World Weddings

Latest Episodes

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Bridegrooms

  The final programme in the series visits a Greek village where women have a tendency to move to the city at the first opportunity, leaving a great many dissatisfied men. However, the mayor has a solution - he has persuaded his counterpart in a Russian town to round up 300 single females in search of husbands. While the more traditionally minded residents frown on mixed marriages, the young men head overseas in search of love

• Season 2 Episode 5: Game of Two Halves

  The story of Mohammed Allach, the most famous Muslim footballer in Holland. In the face of growing racial and religious tension following the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh, Allach has become a spokesman for tolerance between cultures, with his upcoming wedding to a white woman held up as an example of peaceful coexistence. As if marriage and being a leading public figure didn't provide enough pressure, his team are also on the brink of promotion

• Season 2 Episode 4: Unorthodox Vows

  The story of an Israeli couple whose wedding is causing controversy. The only marriage ceremony officially recognised in their country is the traditional Orthodox one - which requires the bride to be a virgin. However, Irit and Eli plan to have a Reform wedding, legally recognised in Britain and America but not Israel, which is causing tension between the groom and his family and could bring shame on all of them