Dave and Dawn, from Cannock, won over listeners when Dave secretly teamed up with Ball to stage the proposal.
Dawn, believing she was taking part in a BBC tour, was welcomed into the studio by Ball, who pretended he was recording voiceovers, before Dave read out a love letter and proposed to the woman he had been with for 31 years.
During the broadcast, Dave revealed he had already booked the wedding at Weston Hall, choosing a date close to 11 November, the anniversary of the day they first got together.
Ball later said the proposal was “so moving” that “we thought we have to follow this through”.
Weston Hall holds special significance for the couple and was where Dave first proposed in the late 1990s.
But Dawn, who was 19 at the time, was so overwhelmed that she laughed, and the engagement ring was later lost, meaning the engagement never officially stuck.
More than 25 years later, the couple, who now have three children, finally made it down the aisle at the venue where their story began.
