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Season 1

  • S01E01 Arrival

    • November 10, 1994
    • BBC One

    The village of Dibley acquires a new vicar, but Reverend Geraldine is a bit of a surprise, and a not entirely welcome one to some people.

  • S01E02 Songs of Praise

    • November 17, 1994
    • BBC One

    A BBC TV program decides to film a segment in Dibley, leading to all sorts of romantic misunderstandings.

  • S01E03 Community Spirit

    • November 24, 1994
    • BBC One

    Geraldine takes over the Autumn Fair and promises a famous celebrity to open it—but finds it a bit difficult to deliver.

  • S01E04 The Window and the Weather

    • December 1, 1994
    • BBC One

    One of the church's stained glass windows is broken during a storm, which sends the Reverend on a fund-raising mission among the well-to-do, especially David's friends.

  • S01E05 Election

    • December 8, 1994
    • BBC One

    Geraldine clashes with David in the Dibley district councilor elections over the issue of local bus service, and finds herself an opposing candidate.

  • S01E06 Animals

    • December 15, 1994
    • BBC One

    A funeral for a pet bird inspires Geraldine to hold a special church service for all the animals of the village, despite opposition from David.

  • SPECIAL 0x1 The Easter Bunny

    • April 8, 1996

    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 a real challenge for her. Also, she visits the ailing Mrs. Cropley, who has a strange request.

Season 2

  • SPECIAL 0x2 The Christmas Lunch Incident

    • December 25, 1996
    • BBC One

    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. As a consequence she has to be taken home on a bulldozer to sleep it off. Owen also turns up, wanting company since he has spent every Christmas alone since 1971.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Ballykissdibley - Comic Relief

    • March 14, 1997
    • BBC One

    Geraldine finds herself really enjoying a clergy exchange program when a handsome young priest from Ireland comes to visit her in Dibley.

  • S02E01 Engagement

    • December 25, 1997
    • BBC One

    Geraldine is determined to get Alice and Hugo together, and succeeds beyond her wildest dreams.

  • S02E02 Dibley Live

    • January 8, 1998
    • BBC One

    'Radio Dibley' goes live for one week, with Geraldine holding a 'Brain of Dibley' competition, and Owen commenting on horse gelding. Alice tries to impress her future father-in-law.

  • S02E03 Celebrity Vicar

    • January 15, 1998
    • BBC One

    Geraldine becomes a celebrity after appearing on 'Pause for Thought'. The villagers prepare for the 'Dibley Gala',

  • S02E04 Love and Marriage

    • January 22, 1998
    • BBC One

    Geraldine and the village all prepare for the wedding of Hugo and Alice, which brings a revelation from Alice and a visit from David's brother.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Autumn

    • December 24, 1999
    • BBC One

    The vicar desperately tries to spend an evening alone with Simon. Alice returns from her honeymoon and may be pregnant.

  • S03E02 Winter

    • December 25, 1999
    • BBC One

    Dibley prepares for the annual nativity play.

  • S03E03 Spring

    • December 27, 1999
    • BBC One

    It's Spring and it's almost time for Hugo and Alice's baby's Christening. David Horton decides to get a different bishop to do the Christening as Geraldine will be one of the godparents. After a shocking turn of events, he finds himself in love with Geraldine and proposes to her! Will she go through with the wedding or not?

  • S03E04 Summer

    • January 1, 2000
    • BBC One

    The water board offer to solve Dibley's drought by relocating the town.

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Christmas Specials 2004: Merry Christmas

    • December 25, 2004

    While Geraldine is celebrating her 10th year in Dibley she is accused of being Gay as Alice spreads gossip when she found Rachel Hunter dressing in the Vicar's house and Geraldine letting out certain 'hints',

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Christmas Specials 2004: Happy New Year

    • January 1, 2005

    When it's Geraldine's 40th birthday she doesn’t want anyone to make fuss but they instead decide to cheer her up they send her to a dating agency, but when she sees all the council have decided to go as well, she gets nowhere. Meanwhile it's the 20th anniversary of Band Aid, and the vicar wants to do something special, but finds out that no one cares. So at the end she showed them all a video from the poverty website, which then makes them all care.

  • SPECIAL 0x11 Christmas Specials 2006: The Handsome Stranger

    • December 25, 2006

    After Geraldine learns that she has officiated at 100 weddings, the community becomes angry as Londoners start moving into their village. After Alice reads 'The Da Vinci Code' she becomes convinced she's related to God. When Geraldine hires a young nude model for the villagers to paint, they unfortunately get no painting done.

