A fearless bride made the most nerve-wracking day of her life even more scary by taking on the wrath of three other soon-to-be wives in a TV wedding showdown.
Sophie Tague, 23, married postman Mark, 28, and pitched their Wilmslow wedding against three other couple’s ceremonies in the ultimate battle of the brides - Living TV’s programme Four Weddings - to prove she was the best at planning a big day.
Every bit of her day was scrutinised by the brides, from her lovingly-chosen dress, carefully-selected venue and prudently-picked-out wedding breakfast.
With St Anne’s Fulshaw picked as the church and Alderley Edge’s Festival Hall as the reception venue, Wilmslow’s wedding options were analysed against choices in Brotton, Somerset and Ilford.
Cameras mingled with the Tague’s 170 guests. And while they missed out on the prize of a luxury honeymoon, they came in an honourable second place.
Nursery nurse Sophie, previously Sophie Bell, of Chapel Lane, said: “When I signed up for the show, I started to think, ‘oh gosh what have I done’?
“The other brides really look at everything you do and you get nervous about what they might say.
“We hardly noticed the cameras and were excited when we watched it back, but a bit worried because we didn’t know where we had come in the competition and what they would say about our wedding on TV.
“The brides were quite nice but one said she didn’t like my dress, and I thought ‘oh no not my dress!’.
“It’s something quite personal but you can’t take it too seriously, when you choose to go on the programme that’s what you put yourself up against.”
The couple, who have been together for five years and met on a night out in Wilmslow, appeared in the fourth episode of the series which has become popular as a feast of bitchy brides, two-faced compliments and back-stabbing.
The Tague’s big day was pitched as the ‘DIY Wedding’, with Sophie making a lot of her wedding day essentials herself.
She added: “I was happy with that, I love making things and we were on a budget.”
Sophie has attracted a few favourable comments since her brush with fame, especially among parents at the Kidsunlimited nursery she works at on Gravel Lane. She said: “We don’t regret doing the programme at all, it was still our special day and we will always have it as a memento.”
