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It was a case of opposites attract for one frugal groom who gave his extravagant bride-to-be free rein over the wedding planning.

While Serena Saunders, 28, from Cambridgeshire, and Adam Jordan, 31, from Stoke, refuse to let the differences in their backgrounds come between them - Adam also issued a caveat ahead of the big day.

The groom - a self-confessed 'simple guy' - reveals on Channel 4's The Wedding Day how he let his wife spend what she liked on their wedding day - but only because she agreed to give him four children in return.

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Channel 4's fly-on-the-wall documentary The Wedding Day looks at the meaning behind marriage in the context of modern relationships.

In the show the happy, level-headed couple are seen preparing to host their wedding at The Sheene Mill, the Cambridgeshire hotel they manage together and that's owned by the bride's mother Sally, 56, and her step-father Ollie Makings, 53.

Adam says of his intended: 'Serena for me is an absolute breath of fresh air. I’m just a simple guy, Serena to a point makes me more interesting than I am.'

While Adam admits to watching every penny, Serena says she gets her extravagance from her restaurateur father Steven Saunders, 55, adding: 'I like to live a bit.'

'Steven knows that I won’t do big flashy things, and it’s not because I can’t afford them or don’t want to do them it’s because they’re not always necessary,' says the groom.

'I’ve done lots of big flashy nice things but at the same time it’s the small things that make me and Serena a strong couple.'

He makes sure to remind his new wife of their deal at the end of their big day after allowing her free rein over the festivities: 'You know the rules, you get the wedding and I get four kids.'

Serena doesn't want to repeat the mistakes her parents made when they divorced, and wants to be as successful as her father, who now lives in Marbella, Spain, with his new wife Michele, 37.

The hotel could make or break their future but Serena is determined: 'This is the path that I am choosing for my life, I need someone to build and develop it with me.'

Adam - who's own parents Alan, 60, and Julie, 62, have been married 42 years - is just as certain and focused on keeping his union on track: 'The business is the one thing that causes us turmoil in our relationship.

'When things were going wrong in the first six months of The Sheene Mill we fell out to the point where we couldn’t get on with each other.

'I had to win her heart back and make sure we were a strong couple again.'

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