Sitcom about a vicar running a modern inner-city church, with a reluctant wife and a depleted, motley congregation

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Series 2 Christmas Special

7/7 Christmas is the busiest time of year for a vicar and it's Adam's first Advent in London.

Thu 20 Dec 2012 23:20 BBC Two Northern Ireland only

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  • Steve Evets on playing Colin...

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    "When my agent told me I had an audition for Rev., I didn’t have a clue what it was. They sent over a couple of scenes for me to look at and, as I recall, they were both bench scenes between Adam and Colin. I fell in love with both characters straight away and made it my business to learn the scenes word for word so I could put the character over without stumbling and reading from pages of script. "

    Read all of Steve's blog post
  • The Rev. Returns

    The Rev. Returns

    Tom Hollander is back as the Rev. Adam Smallbone, struggling to remain relevant in his inner-city parish where he’s largely derided or ignored except by the demanding and irritating few who attend his church…

  • The Congregation

    The Congregation

    Adam’s tiny flock is still hanging in there in Hackney. Hard-drinking lost soul Colin (Steve Evets) continues his eternal quest for enlightenment while cassock-chaser Adoha (Ellen Thomas)’s crush on her vicar reaches dizzying new heights when he becomes an accidental hero. Local crackhead Mick (Jimmy Akingbola) is also back on the blag, fervent in his belief that his feeble scams are actually sophisticated stings worthy of criminal masterminds.

    The Archdeacon (Simon McBurney) delights in heaping more pressure on Adam and pedantic Lay Reader (Miles Jupp) continues to fail to help at all, whilst stepping up his campaign to become a priest himself – convinced he would do a far better job.

  • The Vicarage

    The Vicarage

    Meanwhile, Adam’s trying to live down the embarrassing pass he made at headmistress Ellie (Lucy Liemann) in the last series, and at home, Alex (Olivia Colman) has lost patience with being a vicar’s wife. She’s got a demand of her own and it’s life-changing.

  • TV Blog: Rev - Directing the second series

    TV Blog: Rev - Directing the second series

    “There is the 'difficult second album' pressure to live up to the acclaim and awards of series one.”

    Read and comment on director Peter Cattaneo’s post

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