Educating the in-laws

Since Bride And Prejudice is about brides and grooms-to-be butting heads with family members who don’t agree with their choice of partner, it was always going to contain a fair amount of conflict.

However, last week’s opener left me feeling some of the participants had fallen victim to the first rule of Channel 4 reality shows.

Namely, if you say anything controversial it will be edited straight into the first episode and you will be thrown to the wolves on social media. That’s the nature of the beast, unfortunately. If a new show doesn’t provoke an instant reaction online it isn’t doing its job.

Sure enough an Asian mother was savaged for beginning a sentence “I don’t mean to be racist but… ”, while the parents of Rob, pictured above with partner Simon, were put on Twitter trial for suggesting he wasn’t a “genuine gay” because he didn’t do the limp-wristed walk etc.

Last night’s second episode at least gave a little background and context. So while you may have still taken issue with what the parents were saying there was a chance you might have understood where they were coming from.

Confronting prejudices head on might just have done the trick.