<P> Don't Tell the Bride is a British reality television series . The premise of the series surrounds couples being awarded money to fund their wedding ceremony; however, every aspect of the ceremony must be organised by the groom, with no contact with the bride . </P> <P> The series first premiered on BBC Three on 8 November 2007 . In February 2012, it was announced that the show had been nominated for a Rose d'Or award for best' Factual Entertainment' show . Due to the impending shutdown of BBC Three as a linear television service, the 9th series of the programme was moved to BBC One . With the confirmed shutdown of BBC Three, as well as falling viewership in response to changes in the programme's format that occurred upon the move, the BBC dropped Don't Tell the Bride . The series was then picked up for its 2016 series by Sky 1 . In 2017, it moved to E4 where it would broadcast a new 18 - episode series later that year . </P> <P> The show's format consists of a couple who are given £ 12,000 (£ 14,000 in the BBC One and E4 versions) to spend on their wedding . However, they must spend three weeks apart without contact, and the bridegroom must organise every aspect of the event and attire, including the wedding dress, as well as the hen and stag parties, surprising the bride . </P> <P> Although the series mostly features heterosexual couples, one episode broadcast in October 2010 featured a gay couple and another in November 2011 featured a lesbian couple, both preparing for their civil partnership . </P>

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