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Rev.

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Available for 8 months

Meet the Rev Adam Smallbone. He is a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour's in East London. It is a world he has little experience of. And it shows.

It is an incredibly difficult job being a good, modern, city vicar. And, equally, it is a very hard job being married to one. Alex - Adam's long-suffering wife - does her best to support him, but she's got her own career as a solicitor to worry about. And she is no one's idea of a conventional vicar's wife.

Every day throws up a moral conflict. All are welcome at St Saviour's and Adam can't turn any of them away - even if they're clearly lying or just very annoying.

In this first episode, Reverend Adam is feeling the pressure of trying to fill a rundown London church - that is, until his congregation quadruples overnight. But the sudden influx of worshippers isn't down to word getting out about his wonderful sermons; there's a rumour going round that the local church school is about to get a great Ofsted report. Faced with a bunch of hypocritical parents desperately vying for his attention in the hope he'll recommend their child, Adam is tempted to trade a school place for the expensive restoration of a broken stained-glass window. Show less

Contributors

The Rev Adam Smallbone:
Tom Hollander
Alex Smallbone:
Olivia Colman
Colin Lambert:
Steve Evets
Nigel McCall:
Miles Jupp
Ellie Pattman:
Lucy Liemann
Archdeacon Robert:
Simon McBurney
Adoha Onyeka:
Ellen Thomas
Gemma Harper:
Lu Corfield
Steve Warwick:
Ben Willbond
Scaffolder:
Ricky Champ
Producer:
Kenton Allen
Producer:
Hannah Pescod
Writer:
James Wood

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