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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Unlike Alice, Owen and Frank -- whose actors passed away in 2014 and 2018 respectively -- are stated to still be alive as of the 2020 "In Lockdown" specials.

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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Unlike Alice, Owen and Frank -- whose actors Creator/RogerLloydPack and Creator/JohnBluthal passed away in 2014 and 2018 respectively -- are stated to still be alive as of the 2020 "In Lockdown" specials.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[TransAtlanticEquivalent An American remake]] was attempted for Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, produced by Creator/JaneLeeves and Creator/PeriGilpin and starring Creator/KirstieAlley as ''The Minister of Divine''. It didn't get picked up.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/DawnFrench was reluctant to play Geraldine at first, seeing her as too nice and lacking in faults. At one point, she begged to play Alice instead, only to be sent a list of other available actresses to take the lead (including Creator/MiriamMargolyes, Alison Steadman, and Creator/JulieWalters) that convinced her to play the part.
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[[TransAtlanticEquivalent An American remake]] was attempted for Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, produced by Creator/JaneLeeves and Creator/PeriGilpin and starring Creator/KirstieAlley as ''The Minister of Divine''. It didn't get picked up.
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* DawsonCasting: Likely applies to James Fleet, who was in his 40s when he started playing Hugo and about nine years younger than Creator/GaryWaldhorn playing David.

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* DawsonCasting: Likely applies to James Fleet, Creator/JamesFleet, who was in his 40s when he started playing Hugo and about nine years younger than Creator/GaryWaldhorn playing David.
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* DawsonCasting: Likely applies to James Fleet, who was in his 40s when he started playing Hugo and about nine years younger than Gary Waldhorn playing David.

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* DawsonCasting: Likely applies to James Fleet, who was in his 40s when he started playing Hugo and about nine years younger than Gary Waldhorn Creator/GaryWaldhorn playing David.
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* {{Trope Namer|s}}: Letitia Cropley, for CordonBleughChef.
--> '''Geraldine:''' That woman truly is the Queen of Cordon ''Bleahhh''.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: "The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown", two years after Emma Chambers' death from a heart attack, reveals that Alice had succumbed to cancer three years earlier.

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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: "The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown", two years after Emma Chambers' Creator/EmmaChambers' death from a heart attack, reveals that Alice had succumbed to cancer three years earlier.

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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Unlike Alice, Owen and Frank -- whose actors passed away in 2014 and 2018 respectively -- are stated to still be alive as of "In Lockdown".

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* CharacterOutlivesActor: Unlike Alice, Owen and Frank -- whose actors passed away in 2014 and 2018 respectively -- are stated to still be alive as of the 2020 "In Lockdown".Lockdown" specials.
* DawsonCasting: Likely applies to James Fleet, who was in his 40s when he started playing Hugo and about nine years younger than Gary Waldhorn playing David.

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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/RogerLloydPack gets several opportunities to show off his chops as a singer after Owen joins the church choir.

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* AccentDepundent: There's a VisualPun in a game of charades that only works with certain British accents. [[DumbBlonde Alice]] is standing there with a pair of jars in her hands. The other players have worked out that it's a movie but give up. She says it's ''Jars'', which she says she's never seen but is about "these giant jars that attack people". The others realize she's talking about ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and give a LamePunReaction.
* TheCastShowoff: Creator/RogerLloydPack gets got several opportunities to show off his chops as a singer after Owen joins the church choir.

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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/RogerLloydPack gets several opportunities to show off his chops as a singer after Owen joins the church choir.



* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RichardArmitage is best-known for his dark, grim and brooding roles. He here plays Harry Kennedy, an accountant and hopeless romantic with a thing for nerdy sweaters and [[spoiler: Geraldine's eventual husband]]

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RichardArmitage is best-known for his dark, grim and brooding roles. He here plays Harry Kennedy, an accountant and hopeless romantic with a thing for nerdy sweaters and [[spoiler: Geraldine's eventual husband]]husband]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[TransAtlanticEquivalent An American remake]] was attempted for Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, produced by [[Series/{{Frasier}} Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin]] and starring Creator/KirstieAlley as ''The Minister of Divine''. It didn't get picked up.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[TransAtlanticEquivalent An American remake]] was attempted for Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, produced by [[Series/{{Frasier}} Jane Leeves Creator/JaneLeeves and Peri Gilpin]] Creator/PeriGilpin and starring Creator/KirstieAlley as ''The Minister of Divine''. It didn't get picked up.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: "The Vicar Of Dibley In Lockdown", two years after Emma Chambers' death from a heart attack, reveals that Alice had succumbed to cancer three years earlier.
* CharacterOutlivesActor: Unlike Alice, Owen and Frank -- whose actors passed away in 2014 and 2018 respectively -- are stated to still be alive as of "In Lockdown".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[TransAtlanticEquivalent An American remake]] was attempted for Creator/{{Fox}} in 2007, produced by [[Series/{{Frasier}} Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin]] and starring Creator/KirstieAlley as ''The Minister of Divine''. It didn't get picked up.
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* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]], [[Literature/NorthAndSouth John Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].
** And [[AshesToAshes D.I. Alex Drake]] as his [[spoiler:sister]].
** Tristan the attractive Songs of Praise producer is now known as [[Series/DoctorWho the twelfth Doctor]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''Film/NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...
** The sweet and loveable Tristan Campbell went on to play none other than [[Series/TheThickOfIt Malcolm "Mothercunting" Tucker]] and [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]
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** The sweet and loveable Tristan Campbell went on to play none other than [[Series/TheThickOfIt Malcolm "Mothercunting" Tucker]]

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** The sweet and loveable Tristan Campbell went on to play none other than [[Series/TheThickOfIt Malcolm "Mothercunting" Tucker]]Tucker]] and [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...

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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''.''Film/NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...
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**The sweet and loveable Tristan Campbell went on to play none other than [[Series/TheThickOfIt Malcolm "Mothercunting" Tucker]]
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RichardArmitage is best-known for his dark, grim and brooding roles. He here plays Harry Kennedy, an accountant and hopeless romantic with a thing for nerdy sweaters and [[spoiler: Geraldine's eventual husband]]
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** Tristan the attractive Songs of Praise producer is now known as [[DoctorWho the twelfth Doctor]].

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** Tristan the attractive Songs of Praise producer is now known as [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho the twelfth Doctor]].
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** Tristan the attractive Songs of Praise producer is now known as [[DoctorWho the twelfth Doctor]].

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]], [[Literature/NorthAndSouth John Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].

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Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]], [[Literature/NorthAndSouth John Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].


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* {{Trope Namer|s}}: Letitia Cropley, for CordonBleughChef.
--> '''Geraldine:''' That woman truly is the Queen of Cordon ''Bleahhh''.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]], [[NorthAndSouth John Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]], [[NorthAndSouth [[Literature/NorthAndSouth John Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]] and [[NorthAndSouth John Thornton.]]

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]] and Gisbourne]], [[NorthAndSouth John Thornton.]]Thornton,]] and [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...

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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...

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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. And so on and so forth...

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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). Roger Lloyd Pack is also highly well-known as Trigger in ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', and appeared in the ''DoctorWho'' episodes "Rise of the Cybermen" and "The Age of Steel" as John Lumic. James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. Emma Chambers (Alice) appeared in ''NottingHill''. And so on and so forth...
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** And [[AshesToAshes D.I. Alex Drake]] as his [[spoiler:sister]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Harry the accountant, also known as [[Series/RobinHood Sir Guy of Gisbourne]] and [[NorthAndSouth John Thornton.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn and French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. And so on and so forth...

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* HeyItsThatGuy: All over the place, with the star-studded cast. Dawn and French got her start in ''FrenchAndSaunders'', for one. Both she and Roger Lloyd Pack (Owen) were in the ''HarryPotter'' movies (as the Fat Lady and Barty Crouch, Sr. respectively). James Fleet (Hugo) was in both ''SenseAndSensibility'' and ''FourWeddingsAndAFuneral''. And so on and so forth...

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