Brides of Franc

[hudson]

Anyone watching this?


Sarah McCullen, formerly of Meadowview, is one of two couples, both living abroad, appearing in the programme ‘Brides of Franc’.

The other couple are Laois-born Sky News weather presenter Lisa Burke and her English fiance and Sky News colleague Adrian Wells.

The critics choice documentary, part one of which goes out this Thursday night (10.15pm) follows famous wedding planner Peter Kelly (aka Franc of ‘Weddings by Franc’) as he co-ordinates their big day.

Former Emirates Airline hostess Sarah wants the fairytale wedding of the year (including vintage car and helicopter) when she marries Norwegian-born airline pilot Torstein Feyling and Franc has promised to deliver.

Franc said: ‘Sarah will push me to my limits and she will get every bit of good out of me for the wedding, because she is very intense and wants everything to be perfect so I will be on my toes as I have to make sure everything is right.’

Sarah, who married Torstein last July, added: ‘The meticulous attention to detail that went into the planning still amazes me. We brain-stormed for a couple of months on themes, colour schemes and entertainment and I flew home about six times that year to organise and ensure everything was going to plan.’

But as the special day looms, and with both grooms coming around to justifying the budgets in excess of 50 grand, there is a hitch with the Irish/Norwegian wedding and Franc has a very upset Sarah on his hands. Can he work his magic?

Produced by Power Pictures for RTE, the documentary picks up with Sarah, Torstein and Franc in Dubai, the couple’s base; St Peter’s Church, Drogheda, for the wedding preparations and ceremony, the wedding dress fitting by Drogheda designer Edel Tuite, and Slane Castle, the reception venue.

Sarah, who has left the Emirates Airline since her marriage to set up her own wedding planning business in Dubai, was educated at Sacred Heart School, Drogheda, and Dublin Business School where she graduated with a Diploma in Public Relations.

At present she is studying for a degree in communications majoring in journalism and public relations.

Sarah is a daughter of Jim and Margaret McCullen and has a twin sister, Elaine, who along with Niamh Cotter from Drogheda were bridesmaids at the wedding.

[Ida Lovett]

Saw the last 10 -15 minutes of it. It was on just before The West Wing and the weddings scared me.

The waste of good money. The Celtic Tiger should be shot.

Harpists and Ballet Dancers, fireworks and helicopters. Big showing-off weddings.

There are people starving in the world if they don't know how to spend their money.

[Conchial]

They should do a show on my sister , she's getting married in August and has been planning forever.

She'll bore the teeth off ya , telling you about the vintage car that can only travel a maximum 20 miles , and so it needs to be transported on a truck to the wedding . Or how about the renowned seamstress hired solely to come up with some hem arrangment for the designer bridesmaid dresses and so on. Talk about a freakin' bridezilla. It goes on and on , her florist had to give her something called a nasal recipe test kit so that she could orchestrate the subtle play of fruity flavours from the various bouquets etc. Madness I tells ya.

[Hack]

I was waiting for TWW too and saw the second episode of this. Truly sickening the amount of shite the jugeared one (airline cabin crew) fussed about. Then at the end it's revealed that she's become a wedding planner! So why hire the other gobshite then you plonker?

[Ida Lovett]

A typical "I could do it better, sure there's nothing to it" person.

And to think they kept TWW twenty minutes late forthis nonsense.

Those marriages I wouldn't expect to last either. I give them two years tops.

[Hack]

Yup, can't differ with you on that one Ida. See when yer one, de wedder gurl, looked surprised when the fancy blurted out that he has Irish family connections? Wasn't impressed at all she was not.

And as for jugears.... wot a stuck-up-her-own-hole tosspot.

[The Alfonso]

jaysus, this thread is just bitch bitch isn't it?

"Those marriages I wouldn't expect to last either. I give them two years tops."

Meow!

[bear]

jaysus hack......i thought that was mad as well. How well do they fecking well know each other?!

[Ida Lovett]

Alfonso it was all show and excess. They didn't even seem to know a lot about each other. Give them a crisis and / or a problem and they'll turn on one another like rabid dogs.

Maybe two years is stretching it a bit. Eighteen months tops.

[Hack]

Dull and overcast on that one methinks.

And (pedanticly speaking) should that be "rabid" Ida?

[Ida Lovett]

It should. I'll change it.

[shimjimminy]

It should. I'll change it.


revisionist!!!!!!!

[shimjimminy]

rapid dogs.

http://www.sporting-pictures.com/animal/animalsport4.jpg

[Dublinesque]

But a fanatstially well-produced programme - one of the best productions to come out of RTÉ in recent years.
Superbly assembled, and with an underlying hint of irony...

I found most of the stuff arranged incredibly vulgar - even the supposedly 'tasteful' stuff.
Suppose weddings in themselves are vulgar - naff certainly.

[Ida Lovett]

And how is your revision going, little filthy?

Exams getting closer.

[hudson]

I loved the programme. It was the height of vulgarity.

I also like the way that the wedding planner's name was pronoucned Fronk (real name Peter Kelly). I was even more surprised when they introduced Aideen, his "wife and business partner". He didn't seem like the marrying kind to me.

[shimjimminy]

And how is your revision going, little filthy?

Exams getting closer.

yes, yes they are. soon i will out of this bin we call the irish education system.

i had a shower this morning, so you're not entirely accurate.

did my wish come true on that...ehm.."issue" last night?

[hudson]

Stop whispering!

[shimjimminy]

wasn't "franck" the character played by martin short in father of the bride?

[shimjimminy]

Stop whispering!

STOP SHOUTING!!

[hudson]

wasn't "franck" the character played by martin short in father of the bride?

Franck Eggelhoffer.

