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- Alison Graham
Genial inner-city vicar Adam is nervous about the forthcoming religious inspection at the C of E school run by the comely Ellie. He's particularly disturbed by Matthew, a cool new teacher whose credentials are in doubt after he gave a school assembly on Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene.
So jealous Adam gets all pompous and defensive when he agrees to put together a team to take part in the archdeacon's beloved interdenominational football tournament. But Adam has problems raising enthusiasm. His fey curate Nigel (Miles Jupp) is appalled and wonders aloud: "Can we do bowls instead?"
As ever, gentle Adam (Tom Hollander) is at his funniest when his less-than-godly side starts to show, this time when he behaves disgracefully during the match. But we are all brought up short by a tragedy, and a final, genuinely moving few minutes when Adam is called upon to bring solace.
About this programme
4/7. The church school is up for religious inspection and headmistress Ellie is sure they will pass will flying colours, thanks to inspirational new teacher Mr Feld. The only problem is, he is an atheist. Adam is understandably troubled, but he has another battle on his hands - he has signed up for an inter-faith football tournament, but St Saviour's is not exactly overrun with goal-scoring talent.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Rev Adam Smallbone
- Tom Hollander
- Alex Smallbone
- Olivia Colman
- Mick
- Jimmy Akingbola
- Colin Lambert
- Steve Evets
- Nigel McCall
- Miles Jupp
- Ellie Pattman
- Lucy Liemann
- Archdeacon Robert
- Simon McBurney
- Adoha Onyeka
- Ellen Thomas
- Matthew Feld
- Adrian Bower
- Courtney
- Severn Brand
- Jerome
- Jayden Jean-Paul-Denis
- Chloe
- Eliza Newman
- Muslim captain
- Marcus Onilude
- Juliet
- Robin Weaver
- Steve Warwick
- Ben Willbond
Crew
- Director
- Peter Cattaneo
- Executive Producer
- Tom Hollander
- Executive Producer
- Kenton Allen
- Producer
- Hannah Pescod
- Writer
- James Wood
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