'I met my husband on a TV Blind Date show hosted by Cilla Black in 1988 - now we're renewing our vows in Walsall''
It was the wedding of the year, watched by 5,000 people in person and a television viewing audience of a staggering 17.5 million – and it all took place in a Walsall village.
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Blind Date was the number one television game show in the eighties, long before Married At First Sight (MAFS) or Love Island were thought of - in a time pre-internet, when there were a lot less television channels.
It was a very big deal, indeed.
And contestants Sue and Alex Tatham met on the ITV show presented by Cilla Black in 1988.
Their wedding, three years later in 1991, was one of only three in the show's 18 year run.
Now they are planning to celebrate their 33rd anniversary by renewing their vows on Sunday (October 20) where it all started for them - Pelsall's parish church of St Michael and All Angels
They will open the wedding weekend and the churches' 180th birthday celebrations at the same venue the day before.
Sue, who was living in Pelsall, was chosen by Alex as his 'blind date' from two other contestants in the massively popular Saturday night programme.
