BBC Confirms A Vicar Of Dibley Special Is Coming For Red Nose Day

Reverend Geraldine will be back sooner than you think. Following the lockdown special episodes, the BBC has announced a brand new Vicar of Dibley special for their annual Red Nose Day fundraiser.

Comic Relief has announced that this year's Red Nose Day will air on Friday 19^th March and will include a Vicar of Dibley special.

The hit BBC sitcom made a brief return at the end of last year for three lockdown-themed episode and one compilation.

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Dawn predicted more Vicar of Dibley specials in December.

Speaking to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on This Morning she said: "Well she's definitely in Dibley at the moment, she's married and she's in Dibley. But, you know, I've always said to Richard Curtis: 'She'd make a great Bishop."

The lockdown episodes received a mixed response from viewers, with some criticism directed towards how the show addressed the characters played by actors who had passed away.

The specials Geraldine deliver monthly sermons to her parishioners via Zoom. Owen Newitt (played by Roger Lloyd-Pack) and John Bluthal, who played the character Frank Pickle were mentioned as if they were still alive, despite the actors who played them having since passed away.

This is despite the fact that Roger passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2014 and Frank passed away from natural causes in 2018. Liz Smith (Letitia) passed away in 2016 and Emma Chambers (Alice Tinker) died in 2018.

Dawn previously confirmed during an interview with This Morning that the Christmas special would mention characters played by actors who have since passed away.

"There are silly jokes, but we also pay a tribute to those who aren't with us anymore," she said.

"So you know, Dibley has always been able to wrap its arms around the truth as well as being silly and funny."

Dawn added: "Like everything in Dibley, there's funny silly stuff, you know, there's stuff about people getting stuck in the church when they were flower arranging when this lockdown started, so they're still in the church now."

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This year's Red Nose Day will the 35^th edition and will be celebrated with a host of big names including Dawn French, Dame Judi Dench, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joe Sugg, Roman Kemp and Katherine Ryan.

Red Nose Day will be back on Friday 19^th March on BBC One.

Topics: TV and Film, BBC

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