0:00:02 > 0:00:04Don't Tell The Bride celebrates weddings like no-one else.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05Congratulations.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11- From New York to Glasgow... - Oh, my God!
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- ..Las Vegas... - Why would the man I love do this?!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19- ..to Ibiza. - I can't even plan a wedding for her.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21And one unforgettable roller-coaster ride.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Why the hell are we at Thorpe Park on my wedding day?!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28And now we're back as 12 more unsuspecting brides
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- prepare for the journey of a lifetime.- What?!
0:00:31 > 0:00:36The grooms get three weeks and £12,000
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and the brides get no say in how it's spent.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42I would never even imagine Ben could get it this wrong.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- So get ready to rock. - I don't even want you at the wedding.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48As the party reaches new heights.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50And sinks to new lows.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55With more fairytale ending than ever before.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58This is supposed to be the biggest day of my life and I'm not happy.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Switch that off.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03Tonight, fun-loving Essex girl Nikki...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Eyelash malfunction.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11..gives full control of her wedding to a man stuck in the 18th century.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm not normal and I happily admit that.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18While Nathan's obsessed with all things historical...
0:01:18 > 0:01:21You look like a bit of a knob.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24..hairdresser Nikki lives for the now.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I love history...
0:01:27 > 0:01:28this much.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32With a bride dreaming of a pink, girly wedding...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Candles, love everywhere, glitter!
0:01:35 > 0:01:39..know-it-all Nathan refusing to loosen his stiff upper lip...
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Why don't we go for tea at the Ritz? - Oh, no!
0:01:43 > 0:01:45..and EVERYONE doubting his choices.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47You're allergic to having fun.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Just let go for once.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Tut-tut, Nathan. - Will this wedding make history...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55No way, absolutely not.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59You don't have to worry about breaking anyone's legs.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00..for all the wrong reasons?
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I can't believe he's done that.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Can this history-loving man give this very modern girl...
0:02:07 > 0:02:08What?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10..the wedding of her dreams?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Oh, I love him, I really love him...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14but he better get it right!
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Nikki Bacon and Nathan Bones grew up
0:02:28 > 0:02:32just 10 minutes down the road from each other,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35but despite coming from the same neighbourhood,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37this Essex couple are worlds apart.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Born and Bred in Basildon, Nikki stays true to her Essex roots.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'm a hair dresser called Nikki!
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Where you going on holiday? Anywhere nice?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50'Proud Essex girl, that's me.'
0:02:50 > 0:02:55But credit advisor Nathan is far from your typical Essex lad.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The cravat, I think it's nice.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I like to think Prince William at rest.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03And since a child, Nathan has been obsessed by all things historical.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I have a love for history, the Royal Family.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07As a kid, I watched the Royal Tournament,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09watched Trooping Of The Colour.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12And if there's one thing that's really Nathan's cup of tea, it's...
0:03:12 > 0:03:14well, a cup of tea.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I think I'm in a jasmine mood.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18'I'm very serious about tea.'
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Loose leaf green tea, particularly.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25One and a half spoonfuls will suffice. Cast-iron teapot.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I'm just a passionate person, really.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30But when tea-drinking Nathan met fun-loving Nikki
0:03:30 > 0:03:33on a blind date two years ago...
0:03:33 > 0:03:36their fairytale romance was straight out of the history books.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38You are like the queen of my world.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Aww.- She's just my soulmate, really. - I like that.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I don't really believe in a soul,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45but I believe that if two chemical reactions,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47of two people who've been together for a long period of time,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- then that's fine.- You just had to...
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Why?! It was nice.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Oh, you're my soulmate too. - Thank you very much.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56What Nathan really loves
0:03:56 > 0:03:58is that down-to-earth Nikki isn't anything like him.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I would hate to marry someone like me.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It would be awful, we'd row all the time.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06It would be... Oh! It would be an absolute nightmare.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11And luckily for Nathan, Nikki can't get enough of a man with manners.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14He's always been so attentive - "Are you OK? Are you sure?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17"Right, OK." If I'm OK, the world's OK.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Nathan not only acts the English gent, he lives the part too.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25So, in typical quirky Nathan style,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28he and Nikki rent a flat in a 19th-century country hotel.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Have you any post for me, by any chance? Anything...?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Fantastic. Lovely.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35We have quite an odd living situation.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Essentially, we're in ostensibly a country hotel.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- We have access to their various facilities.- We've got a bar.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46There's bar, there's a reading room, there's a swimming pool,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47There are tennis courts. It's nice.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- We absolutely love it, don't we? - We do love it, yeah.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54But with a couple who are this different,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56it's not always domestic bliss.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Especially when know-it-all Nathan tries to educate his Essex girl.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03The Union flag will always be on the top of the parliament building
0:05:03 > 0:05:05unless the queen is there giving a speech,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09then the Union flag is lowered and the Royal Standard is raised...
0:05:09 > 0:05:11'Some things he says are quite interesting.'
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Just sometimes they're really boring.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16..to show the sovereign is in situ.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Nope?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Nothing.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Oh, Nelson's Column.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Let's hope Nathan has Nikki's FULL attention on the wedding day.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Now, that's my sort of architecture!
0:05:33 > 0:05:38If the wedding's too historical, our bride could get hysterical.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41I have worried that he might do a pretentious wedding,
0:05:41 > 0:05:45but I don't think he'd want our guests going, "God, this is awful."
0:05:45 > 0:05:49The wedding I want to give would be as grand as possible -
0:05:49 > 0:05:51it would be a state banquet.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55It will be opulent, it will be regal, it will majestic
0:05:55 > 0:05:59and it will be the day that she deserves
0:05:59 > 0:06:02and the best day that I could give her.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08But the best day for Nikki would be a girly wedding in Essex.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Ah!
0:06:09 > 0:06:13This is what the wedding could look like, if I was doing it myself.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15'I do want a feminine wedding.'
0:06:15 > 0:06:17I'd want a love heart, a bird sitting there,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19like an owl sitting on a table.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20SHE PANTS EXCITEDLY
0:06:20 > 0:06:23'Everything being pink and love and hearts.'
0:06:23 > 0:06:28I just think it's sweet, nice and girly.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I'm seeing oak panelling, portraits,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I'm seeing history, I'm seeing pomp, pageantry.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I want to give Nik the best day possible
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and I want it to be as grand as I can for her.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Maybe I could be Nik's prince for the day. I can live for a day.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47With Nikki's happiness on the line,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50will Nathan make history, or become history?
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Don't cock it up!- Thank you.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- Does that make you feel better?- Shit. - I'm sure it will be lovely.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- It will be.- Please!- We'll see.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY
0:07:04 > 0:07:07I now declare this suitcase closed.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Ha-ha(!)
0:07:08 > 0:07:10It's time for our couple to say goodbye.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- I don't really want to go.- I know.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28The next time they see each other
0:07:28 > 0:07:31will be the most historic day of their lives.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33WHISPERS: I'm going to miss you.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34I'll miss you too.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36The next three weeks will fly by.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Then no more being apart. That's it. Done.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46You all right? You all right?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52THEY WHISPER: I love you so much.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- I love you, too.- Good.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Love you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'll miss her so much.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08In a way, I feel like she's popped to work or she's popped out
0:08:08 > 0:08:10and she'll be back in a minute.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's difficult. So, yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Got to crack on.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Start me off very easily.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31Meanwhile, Nikki is checking back in to the hotel of Mum and Dad...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33You silly girl.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37..where her childhood bedroom is a girly, pink shrine
0:08:37 > 0:08:39to the perfect wedding.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Look at it! It's so pretty. To me, this is, like...
0:08:43 > 0:08:45cute.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Just pink and girly.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53This is like a wedding. Look - drape-y, roses, beads.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56This is how I want the wedding.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59All the ushers and things and even bits in my dress
0:08:59 > 0:09:01to be like pale pinks.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05All the detail, all the favours and stuff and all the backs of the chairs
0:09:05 > 0:09:06to be pale pink.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09That would be amazing.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10That might be too much to ask.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Because his favourite colour definitely isn't pink.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17While Nikki dreams of getting married in her bedroom...
0:09:19 > 0:09:24..ten minutes up the road, best man Greg has been summoned to the hotel.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29This 24-year-old drum-and-bass-loving body builder
0:09:29 > 0:09:30is a proper Essex boy!
0:09:30 > 0:09:33He's also Nathan's little brother.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Hiya, you all right? I'm here for Nathan.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Can you drop him a call to let him know his brother's arrived?
0:09:38 > 0:09:39No problem.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41PHONE RINGS.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Hello?- Hey, Nathan. I've got your brother down at reception.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48That's great. Send him up. Thank you, bye.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49He said go straight up.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Cheers, mate. Thank you.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Party animal Greg is determined
0:09:53 > 0:09:56to pull his brother into the 21st century.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I like going out a lot more than Nathan
0:09:58 > 0:10:02and just having a good time, really. Nathan's just a bit...boring.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Nath! What do you look like?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Who wears a cravat on a daily basis, really?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- You all right?- Yeah. - Good to see you.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- You too. How are you?- Not bad.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Hopefully, for the next three weeks,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I can bring out the fun in him,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22rather than the uptight, serious Nath that you usually see.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Most little girls grow up dreaming of their wedding day.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27As a little boy,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Nathan dreamt of state banquets for his historic day.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34I want to get the venue as grand as possible.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38I want to go for basically a room with oak panels, oil paintings.
0:10:38 > 0:10:43The wedding breakfast to be on a long table, like a banquet.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44Yeah?
0:10:44 > 0:10:48How do you feel about wearing a 19th-century military uniform?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Nath! I'll look a bit silly.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But, for you, I suppose I'll do it.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59And also, music, certainly for the ceremony. Prince Of Denmark's March.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03It's the same music that was used in Diana and Prince Charles' wedding.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05That's very traditional. It's very good.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06I've got a great version of it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09That's the run-down, that's essentially what I'm looking for.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- It's what I want to do. - It's not something I would have.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19With Greg not committing to the grand theme,
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Nathan is soldiering on with his plan
0:11:20 > 0:11:22to be Nikki's prince for a day...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Wonderful. That's...
0:11:24 > 0:11:27..in an 18th-century Napoleonic uniform.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32It just looks amazing. It's brilliant. I love it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Whether she will or not... is a completely different story!
0:11:37 > 0:11:41She might think, "Oh, my God. What are you wearing?"
0:11:41 > 0:11:42More than likely!
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Everything else is for her. This is for me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46This is a bit of self-indulgence.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Meanwhile, Nikki is blissfully unaware
0:11:50 > 0:11:52of Nathan's ferret-trimmed fantasy.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- What's the worst he can do? - I wouldn't like fancy dress.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58That would be pure tacky.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01I don't think he's do that. I HOPE he wouldn't do that.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05If he wants to wear a cravat, he can wear a cravat with a suit.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I'd like him in a navy suit.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12It's just if he does a really mad theme.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14He wouldn't do that, would he?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Looks like he has.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19You look like a bit of knob.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Obviously, I'd go down the street wearing this, but...
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Yeah, right(!) You'd love it.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28What, wearing this?
0:12:28 > 0:12:29If you're getting married in it,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31surely you've got to feel a bit comfortable?
0:12:31 > 0:12:36- I think "Sod it. It's only once." - One time and one time only.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Oh, well. I think it's great.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Mm.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Go on, Nath. See you later.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45You definitely owe me one.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50So Nathan has his Prince Charming outfit
0:12:50 > 0:12:55and a mortified brother, all for £325.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58With Nathan revelling in pomp and pageantry,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Essex girl Nikki like things a little less formal.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09Oh, see, look. I bet Nathan wouldn't like this.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11All eyes will be on you at the top table!
0:13:15 > 0:13:16You worry me.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I haven't got green, have I?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23I feel like I've got a bit of that... What is it?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Watercress.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29She might not know her manners,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31but Nikki does know exactly what she wants for her wedding day.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Two o'clock - "I do." Chat, chat, chat, meal, meal, meal.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36Milling.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Drink, drink, drink. Photos, snap, snap, snap.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Back in, back in. Sit, sit, sit. Eat, eat, eat.
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Speech, speech, speech.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Dance till one o'clock in the morning. Done.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Nikki Bacon's wedding.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Just get it done, Nath. Get it done.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Poor Nathan - he's got a lot of pressure.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I'm not that horrible! I love him.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Oh, no, I love him! I really love him,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59but he better get it right!
