Like much of British comedy, a lot of general entertainment, a few brilliant moments, and a fair few selections of misses. High points tend to be the meeting scenes, which give each of the main actors good opportunity to deliver some very funny comedy. Low points tend to focus on the vicar herself in ways that -- well, there are different kinds of comedy, and TV comedy often goes for simply having characters deliver zingers at each other. British TV comedy in particular seems to like characters who are simply dense -- as if inviting the audience to feel smart by showing them characters who are not. That is indeed comedy, and it's a good portion of this show, but one might begin to wonder why the show makes her actually a rather lousy vicar, but also wants us to regard her as doing a good job of it.
Review of The Vicar of Dibley
