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.
Streaming rank this week: 871
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Where are the new classic sitcoms?
When The One Show recently ran a poll to find the best-loved BBC shows ever, half of the top programmes were sitcoms - but none was launched within the last 15 years. So where are the future classics?
Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th May 2022Only Fools And Horses voted favourite ever BBC show
Half of the best-loved BBC programmes of all time are comedies, a new poll has found. Only Fools And Horses topped the survey of viewers of The One Show to mark the Corporation's 100th birthday.
Chortle, 29th January 2022Six of UKTV's top ten shows now originals
Dave's Meet The Richardsons and Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable were among the top ten.
Jon Creamer, Televisual, 14th January 202210 best British comedy Christmas specials, according to IMDb
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Dalton Norman, Screen Rant, 18th December 2021The Sleeping Girl of Turville
Turville in Buckinghamshire is the stereotypically pretty English village, appearing as Dibley in The Vicar Of Dibley.
Country Life, 23rd November 2021BBC slammed for Vicar Of Dibley offence warnings
Viewers are told on iPlayer that the classic comedy, starring Dawn French as vicar Geraldine Granger, "contains discriminatory language".
Amir Razavi, The Sun, 5th September 2021How Parkinson's disease sent me from Dibley to dribbly
Univeristy Challenge host Jeremy Paxman has been in touch with top comedy writer and producer Paul Mayhew-Archer MBE, after revealing that he has Parkinson's disease.
Paul, 68, who used to be a co-writer for The Vicar Of Dibley and script-edited a string of other hit sitcoms, was diagnosed with the condition a decade ago, and he has used humour to raise awareness of Parkinson's.
Paul Mayhew-Archer, The Sun, 29th May 2021'The Vicar Of Dibley: Inside Out' tribute documentary to air on Gold
Gold is to broadcast a two-hour documentary celebrating hit sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley, with all its surviving key stars and creatives taking part.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2021Blankety Blank most-watched new TV comedy in 2020
Blankety Blank was the most-watched new British comedy on TV in 2020. 5.2 million viewers tuned in to see the comic game show's revival on Christmas Day. The Graham Norton Show and ITV sitcom Kate & Koji also got over 5 million viewers last year.
British Comedy Guide, 1st January 2021Mrs. Brown's Boys suffers in cross-channel ratings drop
Mrs. Brown's Boys has suffered its lowest-ever Christmas Day ratings this year, but amidst a much-criticised poor festive TV schedule, remains the second most-watched comedy special of the season to date.
British Comedy Guide, 27th December 2020