My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - Season 1 - Eps 4: Boys Will Be Boys
While Gypsy and traveller women want to be a princess on their wedding day, the reality in the Gypsy community is that on every other day it is man who is king. This film looks at the testosterone-filled world of the traveller man, where disputes are settled with fists, and status is conveyed by the car you drive. Ex bare-knuckle boxer Paddy, the patriarch of a traveller site in Salford, explains the role of a traveller man and, crucially, how he earns enough to keep wife Roseanne happy.
About My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
Title: My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
First Air Date: 2010-02-18
Last Air Date: 2012-03-27
Status: Ended
Rating: 5/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 14
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary, Reality
Production Companies: Firecracker Films
Synopsis
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a British documentary series broadcast on Channel 4, that explores the lives and traditions of several Irish Traveller families as they prepare to unite one of their number in marriage. The series also featured Romanichal in several episodes, and has been criticised for not accurately representing England’s Romani and Travelling community. It was first broadcast in February 2010 as a one-off documentary called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, filmed as part of the Cutting Edge series and voted Most Groundbreaking Show in the Cultural Diversity Awards 2010. A series of 5 episodes were later commissioned, and the series first aired in January 2011. A second series began airing in February 2012. A third series was not made, rather the show ended with six stand-alone specials.
Cast
Barbara Flynn
Narrator (voice)
Paddy Doherty
Himself
