Rev.
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2010 - 2014
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom starring Tom Hollander as a vicar promoted from a sleepy rural parish to a failing inner-city church. Also features Olivia Colman, Steve Evets, Ellen Thomas, Miles Jupp, Simon McBurney and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 4
Further details
Adam succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on Thought For The Day. But his own attempts to make a career of his vocation spectacularly backfire. An ill-advised comment on The One Show about homosexuality within the Church results in orders from the Archdeacon to take media instruction from the very vicar Adam was trying to out-do.
And, while Adam neglects his pastoral duties in favour of climbing the greasy pole, Colin looks for meaning outside of St Saviour's, swapping strong lager for other routes to oblivion in order to dabble in the Rastafarian religion.
Hugh Bonneville guest stars as the character Roland Wise - the vicar who went to theological college with Adam. Hugely popular in the church - even with the hard-to-please Archdeacon - Roland is charming, fluent in several languages and is a regular on Thought For The Day, Question Time and Have I Got News for You. To Adam's humiliation, the Archdeacon insists that he consults his old rival for media training.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 19th July 2010
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
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 |
Lucy Liemann | Ellie Pattman |
Jimmy Akingbola | Mick |
Hugh Bonneville | Roland Wise |
Lu Corfield | Gemma Harper |
Ben Willbond | Steve Warwick |
Derek Elroy | Lion Paw |
Christine Bleakley | Self |
Adrian Chiles | Self |
Jonathan Dimbleby | Self (Voice) |
John Humphrys | Self (Voice) |
James Wood | Writer |
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 |
Video
Roland comes over for dinner
As Adam nervously waits for his old class mate Roland to arrive, local down and out Mick arrives - needing to use the loo.
Featuring: Tom Hollander (Rev Adam Smallbone), Jimmy Akingbola (Mick) & Hugh Bonneville (Roland Wise).