Three Vicars Talking
The Book of the Brilliant BBC Radio 4 Series
Published on 17. September 2020
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-281-08468-5 (ISBN)
Description
When Christine Morgan got Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser together in a studio, all she had to do was plug them in and let them go. The dynamic between the three meant there were moments of real connection and poignancy alongside the laughter: 'I'm exaggerating for comic effect,' Kate announced after one particularly outrageous anecdote, 'It's one of the reasons we're here.'
Each realized in the course of conversation that they favoured one of the three rites of passage:
Giles: Baptism because you enter into the body of Christ
Richard: Funerals because they take you into the mystery of God
Kate: Weddings because you get to wear nice shoes
Engagingly introduced by Christine Morgan, the book ends with the profoundly moving episode (recorded remotely in the three vicars' homes) that was broadcast on Easter Sunday 2020, to a world in crisis.
Each realized in the course of conversation that they favoured one of the three rites of passage:
Giles: Baptism because you enter into the body of Christ
Richard: Funerals because they take you into the mystery of God
Kate: Weddings because you get to wear nice shoes
Engagingly introduced by Christine Morgan, the book ends with the profoundly moving episode (recorded remotely in the three vicars' homes) that was broadcast on Easter Sunday 2020, to a world in crisis.
Reviews / Votes
I am not at all religious (I thought) but Three Vicars Talking on @BBCRadio4 was beautiful. -- Bryony Gordon on Twitter There are no preens here. Each seems genuinely engaged with the others' experiences. All are funny, wise, thoughtful, occasionally confessional. They listen to each other. There is even the odd pearl of wisdom . . . This is good stuff . . . The clever producer is Christine Morgan. -- Gillian Reynolds, The Sunday Times Three Vicars Talking is a meditation on priesthood, wrapped up as a stocking filler . . . Bottley radiates warmth and relatability . . . Coles plays the familiar entertainment part of host struggling to control his effervescent guests . . . Fraser goes in to bat for muscular Christianity. * Church Times * It was heartening to hear a Church of England priest - Canon Fraser in this instance - state unashamed, "We're good at funerals", and he can also lay claim to the most affecting story of the half-hour, when he admitted to a temporary loss of faith after officiating at the funeral of a child. * Church Times * Entertaining * Daily Telegraph *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 136 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-281-08468-5 (9780281084685)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Richard Coles | Kate Bottley | Giles Fraser
Three Vicars Talking
The Book of the Brilliant BBC Radio 4 Series
E-Book
09/2020
1st Edition
SPCK Publishing
€14.49
Available for download
Persons
REV RICHARD COLES is the co-presenter of Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4, Chancellor of the University of Northampton and Vicar of Finedon.
REV KATE BOTTLEY has starred on Gogglebox and Celebrity MasterChef, and presents Good Morning Sunday on Radio 2 with Jason Mohammed.
REV GILES FRASER is the Rector of St Mary, Newington, Associate Editor @UnHeard, a writer for The Guardian, and a regular panellist on Radio 4's Moral Maze.
REV KATE BOTTLEY has starred on Gogglebox and Celebrity MasterChef, and presents Good Morning Sunday on Radio 2 with Jason Mohammed.
REV GILES FRASER is the Rector of St Mary, Newington, Associate Editor @UnHeard, a writer for The Guardian, and a regular panellist on Radio 4's Moral Maze.