The Vicar Of Dibley: Series 1 (1994)

The Vicar of Dibley begins after the older Vicar Pottle dies, the people of Dibley need to find a suitable replacement for him. Most would assume they'd find a young interesting man, or something of that sort, but instead they get Geraldine Granger (Dawn French). She's not exactly the kind of person you'd expect for that sort of position, with her jokes and honest, yet sweet attitude. She quickly became popular with the people in Dibley, because of her enthusiasm and caring personality. Each episode uses the clashing of personalities, to bring great comedy. A lot of plots revolve around Geraldine and Alice Tinker (Emma Chambers) who is the Verger, and a good friend to Geraldine despite her complete lack of common sense. Other important characters include David Horton (Gary Waldhorn) who is amazingly full of himself, Hugo Horton (James Fleet[/person) David's son who is later married to Alice, Jim Trott ([person]Trevor Peacock)


Seen it: Yes 0 hr 29 mins 11/10/1994 1. The Arrival
	When the Vicar of Dibley dies, David Horton sends for a replacement but is horrified when he finds out the replacement is a woman.
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 11/17/1994 2. Songs of Praise
	Both Geraldine and David find possible love interests when Songs of Praise decide to do an episode in Dibley.
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 29 mins 11/24/1994 3. Community Spirit
	When finding someone to open the Annual Village Festival Geraldine thinks she's got one over David when Alice mentions that her cousin is Reg Dwight.
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 12/1/1994 4. The Window & the Weather
	After the "Quite Great Storm" of Dibley, Geraldine discovers that a tree has smashed the church window. Everyone agrees they want the same window design - trouble is no one can remember what it looked like.
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 12/8/1994 5. Election
	Geraldine clashes with David in the Dibley district councilor elections over the issue of local bus service, and finds herself an opposing candidate
Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 12/15/1994 6. Animals
	Geraldine is struck at how upset people are when their pets die and resolves to hold a special day when everybody brings an animal to church. David is appalled and tries to get the bishop to prevent but the bishop allows it,provided Geraldine takes the blame if it fails. A gutter press journalist turns up and tries to belittle the event with a stupid banner headline but the day turns out to be a huge success with the furry and feathered congregation on their best behaviour.
0 hr 39 mins 4/8/1996 7. The Easter Bunny
	With Lent approaching Geraldine suggests that everybody give something up and contribute a pound to charity if they fail - in her case chocolate, which is difficult, though she succeeds. Mrs. Cropley, who has agreed to give up making strange food combinations dies, but on her death-bed, charges Geraldine to dress as the Easter Bunny and dole out goodies, a job Mrs. Cropley had always done. Geraldine agrees but in fact finds that everybody else has also dressed up as the Easter Bunny.
0 hr 44 mins 12/25/1996 8. The Christmas Lunch Incident
	Geraldine is so popular that everybody wants her round for Christmas dinner so she won't be alone - Jim and Frank, Alice and her family, who are even more bizarre than Alice herself and the Hortons. Geraldine is protective of Hugo when David bullies him and indulges in a sprout-eating contest. And then Owen turns up wanting company since he has spent every Christmas alone since 1971. As a consequence she has to be taken home on a bulldozer to sleep it off.

	John Bluthal	Frank Pickle
	Roger Lloyd-Pack	Owen Newitt
	James Fleet	Hugo Horton
	Dawn French	Geraldine Granger
	Trevor Peacock	Jim Trott
	Emma Chambers	Alice Tinker
	Gary Waldhorn	David Horton
	Liz Smith	Letitia Cropley
	Patricia Kane	Doris Trott
	Simon McBurney	Cecil
	Peter Capaldi	Tristan Campbell
	Edward Kelsey	Mr Harris
	Richard Cant	Choir Member
	Gareth Vaughan	Gonads
	Max Brazier	George