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• REV; OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL – TV REVIEW
• OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL
• YOU'RE ALL VED TO OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL! BENJAM AND NATHAN FD A SGG REGISTRAR AND ENLIST THEIR FAY, IENDS AND EVEN SOME CELEBRI TO MAKE A PRODUCTN OF THEIR MARRIAGE
• WATCH: ‘OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL’ SNEAK PEEK
• CHANNEL 4 SAYS 'I DO' WH OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL
• CHANNEL 4'S OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL - FIRST LOOK VIO

REV; OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL – TV REVIEW

Deep to middle age, I've learned somethg new about myself: I cry at gay weddgs. My vigilance now extends to babi om televisn other weddg was Our Gay Weddg: The Mil (Channel 4), which has the tw advantag of beg both a real mil and a real weddg.

It was primarily a celebratn, but not whout a mpaigng edge: perdilly the backdrop illtrated highlights om the historil and ongog stggle for gay rights. There was even room for a ltle dissent, cludg footage of a vir llg the legalisatn of gay marriage "untidy" – a neat piece of sophistry that uld have been clipped out of last night's episo of Gay Weddg stck me as a high-risk enterprise: the celebry quotient might have been irratg; ches might have robbed the ceremony of some of s solemny; the showg off might have unrmed the store of goodwill behd the project.

Or that a gay marriage boilerplate wordg like "I do solemnly clare that I know of no lawful impediment" tak on profound signifince. As a mil, Our Gay Weddg wasn't perfect, but as a weddg was better than perfect.

OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL

The happy uple turned up om the register office their weddg gear wh a champagne-sippg, nfetti-throwg ngregatn behd them and proceed to make Reverend Smallbone's well-meant half-measure look like a very gay weddg ed. Could secret gay weddgs – and the pk pound – be the savur of St Savur?

MenuWatchlistENFully supportedEnglish (Uned Stat)Partially supportedFrançais (Canada)Français (France)Dtsch (Dtschland)हिंदी (भारत)Italiano (Italia)Português (Brasil)Español (España)Español (Méxi)Cast & crewTV Special201448mAdd a plot your languageDirectorsEllen HobsonLouise HooperClaire LewisWrersBenjam TillNathan TaylorStarsStephen FryBenjam TillNathan TaylorSee productn, box office & pany Awards1 nomatnPhotosDirectorsEllen HobsonLouise HooperClaire LewisWrersBenjam TillNathan TaylorAll st & crewProductn, box office & more at IMDbProConnectnsSoundtracksBe the first to reviewRelease dateMarch 31, 2014 (Uned Kgdom)Country of origUned KgdomLanguageEnglishAlso known asMikalen Our Gay WeddgFilmg lotnsLondon, England, UKProductn panyWgspan ProductnsSee more pany creds at IMDbProRuntime48 mutColorColorContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentBy what name was Our Gay Weddg: The Mil (2014) officially released Canada English? You're all ved to Our Gay Weddg: The Mil! Benjam and Nathan fd a sgg registrar and enlist their fay, iends and even some celebri to make a productn of their marriage Femail was a gut at one of the most extraordary weddgs ever seenWe watched as two Brish grooms tied the knot at a mil ceremonyThe event was filmed for Channel 4 and is almost entirely sungIt's hosted by Stephen Fry and featur numero celebry meosEXCLUSIVE VIDEO clips om the mil below Updated: 13:08 BST, 31 March 2014 There’s a lot of strs volved a weddg – choosg a venue, preparg speech, the polics of who’s on which table… the list go the prsure and worry felt by one uple who tied the knot on Saturday n only be imaged – bee they had all the ual weddg worri, pl the fact that their big day was a mil, filmed for natnal stars are grooms Benjam Till and Nathan Taylor, who beme hband and hband for Channel 4’s Our Gay Weddg: The Mil, on Saturday, when gay marriage beme legal England and Femail was there on the big down for vio Showstoppg: Benjam Till (left) and Nathan Taylor durg filmg for Channel 4's Our Gay Weddg: The Mil Noteworthy: Mr Till (left) and Mr Taylor (right) listen to the sgg registrar, Franschene Allen Mothers' Day: Mr Taylor and his mum Celia Lawley (left) and Mr Till and his mum Noelle The show mt go on: If eher groom had ma a mistake durg the claratns, the registrar would have had to rrect them The ia for the show was dreamt up by Mr Till and Mr Taylor, both 39, a few months ago, but Channel 4 only missned at the begng of they had jt seven weeks to wre all the mic and lyrics, rehearse 15 micians and 30 soloists and rerd meos om the lik of Stephen Fry, Jon Snow, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Will Young.

