Fatal First Dates: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In an age of dating apps and instant connection, the search for love can carry unseen risks. Fatal First Dates tells the true stories of people who set out in search of romance and instead found themselves face to face with tragedy. Carefully reported and human-centred, each episode follows a standalone case, tracing events from the first swipe or chance meeting through a descent into manipulation, obsession and betrayal. Using dramatic reconstruction, police recordings and testimony from families, investigators and survivors, the series examines how seemingly ordinary encounters took a devastating turn.

Series details

• Title: Fatal First Dates
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2026-07-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-07-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• TVMaze ID: 93807
• TVDB ID: 481751

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-07-28; final listed air date 2026-07-28; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Fatal First Dates on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.