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How glorious is Olivia Colman in Rev see this clip...

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ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 12:57

I love her

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nowherewoman · 03/07/2010 13:01

I love her too (and her new hair)

ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 13:08

she's just wonderful isn't she? Yes I love the new hair too.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 03/07/2010 13:20

ahh - love her too - knob end !

Librashavinganotherbiscuit · 03/07/2010 13:25

Don't like the hair, love her.

TheFoosa · 03/07/2010 13:33

love her and LOVE Tom Hollander

ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 13:39

MAS!!

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MaryAnnSingleton · 03/07/2010 14:12

I preferred her hair in Peep show mind, Ipanema - how are you ??

ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 14:59

well thanks, have shed family this weekend and am achieving loads... when I don't come on here!!
so will try to do more and peek in later..
how you?
lovely weather eh?

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SpringHeeledJack · 03/07/2010 15:03

Dunno why- but I already really really like this programme

ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 15:07

I think it's because it's gently amusing rather than going for huge laughs and failing. It's letting good actors really do their best work. That bible test bit was fabulous. Gently but very funny. It's a bit more real than most sitcoms. I for one can't bear outnumbered I just want to run screaming from those awful showoff children. No not cute. No not funny to me. Obnoxious.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 03/07/2010 15:07

fine -thanks ! busy and all.

SpringHeeledJack · 03/07/2010 15:10

DP and I don't watch outnumbered any more since we (simultaneously) decided a while ago that the only real difference between our kids and the outnumbered kids was- their kids don't swear

MaryBS · 03/07/2010 15:11

Rev is brilliant! The attention to detail is fantastic! Personally I think Nigel (who is the Reader) is absolutely nothing like Readers - I mean, we're not pedantic, and I wouldn't DREAM of arguing with my vicar over who's got the best bible knowledge . And MY vicar certainly doesn't wipe my bum!

(see my profile pic for me in my Reader garb )

ipanemagirl · 03/07/2010 17:22

MaryBS, how good was the bible test though? I loved that. The subtle shift from collusion to competition, lovely.

MAS- are you well? Is that the wrong question? Anyway, just hoping you are well anyway.

I'm facing loads of clutter demons and stuff from my past and trying to throw it out... it's like pulling teeth, I'm a hoarder...... But chucking stuff is the only way for me to go. Back to the grindstone....
[hugs to you]

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MaryBS · 03/07/2010 17:44

Yeah the bible test bit was brilliant! When we have a quiz night at church, our vicar always tries to pick bible questions I won't know the answer to!

FoJo · 04/07/2010 21:40

I'm sky +ing this as of this week, can anyone give me a quick run thru of what I need to know having missed the first episode please? (Sorry but I dont do Iplayer very often as dont really like sitting watching tv on the computer!
Thanks

MaryBS · 04/07/2010 21:58

This might help. I'm not very good at run-throughs. Even though you hate iplayer, its still worth watching!

Rev Adam Smallbone has moved from a rural parish to inner city church, with his wife, who hates to conform to being "just" the vicar's wife, and is a solicitor. He has Reader, Nigel, who is very competitive and slightly anal and pedantic, there is a rampant cassock-chaser in his congregation, a strange character called Colin who likes to do things for church, but has no social graces, a pompous bossy archdeacon (archdemons they are called by my vicar!). Also a female head teacher, who it seems the vicar might have a crush on. This week's episode involved a church window getting broken, and the need to find funds for that, tied in with the local church school apparently about to get a good Ofsted, and so a bunch of unchurched parents turn up with their offspring to try to get them into the school. Think that covers it...

jooseyfruit · 04/07/2010 22:08

love this programme and can't wait for tomorrows instalment.

I love the evil Arch Deacon.

good review in guardian guide, basically saying that this weeks episode lives up to the promise of last weeks. IYKWIM

Squitten · 05/07/2010 16:48

I watched Rev last week. Hilarious! Loved the sending up of the whole Church school business Looking forward to it tonight

ipanemagirl · 06/07/2010 10:13

Oh evil Darren! Is that the actor from Smack The Pony. He gives stupendous evil.
Really enjoyed this week's as well. Hollander and Colman are just perfect.
And lovely when the archdeacon backed the rev. Sweet.
It's probably too good to be recommissioned.

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FoJo · 06/07/2010 19:35

thanks folks, is it at all suitable for a fairly sensible 12 year old?

MaryBS · 06/07/2010 19:42

Personally FoJo, I wouldn't... I haven't seen last night's episode, but it is quite suggestive and near to the knuckle...

queenceleste · 06/07/2010 22:03

It's really good. I personally wouldn't quite want to watch it with a 12 yr old. Maybe a 16 yr old. All about sex this one.
I love the whole Hollander/Colman thing so much they are just perfect to me.

scrappydappydoo · 07/07/2010 08:52

No I'm going against the grain here - can't stand it - don't find it funny at all. I can just imagine the meeting 'we need a new sitcom - somthing that will give us vicar of dibley type ratings' 'i know lets take that concept and tweak it a little - but put after watershed so we can swear'

But I think what annoys me most is that it just doesn't ring true - its full of cliches. I mean what are we going to get next week - no doubt how he has to deal with the homosexuality issue.
And (here is where I will lose credibility) let me just pull out the tired old line of - they wouldn't set this in mosque or hindu temple - oh no lets take a pop at the christians again..
Nope I've had a total sense of humour failure over this programme.

MaryBS · 07/07/2010 11:09

Actually though, I find it DOES ring true... the number of vicars I've ALREADY come across who say its because of the way it portrays the church as it really is, only hyped up a bit, that makes it funny! I've even heard it said that if the evangelical priest last night had been called Nicky, rather than Darren, Holy Trinity Brompton (home of Nicky Gumbel) might have cause to sue ! I have to admit I found the first episode funnier than the second though.