Best of Series 1 & 2 Marrying Mum and Dad

This is Marrying Mum And Dad.

Where you get to organise your parents' wedding.

Lean back and hold on tight.

You're a real superhero.

That means you're in charge. You can do whatever you want.

-You're going to make Mum wear one of those?

-Yeah.

LAUGHTER

Mum and Dad do know they're getting married.

But they have no idea where or how!

CHEERING

I'm feeling nervous about what the two little girls were planning

for us today.

It's revenge time.

-Will the day be filled with chaos?

-Or confetti?

Success!

On today's show we're taking a trip to

Marrying Mum And Dad HQ for a look back through our best ever big days.

One, two, three.

'It's a chance to marvel at all the mega moments created by kids

who dared to turn the tables on their parents' special day.

SHOUTING

'Now the confetti has settled we discover

'if their big bash was the weirdest of weddings...'

You will have to retrieve the rings.

'Or the best time ever.'

For them to have actually organised it was just perfect.

And could we convince a visitor to our wedding planning office to

let the Marrying Mum And Dad team take over their big day?

-We are about to find out.

-Because we are marrying Mum and Dad.

WEDDING MUSIC PLAYS

THEY YAWN

Come in, come in.

-Welcome to Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners...

-Inc.

The only wedding service that puts the kids in charge

of planning their parents' big day.

Our team of young planners are experts at arranging

everything from cakes to cars.

The thing is our wedding planners aren't exactly

fans of the traditional wedding, if you get what I mean.

Do you want to see what I'm talking about?

Then check this out.

CHEERING

I just feel really happy and I think the day has gone amazingly.

Since planning our first ever wedding, dozens of you have

taken control of your parents' big day.

Do you, Mum, allow your children to completely

and utterly organise a wedding day you will never forget?

I do.

'And with the power in your hands you've pulled off some of the

'most spectacular weddings your parents could ever have imagined.'

Check this out.

CHEERING

I think Mum and Dad were very proud of us.

They were really happy with what we'd done for them.

-'From fabulous football...'

-'To haunted houses.'

I would say it was amazing.

-'From super spies...'

-'To seriously Strictly.'

It was fab, the best day of our lives.

-It's been everything we've dreamed of and more.

-More.

'And incredibly our planners did all this

'while keeping it a giant secret from Mum and Dad.'

There's Mum and Dad.

-They have actually organised a helicopter.

-No way!

I would say it was your wedding.

People say to us, "You must have known." We were genuinely, "No."

Keep out, Mum and Dad.

'But all these surprises made for some very nervous parents.'

Oh!

He's a bit of a mischievous monkey at times

and he's having fun winding us up.

My mum and dad were really nervous the whole time.

I'm starting to really panic now.

I've turned into this crazy Bridezilla.

We could have done anything.

Oh, well...

To be fair they were definitely right to be worried.

-How are you feeling?

-Absolutely awful.

I can't believe I'm doing something like this on my wedding day.

You are cruel, you guys. Really, really cruel.

'Best of all, we've witnessed some fantastic family moments

'to remember for ever.'

This is going to be my favourite memory...unless we win the lottery.

Marrying Mum and Dad is an experience none of us

will ever forget.

'We couldn't agree more.

'Now let's see if we can convince one more customer.'

Now let's talk outfits.

You'll want to get all dressed up for your wedding day, won't you?

Lots of brides and grooms like to keep things traditional,

-but here at Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners...

-Inc.

..for some reason our planners seem to want to do the exact opposite.

-Rargh! How do I look?

-It's awesome.

'The first big moment of any Marrying Mum And Dad wedding is

'when our blindfolded parents see what they are wearing.'

THEY LAUGH

Goodness me.

'It's the nervy time our happy couple face their fate and discover

'exactly what their kids have chosen to dress them in for their big day.'

'But what's it really like when crunch time

'arrives in front of the infamous Marrying Mum And Dad mirrors?'

-Are they tears of joy?

-No!

'Try asking the bride and groom from this family.

'They had an absolute nightmare.'

-How are you feeling?

-Very nervous.

I thought it would be a great idea to have a haunted house

themed wedding.

Take off your blindfolds.

LAUGHTER

I took the blindfold off. I thought, "Wow."

Look at these two. Look at you. You look brilliant.

-Great.

-Wow!

They were looking at themselves and saying, "Oh, my gosh."

