680
And I'm like, "If I can do it, I'll
do it."

608
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:45,920
I just say, "If you hear a big
bang, come in."

609
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,000
You're not going to stop there.

610
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,760
You've got different coloured eyes.

611
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,480
I have, yeah!

612
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,600
It's proper cool! You've got a blue
eye...

613
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:00,440
I've got one green eye
and one blue eye, yeah. Oh.

614
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:03,920
Has it always been like that?
Always.

615
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,680
Sometimes I could know people
for years... Really?

616
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,280
..and they don't pick it up.
And then all of a sudden...

617
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,960
And then you meet some... Yeah, and
then I meet some...

618
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,440
..big readhead from the North...

619
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,920
You've got it, and they can't keep
you...

620
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,520
He's, like, lovely-looking. Lovely,
sweet guy.

621
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,840
He's... He's what I wanted.

622
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,000
Let me go with something. No, it's
fine. Are you sure?

623
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,120
Yeah, yeah, it's fine.

624
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,520
The distance thing is my
biggest problem.

625
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,200
Is that possible to make something
like that work?

626
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,320
"True love is found in the smallest
gestures." What have you got?

627
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,440
"Don't give up." Oh, really?

628
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,000
I just like her overall energy,
really. Just gave off good vibes.

629
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,680
Hello. Hello.

630
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,320
So are you guys going to see each
other again?

631
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:01,720
Yes. Yeah.

632
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,200
You can say that more enthusiastic.

633
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,240
Yeah, I can't wait.

634
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:09,720
Oh, definitely, yeah.

635
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,880
Yeah, I think so. We'd like to see
how this goes. Yeah.

636
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,520
It's going to be a long drive.
It is going to be a long drive.

637
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,640
I've had a really lovely time
and you are such a nice guy.

638
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,960
Me too. Thank you so much.

639
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,600
Yeah, we're going to carry on
tonight

640
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,280
and take each day as it comes.

641
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,080
And then you can do the first trip
to Essex.

642
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,600
Yeah, that might be the one.
That might be the one.

643
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,200
I'll get a kiss later. You'll get a
kiss later.

644
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,640
You can have a kiss now.

645
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,440
Oh, God, you can keep me warm.

646
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:47,480
Pour me a single.

647
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,560
Right. 25 grams I'm looking for.

648
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,320
I mean, that's profitable. It's good
for your stock, no?

649
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,040
You'll have thirsty guests, Jamie.

650
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,960
# You keep lying when you ought to
be truthing... #

651
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,440
Ex-business owner and interior
designer Wendy

652
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,680
is looking for a bespoke man.

653
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,840
# These boots are made for
walkin'... #

654
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,160
My dad always said that when they
made them older, me,

655
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,360
they threw it away

656
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,400
because God said you couldn't have
more than one Wendy on the planet.

657
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,080
# One of these days these boots are
gonna walk all over you. #

658
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:20,640
I like things to be right.

659
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,680
There you go. I'm working on it.

660
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,400
Nice to meet you. Really, really
nice to meet you.

661
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,600
This is quite the outfit, though.
Do you love dressing up like this?

662
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,120
Yes, I do. Yes.

663
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,640
And how's it been with dating for
you?

664
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,360
Oh. Well, you've come to the right
place.

665
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,440
It would seem, thank you. This is
what we do.

666
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,240
I think I'd like someone that would
woo me and want to be with me.

667
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,040
Come with me.

668
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,520
Some guys turn up with flowers,
which I think is really nice.

669
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:53,360
It's down to him to make that
element a surprise for me,

670
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,920
to make me go, "Ooh, I'd like a bit
more of him."

671
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,400
How's you? I'm very well, thank you.
Lovely. How are you?

672
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,000
You look like the sort of lady who
would enjoy a bit of champagne.

673
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,240
Beautiful, thank you. That'll take
the edge off, won't it?

674
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:04,440
It will, won't it?

675
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,640
I like someone that makes me feel
like I'm important in their life.

676
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,760
I want somebody that can enlighten
me about things as well.

677
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,920
Oh, right.

678
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,440
I'm a sucker for romance.
Other than that,

679
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,720
as long as you know how to dress.

680
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:23,040
And if he's a perfect gentleman,
done.

681
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:24,920
# Mustang Sally... #

682
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:30,200
Here to see if he can get his date's
heart racing is car tradesman Gary.

