Adam allows a Muslim children's prayer group to use the church for classes.

When the Archdeacon tells Adam his collection plates are too light, salvation appears to come in the form of fellow priest Darren Betts.

Poverty, pushy parents & empty pews - Tom Hollander is the urban vicar

Inner-city vicar drama starring Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman. On moving to an urban parish, Rev Smallbone's unprepared for what’s coming - poverty, pushy parents and empty pews.

Reverend Adam Smallbone is elated when his congregation quadruples overnight.

Feeling the pressure of trying to fill a rundown London church, the Reverend Adam Smallbone is elated when his congregation quadruples overnight.

Adam succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on Thought for the Day.

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.

Adam's wife feels neglected and tells him they need to rekindle their love life.

Adam's decision to allow a Muslim children's prayer group to use the church for classes brings his congregation's prejudices to light.

Adam is tired of feeling excluded and derided by the rest of society.

Tired of feeling excluded and derided by the rest of society, Adam is thrilled to meet Leon who is keen to get married at St Saviour's.

Adam has a crisis of faith following a terrible review of one of his sermons.

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.

When Adam becomes an accidental hero, he gets a bit carried away.

Inner-city parish life hasn't got any easier, so when he becomes an accidental hero, the vicar gets a bit carried away.

A brilliant new curate comes to train at St Saviour's, and Adam is far from ecstatic.

When Colin decides his vicar needs cheering up, Adam inadvertently gets the chance to experience religious versus chemical ecstasy.

Adam's goddaughter comes to stay, and things start to go bump in the night.

Adam's called on to justify believing in the holy ghost but not spooks, and there are demands at home too, Alex and Adam have a pint-sized house guest in the form of Adam's difficult goddaughter Enid.

There’s a brilliant new teacher at the church school, problem is, he's an atheist.

The church school is up for religious inspection and headteacher Ellie's confident they'll pass with flying colours, thanks to inspiring new teacher Mr Feld.

Financial salvation for the city vicar seems to come in the form of a city slicker.

There's a hole in the church accounts and the Archdeacon's ready to pounce. Salvation appears to come in the form of a wealthy city banker who arrives at St Saviour's to join Alcoholics Anonymous.

Nigel finally has the chance to prove he’d be a better priest than his boss.

Ambition's in the air. Pedantic Lay Reader Nigel has always believed he'd be a far better priest than Adam and finally gets the chance to prove it, or not.

Christmas. The busiest time of year for a vicar, and the worst time for a vicar’s wife.

Rev Christmas Special 2011

Christmas. The busiest time of year for a vicar, and Adam's full of ideas for his first Advent in London.

Adam's wife, Alex, gives birth to their daughter in dramatic circumstances.

Comedy about a vicar running an inner-city church. Adam's wife Alex gives birth to their daughter in dramatic circumstances. Can he manage being a father and a Father?

Adam's put on the spot as he's asked to perform a gay wedding.

Comedy about the vicar of an inner-city church. Adam's put on the spot as he's asked to perform a gay wedding. Can he give the couple what they want whilst sticking to church law?

Mike Tobin, a local artist, offers to make a 60,000 donation to St Saviour's.

Adam is intrigued when a local artist, Mike Tobin, offers to make a 60,000 pound donation to St Saviour's.

Adam ends up sofa surfing at Nigel's flat and Colin's homeless hostel.

Sitcom about a vicar running an inner-city church. When Adam's transgressions come back to haunt him, he ends up sofa surfing at Nigel's flat and Colin's homeless hostel.

Nigel reports Adam to the bishop for conduct unbecoming.

Adam's shocked when he discovers that Nigel has reported him to the bishop for conduct unbecoming. As the archdeacon investigates Nigel's complaint, Adam begins to seriously doubt his calling. Maybe he's not cut out to be a vicar after all?

St Saviour's is closed, and Adam is determined to become a management consultant.

St Saviour's is closed, and Adam is determined to become a management consultant. But what will his not-so-merry band of congregants do without their vicar and their church? And can Adam really shrug off his vocation and his parishioners so easily?

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