Giant Vicar of Dibley artwork revealed for key reason at unique location

The towing 15ft by 6ft artwork, featuring iconic moments and side-splitting jokes from the series, was unveiled successful the Buckinghamshire colony of Turville, adjacent High Wycombe

An tremendous stained glass-inspired artwork dedicated to The Vicar of Dibley was unveiled astatine the tract wherever the much-loved sitcom was filmed to commemorate its 30th anniversary.

The towing 15ft by 6ft artwork, featuring iconic moments and side-splitting jokes from the series, was unveiled successful the Buckinghamshire colony of Turville, adjacent High Wycombe, wherever the village's St Mary the Virgin Church doubled arsenic the show's St Barnabus. The installation mimics the effect of sunlight coming done a religion model and includes a bid of celebrated moments from the show, arsenic voted for by the British public.

More than 20 ' Easter eggs ' from the show's 30-year past diagnostic wrong the artwork, volition trial the cognition of adjacent the keenest Dibley fan. The installation, unveiled by personage vicar Rev. Kate Bottley, volition temporarily beryllium successful spot earlier being talented to a superfan. Broadcaster Reverend Bottley said: "I can't judge The Vicar of Dibley is celebrating 30 years of wisdom, fun, and astir of each laughs. It's an honour to unveil this stained-glass model for the show's 30th anniversary, which is being celebrated by U&GOLD.

"Despite not being an existent vicar Geraldine was, successful a comic way, a benignant of inspiration to maine each those years agone erstwhile I started connected my clerical path. This includes her fearless attack to parish beingness and tackling prejudice wherever she went with humour, kindness and compassion.

"Seeing this unthinkable artwork reminds maine of each the superb Dibley moments from the show, determination are simply excessively galore to celebrate. I’m inactive trying to enactment retired immoderate of them, spot however galore you tin spot." The occurrence where Dawn French's quality plunges into a deceptively heavy puddle has been crowned Brits' favourite infinitesimal of the deed drama and features successful the artwork.

A canvass of 2,000 adults voted the hilarious infinitesimal from the 1999 occurrence Autumn, wherever a loved-up Geraldine Granger is connected a state locomotion with hunky fellow Simon Horton, their favourite. The country shows the amorous mates meander done the countryside playfully jumping successful puddles earlier Geraldine jumps successful 1 truthful heavy that she ends up successful chest-high water.

Hot connected its heels successful 2nd place, and featuring successful the artwork, is The Christmas Lunch incident, wherever Geraldine attends 4 gut-busting Christmas dinners. Rounding disconnected the apical 3 is occurrence Animals wherever verger Alice Tinker truly 'can't judge it's not butter'. The survey, done connected behalf of UKTV, was held to observe the 30th day of The Vicar of Dibley, which airs connected U&GOLD connected Sundays passim November, with each episodes disposable connected demand.

Brits were quizzed connected their favourite moments of the beloved deed show, their favourite characters and what astir it appealed to them truthful much. The amusement is inactive overmuch loved with the humour (62%), characters (59%) and heart-warming consciousness of the amusement (38%) making it peculiarly memorable for Brits.

Geraldine Granger was voted the nation's favourite character, followed by Alice Tinker and Jim Trott. bProtagonist Geraldine's humour and wit, her breaking down of stereotypes and her comedic timing were voted arsenic the apical reasons wherefore Brits complaint her arsenic a 'comedy icon'.

Gerald Casey, Director of Programming Comedy & Entertainment, said: "We're truthful excited to beryllium capable to observe 30 years of The Vicar of Dibley with our peculiar stained-glass window. It feels similar yesterday erstwhile Geraldine turned up successful the colony to overmuch furore. But, arsenic we each know, she won implicit not conscionable the hearts of Dibley but the federation too.

"There are excessively galore favourite moments to mention, but you tin drawback them each connected U&GOLD this month, on with a full load of Christmas specials taking spot passim December to punctual you of however overmuch amusive The Vicar of Dibley has provided america implicit the years."

The Vicar of Dibley airs connected U&GOLD connected Sundays passim November, with Christmas specials continuing the 30th celebrations into December.

The 10 astir memorable Vicar of Dibley moments, according to Brits

1. Geraldine falling successful the puddle - Geraldine trips and falls into a ample puddle close extracurricular the vicarage successful the occurrence 'Arrival'. This moving gag is revisited aggregate times successful the series.
2. The Christmas luncheon incidental - Geraldine finds herself having to be 4 Christmas lunches. The archetypal she happily accepts and reluctantly accepts the adjacent 3 arsenic she does not privation to disappoint oregon offend those offering who are relying connected her attendance.
3. Alice conscionable can't judge it's not food – Alice shares her amazement to the information that 'I can't judge it's not butter' is successful fact, not butter.
4. Alice and Hugo’s wedding - With Teletubbies bridesmaids, a wedding crasher and Jim over-enthusiastically belting retired Spice Girls' deed 2 Become 1, Alice and Hugo’s nuptials were each spot arsenic chaotic arsenic you’d imagined them to person been.
5. Alice gives commencement - As the residents of Dibley attempted to enactment connected a nativity no-one was expecting Alice to springiness commencement to a existent babe portion playing a heavy large Mary.
6. Geraldine and Darcey Bussell’s ballet show - Geraldine arranges a show with Darcey Bussell for the colony foundation gala.
7. Geraldine's archetypal time - Geraldine arrives successful Dibley and introduces herself to the parish council. Her attempts to marque a bully content are met with hilariously awkward reactions from the villagers.
8. Jim's champion antheral code - Jim pays Geraldine a sojourn to trial retired his champion antheral code connected her, which conscionable truthful happens to beryllium a rendition of the Abba classical Knowing Me, Knowing You.
9. Sean Bean saves the time - After accepting a bizarre matrimony connection from stuffy David Horton, Geraldine has anxiety-induced dreams astir their imaginable wedding day.
10. The 'open the door' country - A moving gag wherever the villagers conflict to unfastened the religion door, resulting successful comedic antics.