All in Good Faith

All in Good Faith
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Richard Briers Barbara Ferris Susan Jameson Lydia Smith James Campbell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18 + 1 short
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	30 December 1985 (1985-12-30) – 30 May 1988 (1988-05-30)

All in Good Faith is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1985 to 1988. Starring Richard Briers, it was written by John Kane. All in Good Faith was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.

Cast

• Richard Briers - The Reverend Philip Lambe
• Barbara Ferris - Emma Lambe (series 1 and 2)
• Susan Jameson - Emma Lambe (series 3)
• Lydia Smith - Miranda Lambe (series 1 and 2)
• James Campbell - Peter Lambe (series 1 and 2)
• James Cossins - Major Andrews (series 1)
• Robert Bridges - Wilf (series 1)
• Frank Middlemass - Desmond Frank (series 2 and 3)
• T. P. McKenna - Oscar Randolph (series 2)
• John Woodvine - Oscar Randolph (series 3)

Plot

All in Good Faith was written especially for its lead star, The Good Life actor Richard Briers. The series was his first ITV sitcom. He played the Reverend Philip Lambe who, in his middle age, decides to move from his wealthy Oxfordshire parish to one in Edendale, a fictional urban town in the Midlands. He is determined to do things in his new parish and is faced with new problems like homeless people. He is accompanied by his wife Emma, sixteen-year-old daughter Miranda and twelve-year-old son Peter.

Episodes

Series One (1985–86)

1. "In The Beginning" (30 December 1985)
2. "No Stone Unturned" (6 January 1986)
3. "A Flying Visit" (13 January 1986)
4. "The Crunch" (20 January 1986)
5. "An Eye for an Eye" (27 January 1986)
6. "Exodus" (3 February 1986)

Series Two (1987)

1. "Home from Home" (26 February 1987)
2. "Manna from Heaven" (5 March 1987)
3. "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Parish Halls" (12 March 1987)
4. "Babes and Sucklings" (19 March 1987)
5. "The Patience of Job" (26 March 1987)
6. "Like Father Like Son" (2 April 1987)

Series Three (1988)

1. "Where My Caravan Has Rested" (11 April 1988)
2. "And He Fell Among Thieves" (18 April 1988)
3. "The Prodigal Son" (25 April 1988)
4. "The Spirit Is Willing" (9 May 1988)
5. "Behold a Pale Rider" (16 May 1988)
6. "False Profits" (23 May 1988)

Special (1988)

• Short special as part of ITV Telethon (30 May 1988)

DVD release

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	21 October 2013
The Complete Series 2	21 April 2014
The Complete Series 3	TBA
The Complete Series 1 to 3 Box Set	TBA

References

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
• All in Good Faith at British TV Comedy

External links

• All in Good Faith at IMDb
• All in Good Faith at British Comedy Guide