[Ida Lovett]

yes, yes they are. soon i will out of this bin we call the irish education system.

i had a shower this morning, so you're not entirely accurate.

did my wish come true on that...ehm.."issue" last night?

Not to my total satisfaction. As a woman I'm hard to please.

[shimjimminy]

Not to my total satisfaction. As a woman I'm hard to please.

fnar..

[jdf]

I watched both episodes as I ironed the pile of shirts while waiting on Bartlet.

All I can say is no wonder prices are the way they are in Ireland if people can fuck money around with such abandon. I saw the build ups. I saw the budget talks. I saw the preparations the mishaps the last minute changes. Then on the day of the weddings I saw two empty churches. So what the fuck is the money going on if there are no people at the weddings? 100 people and a budget of over 50k wtf!

I (well we) had approaching 300 at ours and our total spend wouldn't have even paid fronks fee!

[Ida Lovett]

That's what hit me too. The empty churches. Plenty of money but no friends.

[shimjimminy]

reason #4,739 that i'll probably never bother getting married.

are those two english cunts married yet?

[hudson]

Shimmy, I'm sure you know fine well that they are.

[shimjimminy]

is that a yes?

[CookieMonster]

I saw a few minutes of it. I though the Franc bloke was a bit of a wanker, but working for stuck up cunts like that he deserves every penny he can squeeze out of them!

[hudson]

is that a yes?

Yup..

[shimjimminy]

Yup..

how was i to know? weren't they cancelling up til the last minute?

[hudson]

Nope. Postponing till today.

[shimjimminy]

i'll have to have words with my royal correspondent on keeping me updated more often.

[hudson]

Maybe you should appoint Baldy?

[shimjimminy]

Maybe you should appoint Baldy?

sharpen him up, maybe?

[Ida Lovett]

Be careful. Say it 3 times and he appears.

[doyler]

jaysus, this thread is just bitch bitch isn't it?

"Those marriages I wouldn't expect to last either. I give them two years tops."

Meow!

people who love each other don't need to display theire love in material ways.

[harveythewonderhorse]

yer wan the ex air hostess wanted to be sure that the bales of hay wouldn't be visible in fields as they drove past..if ever there was a case for a drive by slurry spread...

[shimjimminy]

yer wan the ex air hostess wanted to be sure that the bales of hay wouldn't be visible in fields as they drove past..if ever there was a case for a drive by slurry spread...

i'm so glad i didn't see this. i'm not sure my tellybox could survive being heaved out the window again.

[harveythewonderhorse]

stuff to iron by ....and to laugh at other people-what harm but her guests arrived by bus....

[Hack]

Yes... by bus... from Norway was it? with trendy designer sunglassses and bleached-blond hair... and that was the blokes.

And what the f*ck was with the camels at that weatherperson's do?

[harveythewonderhorse]

might be the only ride she was going to get...

[Hack]

One hump or two....

[harveythewonderhorse]

for those of you who missed it, link below to the wedding planner site will give you some idea of ht we are talking about

http://www.weddingsbyfranc.com/inspiration.html

[angry mouse]

what nights this on ?

[hudson]

I think it's over. It was on in two parts on the last two Thursdays. It has to be repeated. It could be on some night at 3.30a.m. Check the schedules.

[hudson]

It was just so crass. The harpist really looked as if she didn't want to be there. She had a face on her that would turn milk.

Do you think any of those people had ever read a book in their lives?

[Hack]

It's finished, twas only two episodes.

And re the harp.... with no strings!

And that book-reading crack went right over my head huddie baybee.

[hudson]

It' being repeated on RTE1 tonight at 10.20p.m.

[hi]

She said, with barely controlled glee.

[dirtydog]

Are people taking notes?

[mindbendingpuzzles]

But are they going to tell us whether or not the "happy couple" have split up yet???

[Ida Lovett]

It gets worse - rté, bless them, have been pimping the first series to other countries:

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmesales/bridesoffranc.html

I'm all disappointed at having missed it last night.

[hudson]

http://dynimg.rte.ie/0000604c1b5test.jpg

This is Franc. He is a married man.

[blastman]

That's not all he is.

[SC14]

They should do a show on my sister , she's getting married in August and has been planning forever.

She'll bore the teeth off ya , telling you about the vintage car that can only travel a maximum 20 miles , and so it needs to be transported on a truck to the wedding . Or how about the renowned seamstress hired solely to come up with some hem arrangment for the designer bridesmaid dresses and so on. Talk about a freakin' bridezilla. It goes on and on , her florist had to give her something called a nasal recipe test kit so that she could orchestrate the subtle play of fruity flavours from the various bouquets etc. Madness I tells ya.

You poor thing. That sounds terrible. My sister is getting married in a couple of weeks and she's really relaxed and got everything done with very little hassle. We only had to have one fitting for the bridesmaid dresses/

[mindbendingpuzzles]

You poor thing. That sounds terrible. My sister is getting married in a couple of weeks and she's really relaxed and got everything done with very little hassle. We only had to have one fitting for the bridesmaid dresses/

Is it just me or does anyone else hear the apocalyptic tinkling of impending doom?

(seriously SC14 I am sure all will go well - its just that the best laid plans and all that ....)

[SC14]

for those of you who missed it, link below to the wedding planner site will give you some idea of ht we are talking about

http://www.weddingsbyfranc.com/inspiration.html

Good Lord that's gaudy. And why would anybody put their bridesmaids in ivory? It would take away totally from the wedding dress.

[SC14]

Is it just me or does anyone else hear the apocalyptic tinkling of impending doom?

(seriously SC14 I am sure all will go well - its just that the best laid plans and all that ....)

I know. Fingers and toes crossed. Hope there are no last minute disasters.