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Handle with prayer. The tangled life of a sometimes less than virtuous vicar.

Handle with prayer. The tangled life of a sometimes less than virtuous vicar. Award-winning comedy with Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman.

Series 1

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Rev.: Series 1

Tom Hollander

Olivia Colman

Steve Evets

Miles Jupp

Simon McBurney

Ellen Thomas

Darren Boyd

Jimmy Akingbola

Doc Brown

Sophie Colquhoun

Katie Males

Peter Cattaneo

Kenton Allen

Hannah Pescod

James Wood

Rev.: Series 1: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC Two - Rev., Series 1, Episode 2

Adam engages in a battle for his inner-city church with a charming evangelical priest.

Comedy about a vicar running an inner-city church. Adam has a battle for his church with a charming evangelical priest, but his wife is more concerned about matters in the bedroom.

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. 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 has her own career as a solicitor to worry about. Plus 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 are clearly lying or just plain annoying.

When the archdeacon tells Adam his collection plates are too light, salvation appears in the form of fellow priest Darren Betts. Darren needs a temporary venue for services while his church is renovated, so Adam welcomes Darren and his huge congregation of young and fashionable evangelists with open arms. The union soon becomes a battle for hearts and minds as Darren refuses to leave Adam's church. There is tension at home too: Alex feels neglected and announces they need to rekindle their love life.

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The Reverend Adam Smallbone tries to adjust to life as a modern city vicar

Sitcom about a vicar running a modern inner-city church, with a reluctant wife and a depleted, motley congregation

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