683
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,280
# You better slow your Mustang
down... #

684
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:33,720
A lot of people say,

685
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,920
"At your age you shouldn't be
wearing bright colours."

686
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,040
No, no, no, no.

687
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,880
No matter what age you are.
I'm always layered.

688
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,160
That's a colourful shirt. That's
really nice.

689
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,560
I thought it was quite appropriate.
Yeah, that's a big statement.

690
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,160
There's nothing better than going
out

691
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,400
and looking the best,
you know. It's a nice feeling.

692
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,920
Have you got a present for your date?
I have. What is it?

693
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,840
A little chocolate heart. Perfect.
Goes with the shirt.

694
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,160
I am a gentleman. I'm old school.

695
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,920
I like to make ladies feel like a
lady.

696
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,520
You know, you open the door,
you put the chair out for her,

697
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,800
and everybody loves a compliment.

698
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,640
It's a spring in your step, doesn't
it?

699
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,520
Have you been doing much dating
lately? Not really, no. No?

700
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,160
It's like riding a bike, you've
just got to get back on it.

701
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,280
That's it.

702
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,720
I'm really looking forward
to meeting somebody attractive,

703
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:22,040
dressed nice, probably chatty like
me.

704
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,000
People say about love at first
sight, and I believe in that.

705
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,200
But you've just got to get out
there and suck it and see.

706
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,360
Hello. How are you? I'm good, thank
you. How are you? I'm good.

707
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,520
You smell nice. Thank you. Your
name? Wendy. Gary.

708
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,160
Nice to meet you, Gary. Yeah. What
are you drinking?

709
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,040
I'm on champagne. Can I have an
old-fashioned?

710
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,160
Yeah, of course. Please.

711
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,200
When someone drinks on a date,
I think it's sexy.

712
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,360
You look very smart. Thank you.
Glad to be.

713
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:50,400
You've got to come in,

714
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:51,920
you've got to come in hot, you know?
I love it.

715
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,480
And there's a little present for
you.

716
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,240
Thank you. Oh, that's so nice.

717
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,400
Well, I think it's quite
appropriate.

718
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,920
Chocolates.
HE LAUGHS

719
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,400
Thank you very much, sir.
Always a pleasure.

720
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:06,800
Thank you. Cheers.

721
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,240
Cheers. Your good health.
Yes... Nice to meet you. And you!

722
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,320
Any festivals you're looking at
or...?

723
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,520
Last year I went to something
called Om & Bass.

724
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,280
Drum and bass? No, Omm.
Oh, Om & Bass.

725
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:24,000
Meditation and sound healing.
But then it turned into... Go on.

726
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:25,520
No, I feel like I'm cutting you
off.

727
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,440
But this is why my friend said
I need to get tested for ADHD.

728
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,560
I don't need testing. It comes up
severe every time.

729
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,680
I fully know.

730
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,800
If you've not seen all the fidgets
and all the fidgets... Yeah!

731
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:39,200
But it's good to be a bit spicy.
Yeah. Neuro-spicy. Neuro-spicy!

732
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,960
Just makes us different. Just makes
it interesting. Yeah.

733
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,600
- Oh, my God, he's so lovely.
- Is he?

734
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:51,200
Yeah. He's a bit quiet, but he's
really lovely.

735
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,360
All right, I need to let you go.
All right, love you. Bye-bye.

736
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,680
I'm so sorry that was my mum.

737
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,640
Oh, quick pep talk. Yeah!

738
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,080
Hello. How would we like to do
this?

739
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,760
Did you want to go half or
something?

740
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,240
No, I'll pay for that. You don't
have to.

741
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,680
No, of course I will. You're so
sweet. Thank you. It's nice...

742
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:12,120
How kind of you.

743
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,840
Next time, I'm paying.

744
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:14,960
Did you have a nice time? Oh, thank
you.

745
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,840
Yeah, it was really good. Good.

746
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,040
Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you.
Lovely to meet you both.

747
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:20,480
You too. Thank you. You too. Thank
you. Take care.

748
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,120
Did you fancy him?

749
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,240
He's a good-looking lad, yeah. But,
like,

750
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,320
there was a couple of times it was
a bit awkward.

751
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:30,400
I feel like...I don't know if he
likes me. So, yeah.

752
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,800
Thank you so much. Thank you so
much. Thanks. Have a lovely
evening.

