British Comedy - Vicar Of Dibley

When the village of Dibley's vicar died in the middle of the service, the locals did not know what awaits them. They get a woman vicar with a bob cut and magnificent bosom. The modern music loving vicar with a passion for chocolate is not the only eccentric character in the village. The parish council is full of them.

There's local Tory councillor David Horton CBE, gentleman farmer and self-acknowledged pillar of the community. As chairman of the parish council, he is generally the first person to oppose anything that even remotely sounds like fun.

His dim but well-meaning son Hugo is his father's opposite in every way. He eventually manages to woo Alice, the equally spaciously-brained verger and Geraldine's best friend.Though her lack of intelligance can sometimes make her more of a hindrance than a help, Alice's relationship with Geraldine is genuinely affectionate. she named her first child after the vicar. Actually, she named her first child after the vicar, her favourite Tellytubby and her favourite TV chef: Geraldine Laa Laa Ainsley Harriott Horton.

Other members of the parish council who keep the vicar busy include foul-mouthed farmer Owen Newitt, who takes a rather unhealthy interest in the bowel movements of his cows. There's also pedantic parish council secretary Frank Pickle; when Mr Horton called him a "pedantic old fart" for keeping the minutes so fastidiously, Frank's response was "Should I actually write 'fart', or 'f**t'?". There's stammering Jim Trott, who prefaces every sentence with "No-no-no-no-no-no", generally leading to confusion about whether he's supporting or against something. The much-missed Letitia Cropley, "the queen of Cordon Bleurgh", was a feature of the first series, famous for her idiosyncratic recipes such as parsnip brownies and lard and fishpaste pancakes.