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Wedding video, without the videographer.

Camcorder hire and a professionally edited film, in one box. We post you a 4K camcorder, your guests film your wedding, and our editors turn it into a film you will keep forever.

Camcorder hire and a professional edit, in one box.

Book nowFrom £549, edit included
About a third of a videographer's price
4K camcordersProfessional edit includedFree tracked UK postage both ways£100 secures your date
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A guest filming with a camcorder

your maid of honour, probably

Wedding video, reimagined

Your wedding, seen by the people who love you.

Candid, a little nostalgic, and full of the moments a hired crew never catches. No stranger with a big rig, just your favourite people filming what they know you'll treasure.

We post you the camcorders. Your guests film. We edit it into a film you will keep forever.

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How it works

Six easy steps to your film.

No videographer to book, brief or feed. Just a box, your favourite people and a film at the end.

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Book your date

Choose a package and secure your date with a £100 deposit.

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Your box arrives

Charged, tested and ready to film, two days before.

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Your guests film

Pass it round all weekend. About 5 hours of filming per camcorder.

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Post it back

Drop it at any Post Office two days after the wedding. The label is prepaid.

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We edit your film

Our editors watch every clip. Raw footage within 2 weeks.

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Relive it forever

Your finished film within 6 weeks, for every anniversary.

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What you get back

The bridal suite, the vows, the dance floor at midnight.

Every clip your guests shoot, cut by a real editor into a short film set to music. You keep all the raw footage too.

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Packages

Choose your package. The edit's always included.

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The Toast

One camcorder for the whole wedding weekend.

£549

  • 1 4K camcorder, tested and charged
  • 3 large batteries, about 5 hours of filming
  • Tabletop tripod for speeches
  • 3 to 5 minute edited film
  • Every clip in a private gallery
  • Arrives 2 days before, postage both ways
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The Double

Two camcorders, so neither side of the morning is missed.

£749

  • 2 4K camcorders
  • 6 large batteries, about 10 hours of filming
  • 2 tabletop tripods
  • 5 to 7 minute edited film
  • Every clip in a private gallery
  • Arrives 2 days before, postage both ways
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Guests celebrating as petals fly

Party + Toast

Your hen or stag do first, then the wedding.

£749

  • Everything in The Toast
  • A camcorder for the hen or stag do
  • 4-day party rental
  • 60 to 90 second party film
  • All party clips in your gallery
  • Postage both ways for both kits
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The couple dancing in a shower of sparks

Party + Double

The hen or stag do, then two camcorders for the wedding.

£949

  • Everything in The Double
  • A camcorder for the hen or stag do
  • 4-day party rental
  • 60 to 90 second party film
  • All clips from all three kits
  • Postage both ways for every kit
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Average UK videographer £1,514 The Borrowed Camcorder from £549
Why choose us

All the magic, none of the fuss.

A third of the price

Professional edit and postage both ways, from £549. No travel fees or overtime.

Guests act like themselves

No stranger behind the lens, so nobody freezes up.

The whole weekend

The kit arrives two days before and goes back two days after, so the welcome drinks and Sunday brunch are covered.

Every clip, kept safe

All your raw footage in a private gallery, plus guests' phone clips.

Your film in six weeks

Not six months. Raw footage arrives within two.

Nothing to organise

No call times, no supplier meal, no seat on the table plan.

Videographer average: Bridebook UK cost guide, 2026.

the best seat in the house

Nobody films your wedding like the people in it.

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Featured weddings

Every kind of day, filmed by its guests.

Gloucestershire

A Cotswolds barn wedding

The Double · 110 guests
North Wales

A castle wedding in the rain

The Toast · 70 guests
Hampshire

A marquee in the back garden

Party + Toast · 85 guests
Leeds

City hall and a curry house

The Double · 140 guests
Yorkshire Dales

A three-day wedding weekend

Party + Double · 130 guests
London

Town hall and a Thames boat party

The Double · 95 guests
Sample films shown with stock footage until our first couples' films are ready.
Through their eyes

Love looks different from the front row.

The giggles in the bridal suite, your dad's speech, and all the little moments you were too busy to see.

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A laughing bride peeking from behind a curtain
the morning of
A bride with her bridesmaids in green dresses
the girls, all ready
Guests throwing petals over the newlyweds
the confetti moment
Guests raising a toast under festoon lights
raise your glasses
The couple dancing under falling petals
the first dance
The couple on a glowing dance floor late at night
the very last song
The couple dancing in a shower of golden sparks
let's capture your day

Pass the camcorder. Keep the day forever.

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