0:13:59 > 0:14:01CROCKERY CLATTERS
0:14:04 > 0:14:05With his military outfit
0:14:05 > 0:14:08setting the bar pretty high on the I-love-history scale,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Nathan has come the nation's capital
0:14:10 > 0:14:14to find a venue stately enough for his vision.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17And he's thinking historic.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19He's thinking iconic.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22He's thinking Tower Bridge!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- It's world-famous, isn't it? - Of course it is.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27One of the most famous buildings in the whole world.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Do you reckon Nik would like it as well?- I think Nik would love it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Yeah, it's different, isn't it? Nik loves a bit of...
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Yeah, she'd love that.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41A million miles away from the hustle and bustle of London is Orsett Hall.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45- This would be amazing, wouldn't it? - It's lovely.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48This Essex venue might be more TOWIE than Tower Bridge,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51but it's modern enough for down-to-earth Nikki.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53And she's brought her mum
0:14:53 > 0:14:55and bridesmaid Faye along to take a look.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58This is exactly what I wanted.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03We've got the bridge, we've got the water, we've got the surroundings.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Oh, my God. This is nice.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07And I really wanted a bridge.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11I don't know why I want the bridge and the water but it's just romantic.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Yeah, it's sweet!
0:15:13 > 0:15:16This is it, Nath. I've found the venue. Can you hear me?!
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Nikki has grounded hopes of a quaint little bridge,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25but Nathan has a much more superior idea.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33With its dizzying views of London, Tower Bridge is a unique location.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35But there's a problem.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37It just isn't big enough for Nathan...
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's too narrow.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43..and the walkway reception room just isn't stately enough.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It's too industrial-looking. It's not grand enough.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51London's most famous landmark isn't measuring up to Nathan's standards.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56I can't describe really how disappointed I am.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Cutting the wedding party down by a third, Nath.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00No way. Absolutely not.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05I think my other issue as well... It's iconic on the outside,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08but on the inside it feels like a function suite, which is what it is.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12It's not what I want. You can't polish a turd, unfortunately.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Not to say that this is a turd. It's an iconic building, but it's not...
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- You know. - You just called it a turd!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's not what I want. I feel a bit disappointed,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23but I feel galvanised and ready to move on to the next thing.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30With Nathan thinking Tower Bridge is a bit, er, poo,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32he has come to see Stationers' Hall,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34just a stone's throw from St Paul's Cathedral.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37As you want a lovely state banquet...
0:16:37 > 0:16:40MUSIC: "Waltz Of The Flowers" By Tchaikovsky
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I love this.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44It's big enough, it's grand enough
0:16:44 > 0:16:49and, at 500 years old, it's historic enough. Even for Nathan.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Ooh. You can really have a nice waltz in here, couldn't you?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Very nice. Very grand.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Yes. This will do nicely. This will do very nicely indeed.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07I absolutely love it. I love the heraldry round the sides,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09the ceiling.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I love it all.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Yeah, it's pretty special.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15What do you reckon?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16I'd give it a bit of a....
0:17:16 > 0:17:18GREG GROANS
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I think it's great.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I beg you don't do the wave on the day!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- You bet I don't?- So cringey.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Who cares if it's cringey for a day?
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Back in Essex, Nikki has found her wedding heaven.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Ohhhhhh! Look at it!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45And it's a very pretty, pink, girly place.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- It's amazing.- Fairy lights. There's fairy lights everywhere.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54It's lovely.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56The tables have to be round.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Yeah, I agree with that.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Just traditional.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02If he can just keep everything as traditional as he possibly can,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06then he'll do it fine. Just don't start mucking it up
0:18:06 > 0:18:07and changing things.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10This is where I would like if I could pick
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- where I'd want to get married now. - But Nikki can't pick.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15And a girly wedding with round tables
0:18:15 > 0:18:17couldn't be further from Nathan's manly venue.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- It is just your cup of tea.- It is my cup of tea.- Right up your street.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24I suppose it's not massively girly, is it?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27But hopefully it's not that much of an issue.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- It's worth a shot, isn't it?- Mmm.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Who wouldn't want to get married
0:18:32 > 0:18:35in the middle of the capital, at the end of the day?
0:18:35 > 0:18:40Nik is done with London, I think, because when she used to work here
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and she used to commute for quite some time.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46But we've had so many happy memories in London and doing things.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Doesn't like London?! - No, she doesn't hate London.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I think she just disliked the commuting side of things
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- and the rat race.- Oh, right. You never said that before.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57He wouldn't go out of Essex, I know he wouldn't.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- We're both from Essex so... - It makes sense.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04There's no way he would go somewhere else. No way.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08What about London, though?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Do you think he might go to London? - No, I hope not.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13No, he wouldn't because I hate London.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- She will like it. - You're worrying me now!
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Don't worry about it. It's fine.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Like it or not, Nathan has splashed a whooping £6,000
0:19:25 > 0:19:30on the wedding venue and food, slap bang in the middle of London!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34After her brush with Orsett Hall,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Nikki can't get her dream venue out of her head.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41I'd quite like a nice, little, traditional sit-down.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Nice chairs.- It's not going to happen.- I wouldn't want...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Nathan isn't traditional, is he? It's not going to be normal.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I don't like how confidently you said that.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- I keep thinking it's going to be a medieval banquet.- Why?!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Well, he's into history, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- I reckon it's something to do with history.- Nah, that's boring.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Why not?- No, I don't think he'll be that mad.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Am I that deluded that's what will happen?!- No, no. I think...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Well, I hope so.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Ohhhh.- I don't think it's going to be run-of-the-mill.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20I think she thinks it's going to be. She's thinking pink dress, bride...
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I don't think it's going to be that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Are you starting to panic now?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I am, because you're quite confident about it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I just want it to look like a wedding and not a play.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Do you know what I mean?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Just like... Nice placements, round tables,
0:20:40 > 0:20:45not long, wooden, horrible, cold tables and everybody sits... Urgh.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's the end of week one.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50And with half the budget spent,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52the brothers are trying to work together
0:20:52 > 0:20:55on the rest of the wedding plans.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Hen and stag do, obviously. - Yep. 'Course.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- You know that's the most important one.- No, it's not. Anyway...
