Could the Vicar of Dibley be about to return to the nation's TV screens as a bishop?
A return of one of the most popular series in sitcom history has been hinted at, with Dawn French, who played Rev Geraldine Granger, hinting that she might come back as a bishop.
She told the Daily Mirror: "You know we now have Church law in the UK that women could be Bishops, so who knows? Watch this space – she might get a promotion!"
The series, which ran from 1994 to 2007, was set in the fictional Oxfordshire village of Dibley and played on what was then the novelty of women Church of England clergy.
A return has been hinted at before, but the increasing age of some of the participants and the death of key cast member Roger Lloyd Pack, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2014, have meant a new series would have to look different.
"Our old guys are really old now, so I don't think we could revisit it, because it's just too different," said French.
The programme has returned for one-off sketches in support of Comic Relief, but Dibley fans will be eagerly watching to see whether Rev Geraldine gets her promotion at last.
