Hallelujah!(TV show/series, 1981-1984)

Name: Hallelujah!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1981

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 15 episodes

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

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. ()

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About Hallelujah!

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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Hallelujah! Seasons and Episodes

04/29/1983Season 2 - 8 episodes

#1 | 04/29/1983Marching Orders

Captain Emily Ridley receives her marching orders to take up a new posting, but to where? To another northern Sodom or Gomorrah - or to the Salvation Army home for old soldiers?

#2 | 05/06/1983Just a Song at Twilight

Emily puts the Sally Army's reputation at stake when she agrees to compete in a musical festival - without a band, singers, or even a comb and paper!

#3 | 05/13/1983Holy Deadlock

Despite weeks of fighting the good fight, Emily still hasn't saved a single soul. Then she hits the jackpot of original sin.

#4 | 11/23/1984The Snake Pit (Part One)

Emily is convinced she is about to get her longawaited promotion, but what she actually gets is something rather different.

#5 | 11/30/1984The Snake Pit (Part Two)

Accused of running her citadel like a house of ill repute, Captain Emily Ridley's Sally Army career seems to be almost over...

#6 | 06/03/1983Rock Bottom

Songster, Alice Meredith tries to save a middle-aged dropout from himself, but is Brother Gibson quite what he appears?

#7 | 06/10/1983It Happened One Night

The secrets of Captain Emily Ridley's private life are about to be revealed...

#8 | 12/21/1984A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)

Captain Ridley attempts to explain to a group of children what Christmas used to be like, using as illustration the tale of Ebenezer Dickinson - an old miser whose only enjoyment is making other people's lives a misery.

06/03/1981Season 1 - 7 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: Yorkshire

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 1 language: English (EN)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 06/03/1981

Last episode released on: 12/21/1984

Cast: Thora Hird, Patsy Rowlands, Rosamund Greenwood, David Daker, Garfield Morgan, Geoffrey Bayldon, Michael Aldridge

Creator: Dick Sharples

Keywords: salvation army, sitcom

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