British sitcom in which Reverend Philip Lambe, after becoming bored in his wealthy Oxfordshire parish, asks for a transfer to a more difficult assignment. Sent to Edendale, a fictional urban town in the Midlands, he is accompanied by his wife Emma, sixteen-year-old daughter Miranda and twelve-year-old son Peter.
Episodes Season Series 3 · 0/6 Series 2 · 0/6 Series 1 · 0/6 0/6 watched · 1988
S03E01 Where My Caravan Has Rested 1988-04-11 30m
When Philip is asked to baptise the children of a local gypsy, a pair of tenants ensure that he's the one to be immersed in water first. more
S03E02 And He Fell Among Thieves 1988-04-18 30m
A broken fan belt, a dud TV, and the dent in a can of talcum powder are all clues when Philip is called upon to investigate theft and loneliness in an old people's home. more
S03E03 The Prodigal Son 1988-04-25 30m
First-night nerves grip a prospective groom. The cure includes an unexpected train trip, an overdose of liquid courage, and a full bottle of Desmond's special formula. more
S03E04 The Spirit Is Willing 1988-05-09 30m
Philip is called in to investigate a poltergeist. The resulting manifestations include a headless dog, a phantom toilet roll, and the miraculous cure of an old faker. more
S03E05 Behold a Pale Rider 1988-05-16 30m
Gambling fever is something that should be resisted at all cost, but when £30,000 are involved, even Philip begins to weaken. more
S03E06 False Profits 1988-05-23 30m
A gang of con men are victimising the local elderly. Philip thinks he can tell the sheep from the goats, but that's before the intervention of the Divine Brotherhood of the Celestial Beacon. more 
