Andy and Serina Don't Tell the Bride

Childhood sweethearts Andy Jones and Serina George are in love.

I was just always sure she was the one.

They met at 14. Eight years on, they are engaged but they are struggling to stay debt free.

To realistically save up and not get into any debt to get married,

that takes five, six, seven years.

So we are giving them £12,000 for their big day.

I want to be Mrs Jones.

But there's a catch.

Every single decision between now and the wedding must be made by Andy alone.

I would say she is about this size.

He and Serina have agreed in the presence of a lawyer

that Serina will move out and know absolutely nothing until the big day.

I might be wearing frickin' pyjamas down the aisle.

The next four weeks will push their relationship to the limit.

-Can Andy cope with the bridesmaids?

-I hate it.

-Calm the mother-in-law?

-I just can't see this working.

-And survive the stag night?

I'm scarred, actually. Physically scarred for life.

But most importantly will he pick the perfect dress?

-I don't think I would wear it.

-Can this man give his woman the best day of her life?

This programme may contains some strong language.

Three years ago, salesman Andy and insurance broker Serina moved out of home and in together.

I could not imagine my life without Serina now, it just wouldn't be right.

There is no doubt who wears the trousers in this relationship.

So cheese, sauce...

Sauce then cheese.

-I do think I am a bit more...

-Aggressive.

-Not... No.

-Demanding.

-Naggier and bossier than you.

-Yeah.

What? Is that too much?

She even bought their first flat in Bristol without telling Andy.

We never really discussed moving out or buying a place together.

I was like, "No, you shouldn't have done that."

"It's been accepted, though."

"Right, OK.

"So when are we moving out?"

For the next month, Serina has got to leave the home she's created

and put laidback Andy in charge of the most important day of her life.

'The fact of not seeing Andy, not being at home, missing the dog,'

leaving my family really for four weeks is gonna be really hard.

# This is for lovers... #

Mmm, kiss.

It's scary.

Serina's family life hasn't been easy.

Her father left before she was born.

Her mother went on to marry and have two more children,

but three years ago that relationship also ended,

leaving Serina and her siblings without a father figure.

Dean and Chan, I think both of them idolise Andy.

To me, Andy is my big brother.

He cares for me

and that is the only simple way of putting it.

He's made up for all of them, if you know what I mean.

The fact that all these things have happened and they've been the same as they always have been

through that whole time, just shows how strong and unswerving their relationship is.

Andy has been a rock to Serina's whole family.

Now he wants to prove that he can give her the perfect marriage.

It is going to be for me to show her that this is what you mean to me and enjoy it

and we are going to enjoy the rest of our lives.

But with only four weeks and £12,000, he is going to have his work cut out.

It is scary knowing that obviously I am not going to have anything to do with it.

I do get a little bit like, "Oh, God!"

'If the day went wrong then, you know, if Serina wasn't happy,'

I think it just puts a bad stain on for the rest of your life.

The next time they meet will be at the altar.

Beers - they help us think.

Best man Al is taking time out from the pizza shop he manages to be on call for Andy day and night.

I am moving in with Andy just cos he has got this wedding to plan

and he has only got four weeks and he has asked me to be his best man

and I have to give him plenty of support.

Alan moving in with Andy,

is that with...a crate of lager?

Takeaway food?

-Beer and food?

-Beer and food, what else do you need, eh? There you go.

It is just going to be the boy zone, really.

We need to start thinking about the wedding.

So there is that pressure on him

because it is not something boys or men think about at all, really.

Andrew's experience in wedding etiquette...is zero.

The last wedding he went to was when he was a page boy, he was about six years old.

But Andy has got a plan... or at least a folder.

These are the folders that we are going to plan this wedding with.

So I have got all the alphabet, like B - balloons.

There is a lot of people that think that this will be mad,

they think I am mad doing this and that I have got no chance.

I think Andy can be a bit of a wind-up merchant

and I am pretty sure about that we will spend the next few weeks

thinking we are going to have pizzas for our wedding meal.

A good chance to prove them wrong.

It's day one and Andy is up bright and early

on the hunt for the most important thing of all.

Obviously V - venues.

Woman have this conspiracy that it is going to take you years to plan it.

I think that is just so you get engaged earlier or something like that because it is not that hard.

I am interested in your venue for a wedding.

