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The Vicar of Dibley: The Great Big Companion to Dibley
Dibley is a village in need of a new vicar and Geraldine Granger is that woman - "a babe with heaving bosoms". Meet the parishoners and fall in love with Dibley as the scripts of the television programme are published here in a "prayer-book" format.
384 pages, Paperback
First published February 11, 2000
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Richard Curtis
153 books79 followersRichard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE
Graduate of Harrow School and subsequently Christ Church, University of Oxford. Academy Award nominee and recipient of Emmy and BAFTA awards for screenwriting. He is also a director and producer. In 2007, he became a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Graduate of Harrow School and subsequently Christ Church, University of Oxford. Academy Award nominee and recipient of Emmy and BAFTA awards for screenwriting. He is also a director and producer. In 2007, he became a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
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April 7, 2014
Classic British humour of the 1990s before political correctness tragically strangled the genre.
This illustrated book is a hugely enjoyable way of revisiting and reliving (always depending of course on one’s sense of humour) a very funny, somewhat madcap, British sitcom. This smorgasbord of scripts lays out rich parodies of relationships to be savoured.
Yet, in 2015, quite what any first-timer approaching “The Vicar of Dibley” new, will make of it, I find hard to imagine. If you’re in that category, take a squint at: http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_.... It may also help to have been previously exposed to British comedy sitcoms broadcast back in the 1960s and 1970s, such as “Dad’s Army”, “The Good Life” and “Are you Being Served?”.
It’s that old chestnut of man v woman. Dawn French, playing the part of Dibley’s new, larger than life vicar, astutely controls the menfolk of her country parish, who manfully struggle, inbreeding and all, to adjust to the concept, let alone the reality, wiles and power of a female vicar. This is exquisitely set off by the second principle relationship; namely that between the female vicar and the angelically naïve, but seriously intellectually-challenged, female verger (Alice).
The ability to dwell and revel on the scripts, as opposed to watching half-hour episodes on screen enables the reader to fully savour the detail of sheer wit, tightness of scriptwriting and the humours delivered by a script affectionately delivering a warm-hearted cast of eccentrics, prats and idiots.
Contents:
Fourteen of the scripts first broadcast between 1994 and 2000): “Arrival”, “Songs of Praise”, “The Window and the Weather”, “Animals”, “The Easter Bunny”, “The Christmas Lunch Incident”, “Engagement”, “Dibley Live”, “Celebrity Vicar”, “Love and Marriage”, “Autumn”, “Winter”,“Spring”, and “Summer”; from the hit British comedy “The Vicar of Dibley” [see http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_... ], together with twenty pages of colour photographs and other content.
This illustrated book is a hugely enjoyable way of revisiting and reliving (always depending of course on one’s sense of humour) a very funny, somewhat madcap, British sitcom. This smorgasbord of scripts lays out rich parodies of relationships to be savoured.
Yet, in 2015, quite what any first-timer approaching “The Vicar of Dibley” new, will make of it, I find hard to imagine. If you’re in that category, take a squint at: http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_.... It may also help to have been previously exposed to British comedy sitcoms broadcast back in the 1960s and 1970s, such as “Dad’s Army”, “The Good Life” and “Are you Being Served?”.
It’s that old chestnut of man v woman. Dawn French, playing the part of Dibley’s new, larger than life vicar, astutely controls the menfolk of her country parish, who manfully struggle, inbreeding and all, to adjust to the concept, let alone the reality, wiles and power of a female vicar. This is exquisitely set off by the second principle relationship; namely that between the female vicar and the angelically naïve, but seriously intellectually-challenged, female verger (Alice).
The ability to dwell and revel on the scripts, as opposed to watching half-hour episodes on screen enables the reader to fully savour the detail of sheer wit, tightness of scriptwriting and the humours delivered by a script affectionately delivering a warm-hearted cast of eccentrics, prats and idiots.
Contents:
Fourteen of the scripts first broadcast between 1994 and 2000): “Arrival”, “Songs of Praise”, “The Window and the Weather”, “Animals”, “The Easter Bunny”, “The Christmas Lunch Incident”, “Engagement”, “Dibley Live”, “Celebrity Vicar”, “Love and Marriage”, “Autumn”, “Winter”,“Spring”, and “Summer”; from the hit British comedy “The Vicar of Dibley” [see http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_... ], together with twenty pages of colour photographs and other content.
October 7, 2009
Well, not quite in the same league as Father Ted but...
Probably better if you've seen the show, as the actors lent a lot to the characters. Some fun extras thrown in too.
Probably better if you've seen the show, as the actors lent a lot to the characters. Some fun extras thrown in too.
July 22, 2011
A great book of scripts from a much loved series, although doesn't contain all the later scripts.
August 16, 2012
I adore the vicar of dibley tv show so when I saw this I knew I had to pick it up. It is funny, interesting and full of things that vicar of dibley fans will love.
May 16, 2017
Very funny scriptbook and has additional content within the book.
June 15, 2017
I missed the show so I picked this up :) I love it
September 22, 2022
Based on a Wonderful British sitcom and quite an amazing read i will always rewatch the vicar of dibley because its just hilarious and wholesome gives that 90s throwback its truly a gift to those who would appreciate it
February 21, 2019
Fantastically funny companion to the TV series - structured so well that even if you haven't seen the series you can follow the storyline and laugh along.
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