A TEACHER has been helped with dating thanks to two martial arts instructors from Swindon.
Richard Smith, 29, an English teacher at St John's School in Marlborough, will be the first gay man to receive a dating makeover on BBC 2's Would Like to Meet.
The panel of experts on the programme decided he needed toughening up so they sent him to Red Lion School of Tae Kwon Do in Swindon.
Chief instructor Keith Gardener said: "We gave him what would be a three weeks course and condensed it into five hours
Would Like to Meet will be screened tonight at 9pm on BBC 2.
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