Meet the Rev Adam Smallbone. He is a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour's in East London. It is a world he has little experience of. And it shows.\n\nIt is an incredibly difficult job being a good, modern city vicar. And equally, it is a very hard job being married to one. Alex - Adam's long-suffering wife - does her best to support him, but she's got her own career as a solicitor to worry about. And she is no-one's idea of a conventional vicar's wife.\n\nEvery day throws up a moral conflict. All are welcome at St Saviour's, and Adam can't turn any of them away - even if they're clearly lying or just very annoying.\n\nIn this first episode, Adam is feeling the pressure of trying to fill a rundown London church - that is, until his congregation quadruples overnight. But the sudden influx of worshippers isn't down to word getting out about his wonderful sermons; there's a rumour going round that the local church school is about to get a great Ofsted report. Faced with a bunch of hypocritical parents desperately vying for his attention in the hope he'll recommend their child, Adam is tempted to trade a school place for the expensive restoration of a broken stained-glass window.
Source: BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
Meet the Rev Adam Smallbone. He is a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour's in East London. It is a world he ...
16-08-2024
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 6
St Saviour's is closed, and Adam is determined to become a management consultant. But what will his not-so-merry band of congregants do without their vicar and their church? And ...
07-07-2015
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 5
Adam's shocked when he discovers that Nigel has reported him to the bishop for conduct unbecoming. As the archdeacon investigates Nigel's complaint, Adam begins to seriously dou ...
23-06-2015
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 3
Adam is intrigued when a local artist, Mike Tobin, offers to make a £60k donation to St Saviour's. Finally the Lord has provided a solution to Adam's financial problems. N ...
09-06-2015
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 6
St Saviour's is closed, and Adam is determined to become a management consultant. But what will his not-so-merry band of congregants do without their vicar and their church? And ...
07-07-2015
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 5
Adam's shocked when he discovers that Nigel has reported him to the bishop for conduct unbecoming. As the archdeacon investigates Nigel's complaint, Adam begins to seriously dou ...
23-06-2015
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
Meet the Rev Adam Smallbone. He is a Church of England vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the inner-city world of St Saviour's in East London. It is a world he ...
16-08-2024
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 3
Adam is intrigued when a local artist, Mike Tobin, offers to make a £60k donation to St Saviour's. Finally the Lord has provided a solution to Adam's financial problems. N ...
09-06-2015
BBC 2