0:00:02 > 0:00:04Up and down the country, parents are getting married in normal,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06traditional ceremonies.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Normal weddings are quite...boring.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13But fear not, Britain, because we're fighting back.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Open your eyes!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Kids have set themselves the challenge of a lifetime...
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Quiet on set!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21To organise their parents' wedding.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Bring it on!
0:00:23 > 0:00:26And to make it a day that no-one will ever forget.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28CHEERS
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Will they manage it?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31I'm quite nervous to plan it.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Will Mum and Dad like it?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36It could all go completely wrong.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And will they finally say, "I do"?
0:00:38 > 0:00:40We're going to rock this wedding!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43This is Marrying Mum And Dad.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54On today's show, we're travelling through time.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Enjoy your uneventful journey.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Quick! All the way back to the 1600s.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Stand and deliver! Your money or your wife.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05But will this wedding go down in history...
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Or could it turn into a day to forget?
0:01:11 > 0:01:12They're going up a hill.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Looks like Charles I has already lost his head.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Welcome to Marrying Mum And Dad, the only show on television where you
0:01:21 > 0:01:24get to organise your parents' wedding.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Amazing, right?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Forget all the usual, traditional weddings, because this is going
0:01:28 > 0:01:30to be a day like no other.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Let the chaos commence!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Today, we're in West London...
0:01:35 > 0:01:38..with two wedding planners ready to devote their time to planning
0:01:38 > 0:01:40a day that will make history.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Meet eight-year-old Oscar...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45I think that we could organise a really good wedding.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48It would be a really funny thing to do to them.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50And his cousin, Amelia, who's 12.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I haven't ever organised anything as big as a wedding.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I'm quite nervous to see what their reaction will be,
0:01:56 > 0:01:57but I'm quite excited.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Oscar's younger sister, Isabella, is also part of the crew.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06But, being only six, she's just along for the ride.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09So, who's the, er, ahem, "lucky" couple letting these guys
0:02:09 > 0:02:10plan their big day?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Meet Mum, Lisa...
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I think Oscar will have a few tricks up his sleeve,
0:02:16 > 0:02:17because he likes to shock.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I think there'll be quite a few surprises along the way,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22so a little nervous about the whole thing.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24And Mum, Sylvia.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I think Amelia's got a pretty good sense of humour as well,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31so we're expecting to laugh a lot but also to be quite humiliated.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38So, now we've met the family, what exactly have these two got in store?
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- BOTH:- We're mad about history.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Especially the gruesome bits - stuff like the Great Fire of London,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46the Plague and the English Civil War.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49That's why we're turning the clock back 400 years for this wedding.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- BOTH:- Because our theme is...
0:02:51 > 0:02:52The Stuarts.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The Stuarts are one of the most famous families in British history.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03That's because they ruled England for over 100 years,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05between 1603 and 1714.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Charles I is one of the most well known of all Stuart monarchs.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Hello! I'm King!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15He led the Royalists, also known as the Cavaliers,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17during the English Civil War.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Their enemies were the Parliamentarians, or Roundheads,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I'm not the king.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Let's hope Oscar and Amelia can pull this off,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30otherwise this wedding could end up in some serious argy-bargy.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32GROWLING
0:03:34 > 0:03:35What a brilliant theme!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I love history - 1066 and all that.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Don't know much about the Stuarts, though.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I wonder who's going to help me out with this one?
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Oh! Hello, Will, how are you?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46A lot better than most people during the summer of 1665,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50when the Great Plague was at its height, Ed, but thanks for asking.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Eh?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Yeah, by the time the epidemic had finished,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56a quarter of London's inhabitants had perished, you know.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Really?- Yeah, really.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I tell you, when it comes to centuries,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02the 17th is my absolute favourite.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03It is a real humdinger.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Will, come with me.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I've got a little job for you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11You might know Will Best from shows like Airmageddon
0:04:11 > 0:04:13and Dance, Dance, Dance.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16The Airena is about to echo and reverberate
0:04:16 > 0:04:18to some serious aerial combat.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21But what you didn't know is that he's quite the history buff.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Making him the perfect helper.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Oscar and Amelia have already been hard at work,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30planning his mums' wedding.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34But now it's time for us to help them bring the 1600s to life.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39And that can only mean one thing...
