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.
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 4 - Summer
Further details
The Parish Council want to celebrate the Millennium with a statue in the village. But something more urgent is afoot: namely, a water shortage. Every resident is creative in cutting water usage, with Alice watering Geraldine's plants using vodka rather than water, and no one able to wash or flush their toilets. This causes a particular problem for Owen - not to mention those around him!
Officials from the water-board arrive to explain the problem. The wider area is experiencing high population growth, and the existing system can't cope with demand. Luckily they have a plan to solve the matter: they want to turn Dibley into a giant reservoir and move the residents elsewhere. Everyone's bribed handsomely to move - Owen and David are particularly keen to accept multi-million-pound payouts - and for a short while it seems like a good idea.
However, Alice, in her simplistic view of the situation, soon makes them realise just what they will be leaving and what they will lose forever. Spurred on by an emotional, rousing speech from David, they resolve to save the village at any cost. Whilst the Vicar struggles to devise the right plan, Owen knows exactly what must be done - something rather creative involving farmyard animals and an axe, in an effort to persuade the water board that Dibley is home to the first of a new breed of animal!
After telling Owen in no uncertain terms that such a plan would involve an unacceptably sickening amount of violence, Geraldine resorts to chaining herself to the church in protest. A week passes with not a sniff of interest from the media - until, of course, she has to pop off to the toilet.
Frank, left in her place, is predictably incapable of relaying to the TV reporter on the scene anything other than the merits of the Vicar's arse, but somehow his rambling appearance does the job, and soon the small village is crammed with international media outlets.
The water company are soon back, this time in front of the cameras and suitably apologetic. Surprisingly, Owen's horrific plan appears to have worked, as their spokesman cites the discovery of a "blue-crested, one-legged chicken" as primary reason for cancelling the Dibley Reservoir scheme!
In celebration of village's reprieve, a decision on the subject of the new statue is reached - and there's one more surprise in store for the Vicar.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 1st January 2000
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 40 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Sunday 17th April 2011 | 1:55pm | Gold |
Thursday 25th August 2011 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Friday 26th August 2011 | 5:10pm | Gold |
Saturday 29th October 2011 | 6:05pm | Gold |
Sunday 30th October 2011 | 12:05pm | Gold |
Sunday 11th December 2011 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Monday 12th December 2011 | 11:40am | Gold |
Thursday 9th February 2012 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Friday 10th February 2012 | 12:35am | Gold |
Sunday 11th March 2012 | 10:25am | Gold |
Sunday 29th July 2012 | 10:00am | Gold |
Sunday 29th July 2012 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Friday 7th December 2012 | 7:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 8th December 2012 | 1:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 27th January 2013 | 9:15am | Gold |
Tuesday 30th April 2013 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 1st May 2013 | 1:00am | Gold |
Sunday 23rd June 2013 | 8:10pm | Gold |
Monday 24th June 2013 | 4:35pm | Gold |
Tuesday 16th July 2013 | 7:05pm | Gold |
Wednesday 17th July 2013 | 12:00am | Gold |
Saturday 7th September 2013 | 6:05pm | Gold |
Sunday 8th September 2013 | 9:50am | Gold |
Friday 17th January 2014 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 18th January 2014 | 2:35pm | Gold |
Tuesday 25th February 2014 | 9:55pm | Gold |
Wednesday 26th February 2014 | 1:40am | Gold |
Sunday 23rd March 2014 | 1:25pm | Gold |
Thursday 24th April 2014 | 9:10pm | Gold |
Friday 25th April 2014 | 4:10pm | Gold |
Friday 4th July 2014 | 8:10pm | Gold |
Saturday 5th July 2014 | 12:15pm | Gold |
Monday 27th October 2014 | 5:10pm | Gold |
Sunday 23rd November 2014 | 9:40am | Gold |
Thursday 4th December 2014 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Friday 5th December 2014 | 5:00pm | Gold |
Thursday 23rd April 2015 | 7:30pm | Gold |
Friday 3rd July 2015 | 10:10pm | Gold |
Saturday 4th July 2015 | 4:10pm | Gold |
Sunday 2nd August 2015 | 8:45pm | Gold |
Saturday 12th September 2015 | 7:50pm | Gold |
Sunday 13th September 2015 | 2:20pm | Gold |
