Four Weddings and a Castle

This evening, Tattershall Castle will feature on Living TV’s new show Four Weddings, in which Grantham resident Suzanna Stevens-Brewin will be competing against three other couples for a chance to win a luxury honeymoon. The show is similar in format to Channel Four's popular Come Dine With Me, except that instead of dinner parties, the contestants battle it out to decide who has the best wedding. Each contestant attends the other three weddings and gives them all marks out of ten; everything is up for evaluation, with the dress, the venue, the catering and the presentation all being assessed by the rivals.

The couple's wedding took place at the Castle earlier this year and had a theme of Bling and Cinderella; Suzanne explains “We tried to save every penny where we could and have purchased most things from eBay, including my dress, and the crystals for my bouquet. My theme was Bling and Cinderella! We decorated the room in the Castle along that theme; including a Cinderella cardboard cut-out and decorations and balloons printed with Cinderella”.
The couple’s bridal party roles were all taken up by their children (Bridesmaids 15 & 8, Bestman 13, Flowergirl 16 months, Usher 10 and the gentleman giving Suzanne away was just 8 years old!)

The opportunity to feature in the show arose earlier in the year, when Tattershall
Castle was approached and offered the chance to feature in the show to some of the people who had their weddings booked at the castle; despite initial resistance from husband to be Martin, Suzanne ended up having a screen test for the production company and having her wedding chosen.

The show also features weddings from couples in Portsmouth, Doncaster and
Bromley and includes a wide range of budgets, themes and styles. Suzanne's budget was dwarfed by some of the other contestants, but one couple on the show married in their registry office and celebrated in their local pub, getting by on a budget of £580.

Tattershall Castle hosts up to fifty weddings a year, and recently celebrated its 300th wedding. Property Manager Stuart Crow explains “When we were approached by the production company about Four Weddings, we were only too happy to participate, and we were delighted when Suzanne and Martin made their big day available for filming. It takes quite a lot of nerve to allow an occasion as important to be analysed by others in a competitive environment, especially one which is going to be filmed!”

Suzanne and Martin have been regular visitors to the castle since moving to the area seven years ago, and Martin popped the question in July of last year in one of the Castle turrets. After that they decided it made sense to get married at the Castle too. Suzanne explains “It is every girls dream to be a princess and that is exactly what I felt on our special day. The sun shone from the minute we woke up and the day was absolutely perfect. I cannot fault anything. The staff at the castle were fantastic and I would recommend the venue to everyone either for their ceremony or just a day visit”.

Suzanne's episode of Four Weddings will be broadcast this evening at 9pm on Living TV, and she is looking forward to finding out how it comes across “I have not seen any footage so it will be a real surprise”.

Suzanne and Martin celebrate on top of the Castle