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Is there anything else you can think of?- OK.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08So, dress, shoes...
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Also, her underwear as well. - Come on! No, no!- No, no, no, no, no.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Nath! You're saying the stag's unimportant yet...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17underwear for the wedding's important?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Yeah. I've got to get her a garter.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I'm sure she's got some all right stuff.
0:21:22 > 0:21:23HE SIGHS
0:21:23 > 0:21:24All right.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26So what do you even think it entails, then,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28if you think it's just completely pointless?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Going out to sort of, you know... On the razzle for one last big blowout
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and things like that and that's never been me.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38And I don't really see necessarily why I should start now.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42It's your stag do! Surely you can have a little bit of fun.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43You're allergic to having fun.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- I'm not allergic...!- Yes, you are! - I'm not allergic to having fun.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- Yes, you are. - I have fun in my own ways.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51You really are.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52So what would you want to do then?
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Can we... Why don't we go for, like, tea at the Ritz?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Oh, Nath!
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Seriously?!- Yeah, it would be nice!
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- The two of us... - This is something...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Two stags on the razzle.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Nathan, I'm not going to go and have tea somewhere for a stag do.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It's my stag do, though.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17We'll have to sort you out. I'LL sort you out.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19I'll sort you out and we'll have a good night.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24I just think Nathan needs to learn how to have a good time, really.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26He's a bit of an old man.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29And I don't think he's going to change that, but for one night,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32hopefully, we can just put him out of his comfort zone
0:22:32 > 0:22:37and just get him to just let his hair down a little bit.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44The stag thing is annoying me
0:22:44 > 0:22:47because when Greg goes out, he goes OUT out.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50He really, really goes for it.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52And it's not to say that I'm boring.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55People are individuals. People have funny, different ways
0:22:55 > 0:22:57and I don't care if it makes me look boring.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I'm really, really not interested.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02He might not be as wild as his drum-and-bass best man,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04but Nathan lives for pomp and pageantry
0:23:04 > 0:23:08and he has a classic idea for a wedding entrance.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11OK. So, this song is called Zadok The Priest
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and it's one of Handel's coronation anthems.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19We would at this point be walking up now to the front of the thing,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22the front of the minstrels gallery.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27And then the kiss.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29MUSIC REACHES A CRESCENDO
0:23:40 > 0:23:43# Normally I try to run
0:23:43 > 0:23:46# And I might even want to hide
0:23:46 > 0:23:48# I never knew what I wanted
0:23:48 > 0:23:50# Till I looked into your eyes. #
0:23:52 > 0:23:56I am worried about what music's going to be at the wedding.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59He likes to have...what he likes,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03cos music's obviously the most important thing in the world.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06It's just a bit of music, isn't it? It's just in the background,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09something you can have a little dance to.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Not listen to music that nobody's heard of. Gets on my nerves.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19- Hoping to find someone to support his plan for a sedate stag...- Hi!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21..Nathan has come to see his mum and stepdad.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24- Lovely to see you. - Nice to see you too. All right.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Oh, yeah, how's it going with Greg?
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Issue.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34- I think he wants to tie me up to a lamppost.- That's the norm.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Not for me, it's not. I'm not normal and I quite happily admit that.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41- So what do you want to do, then? - I considered having tea at the Ritz.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44No, Nath.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Just let go for once. Let go. - Yeah, I know...
0:24:49 > 0:24:53You can't go for tea at the Ritz for your stag do.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54You're being stupid now.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Nathan does always have this posh persona.
0:24:59 > 0:25:04And yet I would have never, ever, ever in a million years
0:25:04 > 0:25:06thought he'd have a girl like Nikki.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11When he walked through the door with her, I couldn't believe it.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17You know, there's him drinking his tea in his flouncy cups
0:25:17 > 0:25:18and goodness knows what.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22And you know, hairdresser, Essex... Yeah.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24It's...
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Nathan? Snob? Nah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30After a week apart from party-pooper Nathan,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34fun-loving Nikki has met up with her older, protective brother, Jay.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Do you miss him?- A lot.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37- Really?- Mmm.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39"Oh, Christ."
0:25:39 > 0:25:41SHE LAUGHS
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Oh, I miss him so much.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45A little tear!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47He is nice though, isn't he?
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- Mmm.- He's so nice. And handsome.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53When I first met him, he was a little bit Marmite.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Yeah, but I'm marmite. You won't say it,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- but people don't all love me. - Who called you Marmite?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01I do! People don't all like me.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04If he screws your wedding up...
0:26:04 > 0:26:07You don't have to worry about breaking anybody's legs
0:26:07 > 0:26:10or anything cos you won't have to do that with Nathan.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14You don't really believe that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16He'll have something in there, Jay, that I think, "really?"
0:26:16 > 0:26:20You can't 100% confident in your husband-to-be.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Awwww. Husband Bones.- Yeah.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Nicola Bacon-Bones. Nicola?! Urgh.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Nikki Bacon-Bones. Better when you shorten it at the beginning.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Nikki Bacon-Bones.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34It's the beginning of week two.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38And, putting their differences aside, it's time for the brothers
0:26:38 > 0:26:42to face the day they've been dreading - wedding dress shopping.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44We don't really know what we're looking for. We're not really...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47We can't really relate to women that well.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I don't want anything that looks cheap.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51It's got to look classy.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55She's a very, very attractive girl. Incredibly attractive.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58New shirt! That's a girl's colour!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01No. In all fairness, up until about the late 18th century,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04up until the Victorian times, pink was a man's colour.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07In fact, actually, until the early 20th century,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- pink was always the colour of a gentleman.- Hmmmm.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14As nerdy Nathan muses on the history of gentleman's attire,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16his modern bride is more up-to-date
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and she's brought her bridesmaid, Faye, mum and auntie along
0:27:19 > 0:27:21to show them her dream wedding dress.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25I actually wouldn't mind a slightly blush colour.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28I've seen them in magazines and I don't know if they look a bit much,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30but they look really subtle.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Really pretty.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32And pink!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Awww!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38That's amazing. That's actually amazing.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Looking pretty in pink,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Nikki has chosen the ultimate in girly dresses.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46- So nice.- Pink!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Pale pink meringue, with layered petals,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52lashings of tulle and sequins.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55If it was up to me and I was planning the whole wedding,
0:27:55 > 0:27:56my dress would definitely be pink.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00I definitely, definitely don't want white.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03But because it's not a colour everybody else normally has,
0:28:03 > 0:28:05I think that's mainly the reason why I probably want it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07It's so nice, Nik.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Ohhhhh! Nathan, please!
