"Geraldine Granger Geraldine Kennedy (nee Granger) is a fictional female vicar, the central character to the successful British BBC sitcom ""The Vicar of Dibley"". She is portrayed by Dawn French (who is 8 years older than Granger), described by the British Comedy Guide as ""the jolly, down-to-earth female vicar of Dibley, a small country village inhabited by oddballs. After overcoming the town's initial shock at her gender Geraldine helps to improve the village."" Much of the source of comedy comes from the way French plays the female vicar with her extroverted and fun-loving nature, frequent colourful language, and behaviour as"
"Trevor Peacock Trevor Peacock (born 19 May 1931) is an English stage and television character actor and former screenwriter and songwriter. He is best known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC comedy series ""The Vicar of Dibley"", alongside Dawn French. He was born in Tottenham, North London, the son of Alexandria and Victor Peacock. His many television roles include Jim Trott in ""The Vicar of Dibley"", Rouault in ""Madame Bovary"" (opposite Keith Barron), Quilp in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"" and Old Bailey in ""Neverwhere"". He appeared in diverse programmes such as ""EastEnders"" (playing Sid, a war veteran Alfie Moon"
"District, French played a tourist information officer who falls in love with an alien. She also appeared in the BBC sitcom ""Wild West"", with Catherine Tate, in which she played a woman living in Cornwall who is a lesbian, more through lack of choice than any specific natural urge. This series did not meet with as much success as her earlier roles and it ended in 2004 after two years. French's biggest solo television role to date has been as the title figure in the long running and popular BBC comedy ""The Vicar of Dibley"", which Richard Curtis created for"
"The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 22 January 1998 (with three sets of specials in the Winters of 1999/2000, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007). It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programme in the digital era, with the various Christmas and New Year specials in 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 and"
"only been released on a Comic Relief DVD called ""Now That's What I Call Comedy"", having become difficult to find. In the United States and Canada (Region 1), all episodes have been released on DVD. The seasonal specials are often referred to as ""Series 3"". This is not a series, and was not released as such on VHS or DVD in the UK. In the United States, the four specials were released as ""Series 3"". In February 2016 it was reported that Dawn French was interested in returning to the role as ""The Bishop Of Dibley"", to follow on from"
"Richard Ayoade, Orla Brady, Fiona Bruce, Annette Crosbie, Johnny Depp, Ruth Jones, Damian Lewis, Maureen Lipman, Jennifer Saunders, Sting, Stephen Tompkinson and Emma Watson have made guest appearances in shorts made for Comic Relief. The series was created by Richard Curtis and written for actress Dawn French by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted Joy Carroll, one of the first Anglican female priests, and garnered many character traits and much information. ""The Vicar of Dibley"" has had 20 episodes, spanning two"
"for its 2007–2008 schedule. The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 22 January 1998 (with three sets of specials in the Winters of 1999/2000, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007). It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programme in the digital era, with the various Christmas and New Year specials in 1999,"
"it as a serious piece of church choral music. It has been released as a charity single with proceeds to Comic Relief. It also appears on Goodall's CD ""Choral Works"", which also includes his theme for another popular comedy, ""Mr. Bean"" - and coincidentally a snippet of The Vicar of Dibley's theme music was used in ""Mr. Bean"" episode Tee Off, Mr. Bean. ""The Vicar of Dibley"" was released in DVD in Region 2 (UK) from 2001. In 2002, a DVD entitled ""The Best of The Vicar of Dibley"" was released featuring a 90-minute film of Dawn French talking to"
"2007 all entering the UK top 10 programmes of the year. ""The Vicar of Dibley"" received multiple British Comedy Awards (including a Best TV Comedy Actress Award for Emma Chambers), 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 Sitcom"". The series also includes six charity special shorts, for Comic Relief, the most recent in 2015. Pam Rhodes, Kylie Minogue, Rachel Hunter, Terry Wogan, Jeremy Paxman, Martyn Lewis, Darcey Bussell and Sean Bean have each appeared as themselves in one episode. Sarah, Duchess of York,"
"by Edward Sinclair. The sitcom ""The Vicar of Dibley"", whose title character is among the Church of England's first female vicars, also featured a female verger, the dim-witted but well-intentioned Alice Tinker (Emma Chambers). During the service itself, a verger's main duty is ceremonially to precede the religious participants as they move about the church; he or she does not typically take any speaking part in the service itself. It could be argued that a verger's main pride during a service lies in his or her inconspicuousness; vergers often play a very prominent role ""behind the scenes"" — helping to"