Can we add some fangs please?

'Not the usual dress that you'd choose to get married in,'

but it was lovely.

Great. Absolutely fantastic. Lovely day.

Dad doesn't have that much hair so we had to wear a wig

so he looked very different.

Ha-ha!

You just looked really old.

I thought, "At least I haven't got make-up like that."

Well done, Dracula Dad, and fangs for the memories.

Another groom who had a shocker on his big day is

the one from our Caribbean wedding.

Sunglasses at the ready, everyone.

Mum and Dad, it's finally time for you to see the outfits that

Katia and Jazzy have chosen for you to wear on your wedding day.

We had a look online for any colourful suits

and we thought that the orange suit would suit Dad the best.

One, two, three.

THEY LAUGH

I looked in the mirror and saw this bright orange suit.

It was like, "Whoa."

He looks quite funny. But he looks quite nice.

Yeah, I could deal with that.

I remember Dad being almost blinded by the colour of his suit.

It was all orange.

It certainly wasn't what I would probably have picked out for myself

but people always mention my bright orange suit.

It might have been bright but at least it was a suit.

'Our great outdoors wedding dad wasn't quite so lucky.'

That's a nice reaction, isn't it?

We wanted to make him look a bit silly

so we went round charity shops finding silly things.

This is the best for me.

I wasn't too worried about it.

I didn't realise I was looking quite as much of an idiot as

I actually did look.

After three, let's do it.

It was quite hard not to laugh and give it away.

-Wow!

-You look beautiful.

'It did feel slightly weird.'

Sue was looking gorgeous and beautiful and elegant,

like you're meant to look on your wedding day.

And I was looking like a buffoon.

Guys, you've come up trumps again. You have got to be kidding.

He pulled out the wig and then he said, "Oh, no.

"I'm not wearing that as well."

It was just really, really funny.

He looked like a real clown that you'd see at the circus.

Sorry about this.

Well, you know what? I'll remember my wedding day.

And so will the rest of us, Dad.

Another parent who won't forget their outfit in a hurry

is our Strictly Come Dancing mum with her bright pink wedding dress.

-OK, Mum and Dad, are you ready to see what you look like.

-Yeah.

Oh, I just can't wait.

When I was stood there with the blindfold on

I was just sick with nerves.

One, two, three.

Oh!

When I saw my mum, it just looked amazing.

Everyone was just so happy and we were like, "Yay!"

It's definitely dancing, isn't it? Like ballroom dancing.

I loved it. I just felt dead girlie in it and all the sparkles...

THEY LAUGH

In fact, Mum was so happy with her outfit that even now it still

gets dusted off on the big occasions.

I wore it on Christmas Day, didn't I?

I just came down the stairs in it.

It was just still all flowing and lovely.

Another happy customer.

Now, you'll be wanting some transport for your big day, I expect.

-I imagine you're picturing something like this.

-Or this.

Or maybe even this.

But I have to tell you,

our young planners normally want a very different set of wheels.

Isn't that right, Naomi?

That's right, Ed.

Wheee!

Oh!

CRASH

The obvious way to get to a wedding might be in a posh car

but the kids who plan their mum and dad's big day on this show

don't really do obvious.

Whoa! Look at that!

That's hilarious. Thank you, everybody.

Oh, my God.

We've transported our happy couples to their weddings by scooter convoy,

Roman chariot

and even a time machine.

Oh, my God! The DeLorean!

But with some of the best ways we've moved mum and dad,

there hasn't been a single wheel in sight.

This is just something else.

It's fantastic.

One dad who probably would have preferred a nice car, though,

was the groom from our great outdoors wedding.

I'm shaking.

We made them abseil down a sheer rock cliff, which is

not very good for my dad cos he hates heights.

-How are you feeling, Dave?

-Absolutely awful.

He was just shaking completely.

At the top of that cliff, I did stop and think to myself,

"What on earth am I doing here? This is my wedding day."

Some people walk down the aisle. You're walking down a cliff.

It's certainly not typical, is it?

How could I not be a happy man?

-As I'm about to descend, backwards, down this cliff.

-Just do it.

Oh... I'm just doing it!

When the kids came through on the radio saying,

"Just do it, Dad!" It made me think of when they are saying,

"I don't like mushrooms," and we say, "Just eat it."

Oh, I'm doing it!