Andy wants to give Serina a grand wedding,

but he wants it at short notice in the middle of the wedding season.

..and I am just after your available dates.

No.

There doesn't seem to be availability now.

'A bit worrying now, to be honest.

My brain is ticking and thinking, "Oh, God, we're not gonna be able to get the venue."

Across town, Serina is also starting to focus on her big day.

She has heard there is a wedding fair at Bristol Zoo and can't resist taking sister Chan along for a look.

It will be good to see what is out there, but then I might fall in love with something

and think I would love to have that on my wedding day, but I doubt I will have it on my wedding day.

When I was young, I knew what I wanted, the fact that I did want to get married.

I want my wedding day to be really, really good and something I can always remember.

But it's Andy who's making all the decisions.

Fortunately he's found a couple of venues with availability.

-Very grand.

-Yes.

-What are your first impressions then?

-Oh, I really like it.

-Yeah?

First up, manor house Leigh Court definitely has the wow factor.

I wondered if you could see the Bristol City ground from here.

Right, the next room is the library and that's where I suggest we have the ceremony.

Where's all the books?

There aren't any. They went long ago.

The cost for 100 people, which would include the ceremony, the reception and the evening party,

would be in the region of between £90-£100 per head.

That's almost £10,000,

which would leave him only two grand for everything else.

At least I have got an idea now, not many people are going to be coming to the wedding,

because you have got to pay per head, keep the numbers down.

With Leigh Court ruled out on cost, Andy's got just one other venue to see.

Back at the wedding fair, Serina can look but she can't buy.

I just can't get over that, I think that is absolutely amazing.

'I think there is going to be pressure on Andy,

'he's gonna want to make sure that I do get my perfect day.

'On the other hand, I don't know what my perfect day is.'

She may not know what she wants, but she is certainly discovering what she doesn't want.

That is horrible.

I do like this one but I don't like the big gap in between, if you know what I mean.

I want it quite together.

Someone is getting very picky.

Will Andy's standards be quite as exacting?

Back on their venue hunt, the boys have arrived at the 17th century Park Estate.

It's quite old, isn't it?

The general manager gives them the guided tour.

If the weather's more inclement,

then what I would do is have the reception drinks in one of our two private dining rooms,

which are here and here, and they link up.

The building itself is Grade II listed

and this is built in an old Masonic chapel

and if you look carefully, you can see the old Masonic symbolism with the Temple of Solomon

and set square and compass and so on around the room.

'The well-spoken man?'

He's OK, he's good at his job, I guess,

I wouldn't say he was on my sort of wavelength.

The search needs to go on, but we definitely need to be quick about it.

Yeah, we haven't got much time to waste.

Back at the wedding fair, Serina is about to get her first look at bridal gowns.

And she is not liking what she sees.

I didn't like the built in sleeves, I just didn't like the sleeves.

The ones that were just sort of tight, I don't like them.

I don't want the buttons.

I want it laced up through the back so that put me off that one.

APPLAUSE

By the end of the show, reality hits home.

She is having no say in the biggest day of her life.

I think it is just a bit overwhelming, it is sort of...

You know, I'm gonna be sort of ma...

It's all right. It's all right. >

-You are getting married to Andy so don't worry about it.

-Yeah, I know that.

I know but it's just like coming here

and you see all this stuff and it is all a bit like, I don't know.

It just hits home, you know, I am so fussy.

There wasn't one on there that I could say I would wear.

Look after me, Chan.

I do, I do. I'll look after you. You'll be all right.

It's not been a good day for either of them.

Andy is back to square one in his hunt for a stately home that won't bust the budget.

She cut me off.

Another one crossed off the list.

'We are currently away from the office, returning on Thursday the 22nd...'

They're all on holiday!

It's the next day and Andy's had a breakthrough.

Overlooking the city of Bristol, the imposing Ashton Court Estate

was built in the 16th century by a rich merchant family.

OK...so this is our main function room

-and as you can see, it is all set up beautifully for a wedding that is taking place today.

-Nice size.

It is, it is lovely.

All south facing so lots of sunshine.

I always had this in mind, but was always thinking it's really expensive.

That is what I would have thought, that is probably why we didn't search straight away.

-It would be nice.

-Yeah, it would be wicked.

Andy has made his mind up,

but at £7,000, it would blow over half his budget.

