Do you remember Blind Date??

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Fell down a YouTube rabbit hole and found this

AIBU to think it was so much more entertaining than reality crap now?!

I’m a failed contestant.. was one of the 3 and wasn’t picked..am not bitter though ! Ha I got to meet Cilla and our Graham with his ‘quick reminder’… my kids find it hilarious as husband ‘kindly’ transferred it off VHS and onto YouTube for posterity..hmmmm

I’ve posted before about the cocky boy who was one of the bullies at our secondary school. He thought the world of himself and could be quite cruel to girls he thought were beneath him. My friend once sent him a Valentine’s card and when he realised who it was from, he ripped it up in front of her.

Well, a few years later, when Blind Date was near the end of its run, Mr Cocky appeared on the show as a pickee. By then Blind Date had a nasty “date or ditch” twist.

Mr Cocky was chosen by the picker, the screen went back and the picker was asked by Cilla if she wanted to date him or ditch him. She ditched him 🤣.

They're over 30 years married and they're still together.

They'd find it very difficult to do Blind Date these days, what with all the different genders and identities. Obviously, nowadays, they would do gay ones as well as straight ones; but other than that, the sheer number of permutations that they'd have to cover to avoid offending those with very exacting specifications - as well as how people identify not necessarily matching how others they would wish to date would perceive them to be. At least on something like Naked Attraction, you can see what/who you'd actually be getting before making a decision.

Does anybody else remember Friends Like These with Ant & Dec - with a group of girls and a group of boys competing against each other? The games in the main part of the show could be a bit dull at times, but the final was always tense - wondering if team-mates who had got safely through would risk their own in-the-bag holiday in an attempt to redeem those who didn't get through, so as to get their whole gang out there together.

SHES A JOURRRRRRRRNALIST LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

That's it. That's all I have to say.

Does anybody else remember Friends Like These with Ant & Dec - with a group of girls and a group of boys competing against each other? The games in the main part of the show could be a bit dull at times, but the final was always tense - wondering if team-mates who had got safely through would risk their own in-the-bag holiday in an attempt to redeem those who didn't get through, so as to get their whole gang out there together.

Yes, I particularly remember the group of women who chose not to gamble and left one of their friends behind! Ian Wright said he didn’t think a team had ever chosen not to gamble before. It seemed especially unfair, because the woman left behind had won her task.

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten that Ian Wright took over hosting duties from Ant & Dec later on.

I suppose the makers couldn't really take the moral high ground when the integral part of the show's final was the jeopardy of will they/won't they do the dirty on their friends. A bit like Goldenballs with the split or steal, although that was strangers and not friends.

Terrible thing to do, though - how could you properly enjoy a mates' holiday knowing for the whole duration that one of you was at home, when they potentially could have been there enjoying it with you? It would probably represent the end of your friendship and forever change the dynamic of your whole group.

I loved watching Gladiators and Blind Date on Saturday evenings. Much better than the crap on TV now.

When I was at Uni, we’d watch Blind Date on a Saturday night with a cheap bottle of red, then hit the town drinking pints of cider for the rest of the night. Classy! I loved it! I always thought Cilla was a total legend so am always gutted to see her feature so heavily on the nasty celeb posts.

Anyone remember the karaoke style show on channel 5 that was hosted by Suggs? I am sure Barry from Eastenders was one of the team captains. It was probably late 90s as I used to watch it before going out

So cheesy but great for a Saturday evening

It was good until they started scripting the answers. When they had to actually think of a reply not just spout memories cheesy nonsense.

Ahhh I just watched this, I was hoping you’d pick number two. Number one totally misled you by saying he looked like Ronan! Was that why you picked him? What an experience though! Glad you had some luck finding someone nice on the second show.

I knew I should've picked number 2 I had plenty of feedback in the pub at university that night to the same effect, too

Wow that’s really interesting, when did you appear on it ?

I was browsing YouTube today and Blind Date from the 80s came up..

I recently saw a video made on the streets of NYC where they were approaching random couples and asking them how they met. One couple they approached happened to be Sue and Alex - the Blind Date wedding couple - still together 30+ years later! I think they were in the media a while back because they renewed their vows, and they looked soooo happy still. Can't find the video. Anyone remember them??

I saw that the other day too

It was actually in London - it was a TikTok video, so I won't link to it, but the couple talk about it here - - on Good Morning Britain. They're so lovely.

Bizarrely I remember this very well and I also seem to recall that his name was Pratinder (sp?) and they called him the Great Pratinder. I remember it so we'll be ause my son was small then and could also do the car recognition thing. It was one of the more positive signs of what we suspected (later confirmed) was autism

Yes I loved it. I used to watch that and Gladiators on Saturday evenings!

You Bet ! is back next Saturday! Same format I think..

Takes me back to the 90s. Matthew Kelly has been replaced though !

Blind Date back in the early days , attracted something like 17 million viewers. I suppose it’s down to a few factors though, no internet, only 4 channels to pick from , no Sky tv. That’s probably why tv shows had bigger audiences.

Its sounds weird but the contestants seemed like just normal people and looked normal ( for the time).

Now it would all be fame hungry wannabes who are only on it for insta followers and their 15 minutes of fame.

Hello Cilla, I’m Paul from East Sussex !
Cilla- what do you do for work Paul?
Me- I’m a civil servant Cilla!

I’ve always been a bit of a people watcher, been a bit curious about people.

Does anyone else ever watch these types of shows and wonder what happened to these people? Who did they eventually marry ? How old are they now ? What are they doing now?

Or am I a massive weirdo ?!

I auditioned for it!! (I wasn't interesting or pretty enough to make the show! But I tried!!)

When was this ? The early days or the later ones ?