Royal Mail to celebrate The Vicar of Dibley with 12 special stamps
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‘Classic moments’ from BBC comedy series to feature on range of first- and second-class stamps. The Royal Mail is issuing 12 special stamps to celebrate the 1990s BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. Eight stamps depict memorable scenes from the sitcom, including a guest appearance by former ballerina Dame Darcey Bussell, while four stamps show a Dibley parish council meeting.
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The Vicar of Dibley starred the comedian Dawn French as the chocolate-craving Rev Geraldine Granger and ran for three series from 1994 to 2000, followed by four special episodes between 2004 and 2007. The Royal Mail’s director of external affairs and policy, David Gold, said: “The superb writing and the warmth and idiosyncrasies of its characters made The Vicar of Dibley one of the most loved TV comedies of all time. We celebrate the series with new stamps revisiting some of the show’s classic moments.”.
The sitcom, created by Richard Curtis, was written after the Church of England’s decision in 1993 to allow the ordination of women. The series charts French’s character, Granger, as she is appointed vicar in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley, and learns to live and work alongside its idiosyncratic locals, including the parish councillor Jim Trott (played by Trevor Peacock) and church verger Alice Tinker (Emma Chambers).
The Royal Mail set includes two second-class stamps, one showing Geraldine at the chaotic wedding ceremony of Hugo Horton (James Fleet) and Alice, and another of Geraldine forcing David Horton (Gary Waldhorn) to smile after hearing that Alice and Hugo are expecting a baby.
