New TV series for wedding planner Jane

A Lichfield wedding planner who plays fairy godmother to couples in a hit Canadian reality TV show is all set for a fifth series, premiering in April.

With her trusty sidekick Oscar, a six-year-old shihtzu, Jane Dayus-Hinch, has helped 65 couples over the last four years in her show Wedding SOS.

Jane's straight-talking approach combined with her 'true Brit' image has proved popular with viewers in Canada and the US, where Wedding SOS, made by Slice TV, is aired several times a day.

In the UK, Wedding SOS airs on Sky Real Lives and Sky Three.

Jane's expertise has helped couples to tie the knot in New York and all over Ontario.

"With only a maximum of 10 days to organise the wedding it is a huge challenge," she said.

"Once I only had three days to plan and organize the wedding - and the bride didn't even have her dress," she said.

Memorable Wedding SOS episodes have included Jane having to find a suit of armour after a bride to be announced she really did want her 'knight' to be wearing the right attire, reuniting an estranged daughter with her father and even accompanying a groom and his bridal party to a firing range, where Jane's own sharp shooting skills won the day.

Jane's other passion is riding her beloved Harley Davidson motorbike. She has ridden for many years and is also sponsored in the show which sees her riding a variety of fabulous bikes.

She has been a wedding planner for more than 25 years and has worked with many celebrities, but is sworn to secrecy as to who her most high-profile clients have been.

"The series has taken over my life, I can't walk down the street in Toronto or New York without people stopping me for a photo or autograph," she said.

"We film up to 70 hours for each show - but you only see 30 minutes.

Flattering

"Back home I'm also approached for advice from desperate brides, their mothers and sometimes even grooms, but thankfully it's on nowhere near as large a scale.

"I never imagined that I would become a TV star across the pond, but it is very flattering.

"The production company got in touch with me after they saw me in a press interview. I was also an Ambassador for my home city of Lichfield at the time," she added.

Jane Dayus-Hinch