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Don't Tell The Bride - Season 8

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Eleven brides must leave the biggest day of their lives in the hands of the men they love.

Don't Tell The Bride returns for its eighth season as more couple are put to the test as the big day approaches.



In a all new series we'll see more unconventional weddings and the tantrums to go with it.



Episode 1

In a bid to save money to put on a show-stopping wedding for Jay, his down-to-earth bride, Jack-the-lad Ian flies himself and his two best men 12,000 miles away to Thailand. But will travelling half way around the world and back in just 4 days to get 3 suits made, a cut-price wedding dress and a unforgettable stag do, pay off for this cheeky chappy? 



Episode 2

Rock-star turned zoo-keeper, Scott spends under £100 on ebay for a wedding dress for his paramedic bride to be, Verity - leaving him £1, 800 to spend on life-size plastic animals to decorate the reception for his jungle themed wedding. So will he be fed to the lions when the bride, who just wants to feel special on her big day, discovers his wild wedding plans?



Episode 3

Sea-loving groom, Dave wants to whisk his water phobic bride-to-be, Rosie off to a remote island wedding. But it’s not just any island, its wind-swept Lundy Island off the coast of Devon, where the bride once nearly drowned and had to be rescued. After 3 weeks battling the elements, in a last ditch attempt to win over his bride’s close knit family, will Dave’s risky wedding plan be plain sailing or run aground?



Episode 4

Harry Potter fan, Sean needs all the help he can get planning a spooky witches & wizards themed wedding in a forest for his demanding bride-to-be Nicole. But with a fiancé set on a church for her big day and a best man, who’d rather watch football than plan a wedding, will Sean be able to work his magic to pull off a spellbinding day to remember or will it all be just an illusion?



Episode 5

Self-confessed tattoo addict, Adam is on a mission to give his bride-to-be, Dani, an unconventional wedding at a London tattoo convention in front of 10,000 inked up strangers. But all she wants is an intimate day with friends and family in the grounds of a beautiful castle near their home in Devon. But can Adam fulfill Dani’s dream of getting her dad to walk her down the aisle and with the best part of the day spent travelling from Devon to London in a minibus will she even make it in time to get married?



Episode 6

Romantic groom, David met the woman of his dreams, Elle just over a year ago. Now he wants to quite literally sweep Elle off her feet, with an ambitious wedding in a hot air balloon and his bride wearing a dress he’s designed himself. But with balloon flights being notoriously weather dependent and a feisty fiancé and her 9 bridesmaids to please will David’s air bound nuptials take off or will the young lovebird’s sky-high wedding come crashing down?



Episode 7

James, the groom who confesses he doesn’t actually want a wedding, plans the biggest day of bride-to-be Hollie’s life. Whilst she dreams of a local church wedding back home in rural Lincolnshire, James wants a rooftop party in a multistory car park in Peckham. In an attempt to avoid all things traditional, will this groom forget he’s even planning a wedding? And will his gritty, urban vision for their big day be bold or leave his bride cold?



Episode 8

Wedding obsessed bride-to-be, Alex dreams of an elegant Downton Abbey style wedding but her groom, Mark is planning to go down ‘ont farm for a West Country shindig. So what will the bride who loves the pomp and grandeur of Pride & Prejudice, make of pig racing and a Wurzels tribute act for entertainment, a tractor ride for transport and her groom in dungarees and wellies on their big day? 



Episode 9

Car fanatic, Wesley has fast and furious ideas for his big day but his bride-to-be, Rena dreams of a small, intimate wedding. So what happens when a convoy of cars becomes the star attraction on the biggest day of her life? With two larger than life best men at the helm, Rena’s bridesmaids speeding towards a rampage and Wesley left holding the baby, can this groom keep things on track or are his revved up nuptials heading for a breakdown?



Episode 10

Thrill seeker Craig plans an adrenaline-fuelled big day for his country girl bride-to-be, Ellie. But with Ellie and her protective mum, Ceri set on a church wedding in their village, what will they make of a sky diving entrance and a bungee jumping wedding ceremony at an airfield, a  two hour drive away? Will the bride-to-be who hates flying go along with her groom’s heart stopping ideas? Or has he stretched himself too far?



Episode 11

In the first year of same sex marriage, former drama student Jack is hoping to impress his husband-to-be James by putting on the performance of a lifetime, as well as a wedding. James longs for a traditional big day so how will he react when his groom turned theatre director books two donkeys and a cast of actors to perform his own version of a Shakespeare classic at their wedding. Will it be A Midsummer Night’s Dream or A Midsummer Nightmare?






Programme Information

  • Genre: Factual Entertainment

  • Subgenre: Relationships

  • Producers: RENEGADE PICTURES

  • Broadcaster: BBC

  • Duration: 12 x 60'

  • Tags: Bride Groom Wedding

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