the daters

Berihan Abbas was born in Hong Kong to Egyptian Parents. Educated in international schools, she had few Muslim friends. Now training to be a solicitor in Cardiff, she is finding it hard to meet Muslim men in her social circle. She has turned to the internet to find a Muslim man who can accept her love of boozing

Divorcee Samar Kidwai is looking for a life partner. Raised in Pakistan, she works in England and wants to stay here. Her search for a husband is being hampered by social prejudice in her community about being a divorced mother. On top of that her parents want to her return to Pakistan. Samar tries to remain optimistic about her future but a series of bad experiences on internet dating have left her vulnerable to her parents' demands

In the close-knit Jewish community of suburban North West London and Hertfordshire, Bianca Selman feels like she already knows all the Jewish guys in her age group. Too many of the same faces in the same places have turned the 21 year old to the internet in her search for her Jewish Mr Right, or at least Mr Right Now.

Bold and bubbly, she recently left university and works as creative manager of a recording studio. She comes from a loving family but loves to go out drinking, and partying even more. The question is can she tone down the partying in order to find her match?

Big kid Dan Shell, 38 and 3/4, as he would say, has spent the past two decades living it up managing bars and partying all over the world, from Paris to Hong Kong to the Caribbean. Now he’s back and something is in the way of him finding love. Is it his playful attitude, his inability to take life seriously, or that he lives with his mum and dad?

His youthful love of travel, motorbikes and music hides his desire to find a nice Jewish girl with whom to settle down

For most young men a cool job as a radio DJ and the freedom of a single life would be a real draw. However for romantic comedy fan Tim it’s just not enough. He’s a fully committed Christian and he’s looking for his perfect princess to share his love of Jesus. But are his standards just too high?

29 year-old Tim is, in his own words, a ‘bible-believing Christian’. Brought up in a Christian family in south-east London, right from an early age he benefited from the power of prayer while undergoing 5 gruelling heart-ops in Great Ormond Street Hospital. Now he’s praying to God to find him his dream girl.

Wakefield party girl, Tracey Edwards, gave up her wild living over ten years ago to commit her life to God. For the last 4 years she’s been looking for love and marriage but without success. Disappointed and let down by previous boyfriends she’s finally turned to a Christian website to find a good Christian man.  But will modern technology serve her any better?

Tracey sees her future firmly in her church community yet she keeps dating foreigners who have their mind set on returning home. Is her colourful past scaring away potential Christian partners or is she just falling for the wrong guys?