Liverpool lad Terry plans a wedding in three weeks for Northern Irish beauty, Melissa. While controlling bride Melissa dreams of a traditional Irish wedding, happy-go-lucky Terry's a Ghanaian Scouser with grand plans to celebrate his African roots. After disastrous efforts to plan their wedding together, Melissa fears that unless she hands control over to Terry they will split up for good. So will Terry ignore Melissa's controlling ways and bring the great plains of Africa to Liverpool or will he give her the Irish experience she craves?

Terry and Melissa

Rebekah Staton

Noel and Jemma

Ian and Hayley

Don't Tell The Bride is BACK as 12 more brave brides leave the most important day of their lives in the hands of the men they love.  And kick starting the new series is 30-year-old Welsh groom Ben, who's agreed to arrange a wedding for his valley girl, Sarah.  Born and bred just five miles apart, this Welsh groom can't escape the strong women in his life ... From a controlling bride who gives him weekly pocket money, to a mother who lives around the corner and won't let him grow up, this groom is desperate to break away and prove he can be the man.  Hoping to become the man of the family, and replace the role of his Dad who passed away five years ago, Ben wants to do the wedding his way for once, and finally gain some respect.

But with a lush bride who's desperate to get married abroad, and a mother who argues his every decision, can this henpecked groom show these women, that he can be the man.... All by himself?

Ben and Sarah

Blackpool boy Mike plans a wedding for his glamorous bride-to-be Katie in just three weeks.  The seaside sweethearts met seven years ago under the bright lights of Blackpool, and Katie has been looking after Mike ever since.  While Katie dreams of a wedding fit for a Hollywood superstar, local lad Mike prefers things a little closer to home. Refusing to use a mobile phone or the internet, this old fashioned groom thinks planning a wedding is woman's work. Determined to 'smash' it, Mike attempts to put on a Blackpool bonanza of a wedding and relies on the local attractions to pull off his dream wedding.  So with a groom totally out of touch with the modern world and prefers the simple life, and a bride who is desperate for the high life, can Mike give Katie the wedding of her dreams?

Mike and Katie

Fun-loving Essex girl Nikki Bacon gives full control of her wedding to historical-loving Nathan Bones. Having met on a blind date two years ago, their fairytale romance was straight out of the history books. Now Nathan has just three weeks and £12,000 to pull off the wedding of a lifetime.  Despite coming from the same neighbourhood, this Essex couple couldn't be more different. Both born and bred in Basildon, Nikki has always dreamt of a pink, girly Essex wedding. But Nathan is far from your typical Essex lad, and is more obsessed with a fine cup of tea than a fun night out.  So what will happen when a cravat-wearing groom refuses to loosen his stiff upper lip? And with everyone doubting his choices, will his wedding make history for all the wrong reasons?

Can this history-loving groom give this very modern girl the wedding of her dreams?

Nathan and Nikki

Big spender Adam wants to pull off the most bling wedding party of all time. With a history of reckless spending, his bride-to-be Lydia is trusting him with £12,000 and her dream wedding.

Having let Lydia down in the past, Adam is determined to make up for his mistakes by giving her something big and lavish. So what happens when the groom gets carried away with splashing the cash and prioritises the wedding party rather than the ceremony?

But for a bride who is desperate for the church ceremony just like her mum's, how will she react to a red carpet wedding and finding out that the groom has been living in the wedding venue for two nights before their big day. 

Can Adam make up for the past and give Lydia the wedding of her dreams?

Adam and Lydia

High-maintenance Scottish bride Jill has always dreamt of a £70,000 wedding, so laidback groom Mark needs to think big. But when he plans a wedding ceremony smack bang in the middle of a 20,000-strong music festival, his feisty bride kicks off and refuses to walk down the aisle.

Mark and Jill

Bad boy rocker and tattoo artist Martyn takes control of his wedding to model and bride-to-be Terri. Martyn fell for his young bride after seeing her modelling underwear on the catwalk. Three years later, Terri is now running Martyn's tattoo parlour and his life. When it comes to their wedding, obsessively organised and bossy 'princess' Terri expects nothing less than the fairytale of her dreams, complete with castles, sparkles and magical unicorns. But the groom wants a wedding that rocks, dedicated to the other love of his life - heavy metal. Will metalhead Martyn ignore tattooed Terri's diva ways and throw the ultimate rock wedding - or will he cave in and give her the fairytale fantasy she craves?

Martyn and Terri

27-year-old eccentric big kid Chris is planning to make a bold statement with his wedding ideas for sensible 23-year-old bride-to-be, Corrine. He is determined to pull off a real life fairytale spectacular to prove how much the mother of his children means to him, but she is more concerned with the practicalities of being eight months pregnant on her wedding day. Crazy Chris has a head full of wild ideas, but without Corrine's grounding influence will his delirious daydream turn into a neverland nightmare?

Chris and Corinne

Fashion-conscious Holly Binnington gives full control of her wedding to her logical space cadet beau Anthony Richardson. Within months of meeting, these star-crossed lovers knew that their future together was written in the stars and Holly immediately planned her elegant and stylish Italian dream wedding. Unfortunately Holly's dream wedding had to be cancelled, so now Anthony has just three weeks and £12,000 to pull off mission improbable and give Holly a wedding that's truly out of this world. What will happen when space-geek Anthony takes one small step for man, one giant leap for wedding planning? Will Holly get the super-stylish wedding she desires and deserves or will there be a failure to launch? Can this space cadet groom give his fashionista fiancée the wedding of her dreams?

Anthony and Holly

Hardworking Hayley is plunged out of her depth when she hands over control of her big day to a man with a crazy underwater plan. Her fiancé Ian has just three weeks and £12,000 to pull off the wedding of a lifetime. Working as a sports physio, Hayley dreams of hanging up her tracksuit and becoming a gypsy princess, but hopeless romantic Ian wants to throw her in at the deep end of their local leisure centre, ruining not only her dreams but also her hair, make-up and dress. Will Ian's wet wedding make a big splash or will he end up high and dry?

Fun-loving prison officer Noel has three weeks to plan a wedding for his long-suffering bride-to-be, Jemma. Happy-go-lucky Noel and prison teacher Jemma first met two years ago and less than a year into their relationship Jemma fell pregnant unexpectedly. With hard-working Jemma being thrust into the role of carer for both daughter Heidi and big-kid Noel, she wants her wedding day to be the one day where she gets treated like a princess. But while Jemma dreams of a picturesque local wedding, Noel has his sights set further afield and wants a ceremony in the Brits-abroad party capital of Magaluf. Will the groom who has never organised anything be biting off more than he can chew?

Professional wrestler Mike wants to plan a knockout wedding for his bride-to-be Becky, while she yearns for a girlyfest full of style and elegance. They haven't been together long, but Mike wants to prove to Becky how much he loves her and in return Becky is trusting him with £12,000 and her dream wedding. So what happens when the groom tries to pull off the most ambitious wrestling wedding extravaganza of all time? Will he triumph or simply hit the ropes?

Mike and Becky

"Don't Tell the Bride" is a British reality television series in which couples are given money to fund their wedding ceremony. However, every detail of the event must be organized by the groom, who has no contact with the bride during the planning process.

Terry and Melissa

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