Dates

2013 - 2015

David and Mia

Episode 1

Northern lorry driver David arrives at a restaurant to meet Celeste with whom he has arranged a date via the Internet. 'Celeste' arrives but is actually called Mia and proceeds to be offensive to him and the waitress. She eventually drops her guard and starts to get on with David but whilst he talks about himself and his late wife, she is enigmatic and leaves without telling him. He catches up with her and they kiss before she flees in a taxi.

Jenny and Nick

Episode 2

Jenny is a lonely primary school teacher recovering from a disastrous broken relationship. Nick is a city boy richly endowed with both cash and secrets. On their first date they find out everything there is to know about each other, and knowing everything can be a dangerous and unpredictable business.

Mia and Stephen

Episode 3

Mia is putting herself around town. Stephen is a disenchanted surgeon with a surfeit of self-regard who doesn't know what he is looking for. When Mia gets under his skin, he realises that there might be more to himself than good looks and a high-flying career.

Erica and Kate

Episode 4

Erica is a young lesbian who can't pluck up the courage to tell her traditional Chinese family who she really is. But when she meets enigmatic Kate, she realises she can't hide forever.

David and Ellie

Episode 5

David is trying to put Mia behind him, but meeting Ellie is not the solution he's looking for. She's far too young, honest and insightful, and has some truths to tell he'd rather not hear.

Erica and Callum

Episode 6

Coming out to her brother hasn't gone well for Erica. He has reacted by setting her up on an internet date with garrulous, unmarriable Scotsman Callum. The date starts badly and quickly becomes disastrous, but somehow a weird kinship emerges.

Stephen and Mia

Episode 7

Stephen is waiting for Mia to turn up for a naughty afternoon in a London hotel but soon begins to wonder if he's been stood up.

Jenny and Christian

Episode 8

Jenny has decided to give online dating one last try. After she meets Christian it looks like her prayers have been answered.

Mia and David

6th August 2015

Episode 9

Mia feels stuck in the difficult position of actually being in a relationship with David. As she is about to meet his children for the first time, events take an awkward turn and she is forced to finally confront the gap in her life which she is attempting to fill.

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Dates is a British television romantic drama series created by Bryan Elsley, who also created Skins, which first aired on Channel 4 on 10 June 2013, at 22:00, as part of its "Mating Season" programming, illustrating a series of first dates between online dating service users. The show's target audience is "ABC1".

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Niamh Morrison

Makeup & Hair

Richard Bennett

Property Buyer

Andrew Purcell

Production Design

Catherine Willis

Casting

Bill Brown

Art Direction

Phil Bull

Standby Property Master

Jason Rayton

Assistant Editor

Bradley Adams

Producer

Annie Hardinge

Costume Design

Alistair Hopkins

Post Production Supervisor

Darin McLeod

Location Manager

Lex Wood

Set Costumer

Duncan Laing

Assistant Location Manager

Hannah Peel

Original Music Composer

Carolina Schmidtholstein

Gaffer

Paul Staples

Colorist

Dave Williams

Other

Ben Jeffes

Second Assistant Sound

Matthew Hickin

Best Boy Electrician

Hamish Doyne-Ditmas

"A" Camera Operator

Grace Brooks

Costume Design

Amy Craig

Casting Assistant

Nikki Chamberlin

Assistant Production Manager

Iain Downes

Assistant Art Director

Mathew Knights

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Damian Cooper

Lighting Technician

Iwan Prys Reynolds

Focus Puller

Rachael Jones

Standby Art Director

Richard Dyer

Sound Mixer

Robbie Chapman

Second Assistant Camera

Elena Vakirtzis

Assistant Location Manager

Alex Hancock

Music Supervisor

Andy D. Stewart

Electrician

Nancy Gryspeerdt

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