THEY CHEER

It felt right that the tables were turned, finally.

Abseiling might be cool wedding day transport

but why stop there when the sky's the limit?

A bit too small.

'Everybody who's seen the programme comes up to us and says,'

"You were the people on Marrying Mum And Dad

"with the helicopter, weren't you?"

BOTH: Best thing ever.

Oh, yes, when the kids from our football wedding planned

their transport, they went straight for something seriously glam.

BOTH: Helicopter time.

That is so cool.

THEY CHEER

-You see two little faces at the window waving.

-That is so special.

When my mum and dad got in the helicopter, my mum started crying.

-Cos she liked it so much.

-My dad was just like, "Yes!"

It was mind-blowing, you know. It was brilliant.

BOTH: Take Mum and Dad to the wedding!

CHEERING

I can't imagine how they managed to pull off something that big.

It was just brilliant. I mean, it's a helicopter. It's amazing.

Our football-loving family weren't the only ones

travelling by air on their big day.

In our spy wedding, the kids challenged their two dads

to arrive in serious style by taking a proper plunge.

We got our dads to jump out of a plane

from a really, really big height.

Over 3,000 metres high to be exact.

-Oh, no.

-Skydiving centre.

-Yeah, thanks for that.

-Thank you.

You're having a laugh.

No, they weren't having a laugh.

These mini spies were deadly serious about what they wanted to see.

ALL: Parachuting!

-Are you up for it?

-We'll have a go. As long as he goes first.

They looked really terrified.

No wonder they were terrified. They were about to jump out of a plane.

-I feel so guilty now.

-You feel so guilty now? Good.

-Good luck, Dad.

-We're going to be watching you the whole way.

When you slide off the bench and you have to sort of shuffle along

the floor of the plane and the door's wide open, obviously,

-and he just says, "Right, hang your legs over the side."

-30,000 feet up.

-You're sort of looking down going...

-I did close my eyes, yeah.

We didn't think they would do it at all.

We were really proud of them.

We sort of came plunging down to earth

and all our friends were there, weren't they?

When they came down, we were just so happy.

I think it's a really cool way to arrive to a wedding.

Definitely beats a car, that's for sure.

Have you thought about where you

would like your wedding to take place?

-Well, here at Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners...

-Inc.

..it's all about location, location, location.

Think big.

That's what our young planners have done in the past.

They're all about finding somewhere really, really amazing

for their mum and dad to tie the knot. Aren't they, Ed?

That's right, Naomi. Really, really...special.

It's roomier than it looks inside.

Oh, fantastic.

When it comes to booking the perfect place to hold a Marrying Mum And Dad

wedding, there are three things our planners need to pull off.

Oh, my goodness, it's the zoo.

It's absolutely beautiful.

I couldn't have wished for a better venue.

First, find an eye-catching venue to hold it in.

Take off the blindfold.

Next, go to town decorating it to fit the theme.

-Wow.

-Like what we've done with it?

And, finally, pack it full of guests who are ready for a serious party.

CHEERING

What do you think of this?

When it all comes together,

like that for our Strictly Come Dancing team, it had their parents

handing out an impressive "ten" for the perfect place they'd picked.

-Whoa.

-Wow.

We picked the town hall for the wedding

because it looked amazing when we went in.

SHE GASPS

The biggest surprise was the venue, for me,

cos I wasn't expecting that.

It's not the town hall, is it?

When we pulled up at the town hall, my mum was crying.

CHEERING

When we opened the door, I mean, that was just amazing to see

every single person that you just love just all there for you.

Oh, God.

It's just amazing. Really was.

-Are you ready to get married?

-I am, thanks.

-Yeah?

That was the best moment ever when you just saw them

all standing there.

Really, really special. Really special.

It's not a "seven!", it's a "ten" from them.

Another venue which had parents screaming in delight was

the seriously spooky place in our haunted house wedding.

Welcome to one of the most haunted houses in Britain, Mum and Dad.

When you went through the gates and there was, like, the gargoyles

and what have you, I thought, "Wow, this is really good."

You get closer to it.

Come inside. If you can stomach it.

When they saw the venue, they thought it was quite haunted

and really creepy for the wedding.

All that was missing was some vultures flying around.

-Yeah.

-It was perfect. Absolutely perfect.

You could tell it was haunted cos some of the paintings in there,

they were just, like, quite creepy.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr and Mrs Dracula.

