| Don't Tell the Bride | |
|---|---|
| Format | Reality |
| Created by | Jon Rowlands |
| Narrated by | Ruth Jones (Series 1) Rebekah Staton (Series 2-) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 47 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Various |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Renegade Pictures |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Three |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
| Original run | 8 November 2007 (UK) – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Don't Tell The Bride is a reality TV show on BBC Three in United Kingdom, BBC America in the United States and The LifeStyle Channel in Australia.
The show's format consists of a couple who are given £12,000 to spend on their wedding but they must spend three weeks apart without contact and the bridegroom must organise every aspect of the event and attire including the wedding dress, as well as the hen and stag parties, surprising the bride.[1]
A two episode Irish special, in which the couple's budget was €10,000 euro, was first broadcast in May 2011 on RTÉ.[2]
Although the series mostly features heterosexual couples, one episode broadcast in October 2010 featured a gay couple and another in November 2011 featured a lesbian couple, both preparing for their civil partnership.[3]