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Posted January 12, 2015 - No Comment

Dawn French to vie for Bishop of Dibley in new Comic Relief sketch

Art will indeed imitate life in the Red Nose Day special, follow a recent decision by the Church of England to allow women bishops.

Posted November 13, 2014 - No Comment

'The Wrong Mans' set for Dec 24 return

The Wrong Mans Rule #1 – After witnessing a horrific car crash on a desolate country road, never EVER answer the dead driver’s ringing mobile. If only Sam Pinkett had read rule #1.

Posted March 12, 2014 - No Comment

The Vicar of Dibley's Thought for the Day – coming 29 March to BBC Radio 4

When Dawn French steps back into the Reverend Geraldine Granger’s shoes and leaves behind the Radio Dibley microphone for a day on 29 March at 7:45am, she will offer her alternative Thought For The Day, written especially for Radio 4’s Character Invasion by Richard Curtis. Thought for the Day has been running on Radio […]

Posted January 10, 2014 - 1 Comment

'AbFab' movie gets go-ahead…maybe

Eddy and Pats headed to the big screen? It’s official. Well, about as official as any announcement on The Jonathan Ross Show can make something anyway. AbFab creator, Jennifer Saunders, revealed to Ross recently that an Absolutely Fabulous big screen version is on the way. ‘On the way’ is a bit relative, however, as pen […]

Posted April 25, 2013 - No Comment

James Corden's 'The Wrong Mans'…a first look

Newly married and now headed to the outback to judge Australia’s Got Talent, everyone’s favorite vicar, Dawn French, is set to co-star in James Corden’s The Wrong Mans, airing later this year on BBC Two in the UK and Hulu in the States. In addition to Corden (Gavin & Stacey) and Mathew Baynton (Horrible Histories, […]

Posted February 6, 2013 - No Comment

Our 'favorite' Doc talks Doc Martin 6, resurrecting Men Behaving Badly and his 'soft spot' for lemurs…

The one bright spot (emphasis on ONE) that has emerged from the excruciatingly long hiatus between the conclusion of series 5 of Doc Martin and the upcoming beginning of filming on series 6 is that Martin Clunes fans on both sides of the Atlantic have gotten to experience a bit of pre-Doc Martin, Martin Clunes, […]

Posted January 28, 2013 - No Comment

Dawn French signs on as James Corden's "mum" in The Wrong Mans for BBC2

Vicar of Dibley fans worldwide have long patrolled the Internets for any trace of a much hinted at thought of a Bishop of Dibley from the mind of Richard Curtis starring Dawn French. While that seems much more of a long-shot than anyone cares to admit, there is good news on the immediate horizon that […]

Posted November 7, 2012 - No Comment

The Comic Strip Presents…at Victoria Station

Just when you thought it was safe…The Comic Strip Presents returns The Comic Strip Presents series first aired in 1982 with ‘Five Go Mad In Dorset’, a brilliant parody of the original Famous Five books. Cast and crew include Comic Strip founder, Peter Richardson, along with The Young Ones alums, Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall and […]

Posted October 28, 2012 - No Comment

Could the Vicar return as The Bishop of Dibley?

Dawn French, on ITV’s Daybreak program, set the British comedy audience ablaze recently when she, once again, didn’t rule out the possibility of getting Richard Curtis’ Vicar of Dibley band back together at some point in the future. Before you set your DVR for the next meeting of the Dibley Town Council, this isn’t the […]

Posted October 27, 2012 - No Comment

Dawn French added to cast of Sue Perkins' Heading Out

The cast list for a recently announced British comedy series is starting to read like a who’s who list of British comedy. Heading Out is star and be written by Sue Perkins, who just finished hosting duties for The Great British Bake Off . The six-part series will also star Steve Pemberton (League of Gentlemen, Whitechapel, […]