He is going to need to do a deal.

If we could get the venue for five grand

that would be sound, I reckon.

Fortunately his experience in sales means he has a few tricks up his sleeve.

You give them the silent treatment,

that always works, so when they give you the price,

just don't say anything, just sit there

and they feel really uncomfortable until they might go, "Is that OK?"

Right, OK.

Yay, that's what I like to hear! All right, cheers.

Bye.

It is £5,066 without a buffet and it is £5,000...

It's basically an extra £700 for the buffet and that is all for 100 heads,

so yes, it's definitely the one. It's the venue.

Since the wedding fair fiasco, Serina has had bridal wear on the brain.

Hopefully today I will find something that obviously I will like,

because I didn't really like a lot yesterday.

So she's taking her mum and Chan fantasy wedding dress shopping.

If she has got two or three that she says, "I really like this and I really like this,

"and I really like this," then I'll feel at ease and I think she'll feel happier after as well.

Andy is also facing the prospect of dress shopping, but for him, it's real.

This is the biggest job and from all along, it has the been the one

that's been in my mind the whole time.

Getting the wedding dress and making sure it is right

because before she sees anything on the day,

that is probably the first thing she is going to see,

so if she doesn't like that, then it doesn't stand in good stead

for the rest of the day, does it, really?

-That?

-No, that is a bit much, isn't it?

Yeah, I don't like the buttons at the back.

D'you not like that one there?

It just looks like a top and a skirt really, I think, it is not very dressy.

-Why don't you try it at least?

-No, I don't like it.

I don't like all this layer...

If Serina can't find a dress she likes, what hope does Andy have?

There is three there, just stand back and...

-Are you happy to try those three?

-I am obviously really, really fussy

because I don't think I would particularly have any of these three as they are now.

So what are you going to do in the morning if you've got a beautiful dress at the front

and you walk around the back and it has got buttons, what are you going to say?

-I'm not putting it on.

-OK.

All of a sudden she has got some specifics she's looking for

that really none of us really knew about before.

I am hoping that she's not... kind of cruel enough

to not get married because she don't like the dress.

Andy! Hurry up, you tart, stop doing your hair.

I've got Alan with me today, which is like the blind leading the blind.

I need you to give me as much information as possible.

Information is not my strong point.

Andy, I need to know what size she is.

Erm, I would say she is about...this size.

About there and about there.

Honk-honk!

Just seconds in, Andy is already out of his depth.

Chiffon fabric or were you after satin?

Erm...

You don't know what satin is, do you?

-No, I do.

-Corset top, zipped back.

I don't know how far off the mark can you get.

I have only found two that I like.

I think I am going to sleep on it today from what we've seen today,

but...I will see how I feel tomorrow.

It might be worth seeing some more shops though.

Yeah, it might be.

On the other side of town, Gill has finally persuaded Serina to try on a dress.

I could just picture the mascara down the face, really,

because that has got to be, you know, every mum's dream.

-Now that is beautiful.

-That's beautiful, Serina.

Do you know something,

to me, that is just how I imagine you.

-How do you feel in that one, besides the fact that it is a bit big?

-I don't like the brooch.

-Will dress two fare any better?

-Oh, Serina, that is beautiful.

You absolutely look stunning in that dress.

I still wouldn't want it, really.

You see, that is bridey to me.

Well, I don't like the veil and I don't think I like any type of veil,

it's just a piece of net on my head.

I couldn't come here and pick you a dress

and all the bits you want and the bits you don't want

and I am just now thinking, it's not even me that's got to do it, it's Andrew.

-(CHOKING):

-On that wedding morning, what are you going to do if you don't like it?

I'll say I don't like it.

And if she doesn't like it, she'll have nothing to wear on the biggest day of her life.

I just can't see this working.

If she can't walk into a shop and find a dress,

how's he going to go in to a shop and find a dress? I'm sorry.

In the morning, you are going to bring a dress in and she is going to walk around the dress

and it is not going to have all the bits she wants and it's her day,

will she put it on? I don't know.

It's one week in and having failed to decide on a dress,

the lads are back on more familiar territory...

cars.

# Whoo-hoo! Whee-hoo!

# Whoo-hoo! #

And Andy has searched out his ultimate car, a Bentley.

This is it. It is what Just Bentleys calls a bridal car.

