Rev is back!!

Me too KittyL There is a humour and humanity in it. It seems vicars etc have long been been the subject of humorous drama which is usually fairly benign.

One of our favourites too. I have put it to record and used "series link" as I don't want to miss a single episode.

Great programme I'm looking forward to the new series.

Me too!

Oh I saw the trailer yesterday but then forgot. Which night is it on?

Monday Tegan BBC2 10pm.

Just tracked it down! BBC2 tomorrow (Monday) at 10.00pm. Enjoy

Oh good! Will have to be watched on catchup though. I would only doze through it at half past ten.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Just told DH and he thought it was something to do with cars! [hmm

One of my favourite comedies, along with Moone Boy and Family Tree.

] btw sorry

I do love Rev. I tend to watch anything that Tom Hollander does and I think this gives a good idea of what it must be like to be a vicar in the 21st century. Mile Jupp's character is brilliant - you always seem to get someone like him whatever field you work in (It gives watching Balamory an extra edge too) And I do love the Arch Deacon who has raised damning with faint praise to an art form.

We loved the first series, second series was a bit disappointing (that drawn out episode where he takes ecstasy was ridiculous). I do love Tom Hollander though, and of course Olivia Coleman, so will be watching tomorrow night.

Looking forward to this evening and the first of the new Rev series. Made the mistake of reading the article in the RT written by a cleric (forgotten his name but he's well known for resigning his post at St Paul's) in which he described coming across a woman squatting down and pulling a face in an alley in the middle of the day having been caught short...he wondered if he should offer her toilet paper! That put me off my cornflakes! Hopefully that won't be included in the TV programme!!!

well, the first episode was quite good, if not quite as good as the past series. It set the scene anyway.I was pleased that the elegant and sinister Robert was edged out of the taxi, and liked the bit of dialogue about the E -cigarette [oh your'e smoking your E's now Vicarage!']

Just watched recording of the latest episode. I have to grant them it is very clever - even as an agnostic I got it! The kiss, the denial 3 times, the hand washing. No doubt there will be a "resurrection" in the last episode.

I thought it was quite moving, though humping a big wooden cross around the city was a bit OTT.

It does raise points one wouldn't normally think about. Is £6,000,000 of real estate best used as a church for a handful of people or should religion be organised in a different way? (Answers in triplicate to the Archbishop of Canterbury)

I have just seen this last episode, what does anyone else think about it?
I come from the point of being a non believer who does have a degree of respect for the church.

I thought the whole series was very clever in its concept. There was a lot of humour but always with a serious edge and respect for the persons involved, despite some of the situations being totally OTT.

There was in the end a suggestion of hope. I was in moved by how the story ended.
To get that balance between the humour and the desperation of the situation was very good writing indeed.

Come on lets have some response from the religious and non believers on this.

Bumped.

I just got this on late last night before the system collapsed completely.
Other's thoughts please.

A lot of ends were tied up and our belief in Adam as a vicar was restored. The baby's christening put the seal on it. However, it seems there will be a sequel. I wonder where they will be and what kind of clergyman he will be.

It was an allegory wasn't it? Adam in his bed (tomb) who can't be found, the women who go to find him and wake him up, then the church (tomb) has to be opened. The singing of the Exultet was perfect. And the stories of the other characters both protecting and exposing themselves before God was very moving.

Thanks Mice. I hadn't worked out the theological interpretation.

Good writing, believable characters that you care about and it moved so seamlessly from comedy to near tragedy. You don't need to be a believer to wonder what life is like for a vicar in the modern world and the church has always had a problem with priests who actually practice Christianity. Does anyone remember the Peter Sellers film "Heavens Above" which was on similar lines?