Election blind dates: Peter Stringfellow and Mary Beard - BBC News 

12 months later... RIP Peter 😪

I never thought I’d ever say this, but I quite like Peter! Mary is wonderful...always!

What’s the name of this lovely cafe? Does anyone know? Thanks.

Mary you are one of my favourite people to listen to. However to say you have a hard time in Cambridge is a bit of a joke having worked in that environment. Its privileged and to put it mildly snobbish. You attract good grants and never have to fight about your identity. Your politics are well meaning, but Peter is correct at the end of the day you rely on money being generated and you directly benefit from commerce. It takes all kinds of us to make this world and you judged Peter and people like him as being ‘bad’ in doing so you alienate alternatives instead of accepting that we can all live together in peace and respect. Peter on the other hand needed to pay you the respect of also understanding that academics also make our life richer. Politics serves those that want to divide us into tribes for very good reason; they are individuals who seek power and often that is destructive at our cost. Your meeting showed this, because what really lit you both up was wanting to understand one another as people.

stringfellow hasnt got a clue who she is

Mary Beard is just amazing. As an ancient historian and a lefty, she's my hero.

I might not have agreed with what he said and did that often but I do miss him. RIP PETER STRINGELLOW

Stringfellow knows how to charm:fact

Stringfellow hit this perfectly when he said that her view of feminism is not truly about giving women choice, it's about women making choices Mary agrees with. She typifies everything which is wrong with modern Feminism.

Aw love Mary

Mrs Mary Beard is simply GLORIOUS

Mary beard has horrendous table manners 😂😂

How Mary didn't kill him I don't know

More thought provoking than Seinfeld's coffee with comedians in cars!

*Mary QUEEN*

Stringfellow makes the fatal flaw at the end of forgetting the value of look. Not everyone with passion and ambition succeeds. Its not possible for us all to be Millionaires. You get lucky while working hard.

It's ridiculous for anyone to suggest that Peter's wife has married him primarily for his money. It's very common for women in their mid-thirties to find 77 year old men irresistible.

Not quite Jill Dando and Cliff Richard then...

neither of them have a clue who the other is

He’s not in her league, in any way imaginable. Then to put a guy who obviously invests in plastic surgery (note the grotesque “Joker” mouth) next to the completely, happily “au naturel” Mary Beard is so incongruous it makes my brain hurt.

Started with nothing ..... no rich mummy and daddy to bail him out ,send him to university .Shes no idea

Really sorry to hear that Peter passed away today. A proper character, total legend and of a generation that thankfully didn't have to deal with all the PC cultural Marxism, that's infected society today. Roguish, cheeky and an unabashed, unashamed lover of ladies, leather and leopard-print budgie-smugglers, even Mary had to smile and blush girlishly at the odd moment during this 'date'. They just don't make them like Pete anymore.

liked video without watching first , because mary beard .

Wow what a truly delightful half hour of classic TV, Loved it sooooo much..... Do adore Mary beard and what she truly stands for, also have a very small soft spot for peter string fellow, but did he really attempt to ask any searching, or otherwise questions about Marys life and beliefs? That's a fat NO...., He was out of his depth because he has never ever met a Lady like her, and that's sad in itself. More of these fantastic prograames Beeb!!!!!!!!!

She might be a lefty....but I can tolerate listening to her........

string fellow what a legend

ah gotta love ole stringfellow.from a working class family u know.he never mentions it tho

mary is just delightful, she is wrong though when saying people better off should be responsible for those whom aren't. she made a decision to study and work hard, a lot off ppl do not.

LOL if Pete had dancers in his club like Mary , he would have gone out of business !

A year later he was dead.

Lord Hall or Pe. A men to : Skalliwag Yanks. Pontius's Merry Men against our interests.

HERO!

He’s incredibly patronising towards her, given that she’s Cambridge educated and he’s... oh wait he’s????

That man is obnoxious

What people would say to Mary about her Hair and Teeth is they look worn and not well maintained, and she could look just like Peter if she placed more pride in her appearance, the difference between the grey woman and grey man here is one looks after their appearance and the other does not. The world judges everyone regardless of who you are, and if you want to be seen as a distinguished older lady then you have to put the effort in and not look like you are an old stay at home cat lady who doesn't look after themselves. The yellow teeth is the result of improper care, either by smoking or drinking staining products like Red Wine and Coffee and then not cleaning them twice a day. Her stance here is "Im not interested in earning money, I just want to live comfortable" and that's perfectly fine, I'm the same. What Peter did with his life was be a money maker and provider for his family, but he's also providing employment for thousands of people. She is looking after herself and that's it, he's responsible for his family and thousands of others he doesn't owe a thing to, so which one of them is actually providing more good to the country? This is what people don't see, they don't see that a business man employs hundreds and or thousands of people meaning they get to feed their families, they just see them as people who make lots of money and keep it from others. Its not right to demand others spend their hard earned cash on others, no one has a right to Peter Stringfellow's fortune or businesses except for those he designated in his Will. He's put in the work to make lots of money and no one but him should decide how its spent. Loopholes however as he mentioned do need fixing, you cannot blame someone for taking advantage of a system that's got flaws, they didn't put those flaws in there.