The Vicar of Dibley: A Holy Wholly Happy Ending

Dawn French dons her cassock and collar once more for two very special episodes of The Vicar of Dibley, one of the BBC’s most popular comedies. It boasts the brilliant comic writing of Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Bridget Jones’s Diary) and a gifted ensemble cast including Emma Chambers (Notting Hill) and Richard Armitage (BBC’s Robin Hood).

The Handsome Stranger - Geraldine is annoyed when she learns that another townie has moved into Dibley, so she goes round to see Harry Kennedy (played by Richard Armitage), who is an accountant, and instantly falls for him and the attraction is mutual. However, she soon sees him with an attractive woman called Rosie (played by Keeley Hawes), but it later turns out she is Harry's sister. He proposes to Geraldine, and she accepts. Meanwhile, Geraldine starts a book club and an art class. Also, after reading The Da Vinci Code Alice thinks that as her name rhymes with chalice she must be descended from Jesus.

The Vicar in White - Geraldine is looking forward to organising her own wedding to Harry (played by Richard Armitage), but the villagers insist on arranging it for her, thinking they are doing her a favour, and she doesn't have the heart to tell them otherwise. Hugo does a This Is Your Life for Geraldine, but this is interrupted by a powercut. The evening before the wedding, Owen, Jim and Jeremy Ogilvy (played by Hugh Bonneville), an old college friend who Geraldine has chosen to conduct her wedding, all propose to her. On her wedding day, her white dress is ruined when Owen drives the car through a puddle and the dress is covered with mud. Geraldine then goes to the church in her pyjamas, and bridesmaid Alice is dressed as the Tenth Doctor with two Daleks, and Geraldine marries Harry. After the ceremony, Geraldine literally flies up into the sky as a sign of happiness.

Cast

Geraldine Grainger	---	Dawn French
David Horton	---	Gary Waldhorn
Alice Tinker	---	Emma Chambers
Hugo Horton	---	James Fleet
Owen Nesbitt	---	Roger Lloyd Pack
Frank Pickle	---	John Bluthal
Jim Trott	---	Trevor Peacock
Harry	---	Richard Armitage
Letitia Cropley	---	Liz Smith

Production Credits

Written by Richard Curtis, Paul Mayhew-Archer
Directed by Ed Bye
Produced by Sophie Clarke-Jervoise
Executive Produced by Peter Bennett-Jones, Jon Plowman

British Comedy Awards®
1998- Top TV Comedy Actress- Emma Chambers
1997- Top Television Comedy Actress- Dawn French
International Emmy® Awards
1998-Best of Category- Popular Arts

“Gloriously daft characters and the jokes are not just comical but clever as well.” -Daily Mirror

“I have been converted... I keep laughing.” -News of the World

Howard Goodall originally wrote the theme, a setting of Psalm 23, as a serious piece of choral music.