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The Single Life: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - The Single Life, Episode 1

The stories of two single women looking for true love in the face of difficult modern life

Hayley and Catherine are single women looking for true love, facing the difficulties modern life throws at them, their ticking biological clock, and the problems of speed dating.

Thirty Five percent of the British adult population have never been married and are officially single. Is it a world of freedom and fun, or of crushing loneliness? And how is the issue of security, both emotional and financial, affected by being alone? From the women and men in their 20s and 30s searching in desperation to find a partner, to the divorcees suddenly single and part of the dating game, both trying to comprehend its complicated rules.

In this first episode, Hayley and Catherine discuss what it is like to be single women looking for true love, revealing the difficulties modern life throws up to thwart their search, their fears of a ticking biological clock and the problems with speed dating.

This 5-part series, originally broadcast in 2008, explores the lives of the thousands of ordinary people in the UK today who live the single life, uncovering surprising stories.

Producer: Jo Meek
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