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Come on, Nathan, think pink!
0:28:14 > 0:28:17You're wearing pink. It can't be that hard.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Have you got any idea of sort of style?- No meringues.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21No meringues, OK.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25What about different colour, something like that?
0:28:25 > 0:28:30- No.- No?- No, no, no.- OK, definite no. That's good.- No?- No.- No.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Absolutely not, no.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33OK.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Rejecting pink straight away. - Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yes.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Nathan's gone for a white, simple,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44figure-hugging dress with a bosom full of bling.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50I like the layering at the bottom. It looks light as well.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52It looks wearable.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54This is Nik. That's her.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57That's her.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59It's more wearable.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Yep, it's wearable -
0:29:01 > 0:29:03just what every girl wants on her wedding day.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07It's also unlikely to upstage Nathan's military outfit.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09That is the one. That's the dress.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Dress fit for a princess.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Oh! (God.)
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Could be.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18It's not the pink meringue Nikki dreamt of, but as ever,
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Nathan knows best, and at £995,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23the very white dress is sold
0:29:23 > 0:29:27to the man in a very pink shirt, in a very pink shop.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31With a week to go,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34our groom is cracking on with his wedding plans, Nathan-style.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36First up, learning a 200-year-old waltz.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39I think Nik will love this, I really do.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I can just imagine her in her dress and me in my finery.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46I think it will be very romantic.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49Next, it's the historic invitations.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Fuck, fuck, fuck.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Ohhhh, shit!
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Oh, man, that is hot!
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Fucking hot oil.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Oh, fuck! Jesus Christ!
0:30:03 > 0:30:07And thanks to Nathan's unusual choice of bridesmaid outfits...
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Pull it, pull it, pull it taut. That's it.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12..the girls need a lesson in how to tie a cravat.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Good.- Jade's done this before. - You're my top student.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18We looks like little mini girly Nathans.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Seriously, he's actually done that.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Ahh!- Love the cravat.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29With less than a week to the wedding,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Nathan has called an emergency budget meeting with Greg.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34The registrar was £580.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- I'd have done it for that. - I'm sure you would have done, Greg.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Right, we're on 12 grand.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Right, OK.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45The evening buffet, we can scrap because it's a late wedding.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49It's a five o'clock wedding. If you think that takes half an hour,
0:30:49 > 0:30:50by the time people sit down to eat
0:30:50 > 0:30:52it'll be six or after six.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- Cake.- Right.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58- Would that come with the catering? - No.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Worrying times.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01With the money running out,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Nathan is just about keeping the wedding afloat.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Meanwhile, Nikki is drifting along
0:31:07 > 0:31:11in the most romantic city in the world, Venice.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Nikki's mum has treated them
0:31:13 > 0:31:16to a three-day mini-break for her 60th birthday.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18The closest you get to this in Essex is Southend.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21It's not the same, is it? It's like a bit of culture, innit?
0:31:21 > 0:31:24There's not many places you can just sit
0:31:24 > 0:31:26and there's gondolas... up and down next to you.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28MAN SINGS
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Oh, look, they love it.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I'd love it if he was in my one as well.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40And for once, Nikki is free
0:31:40 > 0:31:42from Nathan pointing out the historical highlights.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47Even so, she just can't keep her eyes off the local sights.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49He's not bad. He's the best one I've seen.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52In particular, the local floating eye candy.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54NIKKI LAUGHS
0:31:57 > 0:31:59He was good looking and all.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04But in a city swimming in history,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Nikki's mind turns to Nathan... eventually.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I think that he would love this, wouldn't he?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13He'd be going, "Look at that brickwork over there".
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Nikki might have escaped to Italy for a few days,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19but Englishman Nathan is keeping it British
0:32:19 > 0:32:23with his favours for the wedding guests.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Currently, I am making my favours.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Loose leaf tea in chiffon pouches,
0:32:28 > 0:32:30tied with a blue bow.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34What a treat, tea in a sack.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36I just think Nik'll probably think
0:32:36 > 0:32:38"Oh, you," obviously with a little grin.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41It stinks.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43But it's clear to best man Greg
0:32:43 > 0:32:46that this historical wedding is all very Nathan,
0:32:46 > 0:32:47and not one bit Nikki.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I think Nathan's choices, a lot of it is...
0:32:50 > 0:32:54his choices, where it kind of suits him.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Do you understand what I mean?
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Yeah.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01'You've got the venue in itself',
0:33:01 > 0:33:02you've got the outfits.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05You know, it's all very Nathan at the end of the day.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Even the favours - I mean, tea.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10I don't think Nikki's going to be all about the tea.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11She'll be like "What's this?"
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I don't know.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Thinking about it, it's not girly at all, is it?
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Looks like the only girly thing at this wedding will be the groom!
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Yeah, all right!- Could you stop fingering the chiffon?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Oh...
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Back in Italy,
0:33:32 > 0:33:36Nathan's arranged a pre-wedding surprise for his bride-to-be...
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Have a nice day.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42..instructing her to go to the centre of Venice.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46"Sweetheart, I've organised a private tour for you and your mum today.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50"Think of me as you take in the sights, sounds and smells of Venice.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52"I love you, your Nathan".
0:33:52 > 0:33:54I was hoping for a rose
0:33:54 > 0:33:58and a glass of Prosecco brought to me on a silver tray.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02I'd have gone "Bloody hell, that is good. You've done well there".
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Now I've got a guided tour.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08It's just going to be boring.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14How quickly the tears dried.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Oh. What?
0:34:18 > 0:34:19Nathan has treated Nikki to a tour
0:34:19 > 0:34:21of the historical delights of Venice.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22So what do you know about Venice?
0:34:22 > 0:34:28It's got Prosecco, it's got ice cream, and it's got...
0:34:28 > 0:34:30lots of water and canals.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32There is something more, a little history.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35This was the richest and most powerful city
0:34:35 > 0:34:38in the Mediterranean Sea before the discovery of America.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43This section here was built in the early 15th century, 1430.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47And then you have the full centre arch...
