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'''''Rev.''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] television [[sitcom]] produced by [[Big Talk Productions]]. The show premiered on [[BBC Two]] on 28 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a232596/rev-star-dismisses-dibley-comparisons.html |title='Rev.' star dismisses 'Dibley' comparisons |date=24 June 2010 |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> The show's working titles were ''The City Vicar'' and ''Handle With Prayer''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_city_vicar/details/ |title=The City Vicar - Production Details |publisher=''comedy.co.uk'' |accessdate=18 May 2010}}</ref> The series revolves around a clergyman who becomes the vicar of an inner-city church after leaving a small rural parish. The first series consisted of six episodes. A second series has been commissioned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000370/ |title=BBC Two orders another series of Rev |date=15 September 2010 |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=16 September 2010}}</ref>
'''''Rev.''''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] television [[sitcom]] produced by [[Big Talk Productions]]. The show premiered on [[BBC Two]] on 28 June 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a232596/rev-star-dismisses-dibley-comparisons.html |title='Rev.' star dismisses 'Dibley' comparisons |date=24 June 2010 |publisher=[[Digital Spy]] |accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> The show's working titles were ''The City Vicar'' and ''Handle With Prayer''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/the_city_vicar/details/ |title=The City Vicar - Production Details |publisher=''comedy.co.uk'' |accessdate=18 May 2010}}</ref> The series revolves around a clergyman who becomes the vicar of an inner-city church after leaving a small rural - [[Suffolk]] - parish. Tom Hollander; " We wanted to define ourselves in opposition to the cliché of a country vicar, partly because we wanted to depict England as it is ''now'', rather than having a sort of bucolic-y, ''over the hills and far away'', bird-tweeting England - we wanted the complications of the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic inner-city, where everything is much harder." <ref> Hollander, speaking on ''South Bank Sky Arts Winners'' interview, 16 February 2011 , Sky Arts 1 </ref> The first series consisted of six episodes. A second series has been commissioned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/news/story/00000370/ |title=BBC Two orders another series of Rev |date=15 September 2010 |publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]] |accessdate=16 September 2010}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==

Revision as of 20:19, 17 February 2011

Rev.
Rev. titlecard
GenreSitcom
Created byTom Hollander
James Wood
StarringTom Hollander
Theme music composerJonathan Whitehead
Original languageTransclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{lang-en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMatthew Justice
Simon Wilson
Kenton Allen
ProducerNeal Kingston
Running timeApprox 30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release28 June 2010 (2010-06-28) –
present

Rev. is a British television sitcom produced by Big Talk Productions. The show premiered on BBC Two on 28 June 2010.[1] The show's working titles were The City Vicar and Handle With Prayer.[2] The series revolves around a clergyman who becomes the vicar of an inner-city church after leaving a small rural - Suffolk - parish. Tom Hollander; " We wanted to define ourselves in opposition to the cliché of a country vicar, partly because we wanted to depict England as it is now, rather than having a sort of bucolic-y, over the hills and far away, bird-tweeting England - we wanted the complications of the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic inner-city, where everything is much harder." [3] The first series consisted of six episodes. A second series has been commissioned.[4]

Plot

The Revd Adam Smallbone is an Anglican priest who has recently moved from a small rural parish to the "socially disunited" St Saviour in the Marshes in East London. Unable to turn anyone away from his new appointment, Smallbone is faced with a collection of moral challenges as he balances the needs of genuine believers, people on the streets, and drug addicts, as well with the demands of social climbers using the church to get their children into the best schools.[5]

Adam has an impossibly difficult job being a modern city vicar and his wife, Alex, who has her own career as a solicitor to worry about, provides fantastic support for him as an individual - seeing through his life as a priest, whilst not being involved with his work. He is also supported by lay reader Nigel who believes he should be running the church. In immediate supervision is Archdeacon Robert putting pressure on Adam to increase the congregation and church income.

Parishioners include Colin, a heavy drinking, unemployable lost soul who is Adam's most devoted parishioner, and Adoha, well known for her romantic intentions towards the clergy.