What you get to choose is the colour of suit I wear, colour of shirt I wear,

what colour ribbon you want, so if there is a specific colour or theme, then just let me know.

There is always refreshments in the car like orange squash

cos I find after the bride and groom have got married, their mouth's all dry.

Also we say you can have a cheese or a ham sandwich because if you have breakfast at nine and get wed at one

and you are getting your reception food at three or four,

then I find the bride and groom are hungry so we supply that as well.

If you want to have a walk around it?

It is £177,000, top of the range.

That's where your cocktail cabinet is, your picnic table

and then you have your water in your armrest

and there is always like boiled sweets, mint and fruit flavoured,

so all you have to do is request whatever you want, whatever you want is what you get.

He has heard enough and books the Bentley on the spot.

We'd kind of budgeted about £500 for the car,

but managed to get a little bit of a deal out of him and do that for £250.

The boys are on a roll.

Their next priority - entertainment.

Hi, guys, all right?

Morning.

They have borrowed an office from a friend to hold their very own Phoenix Nights-style auditions

for some of Bristol's finest talent.

-Next.

-I am a magician, can I do a little magic, is that OK?

-Yeah.

Take the second ball and just a little wave of the wand and a little tap and it disappears back.

Andy, lift the cups, please.

Whoa!

Thank you very much.

-Excellent, thank you very much.

-Thank you very much.

Next.

Something that is quite quick and simple...

..but people often like this one.

-Is it a giraffe?

-This is like a giant cheese straw.

I got into balloons because I had a very poor social life

and someone said go and have a play with latex and I did.

Next.

I am a silhouette artist. You see, if I talk along like this, it looks like I am multi-tasking.

-There we are.

-That's great.

Andy might not have a dress, a suit or a ring, but at least he's booked a magician

for the knockdown bargain price of £200.

While the boys are out, a homesick Serina is grabbing her chance to visit someone she's been missing.

I am going to see my dog Breen, I haven't seen her in a little while and I know she will be missing me.

She gets sad if I'm not there.

She has never spent this long away from home since moving in with Andy.

Mummy's home.

I don't know, I think the whole obviously not seeing Andy has been really hard,

just obviously everything is different, you know,

I am not at home, not seeing Breen, not seeing Andy

and it's all just been really, really strange.

Fruit!

Hm!

I suppose I must mother him too much, I like to know what he is doing

and making sure he's having his tea.

It might not be the same but there was one can of Fosters when I left.

She would be going mad if she knew what I have been eating,

what I have been drinking, what time I have been going to sleep.

Right then. Sit.

The last two weeks have made Serina realise how much she likes running her own home.

Other one!

I don't think I could ever move back home again.

You know, once you find your own space,

I don't think there's ever going back to live with your parents again.

But until her wedding day, she has got no choice.

Over the next few days, Andy's sales skills seem to desert him

as he orders flowers at double his estimate...

£530 which is about the average spend.

..and a cake that's the price of a wedding dress.

This is one of the most expensive designs I do,

You are talking probably somewhere in the region of about £650.

Do it.

Some costs are not even slightly a bit more than you think.

They are like triple or double what you are thinking.

Time for a reality check.

-OK, from the top.

-From the top, bridesmaid dress...

He has already spent nearly ten grand.

At this rate, Serina is going to be walking down the aisle naked,

or he'll be going back into debt.

-That seems a lot though, doesn't it?

-Get the old flexible friend out.

When I have been in debt, it was just horrible, you know, I hated it,

'I couldn't do anything so it just scares me now to start borrowing money.'

I just couldn't start married life in debt.

Determined to start cutting his costs,

Andy gets his invites back from the printers and finishes them by hand with a little help from his family.

-Isn't she good, eh?

-Yeah, thanks, Mum.

And he is saving money on stamps.

It's halfway through the month and time for the boys

to get suited and booted and it is a big day for Serina's teenage brother, Dean.

With their dad not on the scene, he will be walking her down the aisle.

Obviously the fact that my dad won't be there on the day,

Dean is sort of the only person I would sort of want to give that responsibility to, really.

Serina asking me to give her away is probably one of the proudest things in my entire life.

Shall we dress the young man in the corner? I know he has been looking forward to this all day.

The longer it takes, the longer you are going to be in here.

It is a big responsibility giving your sister away, mind.

