Wedding Belles (TV 2007)

A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories.

Director:

Philip John

Writers:

Dean Cavanagh, Irvine Welsh

Stars:

Rab Affleck, Mabel Aitken, Andrew Barr

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rab Affleck	...	Security Guard
Mabel Aitken	...	Old Folks Home Nurse
Andrew Barr	...	Roy Roy
Leigh Biagi	...	Female Guest
Tam Dean Burn	...	Middle-Aged Man
Juliet Cadzow	...	Kelly's Ma
Daniel Cameron	...	Jamie
Scott Cleverdon	...	Kevin
Brendan Coyle	...	Father Henry
Kern Falconer	...	Male Guest
Michael Fassbender	...	Barney
Niall Greig Fulton	...	Muffy (as Niall Fulton)
Michelle Gomez	...	Amanda
Clare Grogan	...	Customer Hair Salon
Sean Harris	...	Adrian Collins

Storyline

Leith, Edinburgh. Rhona, an ex-fashion model who's mourning the death of her fiancé, plans revenge on her fiancé's killer while falling into drug dependency. Kelly is battling with her demons and managing to upset all those around her. Shaz works in an old people's home and takes on her job very seriously -- selling black-market Viagra to the residents. Amanda is the bride-to-be and matriarch of the gang. She's a successful business woman with her own beauty salon and is due to marry Joshua, an airline pilot with a very dark secret.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bröllopsklockor

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Junction Films, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Kelly: I never got the chance to do it to you when you was alive, so this'll have to do.

User Reviews

TV drama doesn't come better than this

It's unfortunate that this programme's IMDb rating has been dragged down by one person who just plain didn't like it. Note that *every* other reviewer has given it a 10...and how often does that happen? From the fantastic, surreal opening sequence to the close, this is simply British TV drama at its best. Hilarious yes, as others have noted, but also one of the most moving portraits of friendship I can remember seeing. The script is razor sharp, every performance flawless, the direction superb. Not a dull moment from start to finish. This one is going to *rack* up the awards. The only problem I can see from an American's perspective is the accents - Glaswegian you could cut with a Stanley knife. My guess is it'll get subtitles when it hits HBO, as it surely must. Irvine Welsh - maestro! Dennis Potter couldn't have done it better...and praise comes no higher than that.