Author:James Woods,Tom Hollander,Olivia Colman,Full Cast
Tom Hollander stars in the complete award-winning comedy series, as seen on BBC TV.Tom Hollander ('In the Loop', 'Pirates of the Caribbean') stars as the Rev Adam Smallbone. He’s a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour’s in east London. He has little experience of this world, and it shows.In this series, Adam grapples with an evangelical priest hell-bent on taking over his church, pushy parents fighting for school places and even pole dancers. He succumbs to envy when he hears an old rival on 'Thought for the Day', and then suffers a crisis of faith when he’s humiliated within the Christian online community, leading to a drunken incident at a vicars and tarts party...Co-created by Tom Hollander and James Wood, this divine comedy soundtrack also stars Olivia Colman, Steve Evets, Miles Jupp, Lucy Liemann, Simon McBurney, Ellen Thomas and Jimmy Akingbola. Special guests are Alexander Armstrong, Hugh Bonneville, Darren Boyd and Colin Salmon.Winner of the BAFTA Television Award for Situation Comedy.Winner of the South Bank Show Award for Best Comedy.
A divine comedy
—— Daily TelegraphPaul O'Grady's life has already filled two excellent volumes... Still Standing is another enjoyable and colourful read.
—— Roland White , The Sunday TimesHonest, funny and supremely readable.
—— Sunday ExpressI absolutely loved it.
—— Alan CarrO'Grady has a playwright's ear for dialogue, and his salty descriptions of raucous gigs in rundown pubs are a rude delight.
—— IndependentMagnificent … makes for colourful reading. The Toxteth riots, the rise of Thatcherism and the scourge of Aids… are all here, described with real fury and grief.
—— Sunday TelegraphThe Birkenhead wit tells not only of his life but that of his creation, Lily Savage... O'Grady has such an eye for a story and for dialogue that even those who aren't interested in the finer details of geisha wigs can't fail to be engaged
—— Independent on SundayFunny, forthright and sharp as a knife ... O’Grady writes just as he speaks, with comedic barbs coursing through the pages
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