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Behold! The trusty Marrying Mum And Dad mobile HQ.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Officially, a parent-free zone.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Here we go, guys.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51- The dream factory.- Oh, my gosh!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Step inside.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Today, we're turning the plan van into a time machine,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02as Oscar and Amelia plot the mums' trip back through the ages.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Why have you chosen The Stuarts as a theme for this wedding?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Because I've been watching Horrible Histories since I was four,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11which was quite a long time ago.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Whoa, that's going to do weird things to your brain!- Yeah, it is!
0:05:14 > 0:05:18And my mum has done a degree in history in university.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Oh, right! So is this a period in history she quite likes?- Yeah.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Why in particular do you think this is a good theme for the wedding?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Because there was loads of stuff going on and at the start,
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- there's the Gunpowder Plot. - Oh, of course, yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32And then there's the Civil War, there's the Plague,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34there's the Great Fire of London.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- Lots of death and destruction. - Yeah.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- What every woman wants on her wedding day.- Yeah.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43So, now we know why they want this theme, it's time to get cracking.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Starting with some natty 17th-century attire.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49How are you going to dress Mum and Sylvia?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52One's going to be like a Roundhead,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54- and one's going to be like a Cavalier.- Oh, so...
0:05:54 > 0:05:55From the English Civil War, yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Two men?- Yeah.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- Well, I hope they get on...- Yeah.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01..because Roundheads and Cavaliers...
0:06:01 > 0:06:02- Don't get on.- No.- Not at all.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04We don't want a war.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06As the most important people at the wedding,
0:06:06 > 0:06:11our mums are going to be getting married as 17th-century VIPs...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Charles I and Sir Thomas Fairfax.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Sir Thomas Fairfax was quite important, because he was in charge
0:06:18 > 0:06:22of the Army, and Charles I was the main person who started the war.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24So, two powerful people together.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I think it will be really good.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28But what about the other guests?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oscar and Amelia have decided they're going to be
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Roundheads and Cavaliers, too.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36So, Will has laid on a little fashion parade,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39to give our planners some much-needed inspiration...
0:06:40 > 0:06:42..English Civil War-stylee.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Oscar, Amelia, meet my good friends from the mid-1600s.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Good day to you.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54So, these are the sorts of clothes that you're thinking might be worn
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- at the wedding?- Maybe.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Have a feel.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- It feels rough.- Yeah, it's rough, that.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03They are probably the most comfortable clothes I own,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07but if we do a lot of movement, we get very hot very quickly.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Soldiers like these would have fought against the King.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12I fight on Parliament's side.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Ah, Roundheads.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15No, not Roundheads, sir.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Oh, sorry. - They are Parliamentarians.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Yeah, Will.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20But why were they called Roundheads?
0:07:20 > 0:07:25A lot of the initial Parliament soldiers had shaven heads,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28so it was actually a mockery against Parliament.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Hairstyles aside,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33soldiers on both sides in the Civil War looked identical,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35leading to confusion on the battlefield.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39So, how did they see each other in different ways,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42like the Royalists and Parliamentarians?
0:07:42 > 0:07:47This is what's called an orange tawny sash, worn by Parliament.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49The Royalists would be wearing red ones.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Do you think that these sorts of outfits are going to go down well?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- AMELIA:- Probably not.- No?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56You don't reckon?
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Well, if they're, like, hot and sweaty, then I doubt it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Forget the guests. What about Lisa and Sylvia?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05If our planners get their way,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07they're not only going to be dressed as men...
0:08:07 > 0:08:09..but as arch enemies, too.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Not exactly a recipe for wedded bliss!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15If I could choose something to wear on my wedding day,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18it would be something elegant, something comfortable,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20but probably not a period costume.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I would hate the idea of being all trussed up and overdressed.
