Comedy sitcom Rev. (and its actors) - the portrait of the life of a modern, inner-city vicar - has been nominated several times in this years British Comedy Awards.

Nominated in the Best Sitcom category, the judging panel has to choose between Rev. Hunderby, The Thick of It and Twenty Twelve.

Nominated in the Best TV Comedy Actor is Tom Hollander, who of course played the Rev. Adam Smallbone in Rev. and in the Best TV Comedy Actress (twice!) is Olivia Colman, who played Adam's wife Alex. (Olivia Colman is the first person ever to be nominated twice in the same category for different shows.)

The results of the British Comedy Awards 2012 will be announced live on Channel 4 during a ceremony held at Wembley's Fountain Studios. It takes place on Wednesday 12th December from 9pm with Jonathan Ross as host.

Rev. Series Two is available on DVD from all good retailers - including our online Shop - and has been available from 12th November 2012.

The DVD retails at approximately £13.99 (depending on shopping source!)

It’s hell being a vicar…

Meet The Rev. Adam Smallbone. He’s a Church of England Vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the busy, inner-city world of St Saviour’s in Hackney, East London. It’s a world he has no experience of. And it shows. It really shows.

Rev. is an authentic--albeit highly comic--portrait of the life of a modern, inner-city vicar. Heavily researched and supported by anecdotes from a number of working city vicars and church insiders it lifts the lid on how the modern church actually functions, and what life is really like in a dog collar.

Kenton Allen - the Chief Executive of Big Talk Productions (the production company responsible for making Rev.) spoke to The Guardian recently about various things - a film of the UK comedy drama Rev. was one of those things!

Fans of BBC2's award-winning sitcom Rev, stand by your pulpits. Kenton Allen, chief executive of its producer, Big Talk Productions, hopes to take the adventures of Adam Smallbone, played by Tom Hollander, to the big screen.

"Tom was in In the Loop so had witnessed the transfer of The Thick of It into the film spin-off and there are some similarities between the TV series and that movie in terms of tone and architecture and journey," says Allen.

Perish the thought that the film version would see the put-upon inner-city vicar transfer to a new parish in Beverly Hills? "No, he definitely won't be going to Hollywood," confirms Allen. "It's a glimmer in our eyes. Who knows?"

He goes on to say that he is also looking to the US, where Big Talk is making a second pilot of Robert Popper sitcom Friday Night Dinner, after it was not picked up by NBC first time round, and is developing Him & Her for FX.

And he is discussing an American version of Rev, which recently launched in the US on the on-demand service Hulu.

The full Guardian article is here

Meet The Rev. Adam Smallbone. He’s a Church of England Vicar, newly promoted from a sleepy rural parish to the busy, inner-city world of St Saviour’s in Hackney, East London. It’s a world he has no experience of. And it shows. It really shows.

It is an impossibly difficult job being a good, modern, city vicar. And, equally, it’s a very hard job being married to one. Alex – Adam’s long-suffering wife – does her best to support him, but she’s got her own career as a solicitor to worry about. And she is no one’s idea of a conventional vicar’s wife.

Anybody can and does come into St Saviour’s – and into Adam’s life. From scheming MPs trying to educate their children on the cheap to Colin, a heavy drinking, unemployable lost soul who is Adam’s most devoted parishioner. Then there’s Mick, the local crackhead in need of £20 to visit his ‘dying mother’ in Southend… She’s died three times in the last 12 months. Every day throws up a new moral conflict for our vicar. Everyone always wants something from Adam – all the time. Even his supposedly supportive Lay-reader Nigel, a pedantic careerist with his eye on Adam’s job.

Adam’s door must always be open. From urban sophisticates with ulterior motives to the chronically lonely, the lost, the homeless, the poor and the insane. All are welcome at St Saviour’s and Adam can’t turn any of them away. Even if they’re clearly lying, mad or just very annoying.

In addition to caring for his flock Adam has to worry about the financial burden of running a huge, decaying building – with a smashed stained glass window – and a dwindling congregation. He has to contend with hopeless volunteers, ambitious church rivals, the sinister attentions of the Archdeacon and the romantic attentions of Adoha, a renowned ‘cassock-chaser’ and church regular.

Rev. is an authentic – albeit highly comic – portrait of the life of a modern, inner-city vicar. Heavily researched and supported by anecdotes from a number of working city vicars and church insiders it lifts the lid on how the modern church actually functions, and what life is really like in a dog collar.

