When Malcolm eventually gets home from the pub, him and Carol talk about the people who have already dropped out of attending the wedding.
While Carol's mother is busy sorting out the boutonnière's, Peter sits down to watch ITV's Saint and Greavsie with a glass of whisky, and a smile on his face.
In the meantime, Alistair is running around town looking for a phonebox to ring a taxi to the church, Peter has gone home without telling his oblivious wife what is going on, and he attempts to drive to the match.
Malcolm's friends and Margo arrive at a practically empty church, other than Carol's immediate family and the police.
Meanwhile the wedding car is breaking down, and the driver informs Carol and Malcolm that they won't even be able to see the end of the match, so they decide to return to the church.
The radio presenter announces a score of 1-1 at Villa Park, so there will be a replay back there on Wednesday, to Peter's disappointment.
Malcolm and Carol who haven't heard the rearranged football fixture yet, arrive back at the church just as the wedding car was its last legs.
Malcolm announces to the crowd, with Carol's snobbish mother standing front and centre, that the wedding will be held on Wednesday.
[3][1] On the 19 August 1987 it was broadcast on BBC Two as an episode of ScreenPlay Firsts, a series showcasing films by new, young, British film-makers.