753
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:33,880
You too. Thank you.

754
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,320
Ugh, gonna trip. This is quite nice.
It is quite nice.

755
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,600
Would you like to see each other
again?

756
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,960
You go first. Am I going first?

757
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,360
So I thought it's a great
experience.

758
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,360
Obviously it's my first date. I've
had a wonderful time.

759
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,240
I didn't feel any romantic
connection there,

760
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,400
but it would be great to be
friends.

761
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,480
Obviously we've both been through
difficult times... Mm.

762
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,480
..and I think we both can relate
to that.

763
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,920
Yeah.

764
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,400
It was a lovely date and dinner was
lovely.

765
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,760
I didn't feel the romance... At the
beginning, I didn't.

766
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,600
But when I started getting to know
you,

767
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,880
I could maybe see something.

768
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,440
But if you want to say friends,
that's fine with me. Yeah.

769
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,320
I hope you enjoyed your messy back
out.

770
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,600
Yeah, it was very good,
thank you. I had a great time.

771
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,760
Thank you for being such a nice
first date.

772
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,000
Thank you, too.

773
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,080
I love your chain. You do? Yeah, I
love it.

774
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,480
It's a good bit of bling, plastic.
But there we go. Oh, looks great.

775
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,520
I like to look nice. It's one of
the things that's sort of died

776
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,240
a little bit now, isn't it? When I
was younger,

777
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,880
you went out, you always looked
smart. Always. Always.

778
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,320
You've got it just right.

779
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,080
And it matches the colours that are
in your jacket...blazer. Exactly.

780
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,600
Yeah. A lot of thought went into
it.

781
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,960
Good for you. Yeah, I'm impressed.

782
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:58,920
So where are you from?

783
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,080
Shropshire. Then I went off to
Turkey.

784
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,880
And how long did you live in
Turkey for?

785
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,080
I got stuck there.

786
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,360
There's obviously a story in this,
isn't there?

787
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,800
There's always a story somewhere,
isn't there?

788
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,160
There's a story coming here.

789
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,280
So my partner of 14 years, he said,

790
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,720
"I think what we should do is retire
from work

791
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,520
"and buy a boat and sail around
the Aegean

792
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,560
"and the Mediterranean." And I'm
like,

793
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,640
"Sounds perfect to me." So that's
what we did.

794
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,320
I went to Turkey to start the ball
rolling,

795
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,520
getting residence permits... Yeah.
..and we sold our house.

796
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,800
Oh, you really went for it!

797
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:32,880
Yeah, yeah, I finished with...

798
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,600
I sold my business and money went
in the bank

799
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,800
and he said, "I'm not coming." Huh!

800
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,280
"I've instructed the solicitor
to give me all the money

801
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:46,480
"and I'm not coming." I was
like... What a curveball!

802
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,840
You could have knocked me down
with a feather. Yeah!

803
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,720
After 14 years? 14 years.

804
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,240
My world collapsed. It did,
honestly.

805
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,040
My whole world collapsed.

806
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,280
There was nothing that made
me think,

807
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,080
"I don't want to be with this man."

808
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,640
And I thought that was the man that
I was going to be with.

809
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,240
How's...? Sorry. Sorry.

810
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:14,640
Yeah.

811
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,400
My solicitor said to me, "It's in
joint names, the house.

812
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,680
"What's the split?" Wow. And I said,
"50-50."

813
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:24,240
So the house sold and the money was
sorted

814
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,880
and that was the end of that.
14 years just down the drain.

815
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,800
You lose trust with people. It's
like,

816
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,520
do I want to go through this again?

817
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,800
Do I want to go through what
I thought was a good life again,

818
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,240
only to be, you know, knocked down?

819
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,160
Because I stayed in Turkey.

820
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,760
Because I gave everything up
and I'm backwards

821
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:48,920
and forwards between here and
Turkey
because I rent a villa out there.

822
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,440
I was more concentrating on putting
the pieces back together.

823
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,680
Now, I'm thinking, mm, perhaps I
ought

824
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:58,640
to think about finding somebody
that
I'd like to spend some time with,

825
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,800
because I think I've got a lot
to give.

826
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:02,840
I mean, I'm getting older now
and I was like, "Mm!"

827
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,680
Age is only a number. I know it is.

828
00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:07,160
Got much on your bucket list?

829
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,280
I've had some adventures in my
time.