0:08:23 > 0:08:24That would be a bit of a nightmare.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Uh-oh! Bad luck, ladies,
0:08:27 > 0:08:31because Oscar and Amelia are all kitted up and ready to rumble.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35That's a halberd and sergeants could be distinguished
0:08:35 > 0:08:36by carrying one of those.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38As a Sergeant,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41you have organised the costumes with military precision.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42- Yep.- Nice one.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Looks like that's the outfits taken care of.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Next on the agenda, Oscar and Amelia need to find a suitably historic
0:08:53 > 0:08:54venue for their Stuart wedding.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Time to take to ye olde World Wide Web.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01PHONE RINGS
0:09:01 > 0:09:02- ON PHONE:- National Trust?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05We're calling from Marrying Mum And Dad and we were wondering
0:09:05 > 0:09:09if Ham House was free on the 29th?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Er, I'm afraid it isn't.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- Oh, OK. That's fine, then. - Sorry.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Hmm, it looks like authentic 17th-century wedding venues
0:09:17 > 0:09:19aren't that easy to lay your hands on.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21But hang on a second.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22There! There you go.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Oscar and Amelia might just have hit Stuart era pay-dirt.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28PHONE RINGS
0:09:28 > 0:09:31'Good morning, Hinchingbrooke House, Craig speaking.'
0:09:31 > 0:09:32I'm from Marrying Mum And Dad.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Please could we book this venue for the 29th?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Yes, you can book for the 29th.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Do you want to view it first? - Yes, please.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Would you like to come today? - Yeah, we could come today.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- Yeah, that would be great.- Super.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- Thank you.- Yeah, thank you. that would be great.- OK, thank you.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- OK, bye.- Thank you, bye!
0:09:48 > 0:09:52This Cambridgeshire school certainly looks the part.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And Oscar and Amelia have found out some facts that make it
0:09:55 > 0:09:56even more perfect.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Apparently, Oliver Cromwell's uncle lived here.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Really? I wonder if he ever visited.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03Yeah, he visited a lot.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05It's suitably historic from the outside,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07but what about the inside?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Oh, this is amazing!- You can't wait to have a look, can you?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12This looks nice.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Another big room.- Yeah.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16I think this could be the ceremony room.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It looks like it's from the right period, actually, doesn't it?
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Yeah, I reckon it is.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I think your mums are going to be really happy with this, aren't they?
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- They are.- I hope the Roundhead and Cavalier don't fall out,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27otherwise I might have to step in and keep the peace.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29No.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- What, are you saying I'm not capable of providing the security?- No.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Yeah, you're probably right, actually.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36They're definitely right, Ed. You'd make an awful bouncer!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41With venue and outfits in the bag, our history-mad duo can turn
0:10:41 > 0:10:43their attention to the wedding-day transport.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46Any thoughts, Mums?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I'd be happy to arrive jumping out of an aeroplane
0:10:48 > 0:10:50or something crazy like that.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Really?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Right, guys, you heard her. Do your worst!
0:10:55 > 0:10:56What's the transport going to be?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Well, something that they used in the Stuart era.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Very traditional.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Mm. Like a wooden motorbike or a wooden car?
0:11:04 > 0:11:05- A wooden bus?- No.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07A giant, wooden bird? They could fly in...
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Ed, your ideas are rubbish. Let's leave it to the pros.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12What were you thinking?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13A horse and carriage.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Oh, is that it?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16A bit too traditional for my liking, but...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- There's a twist.- What do you mean?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20There's a highway robbery.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Now you're talking!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- Steal the rings.- Oh!
0:11:23 > 0:11:24THEATRICAL PIANO
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Highway robbery was a common crime back in Stuart times.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Many country roads were dangerous for travellers...
0:11:31 > 0:11:35..with bandits lying in wait in lonely areas of heathland or forest.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39The most notorious highwaymen became celebs...