You have got to make a speech as well, y'know?

This is pain!

I just hate anything formal, I'd have my face covered by a bag,

but for my sister, I'll wear a suit, whatever they ask me to wear.

So what's the verdict?

There we go. Very smart.

Impressed. I think he is going to be beating the ladies off with a stick.

You're all loving this way too much.

-Everyone hates me.

-Do the dance!

So Andy this is what I had in my mind for what we should wear on the wedding day.

Pa-pow!

How much is that, mate, for that suit?

Priceless, son, priceless.

When everyone sees us, I want them to just think, "Yeah, they look slick,"

you know, pimps, pimping it up.

Now that he has kitted himself out, Andy can't avoid making a decision on Serina's dress any longer.

I must say I love the dress, but as soon as you look at it, you just think breasts.

I didn't see it at the time so much, but now it is just like...boobs.

He is going to have to see some more dresses and fast.

What about this one? What do you think of that?

It is all right, but not what I was thinking.

I think he is worse than brides.

I seem to be getting like that, yeah.

-I am glad all the grooms don't come in here.

-He is very picky.

Eventually, one dress catches Andy's eye.

Al uses his charm on the shop assistant.

-Could you try it on for us?

-I can if you like.

-Whoo-hoo!

Yeah, that looks so much different on someone.

Do you want to see the back?

-Can you imagine seeing her in that now?

-I like it.

This one doesn't say "boobs" and at £900, he can just about afford it.

Another job ticked off.

Right, see you later, Mum. Bye!

The boys are on a high, but back at the girls' house,

relations between Serina and her mum have been deteriorating.

'It is something that I am not used to anyway,'

I am used to obviously being at home, it is my own home, doing what I do, so it is hard anyway to go...

after living on your own, to go back to your mum's and, you know, that is difficult,

and then obviously when we were talking about the dresses,

I weren't overwhelmed by any of them whatsoever.

I think that's when it kicked in

and we didn't have an argument that night,

but I think that is when she really sat down and started to think, "I've not had any input in this."

You know, that's my first daughter's wedding and I have got no part in it, you know,

which is... Which is fine...

No, it is not fine because that is not what I want, I want to be...

I personally... I don't want, I NEED to be doing something.

To try and involve Gill, Andy has invited her and his own mum Sandra

to accompany their daughters shopping for bridesmaid dresses.

With four women in tow, Andy's got no shortage of opinions,

but he's decided on the colour scheme all on his own.

Pink, is it? OK, we will have to start and look through the whole shop.

Picking bridesmaid dresses is going to be hard cos Bev and Chan are very different, but I've always...

When I think about obviously getting married, I would like both my bridesmaids to have the same dress.

Unfortunately, all the dresses are bespoke.

There are only two pink ones in stock to fit his two very different bridesmaids.

As you can see, there is pink but not two pinks in the same dress.

I am not particularly fussy as long as it doesn't make me look, like, stupid.

-I hate it.

-Andy has got a problem.

-I love mine.

-I love it too.

-What do you think of mine, Andrew?

-Yeah it is nice.

-Bev, it look lovely on you.

While sister Bev is looking pretty in pink, Chan won't be seen dead in it.

It will be a case of either not going for the colour Andrew would like

or possibly maybe not having two bridesmaids.

-They are not as nice.

-I think the girls' faces have said it.

I am worried now Andrew because you walk past

and there is a nice big shop there, there will be something to suit.

They both like these, it's going to be down to Andrew now and get them in the colours.

Just my favourite.

Remember I am wearing red, Bev is wearing lilac and we both hate these colours on ourselves

and we say we really like the dress.

So success on the style, but can he get it made up in pink and delivered from China in time?

There is a huge problem with the timeframe.

It normally takes me 16 weeks to order a dress in

cos they need to be made.

But Andy's only got one week until his wedding.

It's the morning of the stag night.

Andy and Al snatch a rare chance to take some time off from wedding planning.

When did you know that Serina was the one?

You don't all of a sudden go, "She is the one!" Ting!

I think it is just because I thought I could spend the rest of my life with her.

You can't think you might get another bird one day, you have just got to... You know...

Back at the girls' house, preparations for the hen night are also underway.

-Let's see the dress.

-And talk also turns to the vagaries of love.

Do you picture yourself getting old with Andy?

