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5.5/10 TV Country of origin UK No. of episodes 15 Final episode date 21 December 1984 | 7/10 IMDb Created by Dick Sharples No. of series 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Thora HirdPatsy RowlandsRosamund GreenwoodDavid DakerGarfield MorganGeoffrey BayldonMichael Aldridge Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain emily ridley hallelujah salvation army sitcom
Hallelujah! was a British sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and was broadcast from 29th April 1983 to 21st December 1984.
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- Captain emily ridley hallelujah salvation army sitcom
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- Plot
- Cast
- Series 1 1983
- Series 2 1984
- Location filming
- DVD release
- References
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 are her niece Alice Meredith (Patsy Rowlands).
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 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.
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Plot
The show was set in the Salvation Army based of the fictional Yorkshire town of Brigthorpe during Series 1, and in the equally fictional Yorkshire place of Blackwick during Series 2. Dame Thora Hird starred as Captain Emily Ridley, with Patsy Rowlands as her niece Alice Meredith and Rosamund Green as Sister Dorothy Smith (whom left after the first series and was later replaced by David Daker as Brother Benjamin in the second series thereafter).
A notable characteristic of the show was that every episode ended with the audience clapping once during the closing sequence throughout its year-long run.
Cast
Series 1 (1983)
Series 2 (1984)
Contrary to popular belief, only 15 episodes over two series were ever made. It is unknown why many sources claim that there were three series made. This is in fact not true; there were only two series and one Christmas special shown between 1983 and 1984. The sites that list three series may be using working titles in their listings.
Location filming
The series was filmed mostly in and around both Yorkshire Television Studios and the Leeds area. Most notable filming location was Leeds General Hospital, especially appearances by old run-down buildings old and new around the Leeds-area at the time. The opening sequence was filmed outside the Garden Gate pub in Hunslet.
DVD release
DD Home Entertainment (now known as 'Simply Home Entertainment') released series 1 and 2 in 2008. They claimed that series two was complete at first, However, as the Christmas special was not included, they later dropped this claim (the artwork on the cover stayed the same however)
The complete first series of Hallelujah! is now available from Network DVD. The complete second series is now also available. The complete series 1 & 2(Including the Christmas Special 'A Goose For Mrs. Scratchitt') has now also been released.
Hallelujah! has been released in Australia by Acorn Media Australia. It is a boxset with both series plus the Christmas special. It has been released as an all region DVD (PAL).