Here e the grooms: Nathan Taylor and Benjam Till (left) after beg Mr and Mr, wh celebry gut Gok Wan pictured right On song: Our Gay Weddg: The Mil featur iends and fay of the grooms - and many of them are tablished profsnal sgers Speedy: The mil was wrten by Mr Till and Mr Taylor jt seven weeks Mr Till, 39, told Femail: ‘It was mayhem.

YOU'RE ALL VED TO OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL! BENJAM AND NATHAN FD A SGG REGISTRAR AND ENLIST THEIR FAY, IENDS AND EVEN SOME CELEBRI TO MAKE A PRODUCTN OF THEIR MARRIAGE

Cameo: Channel 4 news anchor Jon Snow gets on the act Hair we go: Sger and actor Dan Cooper is one of the performers Mover and shaker: Choreographer Drew McOnie giv the guts some stctns Rpect is due: Andy Bell om 1980s band Erasure, pictured here wh his partner Stephen Ross, performed an arrangement of one of his hs Happy days: Mr Till wh sg guts (om left to right) Jo Emery, Nila Harrison, Ey McKensie and Natalie Walter at the receptn OUR GAY WEDDING: THE MUSICAL - BY THE NUMBERSGroom Mr Till on the figur volved:120 hours the rerdg stud Three weeks of solid wrg startg at 8am and fishg at 2am the morng One day off seven weeks (for the stag do)200 guts all of whom need to learn two numbers 150 members of the London Gay Men's Chos30 soloists 15 micians It was an emotnal high pot that left the grooms stgglg to keep their voic Taylor said afterwards: ‘When we sung our vows to each other, I’m not que sure how eher of held together. You’ll have to tune on Monday to see how that scene, however, won’t be tung to Our Gay Weddg: The Mil – bee they appear to have wrten off before ’s even aired. Groom Nathan Taylor looks posed and relaxed durg his performance Flamboyant: The Mil is a lourful celebratn of gay rights DAN GILLESPIE SELLS' FEELINGS ON GAY MARRIAGE The Feelg's Dan Gillpie Sells sgs the grooms up the aisle for an event he believ is very said: 'It’s very signifint for many reasons.

Beg a gay man, means that I’m now on a level footg wh other people society who want to reprent and show their love for another human beg and for to be regnised the same way, by all kds of different groups, by the tradn of marriage. ‘I thk ’s important for marriage, as well, bee I thk, to flip on s head, I believe that marriage needs gays as much as much as we need marriage.

So ’s a great thg for marriage as well as beg a great thg for gay rights' One Pk News rear said ‘I n't believe Stephen Fry is hostg what is likely to be r crash TV’ and another mented: ‘I was hopg for some gravas on this one off, ground-breakg, historic moment [gay marriage beg legalised]. ’The show do fact have s ser moments, wh Andy Bell sgg to a backdrop of facts and figur about how laws that reprsed homosexuals have gradually been rolled back over the Nila Harrison scribed that moment afterwards as ‘almost overwhelmg’ Till jt hop that people give a said: ‘This is a dignified, polil piece.

WATCH: ‘OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL’ SNEAK PEEK

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CHANNEL 4 SAYS 'I DO' WH OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL

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CHANNEL 4'S OUR GAY WEDDG: THE MIL - FIRST LOOK VIO

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'Our Gay Weddg: the Mil' is on Monday at 10pm on Channel 4. Channel 4 has unveiled a snippet of ‘Our Gay Weddg: The Mil’, which will air at 10pm this eveng.

The programme will also clu special msag for the uple om Boy Gee, Will Young, Pl O’Grady, Olivia Newton John, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, and performanc om The Feelg, Erasure sger Andy Bell and The London Gay Men’s Chos, among others. Our Gay Weddg: The Mil will air at 10pm tonight on Channel 4. On Saturday 29th March 2014, same-sex marriage will bee legal England and Wal and Channel 4 is markg this historic tone by offerg viewers ont row seats at one of the first gay weddgs.