We put, like, fake spiders and cobwebs everywhere.

There was all, like, green lights everywhere.

You could see how much effort the kids had put in

to setting everything up.

We agree, Mum. Frighteningly good work.

Of course, the most important part of your day is the actual ceremony.

That's what weddings are all about, right?

And if you book your wedding with us here at

-Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners...

-Inc.

-..then I can

guarantee you the moment you walk down the aisle will be like...

no wedding you've ever seen.

I want to talk you through it,

tell you about some of the things you will have to say on the day.

-Things like...

-I do.

-No, I want to tell them!

-No - "I do".

-No, I do.

-No - "I do".

I DO!

-It will be happy moment.

-Trust us.

We've seen dozens of weddings on Marrying Mum And Dad,

which means plenty of heartfelt and happy "I do"s.

I promise to love and respect you.

By always being there.

I give you this ring.

As a symbol of our love.

I will share with you my... hopes and dreams.

It's been tears and cheers all the way.

And we've witnessed some amazing moments that we're still

feeling all warm and fuzzy about.

David, I give you this ring as a token of our marriage.

It was quite special seeing them getting married.

I promise to love you, care for you, respect you...

I struggled to get my words out because, you know,

I could feel the tears so it was very, very difficult.

Very emotional.

David, you may kiss your bride.

CHEERING

I felt a lump come to my throat as well.

Everyone was getting a bit emotional, really.

Our 1950s family weren't the only ones getting a bit

emotional on their big day.

-I, Paul.

-I, Paul.

-Take you, Mark.

-Take you, Mark.

-As my civil partner.

-As my civil partner.

When Daddy Mark and Daddy Paul were saying their vows, everyone,

in the end, was getting really tearful.

-Do you, Mark, take Paul to be your equal civil partner?

-I do.

We always wanted the children to be part of it and for them

to actually have organised it was just perfect.

It was really, really nice that they liked their day.

It's fair to say that some Marrying Mum And Dad "I do"s

have been a little bit unusual.

The actual wedding ceremony was between the home and away dugouts

under this massive goal.

-I give you this ring.

-I give you this ring.

It's not the usual type place. Most people have it in a building.

As a symbol of my love for you.

It was obviously, you know, that extra special

that the kids had organised it and they were there with us as well.

You may kiss the bride.

CHEERING

They did such an amazing job. I'm so proud of them.

That's definitely match of the day.

How about the wedding cake? Any ideas?

Well, our young wedding planners

like the cake to have a real surprise. Like this one.

It looks great, it tastes great, but it's got a really unusual smell.

-Has it?

-Oh, yes. Get right up close. Have a good sniff.

Oh, no, wait a minute.

I'm not falling for your "smell the cake" routine again.

Although what Ed doesn't realise is, earlier on today,

I did smell this very cake and it is the loveliest smelling cake ever.

Oh, really?

And that's what you call getting your just desserts.

A wedding isn't a wedding without a cake

and here on Marrying Mum And Dad we love to pull out all the stops

to put the icing on the big day.

Oh, my goodness. Oh!

So here is a slice of some of our finest ever tiered treats.

Wow. Look at that.

Our cake was a sun, sea and sand cake.

-It looked amazing but it tasted amazing as well.

-It was beautiful.

-You could taste, literally, the Caribbean flavour.

-Mango.

Mango, coconut, ginger.

It was a huge tiered cake. It had lots of spy things on it.

It had briefcases and magnifying glasses on it.

Us two skydiving.

Spy pencils.

It was the amount of detail in it, it was fantastic.

When they revealed the cake, it was me and Billy

sat on top of a rotating disco ball, wasn't it?

It was the most amazing cake I'd ever seen and we made it ourselves.

Yeah.

My mum and dad's reaction when we showed them

the cake for the first time, they were gobsmacked.

They pulled off this thing

and there was this rising green mountain with a path on it.

-That is amazing.

-It's you with your wig on the top.

We were perched on the top of this mountain

and it really felt like, "Oh, we've kind of gone up a mountain to

"be here." Even though we hadn't been up a mountain.

We've no idea what you're talking about, Outdoors Dad.

But nice cake all the same.

After everything's done and you're finally married,

you'll probably be in the mood for a bit of a party.

-If you choose Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners...

-Inc.

..we can guarantee that our young planners will arrange

entertainment that will be talked about for years to come.

