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The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley is a
British sitcom created by
Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress,
Dawn French, by Curtis and
Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from
Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
The Vicar of Dibley aired from 1994 to 2007. In 2004, it came third in
Britain's Best Sitcom.
In May 2007,
Richard Curtis received a
BAFTA 'Academy Fellowship' award for his humanitarian pursuits as well as his creative work including
The Vicar of Dibley.
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The Vicar of Dibley 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. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted Joy Carroll, one of the first female priests,
[2] and garnered many character traits and much information.
In ratings terms, the programme is amongst the most successful in the digital era, with the various
Christmas and
New Year specials in
1999,
2004,
2005,
2006 and
2007 all entering the top 10 programmes of the year.
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