0:11:39 > 0:11:42..and their executions would draw massive crowds.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45A bit like the 17th-century version of a Bieber gig, really.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Back at the venue, Oscar and Amelia are putting the finishing touches
0:11:53 > 0:11:56to their plan for a wedding-day heist.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57The carriage will come out of here.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Uh-huh, through the archway.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02The robber will be in the trees or behind the bushes.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Good place for a robbery.- They'll jump out in front of the carriage,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- which will probably stop here. - Uh-huh.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09They'll say, "Give me all your rings."
0:12:09 > 0:12:11So, we've got the horse, we've got the carriage,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14and we've got ourselves a robbery. Transport sorted!
0:12:14 > 0:12:17That's one super-sneaky highway robbery,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19all plotted out and lying in wait.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Next, an authentic Stuart-era wedding calls for some authentic
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Stuart-era entertainment.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I wouldn't like the entertainment at the wedding to be us singing
0:12:30 > 0:12:33to the audience, cos that would be tragic.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34You said it, Mum.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Was karaoke a thing back in the 1600s?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40What about shin kicking?
0:12:40 > 0:12:41What on Earth's that?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Well, people put on metal boots and kick each other's shins.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46That's something they used to do in Stuart times,
0:12:46 > 0:12:47- kick each other's shins?- Yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I don't know which is worse, sore ears or bruised shins.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54I would want to do something expressive, like expressing our love
0:12:54 > 0:12:57for each other through experimental dance, for instance.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59What about a pinching match?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00People pinching each other?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Yeah, they pinched each other until somebody squealed
0:13:03 > 0:13:05and then the person who pinched them would be the winner.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Doesn't say to me, "the most romantic day of your life".
0:13:09 > 0:13:11He's quite quirky, Oscar, a bit off the wall,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14so we're a bit nervous about what to expect.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18But remember, Oscar's not the only one planning this wedding.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Cue Amelia.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21What about geese herding?
0:13:21 > 0:13:22What's that?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Well, when farmers wanted to sell their geese, dogs would, like,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27keep them in order and, like, take them off to market.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29This is getting really weird.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I think...I'm handing this over to Will. Will!
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Will?!
0:13:34 > 0:13:35Will?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Ah, there he is.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Come on, Mr I-Love-The-17th-Century, what have you got?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45He's got nothing less than a state-of-the-art, Stuart-era
0:13:45 > 0:13:48entertainment system, complete with...
0:13:48 > 0:13:50feathers?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51And a beak.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52HONK
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- Amelia, Oscar, this is David.- Hello.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Now, David is "the man" when it comes to the ancient,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03noble art of geese herding.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04I'll start,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06because, you might not know this about me,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- but I'm kind of at one with geese. - Great.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I understand them, they understand me,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14so I can kind of show you guys how it's done.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- DAVID:- Sounds good to me.- Yeah, OK. - Brilliant.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18You might learn a thing or two as well, David.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23When it comes to geese herding, Will certainly talks the talk.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25But can he squawk the squawk?
0:14:25 > 0:14:28By using one of David's sheepdogs to guide the geese
0:14:28 > 0:14:30safely into their pen...
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Release the geese!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Come to me. Come to me.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39That way.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41What is he doing?
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Guys, guys, guys, let's talk about this.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Stop it, you're embarrassing me.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49He's terrible with geese.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51To be honest, David, I think the geese are broken.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54These geese have certainly got Will in a flap.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Let's see if Oscar and Amelia can do any better.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00With a little help from expert herder David, of course.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Away.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Oh, look at them go!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I found the geese herding really quite fun.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08HE SHOUTS
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Each dog has their own left and rights that you have to remember,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13so it was really quite difficult.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Lassie, Lassie...
