The Vicar Of Dibley
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1994 - 2020
- 20 episodes (3 series)
Comedy about a small, backward rural village and its female vicar, Geraldine Grainger. Stars Dawn French, Emma Chambers, Gary Waldhorn, James Fleet, John Bluthal and more.
- 2006/2007 Specials, Christmas Special repeated tomorrow at 5pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 168
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1994 - 2020
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 20 (3 series), plus 11 extra episodes
- Stars
- Dawn French, Emma Chambers, Gary Waldhorn, James Fleet, John Bluthal, Trevor Peacock, Roger Lloyd Pack and Liz Smith
- Writers
- Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer
- Directors
- Dewi Humphreys and Gareth Carrivick
- Producers
- Jon Plowman, Sue Vertue, Margot Gavan Duffy, Richard Curtis and Peter Bennett-Jones
- Company
Life in the miniscule, sleepy Oxfordshire village of Dibley is thrown upside-down when ancient Vicar Pottle dies - and the diocese send a new-fangled female vicar, Geraldine Grainger, as his replacement.
Her arrival is met with a mixture of wonder and horror from the assorted collection of rural yokels who call Dibley home: "You were expecting a bloke with a beard, a Bible and bad breath. Instead, you got a babe with a bob cut and a magnificent bosom," she observes.
Autocratic head of the Parish Council and local landowner David Horton is particularly appalled; when it becomes clear that Geraldine does not intend to play second fiddle, he resolves to call in any favour possible to have her removed.
However, David's plans fail and the new female vicar steps - perhaps naïvely - undaunted into their quaint and utterly batty country world. Geri and her flock soon find common ground and, although the journey is bumpy, join forces to revitalise life in the small community.
It's not long before even David must admit that Geraldine's the best thing to have ever happened to Dibley - and she that Dibley is the best thing to ever happen to her.
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Additional details
- Also known as
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- The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown (2020 title)
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 10th November 1994 at 8:30pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- 2006/2007 Specials, Christmas Special: Tomorrow at 5pm on U&Gold
- 2006/2007 Specials, New Year Special: Tomorrow at 6:10pm on U&Gold
- 2006/2007 Specials, Christmas Special: Tomorrow at 10pm on U&Gold
- 2006/2007 Specials, New Year Special: Tomorrow at 11:10pm on U&Gold
- 2006/2007 Specials, New Year Special: Monday at 1:30pm on U&Gold
- Series 3, Episode 4: Monday at 8pm on U&Gold
- Series 3, Episode 4: Tuesday at 12:30am on U&Gold
- Series 3, Episode 4: Tuesday at 1:30pm on U&Gold
- 2004/2005 Specials, Christmas Special: Tuesday at 7:45pm on U&Gold
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 22nd November 2024 at 11:30pm on U&Gold - Series 3, Episode 3
- Friday 22nd November 2024 at 8:00pm on U&Gold - Series 3, Episode 3
- Friday 22nd November 2024 at 1:45pm on U&Gold - Series 3, Episode 2
Recording details
- Teddington Studios - Interiors.
- Turville - Filmed on location in the village of Turville, Buckinghamshire.