Rev. Series 1, Episode 2 - British Comedy Guide

Series 1, Episode 2

The Archdeacon tells Adam his collection plates are too light.

Further details

Rev.. Image shows from L to R: Rev Adam Smallbone (Tom Hollander), Darren Betts (Darren Boyd). Copyright: Big Talk Productions.

When the Archdeacon tells Adam his collection plates are too light, salvation appears to come in the form of fellow priest Darren Betts.

Darren needs a temporary venue for services while his own church is renovated, so Adam welcomes Darren and his huge congregation of young and fashionable evangelists with open arms. But the union soon becomes a battle for hearts and minds as Darren refuses to leave Adam's church. There's tension at home too - Adam's wife, Alex, is feeling neglected and announces they need to rekindle their love life.

Darren Boyd guest stars as Darren Betts - the handsome evangelical vicar who has a hypnotic gaze, religious certainty, money and a crowd of young shiny worshippers.

Broadcast details

Date: Monday 5th July 2010
Time: 10pm
Channel: BBC Two
Length: 30 minutes

Cast & crew

Regular cast
Tom Hollander	Rev Adam Smallbone
Olivia Colman	Alex Smallbone
Steve Evets	Colin Lambert
Ellen Thomas	Adoha Onyeka
Miles Jupp	Nigel McCall
Simon McBurney	Archdeacon Robert
Jimmy Akingbola	Mick

Guest cast
Darren Boyd	Darren Betts
Ben Bailey Smith (as Doc Brown)	Ikon
Sophie Colquhoun	Pip
Katie Males	Lisa (Shop Worker)

Writing team
James Wood	Writer

Production team
Peter Cattaneo	Director
Kenton Allen	Producer
Hannah Pescod	Producer
Matthew Justice	Executive Producer
Simon O'Connor	Editor
Peter Oliver (as Peter H Oliver)	Editor
Grenville Horner	Production Designer
Jonathan Whitehead	Composer