After what seems like an eternity of waiting, Big Talk Production finally announced today that Rev. - the portrait of the life of a modern, inner-city vicar - will return in 2014 with a third series.

A big hit on U.S. Network Hulu, Rev. has been greenlit by BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow for a third series.

Co-creator Tom Hollander is on board to reprise the role of the Rev. Smallbone and Big Talk hints that Olivia Colman will return as his wife Alex.

Big Talk announced today (1st August 2012)

More ‘Rev.’ Please Vicar! Hulu Sitcom ‘Rev’ Reupped.

LONDON — Big Talk Prods.’ quirky British sitcom “Rev,” a hit for Hulu in the U.S., has been greenlit for a third season by BBC2.

Co-creator Tom Hollander will return as the Rev. Adam Smallbone, the often frustrated and always unconventional vicar of an inner-city London parish. The show co-stars Olivia Colman as his long-suffering wife. The thesp won kudos for her role in British indie pic “Tyrannosaur.” 

Big Talk topper Kenton Allen said:

“Such is the brilliance of the ‘Rev’ cast that getting everyone back together for further adventures is always challenging. But I’m delighted that we’ve managed to get Adam and his congregation back into church for what I hope will be an extraordinary third season of a show that is extremely special for all those involved.”

Co-creator James Wood will return as lead writer on the series, with the creator of cult Channel 4 sitcom “Peep Show” Sam Bain back as script editor. Development for the new season will start this year for U.K. transmission in 2014. The show was greenlit by BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow.

Rev has won numerous prizes, including the 2011 BAFTA sitcom award, and four awards at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards.

Big Talk's Article is here

U.S. On demand TV company Hulu announced that it has picked both series of Rev. for its summer line-up of new on-demand shows.

Hulu Exclusives include season two of "The Booth At The End" and International TV Hits "Rev.," "The Yard," "Pramface," "Derren Brown: Inside Your Mind," "Little Mosque" and "The Promise". Says Business Wire.

Proving that summer doesn't have to mean the start of rerun season, Hulu announced a full slate of new original and exclusive TV shows that begin premiering on June 4th on Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. Hulu's summer lineup offers new TV shows for all kinds of entertainment fans, from comedy, sci-fi, travel, reality and even a little magic.

Originally broadcast on BBC Two in the U.K., the show has received widespread critical acclaim, winning the 2011 BAFTA's "Best Sitcom," and nominated for the 2012 BAFTA's "Best Sitcom," and Hollander receiving a nod for "Best Male Performance in a Comedy Program."

The series premieres on Hulu and Hulu Plus on June 3rd from BBC Worldwide Americas Digital Distribution. Six (6) episodes in season one; seven (7) episodes in season two.

Rev. has again been nominated in the BAFTA Awards.

In the Situation Comedy category, this is the second time that Rev. has been nominated - Rev. won the award for Situation Comedy in 2011.

Rev. - the comedy sitcom about a vicar who moved from a sleepy rural parish to the busy, inner-city world of St Saviour’s in Hackney, East London - was nominated for a 2011 BAFTA award in the Situation Comedy category. The sitcom competed against three other nominees: Mrs Brown's Boys, Peep Show and The Trip.

This year, Rev. competes against Fresh Meat, Mrs Brown's Boys and Friday Night Dinner.

Adam Smallbone actor Tom Hollander is also nominated for a BAFTA award again this year, in the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme category, whilst Rev. actor Olivia Colman is nominated in the Female Performance in a Comedy Programme for her performance in the BBCFour comedy drama Twenty Twelve.

This year, the BAFTA for Situation Comedy was won by Mrs Brown's Boys and the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme was won by Darren Boyd.

Rev. - the BAFTA Award winning BBCTwo comedy sitcom starring Tom Hollander and Olivia Colman - returns to our screens with six new episodes comprising Series Two and a Christmas Special, starting on Thursday 10th November 2011 at 9.00PM.

The Reverend Adam Smallbone is played by Tom Hollander and Alex by Olivia Colman. Rev. also stars Simon McBurney, Miles Jupp, Jimmy Akingbola, Steve Evets, Ellen Thomas and Lucy Liemann.

Amongst the guest stars for this Series are: Ralph Fiennes, Hugh Bonneville, Richard E Grant, and Sylvia Sims.