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Well, I tell you, we can continue then.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53The church in front dates back to the year 1063.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56This might not impress you, but I mean, the oldest building...
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- No, 1063 is definitely something. - That is something.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01949 years old.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Yeah.- Still standing.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Particularly because this was all built on a sandbank.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15I hope you discovered more than shopping, shopping, shopping.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I definitely did.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20I've learnt that I love history...
0:35:20 > 0:35:21this much.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- Thank you very much. - Thank you. May I?
0:35:24 > 0:35:28I've learnt that Nathan is very much into history.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33And Nathan would like me to be very much into history,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35and I cannot take it in. I've told him this before.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38So thanks to her husband-to-be,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Nikki's holiday has ended on a history lesson.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Let's hope she doesn't mind one on her wedding day.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54The big day is drawing close.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57With the best man doubting the Nathan-themed wedding,
0:35:57 > 0:36:01and most of the remaining budget spent on tea and historical tours,
0:36:01 > 0:36:03a nervous Nathan is in need of some motherly advice.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07So everything's OK, then, Nath?
0:36:07 > 0:36:08Um...
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Yeah.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Yeah, I think so.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18One of my thoughts for potential pitfalls was...
0:36:18 > 0:36:20alienating people,
0:36:20 > 0:36:24whether people will enjoy it and get into it,
0:36:24 > 0:36:29or whether they'll just be perplexed and puzzled, and think "What?"
0:36:29 > 0:36:33At the end of the day, it's your wedding,
0:36:33 > 0:36:36and she put her trust in you
0:36:36 > 0:36:38to give her a wonderful day.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43But what you've got to be prepared for is the downfall
0:36:43 > 0:36:45that if someone does say something to you...
0:36:46 > 0:36:50..that you just say "Well, this is what I wanted."
0:36:50 > 0:36:52I'm just doing it for her, that's it.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Yeah, it'll be OK. It will.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58With my flourishes, but it will be OK. It'll be fine.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02But deep down, like Greg, Nathan's mum is worried.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06'He's put her so high on this pedestal...
0:37:07 > 0:37:10'..because he loves her so much,'
0:37:10 > 0:37:14and that's why, if it really did go wrong...
0:37:17 > 0:37:18Mm...
0:37:21 > 0:37:22- Sorry. - SHE SNIFFS
0:37:26 > 0:37:29'..he will be so, so hurt.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32'He will be devastated.'
0:37:32 > 0:37:37He would never forgive himself, because he only ever did it for her.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40He only ever did it for her.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Needing a good night out,
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Nathan heads to London to "get on the stag".
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Time for beers, strippers and some bad behaviour.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53# Smack my bitch up. #
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Ooh, and a cream tea.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00I'm going to have some cake, big time.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Nathan has ignored everyone's advice and dragged his friends
0:38:04 > 0:38:08and Nikki's older brother for a dainty afternoon tea.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11It's not going to sit well for you in the family, this.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14It's not the best start you've got off to.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16He doesn't like having fun,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- that's his problem. - That is not true.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20My fun these days is with Nik.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Having a cup of tea and a bit of cake!
0:38:22 > 0:38:25It does feel weird to think that I'm marrying your sister next...
0:38:25 > 0:38:28like, soon.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29That pales into insignificance.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32You've brought me to a cream tea in the middle of London.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Everyone goes drinking and partying hard during a stag do.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38To come to a nice hotel and have cream tea and scones,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41and poncey cakes...
0:38:41 > 0:38:43what a numbnut.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46I'm going to have a scone.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Is it a "skone" or a "scon"?
0:38:49 > 0:38:51I don't care, frankly. I'm losing the will to live here.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56These lads were hoping for D-cups, but all they got was teacups!
0:38:56 > 0:38:57I think you've won.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00I know I've won, Nath. I ain't bloody stupid.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03This was a bad choice, wasn't it?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08With the boys desperate to get to the nearest bar,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Nathan knows he needs to eat humble pie.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15The cream tea was an absolute disaster. I regret even saying it.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20There's no pomp here, there's no pageantry.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22It's something for a bunch of gentlemen,
0:39:22 > 0:39:23it's just having a bit of fun,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27which I think that I'm more than overdue for.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31And I think that sometimes I avoid...
0:39:31 > 0:39:34But I'm really looking forward to it. Should be good fun.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37# Essex girl!... #
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Essex girl Nikki, on the other hand, doesn't have a problem having fun.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43# Essex, Essex
0:39:43 > 0:39:45# The only way is Essex... #
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Nathan has organised for Nikki
0:39:47 > 0:39:50and her friends to visit a local nightclub for her hen do.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51Suck hard, and swallow.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Don't be rude!
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Fuelled by something stronger than just Earl Grey,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Nathan has finally started to loosen up.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I'm the stag. I'm, like, THE stag.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08I'm, like, THE groom.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12How about this?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14And after a few drinks,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18a new, relaxed, fun-loving Nathan emerges.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Oh! Woo!
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Woo! Wow.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29While Nathan's giving a proper Essex stag do a shot,
0:40:29 > 0:40:34the cream tea is still stuck in the throat of Nikki's brother.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Where on earth did that come from, seriously, mate?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I think you know me well enough now.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42Obviously I don't, because I never thought you'd do a cream tea.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43- Really?- Yeah.
0:40:43 > 0:40:44- I love her lots.- Well done you.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47I love your sister.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- I love her.- Good.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Now, I admit, I admit you're all right.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- I love you.- He loves me!
0:41:20 > 0:41:24It's the next morning, and there's a storm sizzling at the Bacon house.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27After the cream tea and historic tour,
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Nikki's mum and brother are worried.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32He might have got the bit between his teeth and be thinking
0:41:32 > 0:41:35"Right, I'm in charge. This is what I would like.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39"And this particular time, I can get away with it."
0:41:39 > 0:41:42I think that if he's gone a bit "I might get away with that,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46"it might be funny to do a cream tea or a guided tour"
0:41:46 > 0:41:48of wherever he had a guided tour of,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52then he can get away with that. If he mucks that wedding up,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54there won't be any laughs down the pub
0:41:54 > 0:41:56about the time we went for a cream tea.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- Oh, you'll be the least of his troubles.- Yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- He's not stupid.- No.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04He values life, I think, doesn't he?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06I really don't think he'd do something he thinks she'd hate.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09But he might do something that she thinks, "Really?"
