i'm peter stringfellow. not peter, the nightclub guy. paris, new york, miami. a lot in common. if you go for lunch with me, you have to be very special. i don't do lunches. sex is night—time. lunch? what do you do with lunch? i don't know. it does feel a bit like a blind date, really. and i have been reflecting who it might be. laughter. that's ok. i'm happy. how you? i'm good. i'm very happy. good. great place for lunch. i hope you are impressed! right, nihilism, you are going to have to remind me of your full name. mary beard. and you? peter stringfellow. it is surprisingly like a blind date. i haven't had a blind date for about 40 haven't had a blind date for about a0 yea rs. haven't had a blind date for about a0 years. i was sitting here and i thought, i'm beginning to feel a bit nervous. i never, thought, i'm beginning to feel a bit nervous. | never, ever thought, i'm beginning to feel a bit nervous. i never, ever had a blind date. you are my first. let's enjoy it. two poached eggs on toast. i'm going to have a cheese omelette. wait a going to have a chees

mary beard and peter stringfellow. and there'll be two more blind dates on the victoria derbyshire programme on bbc two and here on the news channel — that's at nine o'clock tomorrow and friday. i don't know why you are looking at me. iam sure me. i am sure you want to watch! now the weather. it is thomas shafran actor. you're putting your work in today! just like yesterday, the same shift. it is pretty... what was i going to say? it is pretty cloudy. this is in the highlands. obviously cloudy. this is sunny. this is in essex. obviously big contrasts across the uk today. where it has been cloudy today, it has been raining. particularly across northern ireland, south—west scotland. it is this area of low pressure that is swinging in. it has not been giving a sunni weather across england. warm aircoming out of a sunni weather across england. warm air coming out of the south. temperatures into the mid—20s. quite humid as well. it is very slow moving weather front. it is not moving weather front. it is not moving towards t

nigel farage and racheljohnson, peter stringfellow and mary beard, gina miller and godfrey bloom — ourersations and quite often, got on pretty well. you've told us that you've really appreciated seeing people who disagree with each other on some fundamental issues, talking about them in a civilised, grown—up way. a today, the snp's tommy sheppard — who set up the stand comedy club — meets ayesha hazarika. she was once advisor to labour's ed miliband, now she's a stand up comedian. but when the conversation turns to the question of scottish independence, will either of them be laughing? there's an election on and people are talking politics. so what happens when you send two people with opposing views on a lunch date? i'm well nervous. i'm like, oh my god, this has been so long. literally. will sparks fly? you see people that are sat there and can go and work but they choose not to. they choose to go and sign on — it angers me. or will things hot up? you look gloriously distinguished. hit me with it. slightly hunky. you're quite a pretty lady. laughter. get that on camera! and will the