"14-year-old sister named Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), who is the mystical embodiment of a ""key"" which opens a portal to a hell dimension. Prior to Dawn's arrival, Joyce has been experiencing loneliness as Buffy's increasing responsibilities takes over, at one point remarks that her house gets very quiet without Buffy present. She inadvertently invites the Romanian vampire mystic Count Dracula as the result. Although Dawn is unaware of what she is, Buffy learns her true identity after becoming suspicious that Dawn is attempting to harm Joyce. After experiencing debilitating headaches, collapsing, then requiring hospitalization, Joyce learns that she has a brain"
"Jessica Brown Findlay Jessica Rose Brown Findlay (born 14 September 1989) is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series"" Downton Abbey"", and for her role as Emelia Conan Doyle in the 2011 British comedy-drama feature film ""Albatross"". In 2014, she appeared as Beverly Penn in the film adaptation of the Mark Helprin novel ""Winter's Tale"". In 2015, she co-starred in Paul McGuigan's ""Victor Frankenstein"" as Lorelei, the Esmerelda-like acrobat. In 2016, she joined the cast of the new biopic feature film, ""England is Mine"", about the early"
"Pam Beesly Pamela Morgan Halpert (née Beesly) is a fictional character on the U.S. television sitcom ""The Office"", played by Jenna Fischer. Her counterpart in the original UK series of ""The Office"" is Dawn Tinsley. Her character is initially the receptionist at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin, before becoming a saleswoman and eventually office administrator until she left in the series finale. Her character is shy, growing assertive but amiable, and artistically inclined, and shares romantic interest with Jim Halpert, whom she begins dating in the fourth season and marries and starts a family with as the series continues."
"Rose Leslie Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a British actress. After winning a Scottish BAFTA for Best Acting Performance for her role in ""New Town"", she rose to fame as Gwen Dawson in the ITV drama series ""Downton Abbey"" and as Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series ""Game of Thrones"". She stars as Maia Rindell in the CBS All Access legal and political drama ""The Good Fight"". Leslie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. and raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire, her family's 15th century ancestral seat, where she lived until the age of 10. Her father, Sebastian"
"London. The wedding was attended by fellow ""The Office"" stars and writers. Davis was entitled to marry there as her father is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and St Paul's contains the chapel of the order. The couple separated in January 2011 and divorced in October 2011. She participated in PETA's campaign against the Guards Division's continued use of traditional bearskin caps. Lucy Davis Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973) is an English actress. She played the role of Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy ""The Office"", as well as Dianne in the horror-comedy"
"on a daily basis do not faze her. In many ways, she is the total opposite of The Middleman, which makes her even more perfect for the job. She is an artist by passion and a temp-worker by necessity. On one of her temp-jobs, something went horribly wrong and she accidentally met The Middleman. He recruited her under the guise of the Jolly Fats Wehawkin Temp Agency. Wendy's roommate calls her ""Dub-Dub"", for her initials ""WW"", and reminiscent of the name of Doctor Dolittle's housekeeper, a duck named Dab-Dab. The Middleman picked up on this nickname, and frequently calls her"
"as a director include the metaseries ""Harry and Cosh"", ""Morris 2274"", ""Billie: Girl from the Future"" and ""Cavegirl"". His latest sitcom, Marley's Ghosts, revolves around a woman called Marley Wise who finds she can communicate with the dead. The series first aired on Gold in September 2015. He is the son of actor Trevor Peacock (who plays 'Jim Trott' in ""The Vicar of Dibley"") and brother of actor Harry Peacock (a regular ""Star Stories"" satirist). Daniel Peacock Daniel Peacock (born 2 October 1958 in London) is an English actor, writer and director. He has worked with the team of ""The"
"first introduced as Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) younger sister at the end of ""Buffy"" season five premiere ""Buffy vs. Dracula"", though Buffy had been previously established as an only child. Initially, the mystery of Dawn's sudden existence is not acknowledged in the series, with the other characters accepting her as a part of the status quo. Four episodes later Buffy discovers Dawn is in fact a mystical object known as The Key; a group of monks transformed The Key into human form and sent it to the Slayer for protection from the villainous Glory (Clare Kramer). The memories of Buffy"
