Don’t Tell the Bride is a British reality television series. The series first premiered on BBC Three on 8 Russian bride tv show 2007.

In February 2012, it was announced that the show had been nominated for a Rose d’Or award for best ‘Factual Entertainment’ show. Although the series mostly features heterosexual couples, one episode broadcast in October 2010 featured a gay couple and another in November 2011 featured a lesbian couple, both preparing for their civil partnership. Internationally, the series has attracted a strong following, with broadcast deals spanning 120 territories. As of 2012, twelve locally produced versions have aired around the world. The UK version has also been picked up by Russian broadcaster TLC, Vivolta in France, NHK in Japan and RTL Nederland in the Netherlands, who has secured an option to produce a local version of the format. An Irish version of the show airs on RTÉ Two since 2010. In October 2011, the first series of the US version of Don’t Tell The Bride was shown on OWN.

On 21 August 2012, an Australian version of Don’t Tell the Bride began airing on Network Ten. In November 2013, a similarly formatted Welsh-language reality television show titled Priodas Pum Mil premiered on S4C. Life’s Too Short up for Rose d’Or award”. Don’t Tell the Bride to move to BBC One”. 10 things we learned during episode one of the new series of Don’t Tell The Bride on BBC One”.