One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth.

1991; As the storm clouds of war gather in the Middle East and Captain Michael Metcalfe prepares to go into action, arrangements for the marriage of Polly Mainwaring and James Fotheringay are well under way with Lady Alexa Marlford determined that it will be the social event of the year – a high-profile society wedding taking place at Marlford Towers.

Sebastian Mainwaring is struggling to screw up his courage to propose to Rachel Snaith while Jenny Metcalfe is wondering if her latest partner might just be ‘Mr Right’ and that there will be wedding bells on her horizon too.

An unplanned pregnancy, a bad riding accident and a panicking bride-to-be breaking off her engagement are only a few of the problems Patsy and Jason have to cope with in this most eventful of years.