"Dawn Tinsley Dawn Tinsley is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom ""The Office"", played by Lucy Davis. She is a receptionist for paper merchants Wernham Hogg and was originally engaged to warehouse worker Lee. Her American ""The Office"" equivalent is Pam Beesly. She is also the inspiration for Laetitia Kadiri in the French version of the show, ""Le Bureau"", and Anne Viens in the Québécois version, ""La Job"". Despite her engagement, it is apparent that she is attracted to senior sales representative Tim Canterbury, and he to her. She resigns towards the end of the second series to move"
"feature films. She retired from acting in 1954, and spent the remainder of her life working as a casting executive. Dawn died at age 97 in New York City. Dawn was born Henrietta Hazel Tout in Ogden, Utah in 1890. She went to Wales with her family at the age of eight when her father served as a Mormon missionary there. Dawn studied violin and voice in London, England; Paris, France, and Munich, Germany. She was especially impressed by the attentiveness of teachers she studied under in Paris. Her sister, Nancy Tout, was an opera singer who sang with the"
"the 2015 Red Nose Day Special. The idea for a US version of the show came about when two co-stars of the American sitcom ""Frasier"", Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin, set up their production company Bristol Cities with an American version of ""The Vicar of Dibley"" as their first project. On 6 February 2007, Fox announced plans to adapt ""The Vicar of Dibley"" into an American sitcom, titled ""The Minister of Divine"". The series starred Kirstie Alley as a former ""Wild Child"" who returned to her hometown as its first female minister. The series was not picked up by Fox"
"from natural causes. The proximate cause of death was a heart attack. She was 53 years old. On 26 February 2018, BBC One aired ""The Vicar of Dibley"" January 1998 episode ""Love and Marriage"" in Chambers' memory. In similar vein, on 11 March 2018 (what would have been Chambers' 54th birthday), the Gold channel hosted a ""The Vicar of Dibley"" day in her memory. Emma Chambers Emma Gwynedd Mary Chambers (11 March 1964 – 21 February 2018) was an English actress. She was known for playing the role of Alice Tinker in the BBC comedy ""The Vicar of Dibley"" and"
"appeal."" It was revealed that Dawn was to be played by actress Kara Tointon. Of her new role, Tointon said, """"EastEnders"" is my dream job and I feel blessed with this opportunity. Dawn is sexy, independent and has this amazing wardrobe — I can't wait to start filming."" The character was introduced in September 2005, in a special week of off-set episodes, filmed on location in France. In the storyline, Mickey travelled to France to meet Dawn and discovered that she is living with their estranged father Mike — a conman who ultimately lets his family down and flees, resulting"
"final dance together. She came out of retirement in December 2015 to make a one-off guest appearance in the soap ""Emmerdale"" as the character Mrs Winterbottom. Dawn won the Special Achievement Award at the 2008 British Soap Awards for her decades-long portrayal of her iconic character. Dawn was appointed an MBE in the 2000 Queens Birthday Honours, for services to the Manchester Children’s Hospital, the Genesis Appeal and the Liz Dawn Breast Cancer Appeal, St. James’s Hospital, Leeds. At the age of 18, Dawn married Walter Bradley in Leeds in 1957 and the couple had a son, Graham, but the"
"when Willow (Alyson Hannigan) casts a spell to bring her back to life. However, with Buffy spiralling into a deep depression, Dawn feels highly neglected and is often seen alone and seeking attention from her sister as well as other members of the group. She later experiences her first kiss with a vampire named Justin, whom she is reluctantly forced to stake (her first vampire kill) when he tries to turn her. Dawn's isolation from the other characters reaches its apex when she inadvertently makes a wish to the vengeance demon Halfrek (Kali Rocha) which results in trapping everyone who"
"buy alcohol. Darren shares the money with his twin sister Demi, but it is found by their older half sister Dawn's (Kara Tointon) father, Mike Swann (Mark Wingett). Mike steals the money, leaving the Millers with nothing. Darren finds employment at Kevin Wicks's (Phil Daniels) car lot, and decides to stay in Walford when his parents split up in 2006, and his mother and sister move to the Cotswolds. He becomes friendly with Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) and they perform numerous pranks on their families together; an attraction develops, and they begin a relationship. Darren gets involved in a car"
"ruled by Charles's brother-in-law, René. The French lords and soldiers loyal to Charles were becoming increasingly desperate. Then in the little village of Domrémy, on the border of Lorraine and Champagne, a teenage girl named Joan of Arc (), demanded that the garrison commander at Vaucouleurs, Robert de Baudricourt, collect the soldiers and resources necessary to bring her to the Dauphin at Chinon, stating that visions of angels and saints had given her a divine mission. Granted an escort of five veteran soldiers and a letter of referral to Charles by Lord Baudricourt, Joan rode to see Charles at Chinon."
