Contestant on Radio 2’s PopMaster quiz proposes live on air after being inspired by the lyrics of Get Me To The Church On Time by Stanley Holloway
- Shar Doherty, 38, popped question live on air to partner Matthew Geddes, 35
- She was inspired by the lyrics from 1956 song Get Me To The Church On Time
- Host Ken Bruce was delighted with the first on air ‘Popmaster Wedding’
A contestant on BBC Radio 2’s PopMaster quiz proposed to her partner live on air yesterday – after being inspired by the lyrics of Get Me To The Church On Time.
Shar Doherty, 38, popped the question on the spur of the moment.
And host Ken Bruce told listeners later that her boyfriend Matthew Geddes had said yes.
Miss Doherty, an insurance worker from Glasgow, had joked to friends about proposing to 35-year-old Mr Geddes if she ever got on the popular quiz but admitted she ‘wasn’t really planning’ on it.
Shar Doherty proposed to her new fiancé Matthew Geddes live on air on Radio 2’s long running Popmaster quiz
But when she heard Stanley Holloway sing the lyrics ‘I’m getting married in the morning’ from the My Fair Lady song, she was inspired.
Making her proposal, she said: ‘My partner Matthew has been my absolute rock. It’s been a tough year and I can’t imagine not being with him. On that note, I want to say, “Matthew, will you marry me?” ’
Bruce, 69, said: ‘It’s never happened before. And I’m delighted to say, we’ve just heard that Matthew said yes.
‘We’ve got our first PopMaster wedding. I’m just looking at hats as we speak.’
Miss Doherty told Bruce: ‘I hope we still love each other when we’re as old and wrinkly as you Ken!’
She said of her proposal to Geddes, a supermarket supervisor: ‘I wasn’t really planning on actually doing it but when the song was “I’m getting married in the morning”, it just seemed like a sign.’