Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7540 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-11-26
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 220 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Special Features
DVD 9
English
Region 2

Synopsis
Dawn French stars in this sitcom as Geraldine Granger, an unconventional female minister who arrives in the conservative small town of Dibley and must struggle to win over the stubborn locals. Episodes include "Arrival," "Songs of Praise," "Election," "Animals," and more. The release also features the holiday special, "The Christmas Lunch Incident."

Customer Reviews

A Revelation
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.

What a oustadning combiation of comedy and pure genius!
I have been a great fan of the Vicar of Dibley for a long ime but I have never had all the first series on video. So when this new video came along I could not believe my luck! With Dawn French in the title role as the heroic vicar of the paish of Dibley, and with her eccentric side kick, Alice, the Verger played superbly by Emma Chambers and all the other characters, with their individual mannerisms, for example Jims' dithering and Mrs Cropleys' unorthodox recipes makes this programme aa comedy classic. Truly, one of he greats! This, video containing the start of what is too be a 3-series (and two speacials) story of the lives and loves of the Dibleys' inhabitents. From Geraldines arrival, to Davd's election, and from Geraldines' service for animals to The Christmas Lunch Incident amkes this a must see video for all lovers of British Comedy!

"That wasn't the Great Storm...that was the great wind!"
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!