The brides wore white. Barry Morgan pumped his organ (Hammond, that is). Adam Ant and his band played Prince Charming in place of the bridal waltz. And 41 same-sex couples had a ball as Adam Hills’ big fat gay wedding went off without a hitch last night – literally, since none of it is legally binding.
The ABC will broadcast its first foray into the arranged marriage business tomorrow night, and whatever the viewer response it’s safe to say it was a hit in Elsternwick with the famous but slightly shabby Melbourne studio taking on a touch of fairytale romance as Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight played host to what was billed as Australian television’s first mass gay wedding.
The wedding will screen on ABC1 at 8.30pm Wednesday 28 March, 2012.