Vicar of Dibley Christmas
Fridays at 8.30pm
In this Christmas special, it's been 10 years since Geraldine became the first female vicar in the most eccentric parish in England and everyone in Dibley is determined to celebrate her anniversary.
About the show
You were expecting a bloke with a beard, a bible and bad breath.
You got a babe with a bob cut and magnificent bosom.
The Dibley Parish Council don't know what's hit them when the new
vicar arrives in the village. Not only is the Reverend Geraldine
Granger a female, but she is young, trendy and bubbly and she tells
saucy jokes about nuns.
Dawn French, one of Britain's favourite comediennes, won the
British Comedy Best Actress Award for her vivacious vicar in this
very popular sitcom set in a beautiful village in the English
countryside. It's written by Richard Curtis, whose work includes
Blackadder, Bean, Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill, and
Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Geraldine, recently ordained, is extremely enthusiastic and a genuinely nice person, so most of her parishioners warm to her quite quickly. However, it is not an easy job and she needs all her diplomatic skills to deal with the inbred village idiots and eccentrics that make up her congregation.
David Horton is the only other person in Dibley with a full complement of brain cells. Unfortunately, as he is head of the Parish Council and self-appointed village chief, he does not approve of women in dog collars. Besides, Geraldine seems to be weaning the rest of the councillors away from his influence. He is not above asking the bishop to rid him of this turbulent priest.
Caught in the fray are:
Hugo Horton: David's son. The
sweetest-natured man in the worldwith the fewest academic
qualifications.
Alice Tinker: The very, very, very keen verger,
with a brain almost the size of a jelly bean. It takes her a long
time to understand Geraldine's jokes, one of which ends each
programme.
Mrs Cropley: In charge of the church flower
arrangements and a dangerously experimental cook chocolate slice
with taramasalata is a speciality.
Frank Pickle: The most pedantic man in the
village, with the tidiest moustache. He takes the Parish Council
minutes.
Jim Trott: Dibley's oldest resident, most trusted
vegetable expert and the most indecisive man in the world.
Catchphrase: No, no, no... yes.
Owen Newitt: A foul-mouthed local farmer with
plenty of opinions and plenty of trouble with his lower
intestine.