Cast and characters

Main

File:Handle with prayer.jpg
L-r Simon McBurney, Miles Jupp, Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, Ellen Thomas, Steve Evets

Recurring

Production

Six episodes were produced for the first series by Big Talk Productions for BBC Two. The show was created by Tom Hollander and James Wood. The church scenes were filmed at St Leonard's in Shoreditch, east London.[7]The BBC2 comedy was reportely renewed by the British Broadcasting Corporation in September 2010, filming is expected to begin in the summer of 2011 and the second series to premiere in late 2011.[8]

Episode list

Episode # Title Directed by Written by Original airdate Ratings
1"On Your Knees, Forget The Fees"[9]Peter Cattaneo[9]James Wood[9]28 June 2010[9]2.19 Million [10]
Adam is overwhelmed after his church sermons in London hit a major population rise and deals with the sudden flood of patrons, including the local MP Patrick Yam, and because of a rumoured great report from Ofsted about the local church school with local parents become desperate to have their children enrolled. Meanwhile Adam becomes tempted to trade a place in the school for money to get a stained glass window in the church restored.[9]
2"Salvation"[11]Peter Cattaneo[11]James Wood[11]5 July 2010[11]1.59 Million[12]
The archdeacon tells Adam that the collection plates from his church are not receiving enough revenue, needing more generous people, Adam loans priest Darren Betts the church for his sermons since Darren's is undergoing renovations. However a problem erupts when Darren will not leave Adam's church after the hard work he did transforming the church to a modern version. Meanwhile Alex feels lonely and decides they need to reignite the flame of their love life.[11]
3"Revolting"[13]Peter Cattaneo[13]James Wood[13]12 July 2010[13]1.51 Million[14]
A Muslim children's prayer group are lent the church from Adam, however the church's congregation is not happy. Meanwhile Adam decides to fight a lap-dancing club opening across from the school and with the headmistress Ellie Pattman attend another club for research leading to am embarrasing meeting with one of Ellie's former pupils. Colin is arrested for assault of a thief stealing lead from the church roof.[13]
4"The One Show"[15]Peter Cattaneo[15]James Wood[15]19 July 2010[15]1.32 Million [16]
Adam is envious after hearing an old rival of his, who is also a priest, on radio's Thought for the Day. Adam decides to speak on the television programme The One Show. However after a controversial comment about homosexuality in the Church, the Archdeacon steps in and demands Adam to take 'media lessons' from his rival. Meanwhile, Colin decides to find Christianity in the Rastafari religion.[15]
5"Society"[17]Peter Cattaneo[17]Jonathan Harvey[17]26 July 2010[17]1.48 Million [18]
Following Adam's recent moments of feeling excluded by people, he is excited to meet Leon, a young man who wants to marry at his church. The two soon become friends and start to do a range of activities together. However the friendship turns sour after an dinner party where Adam discovers his wife Alex and Leon attended the same college and shared a one night stand together, much to Adam's disgust. [17]
6"Is The Answer Jesus, Sir"[20]Peter Cattaneo[19]James Wood[19]2 August 2010[19]1.69 million [21]
Adam's mind is in crisis mode after an online christian website review of a sermon he recently spoke is given a poor rating which leads to Adam doubting his faith. A home-bound Adam soon succumbs into the pleasures of daytime television and online gambling. Whilst away an imposing vicar tries to take-over his role to avoid the consequences of paying a parking ticket and buying a beer. Adam's meltdown hits a turn for the worse when he drunkenly flirts with Ellie.[19]

Reception

The series was commended by The Independent as intelligent comedy, with Hollander "as good as ever" and a strong support cast.[22]

In 2011, Rev. won the South Bank Award for best comedy.[23]

Home Media

DVD releases

2 Entertain will release the complete first series on DVD on 18 April 2011.[24]

References

  1. ^ "'Rev.' star dismisses 'Dibley' comparisons". Digital Spy. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The City Vicar - Production Details". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Hollander, speaking on South Bank Sky Arts Winners interview, 16 February 2011 , Sky Arts 1
  4. ^ "BBC Two orders another series of Rev". British Comedy Guide. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  5. ^ "The City Vicar". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Rev. Episode 1 Full Cast". bbc.co.uk. June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  7. ^ "Get me to the hearse on time". The Sun. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "BBC Two renews 'Rev' for second season?". Digital Spy. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Rev. Episode 1". bbc.co.uk. June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  10. ^ "New BBC sitcom 'Rev' debuts to 2.2m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Rev. Episode 2". bbc.co.uk. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  12. ^ "'Identity' debuts to 5.6m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Rev. Episode 3". bbc.co.uk. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  14. ^ "BBC drama 'The Silence' debuts to 4.7m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Rev. Episode 4". bbc.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  16. ^ "6.6m watch Forsyth's 'You Think You Are?'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Rev. Episode 5". BBC. July 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "5.3m watch Everett's 'You Think You Are?'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  19. ^ a b c d "Rev. Episode 6". BBC. July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "Rev: sneak peek at the final episode". London: Guardian Newspaper Online. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  21. ^ "BBC comedy 'Rev' closes to 1.7m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  22. ^ Gerard Gilbert, TV should do the clergy a service, The Independent, 23 June 2010
  23. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/25/shane-meadows-this-is-england-88
  24. ^ "Rev. (DVD)". BBC. July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.

External links

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