{"id":10730,"date":"2024-07-25T11:08:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/first-dates-returning-for-22nd-season\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:09:00","slug":"first-dates-returning-for-22nd-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/first-dates-returning-for-22nd-season\/","title":{"rendered":"First Dates Returning for 22nd Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has slated the premiere of <em>First Dates<\/em>\u2019 22nd season, produced by Twenty Twenty Productions, for August 6.<\/p>\n<p>Ma\u00eetre d\u2019 Fred Sirieix, bartender Merlin Griffiths and waitress Cici Coleman will be back to help singletons match up at The Botanist bar and restaurant in Bath. 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