Yeah, little grannies together.

Cardigans and stuff.

Little Zimmer frames.

Andy doing the gardening and stuff.

I don't know about Andy doing the gardening.

He doesn't do it now when he is young so I can't see him doing it when he is old,

but yeah, little grannies together.

-Little grandkids.

-Little grandkids coming round,

but hopefully we might live abroad or something, retire abroad.

I'll find you one next, mate.

Sod that. Another two years of partying, I think.

That's what you want to find, a female version of me.

I don't want to find a female version of you.

-Why?

-Just because I am good mates with you,

I am not crossing the border, all right?

Yeah, but she would be female. She would be like me with hair.

We had better get back because this is getting a bit romantic.

Yeah, and you are talking about if you had a wig on and stuff, would I go out with you and stuff?

I think it is time to go.

What if people bring things for you to put on

like an L plate and stuff, would you wear it?

-No, no.

-Why not?

I would rather wear my normal clothes.

-Yeah, but it is all part of the fun.

-I'm not going out to draw attention to myself.

My veil keeps falling off.

THEY CHANT

So what's it going to be then? Last man standing?

Three, two, one... GO!

Pa-pow! Pa-pow!

Look at the foam!

Oh, my God!

Let's make Santa beards on everyone.

BLEEP!

Mum, I want some foam.

I will get you some foam, wait there.

-Serina you don't want no foam, you want a drink.

-There you are, there is your foam, love.

Make me a beard like Santa Claus.

-It's dirty.

-I want a beard like Santa Claus!

We are walking that way now, we might find Santa Claus in a minute.

I am waiting for the stripper for Andy.

Are you OK to wait here for two seconds?

There's the bad boy!

You bad boy, Mr Jones!

I am scarred, actually, physically scarred for life.

It's the morning after the night before.

Andy is supposed to be going ring shopping.

Get me a drink?

I am not in a good frame of mind to do anything. I can't even talk.

Just a waste of space. Up!

It looks like nothing is going to get done today.

Andy needs to get a move on but act in haste, repent at leisure.

Getting the day right is massively important to me in loads of different ways,

for giving Serina the best day that she wants, to prove any of my doubters wrong,

it's massively important.

So much pressure to get it right, I just want it to be perfect.

With four days to go, he still has to organise wedding rings,

a photographer and accessories, but he's only got £600 left.

So the boys decide to ring round and try to renegotiate the deals they've already done.

Yeah, ring them back and just say we are wondering about the price because our budget is tight.

Yeah, we could try, can't we?

Yeah, your quote was good, but it was just a bit expensive for us, to be honest.

Yeah, if you can come back with another offer...

In one afternoon, they manage to claw back another £500.

Cheers, mate.

But not everything costs money.

The centrepiece to Andy's evening will be a song

specially written and performed by musician friend IK.

A friend of mine who I want to sing at the wedding has basically wrote a song for the wedding.

I know it is called...

I think it is called Glad You Have Got My Ring On,

but I don't really know anything about it so I am hoping that it is quality.

# No, I never thought I'd see this day

# I never thought it'd go this way

# I never thought we'd share the kiss

# I'm glad you got my ring on... #

I'm definitely impressed with that song.

That song would be perfect for the first dance,

our first dance being a married couple.

Don't you want to dance with me to the song?

No, mate.

-It might be a bit more romantic with my wife.

-Yeah, true.

As the day draws closer, Serina's nerves are fraying.

She has taken sister Chan to the beauty parlour in a bid to try and relax.

They are just silly little things like what I am going to have in my hair and my dress,

obviously the fact that I haven't been fitted for a dress and stuff,

so there is three days to go and I might be wearing my frickin' pyjamas down the aisle.

But while the girls take time out, time is running out for Andy.

It is expensive, isn't it?

So his family get stuck in, keeping costs down with homemade favours.

Is that to your standards?

Rock it!

The dresses have arrived from China?

Yes, you are very lucky, I've seamed them up, they are in the bag ready to go,

but you are a very lucky man.

With two days to go, there's still one very important job outstanding.

I am going ring shopping and it is 4.25pm

and the ring shop shuts at five, I think.

He's made it to the shop with minutes to go.

-When is the big day?

-Friday.

Oooh, not long.

Andy picks out a white gold ring for himself.