830
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,280
Yeah! And I've seen some amazing
places.

831
00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,520
When I was in Vietnam, I mean, it
was amazing.

832
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,320
They've got all these tunnels.
Well, they've got

833
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,960
the same thing in Cappadocia in
Turkey so...

834
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,560
I mean, the tunnels are tiny.

835
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:21,880
I mean, I couldn't even get down
them.

836
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,960
Oh, no, these were like...you could
build a room.

837
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,680
They were literally living down
there, you know?

838
00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:28,320
Yeah. And they would just stay
down there...

839
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,000
And they made it where they
came out,

840
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,920
yeah, amazing to see. Absolutely
fantastic.

841
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,920
Well, I think we're both
chatterboxes.

842
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,640
Let me have a taste. I've never had
an old-fashioned.

843
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:53,680
Right.

844
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,280
Oh, nice. It's good, innit? Yeah.

845
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,640
Don't you find, though,

846
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,200
it gets harder and harder as you get
older to meet people?

847
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:03,320
Of course it does.

848
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,000
Who's around? I dunno. And,
like, where do you find them?

849
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,840
My wife, I met her at work.
And what happened to your wife?

850
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,520
We was married ten years,

851
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,880
and then she went off with somebody
else.

852
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,800
Oh, I'm sorry.

853
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,760
I kept my son. My son stayed with
me.

854
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:20,920
OK, that's good.

855
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,240
He was only nine at the time.

856
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,600
But, yeah, that was difficult.

857
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,520
My son was my life. Charlie, from
day one said,

858
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,360
"I want to be with you,
Dad." He was my one and all,

859
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,480
so that's what I did. It is hard.

860
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,520
You've got to be both parents,
which is difficult, you know.

861
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,840
And did he have anything to do
with his mum?

862
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,240
No, not really. Oh, that's a
shame. Which is quite sad,

863
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,960
but did what we could for him.
You know,

864
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,760
tried to keep him as normal
as possible.

865
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,920
And he's turned into
a lovely guy, so now married,

866
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,240
got a couple of kids. Nice.

867
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,000
Two grandchildren. Nice. Nine and
seven.

868
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,960
Yeah, they're pretty much my world.

869
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000
You know, they're a great little
pair. Of course they are.

870
00:39:58,040 --> 00:39:59,200
I sort of put my life, well,

871
00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:03,000
certainly my dating life, on hold
because you don't want...

872
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,960
..I didn't want anybody else coming
into Charlie's life.

873
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,520
I mean, he's 33 now,
so it'd be nice to have someone.

874
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,800
It just makes it more fun that
you can,

875
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,080
you know, share that experience
together.

876
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:14,760
As the record says,
you know, dust yourself off,

877
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,160
get back in the race. Yeah, yeah.
That's what it's all about. Yeah.

878
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:23,120
It's not wood. Oh, dear. Touch wood.
No, don't touch it.

879
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,480
Yeah, we can do that one or that
one. It doesn't matter.

880
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,960
OK, I'm going to get some cover
and I'm going to get comfy.

881
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,080
I'll just put my legs up.

882
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,080
Where were we in our conversation?
Oh, yeah.

883
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,000
You were telling me about dating
life.

884
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,440
I've gone from long-term,
didn't spend that much time single,

885
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,160
and then going straight
to another long-term again

886
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,520
and then this time I was just like,

887
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:56,160
I can't be rushing into
relationships like that again.

888
00:40:56,200 --> 00:41:00,840
For sure, there was a spark,
but for me, I don't know.

889
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,680
I think because of my past
relationship,

890
00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:06,720
it took its toll and it's taken a
while to heal from.

891
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,480
So I'm a bit more boundaried now,
which is good,

892
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,880
but also not so great dating
because it means

893
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,760
I'm putting barriers up before
they're up.

894
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,200
Like you, I'm more trying to take
things slow,

895
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:20,640
which has proven difficult in
our world.

896
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:21,840
Typical lesbian, it's like,

897
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:26,280
"Oh, my God. Two mums, ugh!
I'm in love with you."

898
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:28,960
There you are.

899
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,280
To self-love and healing. And
growing.

900
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,600
And growth. And for the power of
woman.

901
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,240
Yes! Boom.

902
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:42,280
Let's go.

903
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,920
Would you like to see each other
again?

904
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:48,240
She was looking at me.