0:15:16 > 0:15:17That's it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Almost there.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21They've really got the hang of this. Wow!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- DAVID:- That's it. Now you can push the gate to, please.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Brilliant!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28There we are. And they're all penned in.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Success! A whole flock taken safely to market.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34But what have our two planners made of it?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Guys, I've got to say, I am very impressed.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Do you reckon your mums are going to be able to do it, though?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- No.- Really?- Yeah, I don't think they are.- It might be tricky.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45But will they enjoy trying? That's the important thing.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- I think they'll laugh.- Yeah, I think they will.- They'll enjoy it.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Otherwise the whole day's just going to be one big wild goose chase.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51Yeah!
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Stop with the puns.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Yeah, Will, stop winging it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57At least watching Lisa and Sylvia attempt to herd these geese
0:15:57 > 0:16:01should make for some egg-citing entertainment.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Oscar and Amelia are making great progress.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09But there is still one burning item on their agenda,
0:16:09 > 0:16:10and that's the cake.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Looks like you've had a few ideas about the cake.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18It's going to be, like, a Great Fire of London cake.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20A Great Fire of London cake?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- There's going to be some houses stuck on it.- Mm-hm.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27We're going to try and set those houses on fire.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- What, actually set them on fire? - No.- Yeah.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32So, we've got to make this cake in such a way that it doesn't
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- burn the venue down. - Yeah, sparklers.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36It's going to be a flambe with a difference.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40The guys' finished drawings will go off to a cake maker.
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Wouldn't the fire brigade be a better bet?
0:16:41 > 0:16:42SIREN
0:16:44 > 0:16:45So, that's it.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The wedding day arrangements are complete.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49From treacherous transport...
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Your money or your life.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53..to egg-cellent entertainment.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54GEESE HONK
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Guys, guys, let's talk about this.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58This Stuart-themed wedding is set to
0:16:58 > 0:17:00be Oscar and Amelia's crowning glory.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The wedding day's going to end up being really good and they're really
0:17:04 > 0:17:07going to enjoy it, especially the geese herding.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08I think it's going to be epic.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11But, as the day draws closer,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15our mums are getting more and more nervous about what lies in store.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It could be anything. We just don't know what to expect.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Yeah, I think the day's going to be quite an interesting one.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27The wait is finally over.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32We've rewound the clock 400 years and arrived smack bang at the start
0:17:32 > 0:17:33of Mum and Mum's big day.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38A few 17th-century flourishes are being added
0:17:38 > 0:17:39to Oscar and Amelia's chosen venue.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43What can you feel on yours?
0:17:43 > 0:17:44I feel emotional.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47While, at a secret location nearby,
0:17:47 > 0:17:51mum Lisa and mum Sylvia are getting ready for a spot of time travel.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53No Tardis required.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55You often wear these types of things, do you?
0:17:55 > 0:17:56One Royalist...
0:17:56 > 0:17:58That's Charles I. Yee!
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And one Parliamentarian...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Sir Thomas Fairfax. Ooh!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I'm not sure at all what he's got up his sleeve...
0:18:05 > 0:18:06..as my beard pops off.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07SHE GIGGLES
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Back at the venue, a very special wedding guest is making some
0:18:13 > 0:18:15last-minute preparations of his own.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Love is like a red, red rose.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22It's prickly and gets up your nose.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23No, that's not right.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Agh! I, William Shakespeare, intend to pen my finest sonnet
0:18:28 > 0:18:30in honour of this special day.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34And who, sir, are you?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I'm Samuel Pepys, celebrated diarist,
0:18:37 > 0:18:41here to record, for posterity, the events of this most special of days.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43You, sir, are not needed.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46On the contrary, it is you who are not needed.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Well, we must settle this through the medium of verse.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Medium of verse?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Rap battle. Kick it.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55HIP-HOP BEAT
0:18:55 > 0:18:57# Yeah, my rhythm of choice is iambic pentameter
0:18:57 > 0:19:00# It's perfect for rapping Yo, I am no amateur
0:19:00 > 0:19:02# You and your diaries are both old hat
0:19:02 > 0:19:04# 400 years on and my flows are still fat. #
0:19:04 > 0:19:05You're up!
