The producers of Channel 4 s First Dates have promised the new series will feel more like real life after filming of the show moved to Manchester.
The hit TV show returned last night for the first time since it moved from its usual restaurant in London s Paternoster Chop House, next to St Paul s Cathedral, to head north to The Refinery in Spinningfields, Manchester.
Executive producer, Jon Crisp told BBC he hoped the new location would make it feel more like real life , saying: To be honest, we d been looking for quite a while to change the restaurant because we filmed a lot there [in London], and we were keen to shake things up a little bit, create a new environment for daters which would keep their experience as real as possible.