  • SPECIAL 0x12 Christmas Specials 2006: The Vicar in White

    • January 1, 2007

    Geraldine marries Harry with the village in tow as wedding planners. Owen tries one last time to get the Vicar to be with him. The theme of the wedding is the surprisingly non-traditional, 'Doctor Who'.

  • SPECIAL 0x18 In Lockdown: Episode 1

    • December 7, 2020

    The nation's favourite vicar returns to offer her thoughts about lockdown and social distancing, and tries to persuade her parisioners to use their time indoors to catch up on their Bible reading.

  • SPECIAL 0x19 In Lockdown: Episode 2

    • December 14, 2020

    The vicar learns that it is better to write her sermons sober, experiences the joy of going outside again and remembers her wonderful verger Alice.

  • SPECIAL 0x20 In Lockdown: Episode 3

    • December 21, 2020

    The winner of the Dibley mask competition is announced, Hugo sets a new record, and Christmas comes close.

  • SPECIAL 0x22 Comic Relief - The Big Night In

    • April 23, 2020

    Following the lockdown caused by COVID-19, Geraldine gives a short service to her parishioners from her home. She describes her efforts to tidy up the mountain of Easter eggs, and issues corrections to the Parish Newsletter. The latest Parish Council meeting was also relayed, though attempts to use Zoom backfire as no one else has a computer, so Geraldine is left to make all the decisions herself. The short ends as Geraldine promises that the situation will be resolved.

  • SPECIAL 0x25 Comedy Classic: The Vicar Of Dibley

    • December 24, 2022

    Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x4 The Epilogues

    • February 21, 1999
    • BBC One

    A compilation of the show's comedic dialogs between Geraldine and Alice found at the end of many of the episodes. (DVD Disc 5)

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Celebrity Party - Comic Relief

    • March 12, 1999
    • BBC One

    A film crew decide to make a film—starring Johnny Depp—in Dibley. David is, of course, opposed to the idea, but everyone else votes against him. Geraldine invites Johnny Depp and his friends to the vicarage for drinks,

  • SPECIAL 0x6 The Real Vicars of Dibley

    • March 1, 2002
    • BBC One

    Inspired by the BBC comedy, this look at real-life irreverent reverends includes interviews with the stars of the sitcom, including its writer Richard Curtis , and offers a potted history of the priesthood as seen on TV.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Dibley Defrocked

    • January 1, 2004
    • BBC One

    Behind-the-scenes clips of the process of making an episode of The Vicar of Dibley.

  • SPECIAL 0x10 Comic Relief - Antiques Roadshow

    • March 11, 2005
    • BBC One

    This 15min short was made for Comic Relief (a big British charity which raises loads of money). When the Antiques Roadshow comes into town everyone gets excited.

  • SPECIAL 0x13 Comic Relief - Celebrity Wife Swap

    • March 16, 2007
    • BBC One

    Geraldine gets Sting in a Vicar of Dibley celebrity wife swap

  • SPECIAL 0x14 The Story Of Dibley

    • December 31, 2007
    • BBC One

    Cast and crew come together for a surprising, funny journey through the story of one of television's best loved sitcoms.

  • SPECIAL 0x15 The Vicar of Dibley's 40 Greatest Moments

    • October 13, 2007
    • BBC One

  • SPECIAL 0x16 Comic Relief - Women Bishops

    • March 3, 2013
    • BBC One

    Geraldine and the parishioners head to London to vote on Women Bishops, but make the mistake of sending Jim to cast the vote. Meanwhile, Geraldine flirts with an attractive vicar (Damian Lewis) and Frank's failing hearing leads him to make some major slip ups.

  • SPECIAL 0x17 Comic Relief - The Bishop of Dibley

    • March 13, 2015
    • BBC One

    After taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge (which itself goes astray), Geraldine gets an offer to become Bishop. A confusion on her behalf, however, leaves her last in the running when other, more successful, candidates turn up for the interview process.

  • SPECIAL 0x21 In Lockdown: Compilation

    • December 23, 2020
    • BBC One

    The nation's favourite vicar muses upon lockdown, social distancing, masks and absent friends. Contains some previously unseen material.

  • SPECIAL 0x23 The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

    • March 6, 2021
    • Gold

    Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favourite Dibley moments, and for the first time, tell the definitive story of the making of the show. The pair are joined by a host of guest stars and celebrity fans including Kylie Minogue, Hugh Bonneville, and Joanna Lumley, as well as writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, producer Jon Plowman, and James Fleet (Hugo Horton).

  • SPECIAL 0x24 Comic Relief 2021

    • March 19, 2021
    • BBC One