"Shirley Cheriton Shirley Cheriton (born 28 June 1955) is a British actress and performer, best known for her roles as Debbie Wilkins in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" and her portrayal of Miss Prescott in the ""Are You Being Served?"" follow up, ""Grace & Favour"". Cheriton was born in London. Her ""EastEnders"" role ran from her arrival in the Square in March 1985 until her departure with Detective Terry Rich (Gary Whelan) in May 1987. Her character was Walford's original middle-class yuppie, as well as for her stormy relationship with the Scottish nurse, Andy O'Brien (Ross Davidson). Cheriton left her"
"France as Charles VI outlived him by seven weeks. Henry's heir to the two thrones was his nine-month-old son Henry VI and Henry's brothers would act as Regents. John, Duke of Bedford became Regent of France and continued the war and maintained the peace with the Burgundians. The Dauphin, desperate for a victory discovered the 17-year-old peasant girl, Joan of Arc, sent by God to rid France of the English and using her to head and inspire an army defeat the English at Orleans. Inspired by the God sent Joan the French made inroads into English territory and the Dauphin"
"and sensitive nature behind a seemingly foppish exterior and reputation, and is very socially active. Brougham is eventually revealed to be an espionage agent employed by the Home Secretary; he is in many ways reminiscent of Percy Blakeney in ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"". He is close to Darcy and very fond of Georgiana. Dy holds the title ""Earl of Westmarch"", but refuses to use it out of shame for his father's misdeeds, which were covered up in exchange for Dy becoming a spy. Charles Bingley is another good friend of Darcy's, who appears in ""Pride and Prejudice"". A good-natured and wealthy"
"Diana McLean Diana McLean (born 1941) is an Australian stage and television actress. She is best known for her role as [[Sister Vivienne Jeffries]] in the television soap opera ""[[The Young Doctors]]"" from 1978 until 1982. After leaving that role, she appeared in the film, ""[[Early Frost]]"" (1982). Other credits include: schizophrenic Dorothy Dunlop in ""[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]"", two separate guest appearances in ""[[Water Rats (TV series)|Water Rats]]"" and ""[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]"". She also completed a stint in ""[[Neighbours]]"" in 1999 as Bess O'Brien. McLean also featured in an ABC mini series ""Winner Take All"" in"
"down she cares very much for her. Sarah marries the crooked businessman Sam Parry (Christopher Bowen) during Series 2: the marriage does not last long, but it does result in Sarah having a child. The baby girl is the apple of Diana's eye and is named 'Diana' after her great-aunt. Sarah calls Diana ""Aunty"". Diana hates the term and constantly says, ""Don't call me 'Aunty'."" The Reverend Dennis Sparrow (Tim Preece) - the world-weary and inept local vicar, who becomes a semi-regular character from Series 3 onwards, and can generally be relied on to make a hopeless mess of any"
"cult leader. Dourif is single and lives in Los Angeles http://collider.com/fiona-dourif-interview-the-purge/ Fiona Dourif Fiona Dourif (born October 30, 1981) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Bart Curlish in BBC America's ""Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"" and as the young Diane Jones in Dustin Lance Black's ""When We Rise"". She has appeared in Showtime's ""Shameless"" and in a recurring role on NBC's ""The Blacklist"". She played Nica Pierce in the 2013 horror film ""Curse of Chucky"" and its 2017 follow-up ""Cult of Chucky"", which are part of the ""Child's Play"" franchise. In 2018, she"