0:42:10 > 0:42:12He'd better not.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17It's the day before the wedding, and a stressed Nikki
0:42:17 > 0:42:20has come to try on her wedding dress with her mum and auntie.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22She dreamt of a girlie pink meringue,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25but she's about see the "wearable" white dress Nathan chose.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Hello, Nikki.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- I'm Michelle.- Nice to meet you.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- Excited? Nervous?- Very excited.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Yeah? I'll pop out and get it ready.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37If you want to have a look around, feel free.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38OK, thank you.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42You all right?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44My stomach hurts.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46I just want to put my dress on.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58OK, here it is,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00if you'd like to follow me.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07She's been really nervous, I think, about the dress.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12It's a major part of the wedding, isn't it, really, for her.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15She wants to look her best for him, I'm sure.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20I'm sure all mums feel exactly the same.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22A stressful time.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Yeah. Yeah, if she's happy, I'll be happy. Yeah.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42Oh, my God.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52I can't believe he's done that. Oh, my God.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01It's gorgeous, isn't it? It's lovely.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07I absolutely love it.
0:44:07 > 0:44:08Not pink?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11It's completely amazing, even though it is different.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14I just think it's fantastic. He's done a really, really good job.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18It isn't pink but then love is blind
0:44:18 > 0:44:21and somehow, with the help of some rose-tinted glasses,
0:44:21 > 0:44:22Nathan has pulled it off.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26He's just done amazing
0:44:26 > 0:44:29so I think I will marry him now, definitely. Yep.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Nikki loves her modern wedding dress
0:44:32 > 0:44:36but that's the last thing from this century she'll see at her wedding.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40Fingers crossed her big day won't be a historical drama.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48It's the morning of the wedding and a nervous Nikki
0:44:48 > 0:44:51is unaware of just how historic her big day will be.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52I can't keep still!
0:44:56 > 0:44:58I can't wait to see him.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01MUSIC: "The Blue Danube Waltz" by J Strauss II
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Nathan is also pacing, but to a different tune.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07# Bom bom
0:45:07 > 0:45:09# Bom bom... #
0:45:09 > 0:45:11And Greg has a little surprise from Nikki.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14I've been passed something by the young lady herself, actually.
0:45:14 > 0:45:15Oh, right?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Yeah.
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Don't do that, mate. Don't start crying.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Oh, no, no...
0:45:44 > 0:45:48It says, "I love you for ever, NB."
0:45:48 > 0:45:50And on the back, "Our forever begins today."
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Oh, God. That girl!
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Regardless of all my quirks, foibles, eccentricities,
0:46:00 > 0:46:03and all the rest, she sees through it.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07She sees the person...which is more than I could ever ask for.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Aw.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Let's hope she also loves
0:46:11 > 0:46:13his eccentric choice of bridesmaid outfits.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17We look like little girly Nathans. Tiny girly Nathans.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Drum roll.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I don't want to look.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24Don't be silly. It's gorgeous.
0:46:24 > 0:46:25Oh, my God!
0:46:25 > 0:46:30Oh, my God! Oh, you've got a cravat on!
0:46:32 > 0:46:35You look lovely, all of you.
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Oh, my God!
0:46:36 > 0:46:38I think you should wear a cravat with your wedding dress.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41I doubt it very much!
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Are you ready?- Yeah. - You can do it, girl.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Oh, my God.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Nik, you look amazing!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55That's gorgeous.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57That's absolutely stunning.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59How did he do that?
0:46:59 > 0:47:00I don't know. I feel like a bride.
0:47:00 > 0:47:05Now it feels like you're getting married. It hasn't done until now.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08The boys have arrived at the venue,
0:47:08 > 0:47:11ready to do battle with their outfits.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13I've put this on wrong.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Sorry.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20That's there.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Yes.
0:47:24 > 0:47:25I'm so shaky.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Nathan is stressed out to high heaven at the minute. He's a mess.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Hopefully, once the service is over, he'll be OK.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36I think he's getting overly stressed at the minute.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38It's going to be all right.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41We're going to be on time and everything's going to be fine.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44I need to go to the toilet before. Is there a toilet?
0:47:47 > 0:47:50Nathan's not the only person feeling nervous.
0:47:50 > 0:47:52With the wedding party en route to the venue,
0:47:52 > 0:47:54a stressed Nikki awaits her ride.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59I'm nervous, I feel sick, can't breathe.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I can feel my heart coming out of my chest.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07With her dad in tow,
0:48:07 > 0:48:10Nikki can only hope she's heading to a girly Essex venue.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19But 15 minutes into the journey,
0:48:19 > 0:48:23it soon becomes clear that's not going to be the case.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27It's not going to be the hall then. He's going too fast for that.
0:48:27 > 0:48:28Next turning is Ferry Lane.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31I'm trying to think, if we go down Ferry Lane,
0:48:31 > 0:48:33we'll be heading towards Rainham.
0:48:33 > 0:48:34What if he picks London?
0:48:34 > 0:48:37We could be going to London if he stays on this road.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38Thanks to her dad,
0:48:38 > 0:48:41the reality of a London wedding has finally dawned on Nikki.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48Is it all right for Buckingham Palace?
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Nikki's dreams of babbling brooks,
0:48:50 > 0:48:53breezy gardens and iced Pimm's have gone up in smoke.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55I really don't know what to think. No idea.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Nikki is completely thrown by Nathan's choice of London
0:49:06 > 0:49:08but on the hottest day of the year,
0:49:08 > 0:49:11in an ancient building with no air conditioning,
0:49:11 > 0:49:14Nathan's only regret is his choice of fur jacket.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16Sweaty.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I feel all right, though. Yeah, I'm ready to get married.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Come on, let's go.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Thank you.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41Arriving at the venue,
0:49:42 > 0:49:46a hot and flustered Nikki is eager to get to Nathan.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48I'm so hot and I just want to go in.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14APPLAUSE
0:50:28 > 0:50:32First, can I ask Greg, our best man, to come forward with the rings?
