S2.E4

Love and Marriage

Name: Love and Marriage
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1998-01-22
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Dawn French, Gary Waldhorn, James Fleet

Episode aired Jan 22, 1998
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

8.6/10

316

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Comedy

Hugo and Alice are finally married, with two bridesmaids dressed up as Teletubbies. There is a nasty moment when a woman bursts in and accuses the groom of being already married but, not to ... Read allHugo and Alice are finally married, with two bridesmaids dressed up as Teletubbies. There is a nasty moment when a woman bursts in and accuses the groom of being already married but, not to worry, she's gone to the wrong church and everything else progresses smoothly. For Geraldi... Read allHugo and Alice are finally married, with two bridesmaids dressed up as Teletubbies. There is a nasty moment when a woman bursts in and accuses the groom of being already married but, not to worry, she's gone to the wrong church and everything else progresses smoothly. For Geraldine there is possible romance in the air as she meets, and steps out with, David Horton's c... Read all

Director
- Dewi Humphreys
Writers
- Paul Mayhew-Archer
- Richard Curtis
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IMDb RATING

8.6/10

316

YOUR RATING

Director
- Dewi Humphreys
Writers
- Paul Mayhew-Archer
- Richard Curtis
Stars

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Trivia
Alice chooses Thomas the Tank Engine as her wedding dress train in this episode, Clive Mantle (Simon) would later on voice a character named Gator on Thomas and Friends (1984-2021).

Goofs
When Alice stands up after fainting during the ceremony, you can see the "ring" already on her finger, even though she and Hugo haven't exchanged them yet.

Quotes
[post credits]
Geraldine Granger: So, the man from McDonald's goes to the Pope, and he says, "Holy Father, I have a proposition for you. I will give the church a million quid if every time you say the Lord's prayer you say, 'Give us this day our daily hamburger.'"
David Horton: Mm-hm.
Geraldine Granger: Well, the Holy Father thinks about this, and he says, "My son, I cannot change the holy text." So the man says, "OK, fifty million quid." So the Pope thinks and he says, "Well, I'll put it to the cardinals." So he goes to his cardinals and he says, "Cardinals, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I can get the church fifty million smackeroonies. The bad news is we're going to have to lose the contract with Wonderloaf."
[David laughs heartily]
Geraldine Granger: You see, they already had a deal going...
David Horton: With Daily bread.
Geraldine Granger: Yes.
David Horton: I know, I get it.
Geraldine Granger: You get it?
David Horton: Brilliant.
Geraldine Granger: Oh, you get it! What a relief!
[both laugh]
David Horton: [seriously] Stay.

Connections
References Doctor Who (1963)

Soundtracks
Psalm 23
(Vicar of Dibley theme)
by Howard Goodall
Performed by Christ Church Cathedral Choir

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Featured review

9/10

It's the big day.

It's the day of Hugo and Alice's wedding, and she has some peculiar ideas about her wedding dress, David naturally wants her to tone it down.

It's wonderfully sweet, romantic, and thoroughly charming, it's a lovely episode, it's such a sweet, innocent and adorable brand of comedy. It proves that comedy doesn't always need to be bleak, bawdy, and loaded with bad language.

Funny scenes galore, but will anything beat the Teletubby bridesmaids?

It really did feel like the natural end for the show, after this episode aired, it was a long wait for the next. The thought of Geraldine moving away, I wonder if they had considered finishing it here.

Clive Mantle was really good here as Simon, I loved the romantic side of Geraldine that he brought out.

Quite wonderful, 9/10.