- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Butcher
It’s the eve of Jack and Sarah’s repeat-wedding and, as Jack’s fun-loving sister Vicki warns, “There’s always an argument at a Geordie wedding.” Except, that’s not what transpires in this final episode.
This series has a likeable way of setting up a comedy premise and
then ambling off in a different direction entirely. The route the
plot goes turns out to be oddly moving, though not quite for the reasons you’d expect.
And as the menfolk gather at Swaze’s for a pre-service pint, club singer Gervaise has an idea: “I was thinking of doing Ave Maria at the wedding, what with Sarah being all Jewish and that,” he suggests. “It won’t be tacky, man – I’ll do it with a bossa nova beat.”
About this programme
6/6. Jack and Sarah prepare to have their marriage blessed in a church ceremony, but Pauline and Dot are still treating it as the couple's big day, with the bridesmaids a vision in buttercup yellow. Sarah would like Denise to stop reminding her of when she and Jack were seeing each other, while Joe gives his son a pep talk and a gift that's been handed down through the generations that will bring him luck. Will everything go according to plan? Last in the series.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Joe
- Jim Moir (Vic Reeves)
- Pauline
- Gina McKee
- Jack
- Chris Ramsey
- Sarah
- Kimberley Nixon
- Dot
- Pat Dunn
- Vicki
- Lisa McGrillis
- Ben
- Phil Nice
- Susan
- Jan Ravens
- Denise
- Victoria Elliott
- Ramsey
- Jason Cook
- Gervaise
- Neil Grainger
- Big Keith
- Steffen Peddie
- Hutchy
- Curtis Appleby
- Marial
- Verity-May Henry
- Dr Abineri
- Flo Wilson
Crew
- Director
- Christine Gernon
- Producer
- Gill Isles
- Writer
- Jason Cook
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