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The Christmas Lunch Incident

The Christmas 1996 episode of the clerical sitcom. Geraldine agrees to attend three Christmas lunches in order not to hurt anyone's feelings.

It is Christmas in Dibley, and vicar Geraldine is about to pay a heavy price for Christian kindness. To avoid hurting anyone's feelings, she agrees to attend not one, not two, but three Christmas lunches.

What follows is a Christmas nightmare lunch with her verger Alice and her less clever sister, a brussels sprouts-eating competition, and Jim Trott telling the least funny 'knock, knock' joke in the world.

44 minutes

Last on

Christmas Eve 2021 22:30

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:38

    The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

Credits

Role Contributor
Geraldine Granger Dawn French
David Horton Gary Waldhorn
Hugo Horton James Fleet
Alice Tinker Emma Chambers
Frank Pickle John Bluthal
Jim Trott Trevor Peacock
Owen Newitt Roger Lloyd Pack
Tristan Campbell Peter Capaldi
Aoife Orla Brady
Mrs Tinker Carol MacReady
Mary Tinker Mel Giedroyc
Director Gareth Carrivick
Writer Richard Curtis
Writer Paul Mayhew-Archer
Producer Jon Plowman
Producer Sue Vertue

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