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Saturday the 29th.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Met William Shakespeare.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12Show off.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Oh, dear. That's not a good start!
0:19:17 > 0:19:20It's almost time for mums Lisa and Sylvia to find out
0:19:20 > 0:19:22what they're wearing.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Roundhead Oscar and Cavalier Amelia
0:19:24 > 0:19:27already look every inch their 17th-century parts.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Shh! Here come the mums.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32At least Shakespeare and Pepys seem to have kissed and made up.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Sort of!
0:19:37 > 0:19:39OK. Right.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42On the count of three, you can lower your hands.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Three, two, one.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Ta-da.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Oh, you look so lovely!
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Do you like your clothes?
0:20:00 > 0:20:01It's definitely my colour.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Do you think you've got the theme nailed, then?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I think so. I think it's Stuart, isn't it?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Very good. Very, very good.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Your mum's as good at history as you are.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12- Well done.- What do you think of Oscar and Amelia's outfits?
0:20:12 > 0:20:13- Yeah, you look great.- Amazing.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Everyone looks very dapper.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Mum and Mum successfully guessed the theme of their wedding and much
0:20:22 > 0:20:24delight and merriment ensued.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Oh, P, P, P, P, P, P...
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Watch and learn, my man!
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Watch and learn. Kick it!
0:20:32 > 0:20:34# The day's first surprise makes more sense in rhyme
0:20:34 > 0:20:36# Like my homey Doctor Who
0:20:36 > 0:20:37# We've travelled back through time
0:20:37 > 0:20:39# In 1642, Mum and Mum had beef
0:20:39 > 0:20:41# But today they're getting married
0:20:41 > 0:20:43# That's a relief. #
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Well, I think my account was rather better.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52At the venue, all the wedding guests are awaiting their arrival.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55All kitted out in full 17th-century costume.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00- Let's hope they manage to avoid any highwaymen.- Remember, the roads
0:21:00 > 0:21:03weren't that safe for travellers back in the 1600s.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07This is good! I thought it was going to be donkey back.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10I wouldn't get too relaxed if I were you!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Enjoy your uneventful journey.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Quick!
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Go, go, go!
0:21:23 > 0:21:24HORSE NEIGHS
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Stand and deliver! Your money or your wife.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Hand over your valuables.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30All we have are these rings.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Ha-ha!
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Hang on, they can't get married without those rings.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36You'll have to duel the highwaymen if you want to get them back.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37You're on.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41En garde! En garde!
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Oh, no! Oh, no!
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I'm allergic to yeast.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Let's get out of here! Let's get out of here!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52And you can keep your stupid rings.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Crumbs, that was scary.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57I wish I'd had a bread knife.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Honour has been satisfied. We can continue our journey.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06With the highwaymen vanquished,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Lisa and Sylvia have arrived at the venue.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Where they're about to be united
0:22:11 > 0:22:13with their Roundhead and Cavalier guests.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14CHEERS
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Oh, nice moves, Sir Thomas!
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Well, it's going swimmingly.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Who'd have thought that Roundheads and their Cavaliers
0:22:25 > 0:22:28could get on so well? I guess that's why they call it a "civil" war.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Yeah, except don't speak too soon,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33because it's now time for some authentic Stuart era entertainment -
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and I've got a feeling that this one could ruffle a few feathers.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44Your Stuart challenge is to heard a flock of geese from the countryside
0:22:44 > 0:22:48to the city so they can be sold at market.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Now, on hand to assist you, should you, ahem, need it -
0:22:51 > 0:22:52which I'm sure you won't -
0:22:52 > 0:22:57is this humble yokel and his pack of faithful hounds.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Release the geese!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00GEESE HONK
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Surely this bunch of waddlers won't be any match
0:23:03 > 0:23:05for a pair of 17th-century toffs?
0:23:06 > 0:23:07In there, in there.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Or will they?
