Rev. (TV series)

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Rev.
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Tom Hollander; James Wood
Written by	Tom Hollander; James Wood
Directed by	Peter Cattaneo
Starring	Tom Hollander; Olivia Colman; Steve Evets; Miles Jupp; Simon McBurney; Ellen Thomas; Lucy Liemann; Jimmy Akingbola; Vicki Pepperdine; Joanna Scanlan; Ben Willbond
Narrated by	Tom Hollander
Theme music composer	Jonathan Whitehead
Opening theme	Remix of "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" by Nat King Cole
Ending theme	"Hearing The Prayer"
Composer	Jonathan Whitehead
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	19 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Matthew Justice and Simon Wilson (series one); Kenton Allen and Tom Hollander (series two)
Producers	Kenton Allen (series one); Hannah Pescod (series one and two); Polly Buckle (series three)
Production locations	Shoreditch, London; Hackney, London
Running time	25–30 minutes
Production companies	Big Talk Productions; Handle with Prayer
Original release
Network	BBC Two; BBC HD
Release	28 June 2010 –; 28 April 2014
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Rev. is a British television sitcom produced by Big Talk Productions. Written by actor Tom Hollander and James Wood, the show premiered on BBC Two on 28 June 2010 and ended on 28 April 2014.^[1] The show's working titles were The City Vicar and Handle with Prayer.^[2] The series revolves around a Church of England priest, played by Hollander, who becomes the vicar of an inner-city London church after leaving a small rural Suffolk parish.

Hollander said: "We wanted to define ourselves in opposition to the cliché of a country vicar, partly because we wanted to depict England as it is now, rather than having a sort of bucolic-y, over the hills and far away, bird-tweeting England – we wanted the complications of the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic inner-city, where everything is much harder."^[3]

^ "'Rev.' star dismisses 'Dibley' comparisons". Digital Spy. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
^ "The City Vicar - Production Details". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
^ Hollander, speaking on South Bank Sky Arts Winners interview, 16 February 2011, Sky Arts 1

[1] "'Rev.' star dismisses 'Dibley' comparisons". Digital Spy. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

[2] "The City Vicar - Production Details". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 18 May 2010.

[3] Hollander, speaking on South Bank Sky Arts Winners interview, 16 February 2011, Sky Arts 1

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