First Dates

About First Dates

Interactive dating experiment in which real dates are filmed, and then viewers get the chance to apply to date the unsuccessful participants the following week.

First Dates is a reality series made for Channel 4 and Channel 4 (Online). It has run to 25 seasons and 217 episodes since June 2013. That is around 9 episodes a season.

Fred Sirieix stars as Himself - Maître d', Merlin Griffiths as Himself - Bartender, Cici Coleman as Herself - Waitress, and Sam Conrad as Himself - Waiter. It was produced by Twenty Twenty Television.

Shelv files it under dating, dating show, blind date, and first date.

Love Island USA, The Bachelor, and Dates make useful companions to First Dates, all filed under love. It carries a TV-14 rating.