Four Weddings

Four Weddings is a British reality television series that premiered on Sky Living, on 6 July 2009. It has become popular enough to have inspired the creations of versions in other countries.

Not to be confused with Four Weddings (Australian TV series) or Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Four Weddings
Also known asParty Wars (2010)
GenreLifestyle, Reality
Created byElliot Johnson
Amanda Wilson
Danny Carvalho
Jonny Coller
Peter Faherty
Voices ofSteve 'Sparky' Parker
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series4 (Four Weddings)
1 (Party Wars)
No. of episodes54 (Four Weddings)
9 (Party Wars)
Production
Running time60mins (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)ITV Studios (2009-11)
Potato (2013)
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkSky Living
Picture format16:9 576i
Original release6 July 2009 (2009-07-06) –
19 September 2013 (2013-09-19)

Format

The programme follows a similar style to Come Dine with Me, and involves four brides, or four grooms, attending each other's weddings and rating them on:

  • Dress (out of 10)
  • Venue (out of 10)
  • Food (out of 10)
  • Overall experience (out of 10)

At the end of the show, the four brides or grooms discover which of the couples has won a luxury honeymoon. Viewers could also play online in the "Online wedding rater" and rate the weddings as they were shown for comparison with the rest of the public.

Transmissions

Four Weddings
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
16 July 20097 September 200910
229 March 201028 June 201013
39 November 20107 June 201118
427 June 201319 September 201313

Party Wars
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesNotes
Pilot17 May 20101as Four 21st Birthday Parties
118 October 20106 December 20108

Ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.

Four Weddings, Series 1
Episode No.AirdateTotal ViewersLiving Weekly Ranking
1
6 July 2009
412,000
1
2
13 July 2009
342,000
3
3
20 July 2009
4
27 July 2009
373,000
2
5
3 August 2009
443,000
1
6
10 August 2009
374,000
2
7
17 August 2009
372,000
2
8
24 August 2009
431,000
2
9
31 August 2009
395,000
2
10
7 September 2009
523,000
1

Four Weddings, Series 2
Episode No.AirdateTotal ViewersLiving Weekly Ranking
1
29 March 2010
357,000
6
2
5 April 2010
391,000
4
3
12 April 2010
458,000
4
4
19 April 2010
412,000
5
5
26 April 2010
366,000
6
6
3 May 2010
478,000
1
7
10 May 2010
378,000
3
8
24 May 2010
273,000
5
9
31 May 2010
329,000
6
10
7 June 2010
345,000
5
11
14 June 2010
391,000
1
12
21 June 2010
399,000
2
13
28 June 2010
525,000
1

Party Wars
Episode No.AirdateTotal ViewersLiving Weekly Ranking
Pilot
17 May 2010
189,000
6
1
18 October 2010
203,000
9
2
25 October 2010
Under 162,000
Outside Top 10
3
1 November 2010
Under 135,000
Outside Top 10
4
8 November 2010
Under 169,000
Outside Top 10
5
15 November 2010
201,000
7
6
22 November 2010
Under 133,000
Outside Top 10
7
29 November 2010
Under 114,000
Outside Top 10
8
6 December 2010
137,000
7

Four Weddings, Series 3
Episode No.AirdateTotal Viewers(Sky) Living Weekly Ranking
1
9 November 2010
185,000
8
2
16 November 2010
163,000
10
3
23 November 2010
155,000
7
4
30 November 2010
120,000
8
5
7 December 2010
177,000
5
6
14 December 2010
245,000
4
7
21 December 2010
163,000
4
8
28 March 2011
Under 188,000
Outside Top 10
9
4 April 2011
300,000
6
10
11 April 2011
246,000
6
11
18 April 2011
187,000
10
12
25 April 2011
204,000
7
13
2 May 2011
269,000
6
14
9 May 2011
161,000
10
15
16 May 2011
Under 180,000
Outside Top 10
16
23 May 2011
174,000
9
17
30 May 2011
Under 161,000
Outside Top 10
18
7 June 2011
Under 181,000
Outside Top 10

Four Weddings, Series 4
Episode No.AirdateTotal ViewersSky Living Weekly
1
27 June 2013
144,000
5
2
4 July 2013
Under 112,000
Outside Top 10
3
11 July 2013
123,000
7
4
18 July 2013
118,000
8
5
25 July 2013
196,000
5
6
1 August 2013
170,000
6
7
8 August 2013
179,000
5
8
15 August 2013
154,000
6
9
22 August 2013
118,000
10
10
29 August 2013
147,000
7
11
5 September 2013
122,000
8
12
12 September 2013
136,000
8
13
19 September 2013
153,000
5

International versions

The show's format has been exported to the following countries:

Region/Country Local title Network Premiere Year
 Australia Four Weddings Seven Network 2010
 Canada Four Weddings Slice Network 2012
 Czech Republic 4 Svatby TV Nova 2012
 Finland Neljät häät Nelonen 2011
 France 4 Mariages pour 1 Lune de Miel TF1 2011
 Germany 4 Hochzeiten und eine Traumreise VOX 2012
 Italy Quattro matrimoni in Italia Fox Life
TV8		 2014
 Poland Cztery wesela Polsat 2020
 Romania 4 nunţi şi o provocare Pro TV 2013
 Spain Cuatro Weddings Cuatro 2018
 United States Four Weddings TLC 2010
  • Note: The American version of the series features no input from the grooms, with only the brides able to give out any ratings for each ceremony.
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