Christmas TV
Dawn French is to reprise her much-loved role as the nation’s favourite vicar, Geraldine Grainger of the Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown to mark the end of this extraordinary year. During lockdown, post lockdown and pre-another-lockdown, Geraldine has been writing and delivering monthly sermons to her parishioners via Zoom… when she can make it work. These new thoughts on life (and chocolate) will air this Christmas on BBC One. Dawn French says: “Back in the dog collar, back in Dibley and back on your telly at Xmas. I couldn’t be happier. Bless you.” The Christmas special is set in December 1965, with everyone at Nonnatus House looking forward to traditional celebrations with all the trimmings – but things go a bit awry. Sister Monica Joan is rushed to hospital, Trixie is incensed to receive a subscription to a Marriage Bureau as a Christmas gift and a surprise reunion for Shelagh involves a deeply moving birth.
Christmas is always better when there’s a Doctor Who special to look forward to. The Revolution of the Daleks begins with the Doctor locked away in a high-security alien prison after the events of series 12, while Yaz, Ryan and Graham have to pick up their lives without her. They soon get reeled back in to adventures in time and space.