0:23:08 > 0:23:09This way.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- OSCAR:- They're doing quite bad, actually.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Come on, Thomas Fairfax!
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You can lead an army, you can't lead a goose.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- OSCAR:- They're going up a hill.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Looks like Charles I has already lost his head.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I think they're going to need some help from the expert after all.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25The yokel's giving them a bit of a pep talk.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Up to this point, he's clearly just been "yoking" around.- Yeah.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Hang on, hang on, hang on... Look at this.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Come on! Come on!
0:23:33 > 0:23:34Come! Lie!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Yes, they're starting to get to grips with it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38This is quite impressive now.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Look, they're going through the gate.- Yeah!- Look!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:23:43 > 0:23:46When it works, it really gives you goose bumps, you know?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Stop with the puns!
0:23:50 > 0:23:51This is the moment of truth.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I feel like this is the most challenging bit.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Can Lisa and Sylvia finally get this honking, hissing bundle of trouble
0:23:57 > 0:23:59back into their pen?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01No. Oh, oh, oh. No, I missed it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02I missed the pen.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05- DAVID:- Down!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Derecha! - Oh, look, look, look!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09They're getting into the pen.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15They've cracked it.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18All their geese herded safely to market.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That's a real feather in their caps.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24You know what that means? They can get married now.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:24:28 > 0:24:32Oh, Sammy, Sam, Samuel...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35After the success we've witnessed, surely it deserves more than just
0:24:35 > 0:24:38some scribbles in your tiresome diary?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Right! That's it! Drop it!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43# Those geese were wild A gaggle that's criminal
0:24:43 > 0:24:45# Mum and Mum tamed them in a style so traditional
0:24:45 > 0:24:47# Though man's best friend has made a pile
0:24:47 > 0:24:50# The time has come for them to walk down the aisle. #
0:24:50 > 0:24:51Er...yeah.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Bring on the wedding!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58The day so far has been all about the distant past...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00..but now we're firmly back in the present,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03just in time for Oscar's mums' I dos.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I give you this ring as a symbol of our love,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09friendship and of the commitment we have made here today.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Through good times and bad, for the rest of our lives.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16CELEBRANT: It now gives me great pleasure to congratulate you
0:25:16 > 0:25:19on being partners for life.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Congratulations.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32It's been an emotional occasion for Roundheads and Cavaliers alike.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36I'm just relieved I didn't need to step in and keep the peace.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41With Lisa and Sylvia officially wife and wife...
0:25:41 > 0:25:45..it's time to serve up one final slice of the 17th century.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47FANFARE
0:25:49 > 0:25:54Presenting Oscar and Amelia's Great Fire of London-themed wedding cake!
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Oscar, look at that!
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Did you design that? Wow!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07What an amazing cake.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Yeah, but it seems to have set alarm bells ringing with Samuel Pepys.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Oh, no, fire! Fire!
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I must run home and bury my most expensive possession -
0:26:15 > 0:26:19a Parmesan cheese - to protect it from the all-consuming flames.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Despite the Fire of London theme, this cake is a triumph
0:26:24 > 0:26:25rather than a disaster.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30To eat or not to eat, that is the question.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32I'm going to eat it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Thanks for that, Will. But I've got another pressing question...
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Just what have the mums, Oscar and Amelia made of their day?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46I think that this wedding was the best wedding I've ever been to
0:26:46 > 0:26:49and it was so different. I think it's the best wedding.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- LISA:- We're so proud of Oscar. He has an amazing imagination
0:26:53 > 0:26:55and he's got a real knowledge of history.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I laughed a lot today and that's been a really good way
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- to spend your wedding, I think. - Yeah.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- We made a great wedding planning team.- Yeah, we smashed it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09That was a Stuart-themed wedding that'll go down in history.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Oscar and Amelia's success, to me, was no mystery.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The day is nearly at an end, William. You may desist.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20My words will live on long after I cease to exist.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21Stop it.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Hop...it?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Cease!
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Geese?
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Enough!
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Pepys stomped off in a huff.