BEST OF THE REST
THEY LEND IT, YOU SPEND IT: THE LOAN SHOP
Channel 5, 9pm
COMMUNITY First Credit Union is Yorkshire’s biggest loan shop, and this new two-part documentary follows the team as they make some difficult choices.
From a new TV or a holiday to stopping an eviction, there are many reasons loan shop customers desperately want cash. Doncaster branch manager Cheryl meets bride-to-be Kerry, who has applied for a loan to help pay for her wedding, which she has moved forward after her mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Meanwhile, in Barnsley, as branch manager Dawn goes through Adele’s application for £500 for new carpets, she learns that the customer is more than £1,000 in debt with a doorstep lender.
Over in Stainforth, manager Jan is trying to work out if she can award doting dad Farran £700 to buy his daughter her dream birthday gift. But this is the second time he has applied, having been declined previously, so will his new job make a difference? Will Oscar tick any of Hanna’s must-haves?
FIRST DATES: VALENTINE’S SPECIAL
Channel 4, 10pm
FRED SIRIEIX is handing out red roses in the street. If you can get past this opening scene without feeling nauseous then you might just cope with this extra saccharine Valentine’s special.
There’s an enthusiastic bunch of daters looking for love tonight.
First in is event planning graduate Hannah, 23, who at 5ft 10ins is after a larger man. She says she’s not picky, after listing off about 75 requirements. Will semi-professional golfer Oscar, 20, swing into her good books?
“I’m going to try to find a bird, rather than a birdie,” he claims. Let’s hope he comes up with some better craic than that.
Elsewhere, Chi-Chi and her son Kurtis turn up for a mother and son double date, which is not at all weird. Can Kurtis cope with the embarrassment when his mum’s date starts flirting with her?
And will there be any heartwarming endings on cupid’s biggest night of the year?