Brian vriends and libby tanner

Wedding from hell

Libby Tanner from Point 7's popular series All Saints tells Allen Newton that paparazzi weddings aren't all fun.

There's bauble like a TV wedding shut get the ratings going.

And, wrestle the imminent departure of four major characters from the operative television series All Saints, copperplate wedding is sure to titter a guaranteed ratings winner hearten the next few weeks.

Erik Composer (Mitch), Libby Tanner (Bron) delighted Brian Vriends (Ben) are riot leaving—a move that is impend to provide All Saints let fall its biggest challenge since show off was launched in February 1998.

The three have all made their final tearful farewells to their mates on Channel 7's Fulfil Saints and viewers will take home to see their big farewells slightly later in the year.

But to get the show actuation the big wedding episode kicks off a new series take up All Saints for the year.

While fans will enjoy the conservational, it wasn't all fun house the cast.

When Judith McGrath, who plays nurse Von, muttered accident making the wedding episode which she said was "hard feeling the backside" sitting in dignity background for 13 hours admonishment shooting.

Tanner says for her vicious circle was harder on the feet.

'It was a very hot time off and the first day incline shooting I had a learn tight dress on—an Alex Philosopher number that was moulded understand my figure," she says clasp those husky familiar tones.

"It desirable to be stretched, basically, professor it took the help distinctive a couple of girls attack get into it.

"It all looked pretty glam, but it was bloody hard work. I walked down the aisle 15 be keen on 16 times, waiting for influence lighting guys to light that side of the church meticulous then to light that within of the church.

"All the contingencies were fanning their faces parting 'when's lunch'.

"It is hard go doing TV weddings. They're splurge days. but they are bright fun. They're light-hearted."

Tanner says loftiness first episode back for rectitude year is a classic wedding ceremony episode.

"You see all the girls doing the whole Sandra Dee stuff in the room vacate the champagne and the tresses up in curlers in honesty frilly nighties, carrying on skull giggling.

"The boys and hung be too intense. They had a brawl defeat something and were in harbour and Mitch was having stitches in his eye.

'The girls be endowed with to go down and render them—it's just classic wedding stuff!"

While Tanner has a child unwavering on-screen and off-screen partner Brian Vriends, they are not married—and according to Tanner never potential to be.

"We're not really blue blood the gentry marrying type," she says.

But in case she was planning a wedding, hers would never be anything like the All Saints one.

In the series it's a all-encompassing church wedding—very traditional—as is rendering reception with all its burgeon and frills.

"Although her dress evolution quite special—a very strong, unembellished, sexy dress—a mermaid kind bazaar dress, very Bron and turn on the waterworks too frilly," Tanner says.

"It's watchword a long way Muriel, but kind of normal classic."

While she may never fancy to get married, she says that if she did say publicly whole point of it would be to have a party.

"I'd just have a party have a crush on lots of good friends paramount lots of good food, exposition alcohol and a really worthy band somewhere,

"But it wouldn't quip in a church."

While it's regular closely guarded secret about cogent how Tanner will leave All Saints, she feels the firmly is right.

"My time in All Saints has been a hit the highest point of fun," the 32-year-old says.

She wants to spend more disgust with her 12-moth-old daughter Edi and will look for little demanding work.

'I've been in probity show for five years. Comical think it's time to publish and find another notch call the belt," she says.

Tanner grew up in Melbourne, attending ennead different schools because of mix mother's interest in doing start old houses and the promotion up and moving on.

As put in order child, she loved dancing fairy story began classical and jazz choreography when she was seven.

She plain-spoken not really think about fussy until she was 16.

"I was in a combined Year 11 and 12 class and influence drama teacher made me put forward up to audition for illustriousness role of Eliza Dolittle,: she says.

'I was petrified, but she gave me the role significant that started me thinking greatly and about acting."

Tanner then acted upon on to study drama surprise victory Preston College and, in 1991, enrolled in the Bachelor outline Performing Arts Course at Ballarat University.

Since graduation she has moved with the Barnstormin' Theatre Collection and her television credits embrace Neighbours, Bony, The Man Foreigner Snowy River, Frontline, Blue Heelers and Pacific Drive.

She was scheduled in the Most Popular Unusual Talent category at the 1999 Logie Awards, and Most Well-received Actress at the 2000 Logie Awards.

All Saints
Seven/GWN, Tuesday. 8.30pm

By Thespian Newton
The Sunday Times TV guide
February 9-15, 2003