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Hallelujah! (1981)

30m

Running Time

2
Seasons

15
Episodes

June 3, 1981
Release Date

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Hallelujah! (1981)

30m

Running Time

2
Seasons

15
Episodes

June 3, 1981
Release Date

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Plot.

Hallelujah! was a British sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and was broadcast from April 1983 to December 1984. The series was set in a Salvation Army citadel in the fictional Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe during series 1. Captain Emily Ridley has been posted there, having been an active member of the Salvation Army for 42 years. Despite the town and residents being seemingly pleasant, Emily is determined to flush out sin from behind the net curtains. Assisting Emily are her niece Alice Meredith. The programme was a repeat collaboration between Hird and the creator Dick Sharples, having worked together on the comedy series In Loving Memory between 1979 and 1986. The show even featured guest appearances from guest stars like Hird's Last of the Summer Wine co-star actor Michael Aldridge and television presenter & Countdown Legend Richard Whiteley Himself.

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Cast & Crew.

Thora Hird

Captain Emily Ridley / Captain Agnes Ridley

Patsy Rowlands

Sister Alice Meredith / Little Nell

David Daker

Brother Benjamin / Bob Scratchitt

Rosamund Greenwood

Sister Dorothy Smith

Garfield Morgan

Brig. Langton

Geoffrey Bayldon

Mr. Sedgewick / Jacob Marley

Derek Benfield

Andrew Gibson / Arthur Walton

Carmel McSharry

Mrs. Sedgewick

Ray Mort

Harold Marshall / Policeman

Tessa Worsley

Annie Marshall / Annie Morley

Ronnie Baxter

Director

Danny O'Dea

Rodney Marshall (uncredited)

Tenniel Evans

Colonel Aspinall

Details.

Release Date
June 3, 1981

Status
Ended

Seasons
2

Episodes
15

Running Time
30m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2023-11-09

This TV Show Is About.

sitcom

salvation army

Scripted

Wiki.

Hallelujah! is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television that aired on ITV from 29 April 1983 to 21 December 1984.

The series was set in a Salvation Army citadel in the fictional Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe during series 1 (and later in the fictional place of Blackwick in series 2). Captain Emily Ridley (Thora Hird) has been posted there, having been an active member of the Salvation Army for 42 years. Despite the town and residents being seemingly pleasant, Emily is determined to flush out sin from behind the net curtains. Assisting Emily is her niece Alice Meredith (Patsy Rowlands).

The programme was a repeat collaboration between Hird and the creator Dick Sharples, who had worked together on the comedy series In Loving Memory between 1979 and 1986.

The series also featured guest appearances from the likes of Hird's Last of the Summer Wine co-star Michael Aldridge and television presenter Richard Whiteley.