My Mum, Your Dad: North Derbyshire postman makes his move with cuddle, foot rub and intimacy therapy

Roger Hawes, from Staveley, was shown having a cuddle and friendly goodnight peck with Janey after he had given her a foot rub and told her she had lovely feet.

He admitted: “I’m not actually that confident a guy which is a turn-off,” to which Janey told him not to change. She said: “What I like about you is your funniness – you really crack me up. I think you and I are very similar and our protection is our humour. We’re very silly, funny people and we're having a good time and you deserve that and I deserve that and we’re not doing anything wrong.”

Over a bottle of fizz, Janey asked Roger: “What shall we cheers,” to which he replied: “You and me.”

The pair were chosen by adult children of parents participating in the middle-aged dating show to enjoy some alone time in a private suite. Unbeknown to the single mums and dads hoping to find love second time around their children are watching their parents’ every move.

A therapist-led intimacy workshop, aimed at breaking down boundaries, was shown in the episode broadcast last night (Monday). When it came to their turn, Janey blindfolded Roger, tickled him with a feather and locked lips with him as she retrieved an ice cube from his mouth.

Roger’s daughter Jess said: “This is the first time he’s been touched by a woman that’s not his wife for 40 years.”

In the opening episode of My Mum, Your Dad shown last week, the 58-year-old postman shared his heartbreak of losing beloved wife Joanne to cancer 18 months ago.

Joanne, who worked as a nurse at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, had malignant melanoma which spread to her brain and she lost her life at the age of 52.