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Blind Date at 40: BBC Revisits Couple Still Married 34 Years After TV Match

BBC Breakfast marks the show's 40th year with archival clips of the pair’s first meeting plus a wedding broadcast to roughly 17 million.

Overview

  • Alex and Sue Tatham appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday as the programme looked back at Blind Date’s legacy on its 40th anniversary.
  • Sue said she went on the show “for a laugh” and out of curiosity about how television is made, not specifically to find romance.
  • The couple met on Blind Date in 1988 and married three years later, with original host Cilla Black among the wedding guests.
  • Alex recalled that their wedding was filmed for the programme and broadcast the next day to an audience he put at about 17 million.
  • The hosts noted the Tathams are among several Blind Date couples who married, as the show spanned 1985–2003 with a 2017–2019 revival under Paul O’Grady.