Friday 20th November 2015 | 8:55pm | Gold |
Monday 22nd February 2016 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 23rd February 2016 | 12:40pm | Gold |
Monday 28th March 2016 | 11:15am | Gold |
Saturday 11th June 2016 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Sunday 12th June 2016 | 5:25pm | Gold |
Friday 26th August 2016 | 7:35pm | Gold |
Sunday 16th April 2017 | 10:30am | Gold |
Sunday 16th April 2017 | 7:10pm | Gold |
Thursday 17th August 2017 | 6:35pm | Gold |
Tuesday 24th October 2017 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Friday 2nd March 2018 | 10:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 3rd March 2018 | 4:40pm | Gold |
Friday 11th May 2018 | 9:30pm | Gold |
Saturday 12th May 2018 | 3:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 28th June 2018 | 8:10pm | Gold |
Friday 29th June 2018 | 3:10pm | Gold |
Saturday 25th August 2018 | 2:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 26th August 2018 | 11:15am | Gold |
Tuesday 5th February 2019 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 6th February 2019 | 2:25pm | Gold |
Sunday 21st April 2019 | 1:10pm | Gold |
Sunday 21st April 2019 | 6:10pm | Gold |
Friday 4th October 2019 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Saturday 5th October 2019 | 9:25am | Gold |
Tuesday 11th February 2020 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 12th February 2020 | 12:50am | Gold |
Wednesday 12th February 2020 | 6:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 22nd March 2020 | 4:25pm | Gold |
Sunday 22nd March 2020 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Sunday 24th May 2020 | 9:25am | Gold |
Wednesday 17th June 2020 | 8:05pm | Gold |
Saturday 17th October 2020 | 9:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 18th October 2020 | 8:15am | Gold |
Sunday 18th October 2020 | 8:40pm | Gold |
Saturday 6th March 2021 | 4:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 7th March 2021 | 9:25am | Gold |
Sunday 7th March 2021 | 3:35pm | Gold |
Saturday 3rd April 2021 | 7:50am | Gold |
Saturday 3rd April 2021 | 6:05pm | Gold |
Saturday 17th July 2021 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 18th July 2021 | 2:25pm | Gold |
Saturday 7th August 2021 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 8th August 2021 | 1:00am | Gold |
Sunday 8th August 2021 | 4:20pm | Gold |
Monday 11th October 2021 | 8:50pm | Gold |
Tuesday 12th October 2021 | 3:00pm | Gold |
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 | 8:00pm | Gold |
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 | 3:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 2nd January 2022 | 2:20pm | Gold |
Sunday 2nd January 2022 | 5:40pm | Gold |
Thursday 10th February 2022 | 9:05pm | Gold |
Monday 18th April 2022 | 3:40pm | Gold |
Monday 18th April 2022 | 9:10pm | Gold |
Saturday 21st May 2022 | 9:35pm | Gold |
Saturday 11th June 2022 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 12th June 2022 | 5:35pm | Gold |
Tuesday 14th June 2022 | 8:40pm | Gold |
Wednesday 15th June 2022 | 12:30am | Gold |
Saturday 24th September 2022 | 9:05pm | Gold |
Thursday 6th October 2022 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 5th November 2022 | 9:00pm | Gold |
Sunday 6th November 2022 | 3:00am | Gold |
Sunday 27th November 2022 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Monday 28th November 2022 | 2:45am | Gold |
Saturday 25th February 2023 | 10:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 26th February 2023 | 2:30am | Gold |
Sunday 26th February 2023 | 9:55pm | Gold |
Sunday 26th March 2023 | 9:55pm | Gold |
Monday 27th March 2023 | 2:45am | Gold |
Thursday 5th October 2023 | 9:40pm | Gold |
Friday 6th October 2023 | 2:20am | Gold |
Thursday 21st March 2024 | 8:20pm | Gold |
Thursday 21st March 2024 | 11:50pm | Gold |
Friday 22nd March 2024 | 2:20pm | Gold |
Saturday 30th March 2024 | 2:25pm | Gold |
Sunday 31st March 2024 | 8:40am | Gold |
Cast & crew
Dawn French | Geraldine Grainger |
Emma Chambers | Alice Tinker |
Gary Waldhorn | David Horton |
James Fleet | Hugo Horton |
John Bluthal | Frank Pickle |
Trevor Peacock | Jim Trott |
Roger Lloyd Pack | Owen Newitt |
Roger Sloman | Mr. Badcock |
Edward Halsted | Local TV Reporter |
Stewart Wright | Local TV Newsreader |
Guillaume Tobo | Italian Newsreader |
Jeremy Paxman | Self |
Martyn Lewis | Self |
Richard Curtis | Writer |
Paul Mayhew-Archer | Writer |
Emma Freud | Script Editor |
Gareth Carrivick | Director |
Jon Plowman | Producer |
Margot Gavan Duffy | Producer |
Richard Curtis | Executive Producer |
Peter Bennett-Jones | Executive Producer |
Mark Lawrence | Editor |
Andrew Howe-Davies | Production Designer |
Howard Goodall | Composer |