First Dates: Celebrity Special for Stand Up to Cancer – C4

By Mandy Cooper
( What's on TV )
published

FIRST DATES CELEBRITY SPECIAL FOR SUTC
(Image credit: Dave King)

Lady Colin Campbell, Joey Essex and Melinda Messenger are among those in the First Dates restaurant, where they are paired up with singletons who are unaware they are VIPs

Lady Colin Campbell, AKA Lady C, is after a strong man with character and class, but believes her Mr Right doesn’t exist. But then in walks Matthew, who is warm and funny…

FIRST DATES CELEBRITY SPECIAL FOR SUTC

Sandra with John

As Joey Essex meets the lovely Lydia, Sandra Martin from Gogglebox scares the life out of her date John.

FIRST DATES CELEBRITY SPECIAL FOR SUTC SHOWS JOEY ESSEX WITH HIS DATE LYDIA

Joey with his date Lydia

The final celebrity in this Stand Up to Cancer special is Melinda Messenger (pictured, top, with her date Chris), who’s after a kind man who loves animals, which is handy because her date Chris is a dog-owner from Cornwall.

Too good to be true?

TV Times rating: ****

Mandy Cooper
Mandy Cooper
TV Times Highlights Editor

As TV Times Highlights Editor I get to hear about all the latest TV shows coming soon. Here at TVT HQ we are in the privileged position of selecting the best programmes from across all the channels and streaming platforms. Our mission is to make it easier for our readers to decide what to watch - and give them lots of choice of genres - all the latest shows, plus some nostalgic choices we call hidden gems, too. My career began with a postgraduate degree in periodical journalism (ahem, yes old school!) in 1991 and I’ve worked in TV media since 2000.