Sitcom with Tom Hollander as a vicar running an inner-city church. The Rev Smallbone is elated when his dwindling congregation quadruples overnight, but it's down to a rumour.
Meet the Rev Adam Smallbone. He is a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour's in East London. It is a world he has little experience of. And it shows.
It is an incredibly difficult job being a good, modern city vicar. And equally, it is a very hard job being married to one. Alex - Adam's long-suffering wife - does her best to support him, but she's got her own career as a solicitor to worry about. And she is no-one's idea of a conventional vicar's wife.
Every day throws up a moral conflict. All are welcome at St Saviour's, and Adam can't turn any of them away - even if they're clearly lying or just very annoying.
In this first episode, Adam is feeling the pressure of trying to fill a rundown London church - that is, until his congregation quadruples overnight. But the sudden influx of worshippers isn't down to word getting out about his wonderful sermons; there's a rumour going round that the local church school is about to get a great Ofsted report. Faced with a bunch of hypocritical parents desperately vying for his attention in the hope he'll recommend their child, Adam is tempted to trade a school place for the expensive restoration of a broken stained-glass window.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| The Rev Adam Smallbone | Tom Hollander |
| Alex Smallbone | Olivia Colman |
| Colin Lambert | Steve Evets |
| Nigel McCall | Miles Jupp |
| Ellie Pattman | Lucy Liemann |
| Archdeacon Robert | Simon McBurney |
| Adoha Onyeka | Ellen Thomas |
| Patrick Yam | Alexander Armstrong |
| Gemma Harper | Lu Corfield |
| Steve Warwick | Ben Willbond |
| Scaffolder | Ricky Champ |
| Luke Yam | Matthew Fenton |
| VJ Darr | Ravin J Ganatra |
| Jean Darr | Hermione Gulliford |
| Director | Peter Cattaneo |
| Producer | Kenton Allen |
| Producer | Hannah Pescod |
| Writer | James Wood |
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