The Vicar of Dibley

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British sitcom starring Dawn French as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley

The oddball residents of Dibley welcome a new vicar to their village. To their surprise, she's a woman...

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Dawn French

Gary Waldhorn

James Fleet

Emma Chambers

Liz Smith

John Bluthal

Trevor Peacock

Roger Lloyd Pack

Preston Lockwood

Dewi Humphreys

Richard Curtis

Jon Plowman

The Vicar of Dibley: Series 1: Episode 1: The Arrival

The Arrival

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Arrival

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Reverend Granger arrives in Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.

Sitcom about a female vicar. When the 102-year-old vicar of Dibley village dies suddenly, the locals are shocked to discover that his replacement is a woman.

When Reverend Pottle, the 102-year-old vicar of St Barnabas' Dibley, dies suddenly, the villagers eagerly await his replacement. To their shock, it turns out to be a woman. However, all the villagers grow to love their new vicar - except David Horton.

The Vicar of Dibley: Series 1

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Sitcom starring Dawn French as the vicar of the rural parish of Dibley.

Sitcom starring Dawn French as the vicar of the rural parish of Dibley. Co-written and created by Richard Curtis

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