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Comedian Lucy Porter rummages through the bottom drawer of the archives for a beady celebration of marriage, for better and for worse.

She tracks the shift in nuptial trends since the 1950鈥檚, hears from three couples tying the knot in 2018 and a wedding photographer who鈥檚 chronicled the changes.

Lucy is joined by real-life husband - writer, actor and comedian Justin Edwards - to flick through their own wedding album, reminisce about embarrassing best men鈥檚 speeches and reflect on married life. Who gets first dibs on domestic material when both partners are comedians?

Featuring:

* 1950 archive of a panel of men reeling off their requirements for the perfect wife from WOMAN鈥橲 HOUR on the 成人论坛 Home Service.

* Trevor, the hapless groom, features in a drama from BLOOD IN THE BRIDAL SHOP by Nancy Harris and Louise Ramsden, in which he wonders how his mother in law has turned what promised to be a small private event into the wedding of the year.

* Justin Edwards stars as Antony, alongside Miles Jupp as Damien Trench, in an episode of IN AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN in which Antony has to give a best man鈥檚 speech.

* SIMON EVANS GOES TO MARKET looking at the economics of weddings and marriage.

* Safraz Manzoor explores how British Asians were quick to latch on to matchmaking on the internet in LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

* A fly on the wall documentary from the series, LIVES IN A LANDSCAPE, tracking the wedding plans of Ryan and Mimi from Manchester.

* And Olivia Colman starts in an episode of FIVE WEDDING DRESSES by Katie Hims, as the bride who never wants to take off her wedding dress.

Producer: Lindsay Leonard

Made for 4 Extra and first broadcast in May 2018.

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