Post by davetea on Jul 23, 2010 15:37:19 GMT
As reported by the Christian Institute. They've also posted a video there too:
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A new TV comedy about a liberal vicar struggling in an inner city parish looks set to further inflame accusations of anti-Christian bias at the BBC.
A BBC press pack claims the sitcom, “Rev”, is “contemporary”, “heavily researched” and it “lifts the lid on how the modern Church actually functions and what life is really like in a dog collar.”
It was co-created by James Wood and Tom Hollander, who also plays the lead role as the vicar. Tom Hollander said: “we’re trying to depict a real world”.
Heretical
Co-creator James Wood said: “The one word I would pick to describe the show would be ‘heretical’.”
The opening episode of “Rev” features a decaying, near-empty church attended by a handful of eccentric oddballs and senior citizens.
At one Sunday service, the church begins to fill with wealthy young families, but it transpires they are only attending in the hope of getting their children into the local church school.
Bigotry
In the second episode, a neighbouring evangelical congregation asks to share the church building while their own building is being renovated.
The evangelical church is headed by a tall, handsome, slick communicator who fills the church with happy youngsters.
But “the cold bigotry that lies not far beneath the surface of the evangelicals’ smiles” soon comes to the fore, according to one viewer writing for the New Statesman.
Hypocrites
The evangelicals are shown to be unforgiving, money-obsessed hypocrites who reach a large young crowd only because of trendy gimmicks.
The third episode features a Muslim group that wants to use the church to teach Islamic prayer to children.
The vicar is keen on the opportunity for a multi-faith dialogue, but fears the move may be opposed by “prejudiced” members of his own congregation.
Judgmental
The Muslims characters are portrayed sympathetically, shown to be self-assured in their beliefs and moral values.
A BBC press pack claims the sitcom, “Rev”, is “contemporary”, “heavily researched” and it “lifts the lid on how the modern Church actually functions and what life is really like in a dog collar.”
It was co-created by James Wood and Tom Hollander, who also plays the lead role as the vicar. Tom Hollander said: “we’re trying to depict a real world”.
Heretical
Co-creator James Wood said: “The one word I would pick to describe the show would be ‘heretical’.”
The opening episode of “Rev” features a decaying, near-empty church attended by a handful of eccentric oddballs and senior citizens.
At one Sunday service, the church begins to fill with wealthy young families, but it transpires they are only attending in the hope of getting their children into the local church school.
Bigotry
In the second episode, a neighbouring evangelical congregation asks to share the church building while their own building is being renovated.
The evangelical church is headed by a tall, handsome, slick communicator who fills the church with happy youngsters.
But “the cold bigotry that lies not far beneath the surface of the evangelicals’ smiles” soon comes to the fore, according to one viewer writing for the New Statesman.
Hypocrites
The evangelicals are shown to be unforgiving, money-obsessed hypocrites who reach a large young crowd only because of trendy gimmicks.
The third episode features a Muslim group that wants to use the church to teach Islamic prayer to children.
The vicar is keen on the opportunity for a multi-faith dialogue, but fears the move may be opposed by “prejudiced” members of his own congregation.
Judgmental
The Muslims characters are portrayed sympathetically, shown to be self-assured in their beliefs and moral values.
