The Vicar of Dibley has been a top preference of Britishers for decades, and we saw a Christmas special in 2020. The three seasons are available to stream on iPlayer.
The show gives a major nostalgia as the audience is taken to a picturesque location where Geraldine Granger, played by Dawn French, becomes the first female vicar of the village.
The show has a star-studded cast, which includes James Fleet, Emma Chambers, Gary Waldhorn, Trevor Peacock, and Roger Lloyd Pack.
The locations where the show was filmed were beautiful, and the fans were in total awe of the picturesque backdrops. To keep it real, the village shown was fictional, but the location was real, and the name of the village is Turville, which is located in Buckinghamshire.
The Vicar of Dibley returns
After the 2007 January special, The Vicar of Dibley has been saved for reserved for charity sketches and repeats.
In 2020, Dawn French returned as Geraldine for a range of special episodes, The Vicar of Dibley in Lockdown, which was released in December and had 3 ten minutes episodes.
The filming locations of The Vicar of Dibley?
It was mostly filmed in the BBC Television Centre and the village of Turville. The fictional village of Dibley is situated in Oxfordshire, but the outside scenes were shot in the Buckinghamshire village of Turville, which is situated to the west of High Wycombe.
The St. Mary Church of Turville is the host of Dibley’s St. Barnabus Church. The David Horton home is situated in the village of Little Missenden, which is located on the east side of High Wycombe.
Other than this, the interior scenes were shot in the studio of BBC Television Centre in London.
The exterior of Hogo Horton’s manor was filmed in the village of Buckinghamshire. The locals say that they have seen M40 freeways in the Chiltern Hills and Stolen church Gap.
Other movies that were filmed in Turville
It is best known for the scenes that were shot here for filming Vicar of Dibley. Turnville has also been the host for the filming of Midsomer Murderers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Foyle’s War, Killing Eve, and Goodnight Mr. Tom.
Synopsis of The Vicar of Dibley
The show is set in the fictional village of Oxfordshire, Dibley. In 1993, the village was assigned to a female vicar after the changes
Where is The Vicar of Dibley Set?
The plot of the show follows the story of Reverend Geraldine Granger, played by Dawn French. It is a fictional series set in the Oxfordshire Village of Dibley, which has assigned its first female Vicar to see the ordination of women by the Church of England.
The show is one of the most successful British shows in the digital era and has won multiple British comedy awards, such as Best TV Comedy Actress Awards for Emma Chambers, multiple British Academy Television Award nominees, and two International Emmys. The show ended in 1998 after two seasons.
But in the year 2020, French made a comeback as Geraldine Granger in a night of entertainment to raise funds for the charity to help COVID-19 patients. The show was aired weekly with a runtime of 30 minutes.
The interview
In an interview with BBC, Creator Richard Curtis said that there have been a lot of things happening in the Dibley in the year they were shot.
The BBC channel said that during the phase of lockdown pre- and post, Geraldine has been writing and discussing everything on Zoom calls.
The new thoughts on life will be aired after the repeats of the show will end. The controller of comedy commissioner, BBC, said that the triple festival from the world of the loving vicar is something that was missed by everyone. If you are interested in checking out the show, you can head to Netflix.
