A BRIT couple who first met on Blind Date 35 years in the past are nonetheless collectively – and have revealed the secrets and techniques behind their profitable marriage.
Sue and Alex Tatham met on the favored courting present, hosted by Cilla Black, in 1988 when Alex selected the thriller girl behind door quantity two – who would go on to turn into his spouse.
The pair have been lately noticed strolling hand-in-hand on the streets of London, the place they revealed their recommendation for these in search of love.
Footage exhibits the couple strolling alongside a busy avenue in London, because the unnamed cameraperson approaches and asks: “Excuse me. Are you two a pair?”
The pair affirm they’re collectively earlier than the American behind the digicam asks: “Would you thoughts telling us the story of the way you first met?”
Alex, 57, grins on the digicam as he begins: “We met on tv. We met on a TV recreation present. It was referred to as Blind Date.”
Sue, 56, smiles as she fondly chimes in: “Cilla Black.”
Alex cheekily says: “You may look us up on the YouTube, and 17.5 million individuals watched our marriage ceremony.”
Sue laughs lovingly as she perches her head on Alex’s shoulder.
Alex then says: “I imply, let’s face it. I might have picked from [door] primary and quantity three–”
He factors to Sue as he provides: “That is quantity two.”
Sue agrees as she says: “They have been additionally very good.”
The clip then cuts to Sue’s look on Blind Date, the place she wears a purple gown and feathered hair.
Alex stands on the opposite facet of the partition alongside host Cilla Black, who says: “You picked the beautiful quantity two and that was Sue from West Midlands.”
The clip cuts to indicate the door which hides Sue from Alex – who has not but seen what she appears to be like like.
The pair grin nervously as a drum roll begins and the door disappears, to indicate the couple’s first ever glimpse at one another.
The viewers cheer and applaud because the Sue and Alex share a fast peck on the cheek earlier than the clip cuts again to the couple within the current day.
The cameraperson then asks: “Thirty-five years in, what’s your favorite factor about her?”
Alex turns lovingly in direction of his spouse and wraps an arm across the again of her as he says: “The truth that she’s as stunning right now as she was after I first met her.”
Charmed by his response, Sue she and shares her favorite issues about Alex, saying animatedly: “He’s so variety and he makes me snigger on a regular basis.”
The cameraman then poses the query: “What recommendation would you give a pair that simply met on a blind date?”
Sue solutions heartfeltly: “Go into it with an open coronary heart and simply go in and make the perfect of it and be optimistic and be good.”
Alex provides: “I believe the very first thing we mentioned is that, as a result of we’re on a blind date, that is going to be a spectacular expertise. It’s in entrance of all the UK public and all the UK nation.
“We mentioned that truly, what we have to do, is to be sure that we stay mates the remainder of our lives–”
Sue interjects: “No matter occurs.”
Alex concludes “And in case you lookup Blind Date on YouTube, you’ll see,” earlier than parting methods with the cameraman, holding palms together with his spouse.
The clip then lastly cuts again to Cilla Black on Blind Date, as she introduces the pair to the viewers: “Girls and gents, Sue and Alex. See you subsequent week.”
The viewers applaud because the couple stroll away collectively off-set.
The footage was shared to social media on Tuesday (14 NOV) with the caption: “Contestant quantity two.”
The submit acquired over 248,500 likes and greater than 3,600 feedback from followers left awestruck by the couple’s backstory.
One individual wrote: “I’m positive it was the primary time Cilla Black introduced herself a brand new hat for the primary blind date marriage ceremony. Sufficiently old to recollect it too.”
One other mentioned: “The very fact he searches for her hand on a regular basis.”
A 3rd commented: “Wow. What are the percentages you’d run into them?”
A fourth added: “Please. The best way he appears to be like at her when she’s speaking.”