I mean, it is a different kind of white to the polished-up titanium.

-Yeah.

-And a yellow gold one for Serina.

That's his last £350 spent.

The girls are keeping themselves busy and their minds off what tomorrow might hold.

But tension is mounting.

I am really excited, to be honest.

I am sure he is going to have done really well.

It's really, really weird.

It still doesn't feel like I'm going to be getting married in sort of...

Or even BE married, you know, I am going to be Mrs Jones and it still hasn't really kicked in.

I don't know, it is all a bit weird.

But it is all about to become very real.

Serina is finally going to try on the dress Andy's agonised over.

Well, obviously I need to know if it fits before tomorrow

so it will be good, hopefully. Hopefully I'll like it!

I want the dress to be perfect, but if she refused to wear it

or refused to get married to me after the fitting, I think that would be out of order.

-Hi, hello, how are you?

-I'm fine.

I'm Serina, I've come to look at a dress that Andy come in and picked.

-OK, I'll go and grab the dress for you.

-OK.

-OK?

-If you want to hang on then.

-Right.

'I just keep picturing her hating it.'

I don't know what to think.

It's got loads of layers...

What do you think? I don't know.

I think I need to try it on.

Perhaps I should have brought you all up not to be so fussy.

I want to cry.

Reminds me of Viennetta, if that makes any sense, Viennetta ice cream.

You look like an ice cream?

Bit unsure.

Unaware of the stress his bride is going through,

Andy is back at Ashton Court and he's got problems of his own.

His seating plan isn't going to work.

The room is a rectangular room so the tables need to be on two lines.

This will give the guests the impression they are going to have a top table

and three lines of tables coming down.

The table plan has to be redrawn from scratch.

Will the same fate await his choice of dress?

And that is the way it is going to look.

If I went to a shop, I don't think this would have been the one I would have come out with.

But on, I really like it.

-What do you think?

-He's done really well, the dress is absolutely beautiful.

Yes, I think it is absolutely beautiful.

I think he has done her proud.

My Viennetta dress.

I do feel bridey in it.

It's the night before the wedding.

The two amigos are looking back over the last month.

Yes, I don't know, mate, I don't know if I could have done it without you, to be fair.

It would have been much, much harder. Yes, I would have struggled big time.

-It's what mates are for, eh?

-That's it! Exactly.

-You did it as a couple.

-A couple. Andy and Al!

Has this month been easier or harder than you thought it was going to be?

It's been harder, and I think, if I turned back time,

I wouldn't do it again,

no way, but I might feel different after tomorrow.

Are you looking forward to being Mrs Jones tomorrow?

Yes, it would be really weird, wouldn't it?

I won't be a George no more.

There is still a George somewhere in there.

Yes. A George through and through.

But obviously, yeah, it will be weird being Jones. Serina Jones.

So today is the day.

After four weeks of separation, lots of hard work and a bill of £12,000,

it's finally the wedding day.

-Yeah, new pants.

-HE WOLF-WHISTLES

I feel excited.

It's feeling more real now I've put my tiara on.

I don't want that bit shoved there like that, Mum.

Yes, I thought he was going to be a lot more nervous,

but I am not sure if he's not just showing it,

but deep down, he must be really nervous.

Andy's kept to his budget, but can he deliver Serina's perfect day?

They are really nice. I love that they have got the diamond in them,

I've never seen that before.

I like it.

He is doing very well, isn't he? So far.

-I love the colour, actually,

-I really like it.

Off we go then, Mr Jones.

Dean arrives to pick up Serina,

and the girls see him in a suit for the first time.

I can't stop crying.

-My make up, is it running down my face?

-You look absolutely...

I am so proud of you all, you look so beautiful.

-I need to stop crying.

-I know.

Do you want to take your sister's arm?

You all right?

Know what you gotta do? You gotta go like that.

Oh, we all look so beautiful!

# Every day is so wonderful

# And suddenly

# It's hard to breathe... #

-Go like that now.

-Lipstick!

Is that lipstick?

Serina'll think you've been up to something there!

-He looks absolutely gorgeous.

-Shaved, hair done, suit...

-Who's the daddy, eh?

# Words can't bring me down... #

Just hot or worried or anxious or both?

I don't know. I don't know what I am. Oh!

I think I might be getting a bit nervous now.

A little bit nervous, mate.

