A couple who fell in love after locking eyes on the District Line. A pair of Putney housemates who had a secret romance during lockdown. A paramedic and a police officer who had their meet-cute on a 999 call.
These are just some of the dozen or so Londoners set to feature in the Standard's heartwarming and hotly-anticipated new dating podcast, London Love Stories, hosted by our very own senior feature writer and editor Katie Strick.
Think of it as a Richard Curtis-style rom-com in your ears every week — except all of these stories actually happened
The eight-part series launches this time next week, on November 9, with new feelgood, rollercoaster-filled episodes dropping every Thursday throughout November and December — and featuring a very special Christmas guest (yes, actually).
Expect true, tear-jerking and goosebump-inducing stories of real-life Londoners finding love in the world's greatest city, from an east London couple who married before they'd touched to a couple from south London who married each other twice, 11 years apart.
Prepare for heartbreak in the West End, snogs outside Tube stations and plenty of screen-worthy will-they-won't-they moments set here in our capital city. Host Katie Strick even takes a ride on the city's most romantic bus route, where a curious number of Londoners have had their own rom-com-worthy Sliding Doors moment... though you'll have to tune in to find out exactly which bus number it is.
Think of it as a Richard Curtis-style movie in your ears every week — except all of these stories actually happened. Just search 'London Love Stories with Katie Strick' wherever you get your podcasts.
