The Playgoers are volunteers and their skills cover everything from acting, directing, stage management, sound and light production, set building and costume design through to manning the box office and bar. Dawn French hints at The Vicar of Dibley returning for new series www.hellomagazine.com, accessed 14 February 2021 A two act play with all your favourite characters from the hugely popular TV series. Relive the arrival of the new female Vicar, Geraldine Granger and meet again the many insane inhabitants of the quiet village of Dibley…

The script was written by Ian Gower and Paul Carpenter adapted from the original TV series by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer. It featured plot and scenes sourced primarily from the first two series of the show aired between 1994 and 1998. Series one consisted of 6 episodes and series two only 4 episodes. Some of the later episodes and specials were also referenced. It covered events from the arrival of the new vicar through to the wedding of Alice and Hugo.ABC Classic FM Music Details: Saturday 10 June 2000". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 April 2011. On 15 March 2013, French reprised her role as Geraldine Granger as part of her French and Saunders marathon on BBC Radio 2. She was interviewed by Chris Evans on his Pause for Thought section. The following year, on 29 March 2014, French appeared in character as Granger on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4. The final 2006–2007 episodes, in which the Geraldine finds love and marries, were publicised as the "last-ever" episodes, [4] although there have been several reappearances of certain characters since. In earlier episodes, the opening credits were followed by a humorous village scene, such as a woman knitting directly from a sheep. [3]

Geraldine is the bouncy, bubbly, curvy female Vicar of Dibley. She has a keen sense of moral correctness and will stand up for injustice; she also has a deep love of the people of Dibley despite their many flaws! She has an even greater love of chocolate and ice-cream... especially when upset or angered. a b The saint's name is spelled " Barnabas", but the church is sometimes spelled "Barnabus" on the show. The Vicar of Dibley urges viewers to 'praise the lord and the NHS' as Dawn French reprises iconic role". The Independent. 23 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022 . Retrieved 24 April 2020. In Kathy Burke’s podcast, Where There’s a Will, There’s a Wake, Dawn said she wanted to be laid to rest with ‘the full vestments’ inside a gold casket with a Perspex lid so mourners could see her. She would like her close friend Jennifer Saunders would read her eulogy (Image: Getty Images Europe)

Character guide

His strong memory of the uneventful, such as when the pub completely sold out of crisps but still had pork scratchings aplenty, or when the milkman was very slightly late, keeps his own interest but makes everyone else despair.