We've done it all. Killer dance routines...

MUSIC: "Gangnam Style" by Psy

..animal antics...

Oh, stay calm, Fluffy. I'll feed you later.

ROAR!

..even big musical moments.

SHE PLAYS TUNELESSLY

-And that's just the parents.

-HONK!

CHEERING

Once the bride and groom have got married,

there's only one thing left to do, and that's to party.

It's the perfect way to get everyone involved in the action

on the big day.

It's one of the best things ever.

Especially the happy couple.

It's been an amazing day.

This is beyond your expectations.

From super spins...

to superstars,

gladiators...

Raargh!

..to goal-scorers,

there's no doubt that our wedding planners know how to organise

a bash that goes off with a bang.

BOTH: Yeah!

For the planners at our 1920s wedding, though, nothing could top

the once-in-a-lifetime chance to make as much mess as possible.

We decided to do a custard pie fight because in the Bugsy Malone film,

at the end, they all had a massive custard pie fight.

Are you ready, guys?

-ALL: Yeah!

-Go!

SHE LAUGHS

On the lawn, this mass pie fight taking place with all

the children doing what children like doing - throwing custard pies.

We loved the custard pie fight.

This is chaos.

I remember, like, all of us having loads of fun

and getting people in the faces with the custard pies.

A lot of the adults wanted to get into those suits

and have a good old custard pie fight.

Mum and dad at our 1950s American wedding were up for a party, too.

When their young Elvis hit the stage, they hit the dance floor.

It was quite a big thing, me getting up on stage

and singing an Elvis song.

Just really overwhelming. We were shocked and I was so proud of him.

And getting all the family to get up,

and I was joining in, it was really good fun.

# Oh, honey lay off of them shoes... #

My mum was really surprised with me getting up on stage.

She really liked it and I think all the guests liked it as well.

I didn't even know Shane could sing

and I think he did really, really good.

Today's been the best day ever and I'm always going to remember it.

HE LAUGHS

One parent who didn't enjoy the entertainment

so much on his big day was our haunted house dad.

That's because the entertainment was Dad.

-You will have to retrieve the rings.

-From the creepy cellar.

I thought, "Oh, no. Now is your time to shine."

Dad, how are you with spiders?

Not very good.

SHRIEKING

"Well, it won't be much. They won't be real. They won't be big.

"I can handle little spiders."

Who said anything about little spiders?

It's really dark down here.

THEY LAUGH

I walked through the cellar and I got to the other end

and then I saw some lights and I thought, "Oh, no."

I couldn't believe the size of the spiders.

-Help me.

-Oh, yes, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it.

-We were like, "Go on, Dad, you can do it."

-Yes, I've got one.

We were quite surprised that he did it.

I knew he'd do it anyway cos, for the wedding,

if you want to get the ring, you have to go down in the cellar.

-DAD:

-The things you do for love. Don't move.

-He said, "I'm going to get you back for this."

-He said we are cruel.

-CHEERING

-He's done it.

-Yes.

I said to the kids, "I can't believe you made me do that with spiders

"cos you know I'm petrified." And they just laughed at me.

I can't believe I've just done that.

Neither can we, Vampire Dad. Good work.

Sometimes, though, the best Marrying Mum And Dad moments

are the ones where the party spirit simply can't be stopped.

We didn't even plan to do the conga.

The music just came on and then everyone just got in a line

and started dancing around.

The conga was probably my favourite part of the wedding because

it was spontaneous and everybody just kind of went for it, I think.

We did the conga and then we came back and were dancing together.

-Yeah.

-And nobody wanted it to stop, then, really.

We could have carried on going.

It was just really fun and everyone enjoyed it a lot.

-NAOMI AND ED: Us, too!

-We had an absolute blast.

So there you go. I think that should give you a taste of what makes

Marrying Mum And Dad Wedding Planners... BOTH: Inc.

..the only place for all your nuptial needs.

I mean, why have the traditional, boring old wedding day

you've always dreamed of when you can have a day arranged

by one of our team of planners?

And the best thing is, you're going to have nothing to worry about

at all until the big day.

You won't know a thing about it until it actually happens.

So, what do you think? You'd be mad not to.

Hey, wait, where are you going?

Come back. I said you'd be mad NOT to.

Oh, don't go. It'll be fun.

We promise.