Rev
TV Show · Comedy

Calling it a `promotion' for Reverend Adam Smallbone might be looking on the bright side too much. Way too much! The vicar moves from a sleepy rural parish to the busy, inner-city world of St Saviour's, in East London. It's a world he has little experience of, and it shows. Although he tries his very best, Adam finds it a daily struggle to remain relevant in his parish, where he's largely derided or ignored except by the demanding and irritating few who attend his church. But his door at St Saviour's is always open - to the urban sophisticates with ulterior motives, the chronically lonely, the lost, the homeless, the poor and the insane, and Adam can't turn any of them away, even if they're clearly lying, mad or just very annoying.

2010 · 29m
Starring Tom Hollander, Olivia Colman, Steve Evets
Director Peter Cattaneo

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    On Your Knees Forget the Fees
    Feeling the pressure of trying to fill a rundown London church, the Reverend Adam Smallbone is elated when his congregation quadruples overnight. But the sudden influx of worshippers isn't down to word getting out about his wonderful sermons - there's a rumour going round that the local church school’s about to get a great Ofsted report. Faced with a bunch of hypocritical parents vying to out-Christian one another in the hope he'll recommend their child, Adam is tempted to enter into a deal with the devil and trade a school place for the expensive restoration of a broken stained-glass window.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Jesus Is Awesome
    When the Archdeacon tells Adam his collection plates are too light, salvation appears to come in the form of fellow priest Darren Betts. Darren needs a temporary venue for services whilst his own church is renovated so Adam welcomes Darren and his huge congregation of happy-clappy evangelists with open arms. But the union soon becomes a battle for hearts and minds as Darren refuses to leave Adam's church. There’s tension at home too - Adam's wife Alex is feeling neglected and announces they need to rekindle their love life.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Forests of Prejudice
    Adam's decision to allow a Muslim children's prayer group to use the church for classes brings his congregation's prejudices to light. Inspired by the clear moral stance he sees in the Islamic classes, Adam decides to take a stand himself and oppose a lapdancing club threatening to open opposite the school. But when he finds himself in one of the branches checking out pole dancers in the name of research, things get rather more complicated.
    27 min
  • EPISODE 4
    The Rival
    Adam succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on Thought for the Day. But his own attempts to make a career of his vocation spectacularly backfire - an ill-advised comment on The One Show about homosexuality within the church results in orders from the Archdeacon to take media instruction from the very vicar Adam was trying to out-do. And while Adam neglects his pastoral duties in favour of climbing the greasy pole Colin looks for meaning outside of St Saviour's, swapping his lager for spliffs to dabble in the Rastafari religion.
    27 min
  • EPISODE 5
    A Fine Bromance
    Tired of feeling excluded and derided by the rest of society, Adam is thrilled to meet Leon who’s keen to get married at St Saviour's. Leon sees past the dog collar and a friendship develops, with the pair sharing pints in the local pub and even jogging together. But the bromance comes to a crashing halt at an embarrassing vicarage dinner party when Adam discovers that his wife Alex went to college with Leon - and that they had done something naughty in a rather surprising place.
    28 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Ever Been to Nando's?
    After a terrible review of one of his sermons on a Christian website, Adam has a crisis of faith which, to Alex's surprise, seems more serious than his usual biannual episodes of doubt. While he's at home experimenting with leaving the cloth by sitting in his pants watching daytime telly and gambling on the internet, someone else is going around the parish impersonating a vicar to get free beers and avoid parking tickets. Adam's meltdown comes to a head when he drunkenly comes on to Ellie at a Vicars and Tarts party in aid of the school library - and Alex finally snaps.
    29 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Tom Hollander
    The Reverend Adam Smallbone
  • Olivia Colman
    Alex Smallbone
  • Steve Evets
    Colin Lambert
  • Miles Jupp
    Nigel McCall
  • Simon McBurney
    Archdeacon Robert
  • Hugh Bonneville
    Roland Wise
  • Peter Cattaneo
    Director
  • Tom Hollander
    Creator

About

Rev

Comedy

Calling it a `promotion' for Reverend Adam Smallbone might be looking on the bright side too much. Way too much! The vicar moves from a sleepy rural parish to the busy, inner-city world of St Saviour's, in East London. It's a world he has little experience of, and it shows. Although he tries his very best, Adam finds it a daily struggle to remain relevant in his parish, where he's largely derided or ignored except by the demanding and irritating few who attend his church. But his door at St Saviour's is always open - to the urban sophisticates with ulterior motives, the chronically lonely, the lost, the homeless, the poor and the insane, and Adam can't turn any of them away, even if they're clearly lying, mad or just very annoying.

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Studio
BritBox
Released
2010
Rated
Caution
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 2010 Big Talk

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

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