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The Vicar of Dibley: The Complete First Series

The Vicar of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley: The Complete First Series

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1994)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
794051186928
TV Series | Comedy
UK | English | Color | 02:55

The Vicar of Dibley begins after the older Vicar Pottle dies, the people of Dibley need to find a suitable replacement for him. Most would assume they'd find a young interesting man, or something of that sort, but instead they get Geraldine Granger (Dawn French). She's not exactly the kind of person you'd expect for that sort of position, with her jokes and honest, yet sweet attitude. She quickly became popular with the people in Dibley, because of her enthusiasm and caring personality. Each episode uses the clashing of personalities, to bring great comedy. A lot of plots revolve around Geraldine and Alice Tinker (Emma Chambers) who is the Verger, and a good friend to Geraldine despite her complete lack of common sense. Other important characters include David Horton (Gary Waldhorn) who is amazingly full of himself, Hugo Horton (James Fleet[/person) David's son who is later married to Alice, Jim Trott ([person]Trevor Peacock)


Episodes View details

1 The Arrival 29 min | Nov 10, 1994

When the Vicar of Dibley dies, David Horton sends for a replacement but is horrified when he finds out the replacement is a woman.

2 Songs of Praise 30 min | Nov 17, 1994

Both Geraldine and David find possible love interests when Songs of Praise decide to do an episode in Dibley.

3 Community Spirit 29 min | Nov 24, 1994

When finding someone to open the Annual Village Festival Geraldine thinks she's got one over David when Alice mentions that her cousin is Reg Dwight.

4 The Window & the Weather 30 min | Dec 01, 1994

After the "Quite Great Storm" of Dibley, Geraldine discovers that a tree has smashed the church window. Everyone agrees they want the same window design - trouble is no one can remember what it looked like.

5 Election 30 min | Dec 08, 1994

Geraldine clashes with David in the Dibley district council elections over the issue of the local bus service, and finds herself an opposing candidate

6 Animals 30 min | Dec 15, 1994

Geraldine is struck at how upset people are when their pets die and resolves to hold a special day when everybody brings an animal to church. David is appalled and tries to get the bishop to prevent it but he allows it, provided Geraldine takes the blame if it fails. A gutter press journalist turns up and tries to belittle the event with a stupid banner headline, but the day turns out to be a huge success with the furry and feathered congregation on their best behaviour.

7 The Easter Bunny 39 min | Apr 08, 1996

With Lent approaching Geraldine suggests that everybody give something up and contribute a pound to charity if they fail - in her case chocolate, which is difficult, though she succeeds. Mrs. Cropley, who has agreed to give up making strange food combinations dies, but on her death-bed, charges Geraldine to dress as the Easter Bunny and dole out goodies, a job Mrs. Cropley had always done. Geraldine agrees but in fact finds that everybody else has also dressed up as the Easter Bunny.

8 The Christmas Lunch Incident 44 min | Dec 25, 1996

Geraldine is so popular that everybody wants her round for Christmas dinner so she won't be alone - Jim and Frank, Alice and her family, who are even more bizarre than Alice herself and the Hortons. Geraldine is protective of Hugo when David bullies him and indulges in a sprout-eating contest. And then Owen turns up wanting company since he has spent every Christmas alone since 1971. As a consequence she has to be taken home on a bulldozer to sleep it off.

Cast View all

Roger Lloyd-Pack Owen Newitt
John Bluthal Frank Pickle
James Fleet Hugo Horton
Dawn French Geraldine Granger
Trevor Peacock Jim Trott
Emma Chambers Alice Tinker
Gary Waldhorn David Horton
Liz Smith Letitia Cropley
Patricia Kane Doris Trott
Simon McBurney Cecil
Peter Capaldi Tristan Campbell
Edward Kelsey Mr Harris
Richard Cant Choir Member
Gareth Vaughan Gonads
Max Brazier George
David Sterne Angry Man
Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue
Orla Brady Aoife
Philip Whitchurch Reg Dwight
Preston Lockwood Vicar Pottle
Carol MacReady Mrs. Tinker
Nicholas Le Prevost Daniel Frobisher
Moray Watson The Stranger
Alistair McGowan DJ
Mel Giedroyc Mary Tinker

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Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 4
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Distributor BBC Home Video
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Oct 07, 2003
Regions Region 1