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The Vicar Of Dibley - The Complete First Series [1994]


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The most British of British sitcoms, The Vicar of Dibley's well-earned success has nothing to do with the whoops-mind-my-bosoms potential in casting Dawn French in the role of a female vicar foisted upon a sleepy and ultra-conservative English village. Rather this series, set in a rural, largely middle-class environment, is essentially the flip side of, say, Inspector Morse. It's resolutely un-dumbed down, with scalpel-sharp dialogue and a standard of humour that owes more to Tom Stoppard than to mainstream primetime comedy. This release includes the entire first series, in which the vicar has to deal with the inevitable bemusement caused by her arrival and her well-intentioned involvement in the affairs of the community, together with the superbly funny episode in which she realises she's accepted several invitations to Christmas lunch and can't bring herself to disappoint any of the hosts (never before has a sprout-eating contest provoked so much mirth). Above all, though, watch out for the episode which features Kylie Minogue giving the kind of hands-on performance usually associated with classic Morecambe and Wise or Ab Fab--when stars of this stature are happy to send themselves up in a television comedy, you know it's a good sign.

On the DVD: The DVD features a slightly bogus "extra" that strings together French's legendary jokes, which, thankfully, also appear in their original locations at the end of each episode.--Roger Thomas


Just Great Comedy!
Review date: 2007-12-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

What a wonderful, hilarious comedy show, "The Vicar Of Dibley" really was!
I was certainly thrilled to see that there is such a superb release of the show such as this DVD.
What you have here is the complete first series of this wonderful, laugh out loud gem of a comedy under one package at a budget price of which is worth every single penny, believe me!
Dawn French is wonderful as the trendy, chocolate and male loving vicar as are all the rest of the actors who play the weird and wonderful country folk! If you don't love at least one of the characters, something's wrong!
All your favorite early episodes are here and this is a DVD which you'll find yourself playing over again and again which I have done for months.
This is comedy at it's very finest so do yourself a favor and buy this disc today!


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"That wasn't the Great Storm...that was the great wind!"
Review date: 2004-11-30 Rating: 10 out of 10

This has all the episodes your looking for i can bet. Even the Christmas Lunch episode, everyone's favourite! Other episodes include "The Window", "The Village Fair" and the very first episode where geraldine first arrives.
You will NOT be dissapointed if you buy this video/dvd. Brilliant for popping on for an afternoon or just watching an occasional episode. And for Christmas you have the Christmas episode right at your fingertips!
Buy it, you know you want to!

And you thought Lenny Hendry was the unfunny one?
Review date: 2004-06-09 Rating: 2 out of 10

It is difficult to express just how hideous this show is. It really represents the kind of simple minded people watching the box these days. The characters are each so hateable and repugnant in their own unique way. But I'd have to say (besides our most deplorable Vicar played by none other than Dawn French herself) that Letitia Cropley gets me the opposite of chuckling with her not less than unapetizing(pardon the triple negative), yet god awful (pardon the pun) uncreative recipes and her banal approach to jobby arranging. I must promise myself never to try that peanut and anchovy sandwich filling or perhaps a rank tripe salad with marmite cake for dessert. UUUuiigghhhh!!!!!!! Some of my most enjoyable and relaxing weekends would never entail watching a few episodes of Vicar with a hot cuppa. I live in fear of the day when you can get the 2nd and 3rd series on DVD also - hopefully it will never happen - because lets face it, who wants to rewatch this tripe posing as comedy.

A Revelation
Review date: 2004-04-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

I didn’t watch the series on the TV and I only caught it on DVD by chance. I don’t particularly like Dawn French and I can find Richard Curtis’swriting style irritating at times. So, can you please explain why I nowadore the Vicar of Dibley?
Every episode is a gem and all the characters are well constructed,loveable and above all – well acted. They are so good in fact, that Inever once associated Roger Lloyd Pack’s Farmer Owen Newitt, with hisprevious incarnation as Trigger, in Only Fools and Horses.
Intended or otherwise, this series does have a message. I personally foundthe episode ‘Animals’ very moving, and hilarious.
Should you buy this DVD? No no no no no no no no no no YES. Oh yesindeed!
Amen.

"The Dibley poisoner does her rounds" Take a dose of comedy!
Review date: 2003-11-23 Rating: 10 out of 10

the first and the best of the Vicar of Dibley! A video packed to the brim with seven episodes including the arrival of the hilarious vicar Geri played by Dawn French. Turning her church into a animal shelter when she gives a service to the animals of service must make her one of the most original vicars ever to exist. Then there is the unmissable 'Christmas Lunch Incident!' Here the Vicar finds herself accepting three different christmas lunch invitations but you'll have to wait and see just how many she can get down. This is a must for every dibley fan that will have you falling off your seat for hours! Don't miss out on this treat.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Emma Chambers
Roger Lloyd-Pack
Dawn French
James Fleet
Gary Waldhorn

Creators:
Dawn French (Primary Contributor)
Gary Waldhorn (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Vision Video Ltd.
Manufacturer: Vision Video Ltd.
EAN: 3259190200692
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2001-11-26
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 220 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1994-11-10
Language: English (Original Language)

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