Wedding Day | |
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"Look at Antony, he looks like a little choir boy!" "He looks like a little gay boy!" | |
Original Broadcast: |
19 October 1998 |
Written by: |
Caroline Aherne Craig Cash Henry Normal |
Wedding Day is the sixth episode of The Royle Family.
Plot[]
It's the day of Dave and Denise's wedding, and Denise, Barbara and Cheryl are up in the bedroom, getting Denise ready for the big day. She expresses her nerves and Barbara offers to go downstairs to get them some brandy. Meanwhile, Norma is in the kitchen, having a sandwich and wonders where the piccalilli is.
Twiggy and Jim then come in through the back door, carrying Dave between them, who is presumed to be drunk; it is really a trick, Dave is sober, and they all start laughing about it and Jim and Twiggy dance around the room and sit down at the table. Barbara warns Dave to leave, citing bad luck of seeing the bride before the wedding, and Twiggy flirts with Norma. Cheryl comes down and they start to shower her with noises, and she warns Dave from Denise to leave, as Denise is upset upstairs.
Norma then comes up to see the bride, telling Denise it is the happiest day of her life and it will be all downhill from now on; she also gives her some earrings of hers to wear of for the day, saying that she couldn't part with them, even for her beloved granddaughter, Barbara gives Denise her heart necklace for keeps instead. They all finish off one more brandy as well.
Barbara comes down and gets the groom to depart. Jim gives Dave a little tip for the future and they have one more drink before he heads off. While upstairs, Twiggy emerges from the toilet and peeks in at Denise and tells her that she looks lovely.
Joe pops in, followed by Mary, and Jim compliments her by telling her she looks like a leprechaun. They then all gather in the living room and Denise comes down in her dress, to more compliments. They start to head off to the church, Joe and Mary first. Then Jim goes to the toilet for a poo.
Denise has her nails painted by Cheryl with a warning from Norma that if the bottle of paint goes on Denise's dress, that will be it, and Jim discovers he is having the runs. Then Nana starts to moan about having to take a taxi to her house to get her other shoes for the party, as she has originally planned on asking Dave, the groom, to run her home, as he is very fond of her and she doesn't want to ask anyone else. Antony, who has had haircut and is jointly polishing his shoes and watching the TV, is forced to go next door for something for Jim. Antony comes back empty-handed, as the neighbour is out, before informing everyone that the taxi has arrived and they all start to rush and bid Denise goodbye.
With only Jim and Denise left, they peer out the window at the family getting into the taxi, and Denise gets upset about the weirdness of getting married and Jim gives her a good talking to. They then have a quick drink and she confesses about not being so nice to Jim; although she can't bring herself to say the words out loud, she expresses her love for Jim and Barbara. He then heads out the door and she has one more smoke, puts it in her bag and heads out the door.