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Alice Tinker

David Horton
The Vicar of Dibley character
Portrayed by Gary Waldhorn
Duration 1994–2007, 2013
First appearance "The Arrival"
Last appearance Comic Relief 2013
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Occupation Councillor
Alice Horton
The Vicar of Dibley character
Portrayed by Emma Chambers
Duration 1994–2011
First appearance "The Arrival"
Last appearance
  • Johnny Depp
  • (Comic Relief 2011)
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Occupation Verger, nursery assistant
Hugo Horton
The Vicar of Dibley character
Portrayed by James Fleet
Duration 1994–2007, 2013, 2015
First appearance "The Arrival"
Last appearance Comic Relief Sketch 2015
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Occupation Council member, David Horton's campaign manager
Frank Pickle
The Vicar of Dibley character
Portrayed by John Bluthal
Duration 1994–2007, 2013
First appearance "The Arrival"
Last appearance Comic Relief Sketch 2013
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Occupation Secretary
Jim Trott
The Vicar of Dibley character
Portrayed by Trevor Peacock
Duration 1994–2007, 2013, 2015
First appearance "The Arrival"
Last appearance Comic Relief Sketch 2015
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Occupation Council member, Farmer

A list of characters in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley:

Councillor David Francis Matthew Horton MBE, MA (Cantab), FRCS, born on September 3 (year unknown), chairman of the Parish Council, gentleman farmer, pillar of the community, District Councillor for Dibley and Whitworth and main opponent of the female vicar. A notorious town bully, he controlled the Council without any opposition until the Vicar's arrival, and is consequently disliked by many, being rigid, old-fashioned, efficient, callous and punctual, yet as the show progresses, becomes lovable and endearing. Apart from the vicar, he is the only sane person in the village. Despite regularly complaining about the council, he has never missed a meeting. In fact, in one episode Jim and Owen reminisce about when David's wife went into labour with Hugo, and David held the meeting in the maternity ward. His wife left him prior to the show's beginning due to his obnoxious nature (although he mistakenly believes she left him because he was a bad cook.) In later episodes of the series, Horton comes to fall for the Vicar and even proposes to her (she accepts his proposal but later decides to back out). He is initially a Conservative, but defects to the Labour Party in 2000 as part of his attempt to persuade Geraldine to marry him. Whether he switches his party allegiance back after she refuses him is unknown. His love for the vicar, however, is steadfast and true. He later supported the Make Poverty History campaign. He is a multi-millionaire. Hugo mentions that people used to call him "Dirty Dave" due to his collection of Victorian pornography. David was an unloving father to Hugo, and even threatened to disinherit him if he married Alice, whom David detests. However he changed his mind and later admitted to the Vicar that Alice and Hugo are happy together.

Alice Springs Horton (née Tinker) is the verger at the church. Blonde and dippy (Geraldine describes her as having "the intellectual capacity and charisma of a cactus"), Alice is the only main character who does not sit on the parish council. She is the product of a one-night stand between her mad mother (who in the last two episodes is said to be in a mental home) and the cousin of David Horton's father (present-day David Horton's first cousin once removed and predecessor on the parish council), also called David Horton. She and Hugo, her second cousin once removed, are fond of each other and the vicar plays Cupid successfully in one episode. They eventually marry and have ten children - the eldest, Geraldine, was born on 24 December 1999, in the middle of the village nativity play in which her parents were playing Mary and Joseph. Featuring in the closing credits for most episodes, Geraldine and Alice have a cup of tea while Geraldine tries to tell Alice a joke (frequently the joke is slightly off-colour). Alice rarely understands the jokes that Geraldine tells her and usually proceeds to over-analyse the humour thereby completely killing the joke. In the final episode Geraldine's new husband Harry Kennedy explains the grammar involved and Alice finally understands it. Alice believes in the Easter Bunny, Father Christmas and the tooth fairy. After reading The Da Vinci Code she believes herself to be descended from Jesus. She is dim-witted and naive but also sweet-natured and very endearing. She has many misconceptions, such as mistaking Black Sabbath for gospel singers, telling David that Jesus was one of The Carpenters and referring to Albert Einstein as Andrew Einstein. Alice is a fan of the Wombles and of the Teletubbies. In episode 12, January 22, 1998, when Alice gets married to Hugo Horton, her bridesmaids are La-La and Po, who hold the wedding-dress train of Alice. As a child Alice had a series of budgies named Carrot and, until Geraldine reveals that each Carrot was a separate budgie entirely, Alice believed that her first budgie Carrot was reincarnated, "Just like Jesus, but with feathers". Alice also has a sister, Mary, who is older than Alice but is even more dim-witted. Alice's mother is often described as insane by Geraldine.


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