 The wedding scenes were filmed on 6 May 2001 and screened on 30 May 2001.Billy Sloan of the "Sunday Mail" stated that the scenes were "guaranteed to provide a bit of light relief" after serious storylines such as the rape of Toyah Battersby and Alma Halliwell's cancer diagnosis.Suranne Jones felt that Steve was "definitely the man for Karen" as the two characters had "similar personalities".