The Vicar of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Richard Curtis Paul Mayhew-Archer
Directed by	Dewi Humphreys (series 1–2) Gareth Carrivick (series 3) Barbara Wiltshire (lockdown episodes)
Starring	Dawn French Emma Chambers Trevor Peacock Gary Waldhorn James Fleet John Bluthal Liz Smith Roger Lloyd-Pack
Opening theme	"The Lord Is My Shepherd"
Composer	Howard Goodall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20 (not including charity and lockdown specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Richard Curtis Peter Bennett-Jones Ben Caudell
Producers	Jon Plowman Sue Vertue (Series 2) Margot Gavan Duffy (Series 3)
Editors	Mark Sangster (Series 1) Graham Carr (Series 1) Chris Wadsworth (Series 2) Mark Lawrence (Series 3)
Running time	30–40 minutes (regular episodes) 40–55 minutes (specials) 4–14 minutes (charity and lockdown specials)
Production company	Tiger Aspect Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	10 November 1994 (1994-11-10) – 1 January 2000 (2000-01-01)
Release	24 December 2004 (2004-12-24) – 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
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The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom. It consists of three series, which aired on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 1 January 2000, and several specials, the most recent of which aired on 23 December 2020. It is set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1993 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. Dawn French plays the lead role of vicar Geraldine Granger.

In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programmes in the digital era, with the Christmas and New Year specials entering the UK top 10 programmes of the year.^{[1][failed verification]} The Vicar of Dibley received multiple British Comedy Awards, two International Emmys and was a multiple British Academy Television Awards nominee. In 2004, it placed third in a BBC poll of Britain's Best Sitcoms.