Don't Tell the Bride (Australian TV series)

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Don't Tell the Bride
GenreReality
Presented by Kate Ritchie
Narrated by Kate Ritchie
Theme music composer Michael Lira
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Southern Star Group
Release
Original network Network Ten
Original release21 August (2012-08-21) 
24 September 2012 (2012-09-24)

Don't Tell the Bride is an Australian reality television series premiered on Network Ten on Tuesday 21 August 2012. [1] Presented and narrated by Kate Ritchie, this series was an adaptation of the UK series Don't Tell the Bride that screened on BBC Three.

The show's format involves an engaged couple who are given $25,000 to spend on their wedding. They must spend three weeks apart without contact as the groom organises every aspect of the event and attire including the wedding dress and hen and stag parties, surprising the bride.

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References

  1. "Airdate: Don't Tell the Bride". TV Tonight. 6 August 2012.