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The Vicar of Dibley ''The Vicar of Dibley'' is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 1 January 2007. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes ...

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starring Dawn French which premiered on

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on 10 November 1994. From 1994 to 1998, two series and two specials were produced and broadcast. A shorter third series was broadcast between Christmas 1999 and early 2000, also known as seasonal specials. Another four specials were aired between 2004 and 2007. Although the series ended on 1 January 2007, numerous charity specials have been broadcast over the years; and in December 2020, a series of shorter "lockdown episodes" were broadcast. In total, twenty episodes have been broadcast, along with seven charity specials and four "lockdown episodes".

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1994)

1996 Specials

Series 2 (1997–1998)

Series 3 - The Seasonal Specials (1999–2000)

The BBC lists the following four episodes as forming Series 3 on its website, whilst the DVD box set lists them simply as "The Seasonal Specials".

A Very Dibley Christmas (2004–05)

A Wholly Holy Happy Ending (2006–07)

Other media

Comic Relief specials

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''The Vicar of Dibley'' in Lockdown (2020)

In December 2020, a series of shorter "lockdown" episodes of ''The Vicar of Dibley'' were broadcast. These were mainly monologues by Geraldine, in the form of

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video messages to her congregation, with occasional appearances by Hugo. In a change to pre-2020 episodes, the characters broke the

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speaking directly to the viewer as if they were Dibley residents. These lockdown minis were made, set and shown during the pandemic when churches were closed for many months and congregations across the UK met virtually via methods such as

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Notes

References

External links

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