0:50:32 > 0:50:35I'll just get it out of my man bag.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37I've got all the essentials in here, actually.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40You don't know what you might need on your wedding day.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42A couple of bits in here.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47I call upon these persons here present to witness that I,
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Nathan Ashley Peter Bones,
0:50:49 > 0:50:52to take thee Nicola Moira Bacon to be my lawful wedded wife.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55Do take thee, Nathan Ashley Peter Bones,
0:50:55 > 0:50:57to be my lawful wedded husband.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01And now it is my great pleasure
0:51:01 > 0:51:05and privilege to pronounce that you are husband and wife.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:12 > 0:51:14I know! Come on!
0:51:14 > 0:51:18Nathan might have ruined Nikki's dreams of an Essex wedding
0:51:18 > 0:51:21but how can anyone stay mad with Prince Charming?
0:51:21 > 0:51:23I'll nibble your ears.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28- You're making me hot. Do you not want to take that off now?- I will.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- Nathan, it's so hot. It's different, isn't it?- Different?
0:51:32 > 0:51:35- Its pomp, pageantry. You know? - What's the theme then?
0:51:35 > 0:51:38- Pomp and pageantry.- That was your theme, pump and pageantry?
0:51:38 > 0:51:43- POMP and pageantry.- I've never heard of it. I never heard of it before.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47By the way, that history trip in Venice was really good as well.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49- Was it?- No, it was shit! Really boring, yeah.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53And with Nikki still unhappy about the historic tour of Venice,
0:51:53 > 0:51:57fingers crossed for Nathan's tour of her historic reception.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00TRUMPETERS PLAY A FANFARE
0:52:01 > 0:52:02Oh, my God!
0:52:06 > 0:52:10- I love it.- Do you?- Yeah.- Do you?
0:52:10 > 0:52:14- That is our coat of arms. - What does that mean?
0:52:14 > 0:52:17A coat of arms is basically like a family crest.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- So Bones and Bacon both have red and white.- Red and white what?
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- In their shield. Red and white colours.- Right.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26This might take quite a few weeks to explain.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29It doesn't matter, whatever.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33Oh, well! she might not understand Nathan, but Nikki does love him.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34- So you like it?- I do like it.
0:52:36 > 0:52:41- Not what you'd pick, though. - No. I picked you, though.- Good.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44That kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Miles from Essex, and without a hint of pink anywhere,
0:52:48 > 0:52:51Nathan has still managed to sweep Nikki off her feet.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57And in true Nathan style, there has to be a grand entrance.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03And he's practised his timing to perfection.
0:53:03 > 0:53:06- You want to get to a specific bit? - Yes.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08MUSIC: "Zadok The Priest" by Handel
0:53:08 > 0:53:13# Zadok the priest
0:53:14 > 0:53:19# And Nathan the prophet... #
0:53:20 > 0:53:25They can't even see us anyway. They can't see us.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31TRUMPETERS PLAY A FANFARE
0:53:38 > 0:53:42Somehow, history-hating Nikki has been won over.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Maybe Nathan really does know it all.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50You have made history for our wedding day. It is fun.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- You've done very, very well. - Thank you, darling.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55That means so much, coming from you.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57I love you.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01Now onto Nathan.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06We went for cream tea for his stag do that he personally suggested!
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Enough of that, I'll stop ribbing you!
0:54:10 > 0:54:13I'm just reminded of a quote from WB Yeats,
0:54:13 > 0:54:17who said, "Think where man's glory most begins and ends
0:54:17 > 0:54:20"and I would say my glory was I had such friends."
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Thank you.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33It's nice. It's very Nathan, very Nathan.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36I want to know why he's wearing what he's wearing, though.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- He looks like a rabbit. - Who looks like a rabbit?- Nathan.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43- Was it a rabbit?! - Yeah, rabbit all over him.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46- I thought he was vegetarian. - He did a really good job.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47What, being a rabbit?
0:54:47 > 0:54:49THEY LAUGH
0:54:54 > 0:54:58It was stylish, it was good, very grand.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01I think me and Nathan have pulled it off. We've done a good job.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Come on, Nik.
0:55:03 > 0:55:08I'm so proud of them. I really, really am, both of them.
0:55:10 > 0:55:11You've got it.
0:55:13 > 0:55:14'At the end of the day,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16'they're absolutely ecstatic with each other,'
0:55:16 > 0:55:19and that's what it's all about really.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21So if they're happy... I'm happy.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23- We learnt it, we can't remember it. - We tried, we tried.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26And with the waltz being a step too far,
0:55:26 > 0:55:30he does get one thing absolutely right.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32MUSIC: Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
0:55:32 > 0:55:34I knew you'd pick this song...
0:55:34 > 0:55:38And a groom who's obsessed with the past can finally look to the future.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Oh, Nath!
0:55:40 > 0:55:42I'm just looking forward to starting my new life
0:55:42 > 0:55:45with, I guess, my new wife.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48- Mr and Mrs Bones.- That's right. That's hard to say.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- Let's go back to a flat together. - To our home.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52You've got to carry me across the threshold,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55- which means you got to carry me up the stairs.- I'm not doing...
0:55:55 > 0:55:57- Of course you've got to carry me up the stairs.- Yeah.
0:55:57 > 0:56:03- We can go back to being...- Us.- ..us. I love us.- Mm, I do.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Next time: big spender, Adam...
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Number one, done. That's important. Do you know that?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14..wants the most bling wedding party of all time.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18It's going to be flash, completely over the top, Jay-Z-like.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20But can this wannabe Jay-Z...
0:56:20 > 0:56:21This is what it's all about,
0:56:21 > 0:56:23drinking cocktails and a big Cuban cigar.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25..pull off his-red carpet wedding?
0:56:25 > 0:56:27If Adam has gone tacky, I won't wear it.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31- Or will it all get out of hand? - We massively screwed up.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33This is it? This is all I get?
0:56:33 > 0:56:36- We've got no money left. - It's a joke.- I know.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:40 > 0:56:43# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:43 > 0:56:47# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:47 > 0:56:50# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:50 > 0:56:54# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:54 > 0:56:58# We found love in a hopeless place
0:56:58 > 0:57:01# We find love in a hopeless place
0:57:01 > 0:57:03# We found love in a hopeless place. #