All in Good Faith

infobox television
show_name = All in Good Faith


caption =
genre = Sitcom
runtime = 30 minutes
creator =
starring = Richard Briers
Barbara Ferris
Susan Jameson
Lydia Smith
James Campbell
country = United Kingdom
network = ITV
first_aired = 30 December 1985
last_aired = 30 May 1988
num_episodes = 18 + 1 short
imdb_id = 0088477

"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 Rev. Philip Lambe
*Barbara Ferris - Emma Lambe "(series 1 and 2)"
*Susan Jameson - Emma Lambe "(series 3)"
*Lydia Smith - Miranda Lambe "(series 1 and 2)"
*Nigel Humphreys - 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 and it was his first ITV sitcom. He played The Rev. 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

eries One (1985–86)

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

eries Two (1987)

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

eries Three (1988)

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

pecial (1988)

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

References

*Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/allgood/index.html "All in Good Faith"] at British TV Comedy