The dress that would get wed

CITY star Frances Thorburn liked her wedding day outfit so much she wouldn’t mind saying “I do” in it in real life.

The BBC Scotland soap this week features the nuptials of Frances’s Kim and muchloved show favourite Bob, played by Stephen Purdon. And Frances was a big fan of her bridal outfit.

“It actually felt like a proper wedding,” Frances told in10. “All the characters were in their best outfits and I’d had my hair done. “There was an excitement and it all felt real as we got ready. In fact,

I found the ceremony when I was saying my vows very moving.

“I loved the dress, which was very pretty and understated. I thought it was perfect for Kim and would even have been well-suited for myself.

“With the dress and the hair and make-up, it was a real treat.”

In the best traditions of telly soap, all is likely to run far from smoothly with Nicole filming a kiss with Bob, blackmailing him out of money and threatening to tell a blissfully-unaware Kim. “Everyone is happy and Bob is set to say his vows when he has a pang of guilt over what he’s done,” confides Frances.

“He reveals, in front of everybody, that he’s kissed Nicole. It’s a massive moment in the middle of the wedding and it’s all down to how Kim reacts. “She certainly doesn’t take it lying down and whether the ceremony goes ahead is up in the air.”

Frances has made a huge impression since she joined River City and has become more established than she could have imagined.

She did a couple of scenes two years ago this month and it all took off from there.

The happy couple? Kim and Bob tie the knot in River City.

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