905
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,160
Are you waiting for me?

906
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,080
Why? You go.

907
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,080
I would like to see Violet again.

908
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:59,200
Shall we go halfsies? Where's my
bag? No.

909
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:02,040
What do you mean no? I had a really
good time with you. Ohh.

910
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,480
And I want to just show you how much
I appreciate you. Aww!

911
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,880
I would like see Reya again. Why?

912
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,720
I mean, look at her. Whoa, whoa.

913
00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,440
You've been holding that compliment
in all night.

914
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,240
I have not been holding that in.

915
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,080
Thank you, Violet. That was nice.

916
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,640
It's all right.

917
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,280
You've got good energy. I like good
energy.

918
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,600
You could smile a bit more than
that. Hey, the dimple comes out.

919
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,520
Have a lovely rest of your evening.

920
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,360
Thank you. Thank you.

921
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,720
You're going to get thrown off
the chair.

922
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,920
Why are you trying
to test my strength, woman?

923
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,760
Yes. Do you do kickboxing?
Yeah. Do you? Yeah. What?

924
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,760
Are you serious? Hey! Hey!

925
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,840
THEY LAUGH

926
00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:09,080
Hello. VOICE OVER PHONE: Hi.

927
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,240
How are you? All right, and you?

928
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,160
Good, good, good. He's so nice.

929
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,400
He arrived with a bag with real
posh chocolates for me.

930
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,360
Honestly, he's lovely.

931
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,640
There's nothing quite like saying it
with flowers.

932
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:24,760
Do I have to put it in my mouth?

933
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,360
Whatever you want. Well...

934
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:29,720
Cheers, Fred.

935
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,080
Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you.

936
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,880
A rose for a rose.

937
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,440
Oh, my God. You're just the best.
You're just the best!

938
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:44,720
Thank you, sweetie. Oh, my God.
You're welcome.

939
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:49,200
I'm blown over. What a gentleman.

940
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,240
That makes such a difference.

941
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,720
It makes you feel special as
a woman.

942
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,360
I hope he likes me as much as
I like him.

943
00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,080
This is nice. I can't believe it.

944
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,160
You've made it so much easier.
I was so nervous,

945
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:04,680
I tell you, Gary. I was thinking,

946
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:07,800
"Oh, what's going to happen?
What's going to happen?"

947
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,680
Hey, how are you? I'm good. Good.

948
00:44:10,720 --> 00:44:13,000
I see the bill on your side. Do you
want me to do them together?

949
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,400
Yes, of course.

950
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,040
Thank you, Gary. Perfect gentleman.

951
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:25,760
So would you like
to see each other again?

952
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:27,600
Shall I go first? Go on, then.

953
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:31,880
I had a great time, but I don't
think...

954
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,400
I'd love to be friends, but I don't
think romantically. OK.

955
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,760
Cheers. Cheers. Good fun. Yeah.

956
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,320
I'm a believer in love at first
sight

957
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,320
and it didn't come to me that way.

958
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,800
OK. But...sorry. It's all right.
Don't worry.

959
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,640
I'm laden down with presents,
as you can see.

960
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,200
I'd have liked to have gone out on
another date.

961
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:02,800
That's OK.

962
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:06,080
Maybe we could be friends and see
where it goes. Yeah, yeah.

963
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,800
I can't remember the last time I
got romanced.
HE LAUGHS

964
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,520
Oh, don't give me all that
nonsense.

965
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,200
I feel spoilt now.

966
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:15,600
It is really nice

967
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,280
to know that there are nice
gentlemen out there.

968
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,560
And it makes you feel really
special. Yeah.

969
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,080
Lovely lady. Thank you.

970
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,840
I've had a fantastic time. Yeah, me
too. Thank you. Catch you later.

971
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:28,360
Ta-ra, darling. Bye, love.

972
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,960
# I got the eye of the tiger... #

973
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,720
I'm a nature girlie, for sure.

974
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,280
Can I take you on a hike? Where to?

975
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,920
I'll have to think about that.
If you can keep up.

976
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,880
You... Excuse me!

977
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:53,520
# Roar louder than a lion cos I
am the champion

978
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,760
I liked your energy.

979
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,920
It was good. You were good to talk
to.

980
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:01,640
Aww, thank you. You're a bit odd.

981
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:08,640
# Ooh, ooh
You're gonna hear me roar

982
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,680
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