In which we celebrate smutty romance fiction, living the regency fantasy, and being shameless about our sensuality.

This week, the vicars watched S1 E3 of Bridgerton, "The Art of the Swoon" (2020).

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Ross fights an avian invasion, June Brown is a Queen, and we decide that Eastenders should be used in Church Safeguarding Training.

This week, the vicars watched the Eastenders episode released on 17/04/2024.

!! CW: This episode discusses the sexual assault of the character Yolande by a church Pastor, as well as safeguarding and abuse in the church. Discussion begins 32:40 !!

Need help?

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Church of England Diocesan Safeguarding Teams https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/diocesan-safeguarding-contacts

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Ross and Cate drag Ruthi through a massive geek-out, border on heresy, and compare being a disciple with being a Companion.

This week we talk about... Ross. We hear some of his story of his journey to being a vicar, his love of birds, Pokémon and fairy tales. Also Ruthi and Ross reminisce on some of our misspent (relative) youth at theological college and the bars of Durham.

This week we follow the Reverend Adam Smallbone on his journey through Holy Week as we watch a few episodes of Rev. We talk about the pattern of Holy Week, what happens for each of us and the struggles that clergy go through.

In this episode Ross' audio is a bit odd, we've tried our best to edit as best we can.

We are off t'Egypt to talk about this Dreamworks classic. This episode we discuss this animated retelling of Moses' story. We discuss: what we think is important in creating adaptations of Biblical stories, the good and the bad, and what Biblical stories we would like to see animated in the future.

In which the vicars choose their masked alter-egos, decode clues, unmask Revelation, and guess the Bible characters.

Finally we are talking about Fleabag! So come and listen to a few hot priests talk about THE Hot Priest. We talk about loneliness as clergy, setting boundaries, friendship and looking after yourself.

For our 2 year anniversary we watch a pilot episode of The Vicar of Dibley but reimagined for an American audience in the form of The Minister of Divine. Listen to us chat about if it works, what we enjoyed and what we would change.

In which the vicars take a winter break on the sunny Caribbean Island of St Marie, investigate a murder, and discover the real meaning of Epiphany.

In this episode we touch on the wider issues surrounding the Anglican Communion and colonialism/post-colonialism, but recognise that we are not equipped to have a truly informed discussion. The following reading has been suggested:

We are the Vicars Watch Dibley - three real priests who talk about pop culture and what it's taught us about life, faith and the church. We've watched Dibley, and now we're watching everything else!