{"id":8942,"date":"2021-12-20T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1539553"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T12:51:07","slug":"josh-widdicombe-rosie-jones-and-more-swap-gifts-in-first-look-at-dating-no-filter-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/josh-widdicombe-rosie-jones-and-more-swap-gifts-in-first-look-at-dating-no-filter-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Widdicombe, Rosie Jones, and more swap gifts in first look at Dating No Filter Christmas special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 20 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Dating No Filter is back for a Christmas special, with a host of famous faces set to provide humorous commentary to a batch of festive blind dates \u2013 and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can offer a first-look clip of the episode.<\/p>\n<p>The clip sees the participating comedians exchange Christmas gifts and festive greetings before they are offered a brief introduction to couple Jenny and Ross \u2013 whose date they will be commenting on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6287751213001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\"\/><script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>First up, Sukh Ojla hands a present to Asim Chaudhry, who expresses his excitement before opening it and revealing it to be a Nandos gift card, with Sukh describing it as \u201cthe gift that keeps on giving \u2013 up to \u00a310!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh Widdicombe then opens a gift from Rosie Jones, which turns out to be a jigsaw featuring various pictures of Rosie, before we cut to Josh Jones and Jayde Adams discussing Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Christmas, I love Christmas films, but I don\u2019t celebrate until the 10th December,\u201d Josh reveals, with Jayde then asking if that was for religious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy birthday\u2019s on the 9th,\u201d Josh responds. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t want to share the month, so the first half of the month is mine and then the rest is for Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We then see Chunkz and Yung Filly pulling a cracker \u2013 with the latter winning and reading a joke: \u201cWhat did the envelope day to the stamp? Stick with me and we\u2019ll go places.\u201d<\/p> <p>Then, the celebs are given their first look at the singletons who will be going on a date. First up is Jenny, a 26-year-old from Cork who lives in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have always said my type was maybe blondes, rugby boys,\u201d she says. \u201cThey tend to be a bit arrogant and kinda cocky, which I kinda like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This confession takes the comedians a little by surprise, with Chunkz asking: \u201cWho likes arrogant and cocky?\u201d and Yung Filly adding: \u201cLike, is arrogant not a negative?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah of course,\u201d says Chunkz. \u201cTwo bad adjectives!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenny then continues: \u201cI go to the gym maybe about four or five times a week. The minute I have a drink or two, I start to make my jokes and it tends to get everyone in the room laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Jayde Adams takes issue with this claim, commenting: \u201cI\u2019m sorry babes but those two things just don\u2019t go together. You can\u2019t be like fit and healthy and look incredible and really athletic and be funny!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We then get a glimpse of Ross \u2013 a 29-year-old physiotherapist from Cardiff who will be Jenny\u2019s date, and the comedians are impressed by what they see.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got nice lips, he\u2019s got Tom Hardy lips,\u201d Josh Jones says, with Yung Filly then declaring: \u201cShe\u2019s gonna love him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To find out if that prediction is accurate, you can tune in to Dating No Filter \u2013 Under the Mistletoe at 10pm on Sky Showcase on Tuesday 21st December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a> or visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\">Entertainment<\/a> Hub for all the latest news and features.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>This year\u2019s\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/when-does-the-radio-times-christmas-issue-go-on-sale-3\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">Radio Times Christmas double issue<\/a> is on sale now, featuring two weeks of TV, film and radio listings, reviews, features and interviews with the stars.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Monday, 20 December 2021 at 12:00 am Dating No Filter is back for a Christmas special, with a host of famous faces set to provide humorous commentary to a batch of festive blind dates \u2013 and RadioTimes.com can offer a first-look clip of the episode. 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