- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Alison Graham
Traveller girl Delores is preparing for her wedding in the small Irish town of Rathkeale, where “wedding season” can see up to ten gypsy weddings a week. Her prenuptial party dress is based around a palm-trees-and-pineapple theme so Delores and her best friend, as they totter into a waiting limo, look like two flamenco dancers who have crashed into a greenhouse.
As this award-winning/ratings hit/cultural phenomenon returns, the dresses are just as outrageous as ever; huge sequinned puffball clouds crossed with diamante prisons that swamp the wearer as she strives to have the biggest and best. Delores has cat shapes picked out in rhinestones on her gargantuan wedding gown and all the girl guests are primped and spray-tanned in their teeny-weeny outfits.
They start young; nine-year-old Nangirl is getting dolled up for her first holy communion. What’s the most important part of the day, she is asked: “My dress... and receiving Jesus Christ.”
About this programme
1/7. The series exploring the world of modern British gypsies and travellers examines the importance of fashion to members of the community, and the lengths they go to in a bid to enhance their appearance. Pineapple- and palm tree-themed dresses feature at Dolores Quilligan's flamboyant wedding in Co Limerick, 16-year-old Sammy Jo takes part in a traveller-only beauty pageant and four cousins compete to have the most memorable outfit at their first Holy Communion.
Cast and crew
Crew
- Director
- Arron Fellows
- Director
- Jenny Popplewell
- Director
- Lucy Wallace
- Director
- Emma Young
- Executive Producer
- Jes Wilkins
- Executive Producer
- Mark Soldinger
- Producer
- Arron Fellows
- Producer
- Jenny Popplewell
- Producer
- Lucy Wallace
- Producer
- Emma Young
- Series Producer
- Laurence Turnbull
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