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… A Pride of Britain Award winner, her best-selling memoir, Glittering a Turd, was published in 2021. The theme music was a setting of Psalm 23 composed by Howard Goodall, and was performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with George Humphreys [8] singing the solo. The conductor was Stephen Darlington. Two versions are used over the opening credits: one with full choir, and one with a solo. Goodall originally wrote it as a serious piece of church choral music. It has been released as a charity single, with proceeds going to Comic Relief. [9] It also appears on Goodall's CD Choral Works, which additionally includes his theme for Mr. Bean, another popular comedy co-created by Richard Curtis. A snippet of The Vicar of Dibley's theme music was used in the Mr. Bean episode " Tee Off, Mr. Bean" and the music from Mr Bean plays during Sean Bean's cameo in The Vicar of Dibley episode "Spring". In February 2016, it was reported that Dawn French was interested in returning to the role in a new series, The Bishop of Dibley, to follow on from the 2015 Red Nose Day Special. [18] In December 2020, French opened up about the prospect of The Vicar of Dibley returning for a new series in 2021. [19] Comedy Classic: Vicar of Dibley [ edit ]

Based on the much-loved 1990s TV sitcom by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, the stage version is by Ian Gower and Paul Carpenter (presented by kind permission of Tiger Aspect Productions). Director Tony Parker comments: ‘This hilarious comedy faithfully reproduces religious life in the village of Dibley with its menagerie of unforgettably dippy characters, including “cactus-brained” Alice and Hugo, sex-obsessed farmer Owen Newitt, the “no, no, no, no” man Jim Trott, and the world’s worst cook Letitia Cropley, all under the exasperated eyes of Reverend Geraldine Grainger and Parish Council chairman David Horton.’ Entertainment | Emmy success for Vicar of Dibley". BBC News. 24 November 1998 . Retrieved 27 April 2011.Sarah, Duchess of York, Richard Ayoade, Orla Brady, Fiona Bruce, Annette Crosbie, Johnny Depp, Ruth Jones, Hilary Kay, Damian Lewis, Maureen Lipman, Jennifer Saunders, Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, Stephen Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan, and Emma Watson have made guest appearances in short charity specials.

Dawn French hints at The Vicar of Dibley returning for new series www.hellomagazine.com, accessed 14 February 2021 In his second and last appearance, Tristan paid a surprise visit to Geraldine on Christmas Day, asking her to marry him. She assumed he was proposing, and joyfully accepted. However, this turned out to be a misunderstanding, as he then introduced her to Aoife ( Orla Brady), his fiancee, and Geraldine was devastated to discover he was asking her to perform his and Aoife's wedding ceremony, not be his bride. Then before her burial, her coffin would be raised upright at the entrance of Cornwall, to greet new arrivals travelling to the seaside town. Archived copy of 'This years events' ". Archived from the original on 10 March 2009 . Retrieved 10 December 2008. 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.Alice is a fan of the Wombles and of the Teletubbies. In episode 12, broadcast on 22 January 1998, when Alice married Hugo Horton, her bridesmaids were dressed as Laa-Laa and Po, and her bridal headband lit up. A rabid fan of Doctor Who, she also unsuccessfully tried to incorporate themes from the sci-fi show into her wedding, including having a wedding gown "with lots of hearts on it...and a different Doctor Who in each one." However, she ended up with a gown decorated with a massive heart with hers and Hugo's names inside. She succeeds in having a Doctor Who wedding during Geraldine's own wedding. When Gerry's friends take over wedding preparations, Alice uses her position as maid of honour to dress herself as the Tenth Doctor and the other bridesmaids as Daleks. Alice Springs Horton (née Tinker) is the verger at the church. Blonde and scatter-brained (Geraldine describes her as having "the intellectual capacity and charisma of a cactus"), Alice is the only main character who does not sit on the parish council, although she did sit in for the Vicar on one occasion (in the TV special " Autumn"). The product of a one-night stand, she often states that her father is dead, or claims not to know who her father really was. In one episode she tells Geraldine her biological father was David Horton; after some confusion, she clarifies that she meant a cousin of councillor David Horton's father (present-day David Horton's first cousin once removed and predecessor on the parish council, who was known as a local philanderer), also called David Horton. Alice also has a sister, Mary, who is older than Alice but is even more dim-witted. Alice's mother is often described as " mad" by Geraldine, and in the last two episodes is said to be in a psychiatric home. 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.

The Vicar of Dibley was created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, It aired from 1994 to 2007. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. Pam Rhodes, Kylie Minogue, Rachel Hunter, Terry Wogan, Jeremy Paxman, Martyn Lewis, Darcey Bussell and Sean Bean each appeared as themselves in one episode.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.