Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry?

Melanie believes she has found the perfect husband when she marries James Addie, convinced that their life together will be flawless. Unbeknownst to her, James leads a hidden double existence, a secret that will inevitably eventually bring about his demise.

The Bride Who Will Never Be is a programme presented as an episode. It falls within the episode genre and centres on a single, self‑contained story that follows the lives of its two main characters. When Melanie ties the knot with James Addie, she is convinced she has finally met the ideal partner. She goes into the marriage full of hope, believing that James is the perfect husband she has always wanted. What Melanie does not realise is that James is living a second, concealed existence. Beneath the façade of a devoted spouse, he is maintaining a double life that remains completely hidden from her. This secret aspect of his world is unknown to Melanie throughout their early years together. Eventually, the concealed side of James’s life reaches a fatal conclusion. The double life he has been keeping secret is destined to end with death, bringing an abrupt and irreversible close to the deception that has been driving the narrative.