-Where's the ring?!

-Shut up!

Deep breath. Oooh.

In through the nose, out through the mouth.

Serina finally gets to marry the man who stood by her through thick and thin.

-I give you this ring. >

-I give you this ring.

As a token of my love. >

As a token of my love.

-I promise to stand by you.

-I promise to stand by you.

-Whatever the future holds. >

-Whatever the future holds.

-To cherish and sustain you.

-To cherish and sustain you.

-And always be your friend.

-And always be your friend.

-Well done!

Thank you.

May you treasure this trust and responsibility,

may neither failure nor misfortune ever part you,

and may you live full and rich lives together.

Now it gives me very much pleasure indeed in declaring you husband and wife.

In true tradition, you may kiss your bride!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We are so very proud of him.

Yes, it really is a proud moment for a father, the boy's done good.

I am just so choked up inside at how well it's gone together,

and how well they went together.

OK, here we go...superb.

I always said everything would be perfect. It is.

I never, ever doubted it.

He should be really, really proud of himself.

I think he's got a career in wedding planning!

I just can't stop smiling!

Andy's given me my perfect day,

but it isn't over yet, so the reception best be good!

For Dean, the moment of truth has arrived,

as he rises to give the first speech of the day.

First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone for attending today,

because it means a lot to Andy and Serina, of course.

Don't know why, but...

LAUGHTER

One thing that I really wanted to say is I am so proud

that Serina considered me to be able to walk her down the aisle,

and I'd just like to thank Andy and Serina for that,

because it's more than I ever could have asked for.

Now for those who have not yet drunk all their champagne,

could you just look in your glasses a minute,

and look at your reflection?

I'd like to know if anyone has looked into their glass

and seen a frown, or anything not resembling happiness,

because I see no reason today why any of you should be unhappy,

because this is one of the proudest days of my life ever.

CHEERING

Hi, everyone. For the ones who don't know me, my name is Alan,

and I'm an alcoholic!

It has been a huge pleasure to be Andy's best man.

When he asked me back in March, I was over the moon, I was honoured.

Being the best man and stuff, you get to dance with the bridesmaids,

and the bridesmaid being your sister, I thought, "Hell, yeah!"

"See you on the dance floor, baby!"

Andy, it has been a pleasure to be your best man.

If everyone could just stand up now,

and to toast to the bride and groom, congratulations!

Thanks everyone!

You're married now!

Never going to see him again! Never!

It is what they've wanted for a long time, to get married,

and now it has finally happened, I am just really happy for them.

He is a legend, an absolute legend,

I couldn't have done it without him, so...

Gonna miss sharing a bed with him, man!

MUSIC: "Listen Up" by Gossip

Andy's even managed to stretch his budget

to lay on an entertainment-filled evening extravaganza.

Place your bets!

This day has just got better and better and better.

Every single thing has been absolutely perfect.

I just wanted to say, obviously, a very big thank you to you

-because today has been absolutely perfect, and it is all thanks to you.

-Awwww!

-And obviously, I love you so much.

-Stop it!

And on Sunday, thanks to your mum and dad,

we're flying out to Cyprus for a week.

CHEERING

Andy and Serina, congratulations. Especially for you guys.

And for their first dance,

Andy's friend IK performs Glad You've Got My Ring On.

# I never thought I'd see this day

# I never thought it'd go this way

# I never thought we'd share the kiss

# I'm glad you've got my ring on

# Never thought I'd be with you, baby

# Babe, you are my dream come true Yes, you are, yeah

# Girl, you've made my day, whoo

# I'm glad you've got my ring on... #

There's just one more thing Serina wants,

and that's for Al to move out.

-Al can only come round once a week.

-Once a week, is, I think, enough.

-We are having it back to how it was before.

-Yeah.

I am not having no messing from you or anyone. Do you know what I mean?

You are back under the thumb now, Andrew! Get used to it!

And it is even worse now, because we're married!

No, seriously...

THEY LAUGH

You love it, really!

I know, cos when we go back to ours, Al's already there!

No, he's not, because I took the key off of him!

No, because I gave him another!

CHATTER

-Once a week.

-All right.

Every other day, Al! Every other day!

See you later, Jones! In a little bit!

Every day!

Cheers! See you later!

You forgot me!

He left me!

-Where's your friends?

-They left me!

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