Honestly, there’s so much new TV this week I think either I or my television set will explode. One of the new things, starting tonight, is LIVING’s Four Weddings. It sounds like someone thought it might be a could idea to come up with a series based on the title Four Weddings And A Funeral, and built a concept around it from there. Still, let’s not judge too early. It’s obviously all about weddings, and the latest series in a seemingly growing genre. There was BBC Three’s entertaining Don’t Tell The Bride, and there’s Hitched Or Ditched coming up in a few weeks on Really. So what’s Four Weddings all about?

Think Come Dine With Me (everyone wants to do their own version of Come Dine With Me) but for weddings. I read that description somewhere and, reading all about it from the LIVING press releases, that could well be an accurate description.

The series basically sees four competitive couples go head-to-head in a sort of who’s-got-the-best-wedding contest. Four brides are mad enough to put their wedding day under scrutiny, inviting three rival brides to come along, rate their nuptials and basically get quite catty. Whatever you read about this show, I can guarantee that’s what this series will have in spades – cattiness. Oh and a bit of jealousy.

So why are these women ditching their privacy and the potential to ruin the best day of their lives? All for an all-expenses-paid honeymoon somewhere.

That’s what the world has come to. However if you fancy a bit of trashy fun, episode one introduces WAG wannabe Melanie Boorman, a former ‘Page 3 stunner’ who’s out to ensure her big day is the ultimate in glitz and glamour. In stark contrast to Melanie’s £77,000 budget is Lorna Vincent, who’s shunning a traditional church ceremony to get married in a cave, with a father-in-law DJing at the reception. It’s then off to the Carnival as Hertfordshire bride Ada Ekwuozor throws an African spectacular, complete with a themed banquet. The last wedding on the agenda belongs to fun loving Amanda Selby, who is kicking off with a pyjama party, followed by dancing and game playing a plenty.

Here’s a clip or two: