Eighty-five per cent of British people get married at some point in their lives. Half of these marriages fail and yet many people remarry - some of them more than once. For Better.... is the first of a two-part documentary examining matrimony in Britain today. Eight people who have each tied the knot at least four times describe why they felt compelled to repeat the experience so many times. For some the reasons are religious or moral, for others they are romantic or sexual. Among those contributing are 42-year-old Patricia, who has already wed five times yet is still searching for the ideal husband, and 48-year-old Tony who is divorcing for the fourth and, he says, final time. "Marriage no longer means what it used to mean," he confesses. Next week's programme, entitled.... for Worse, finds out how people feel about repeated marital breakdown.