Don't Tell the Bride

The format The format of the show is pretty simple. In a nutshell, the bride to be leaves the couples’ home (the couple already live together in every show I have seen) leaving the groom to be to organise the whole wedding, and by whole it means everything. From the dress to the shoes to the suits to the cake to the ceremony to the reception to the entertainment to the honeymoon. The groom is responsible for everything and the bride is expected to sit there and wonder what her big day has in store for her. Being a reality TV program the whole process is filmed throughout, and whilst this is ... more

Generally speaking I am not a great fan of reality television and go to great lengths to avoid programmes like “Big Brother” and “I’m a Celebrity” but “Don’t Tell the Bride” is one I can tolerate and sometimes even enjoy. This is an offering from Renegade Pictures, a production company based in North London, which purports to specialise in “high quality factual programmes including feature documentaries, broadcast documentaries, factual formats and series”. However, as none of its other products ring any bells with me, I will move swiftly on! At present in its third series, “Don’t Tell the ... more

Show Running Time: 60 minutes Programme Type: Reality TV Series Current series: 3 Frequency: Aired once per week until the end of each series, at which time a break is taken until the next series Don’t Tell the Bride…. “Don’t Tell the Bride” is a reality TV show whereby couples seeking financial aid, in order to fund their dream wedding, are donated a generous sum of £12,000 in return for allowing their wedding planning and elements of their special day to be filmed and aired on National Television later For £12,000 of course it’s not that straightforward…. The catch that comes with this ... more

A BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAMME Don't Tell The Bride is a show originally shown on BBC3, old episodes can be seen on other channels including Living. Each episode is around an hour long. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? Well the idea of the show is that the bride and groom are seperated for 3 weeks, in this time the groom is given £12000 to arrange everything for their wedding day without the bride knowing anything! The only thing the bride is allowed to do before the wedding day is to try on the dress that the groom has picked out for her. The bride and groom are to have no contact during the organising of the ... more

I just had to write a review on this show after having just watched the latest one in the current series. I find myself watching this every week and then having lengthy discussions about it with my friends the next day, it really does get us talking! The idea of the show is that an engaged couple appear on the show with the understanding that the groom has to oragnise the entire wedding within three week's time with just the help of the best man. The bride moves out for the three weeks and the best man moves in... the crew follow the groom around as he makes the choices for the wedding dress ... more