- Title: Witness 93:Vicars
- Date: 14th November 1993
- Summary: FROM OUTER REACHES OF SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS TO FRONTLINE IN BELFAST VICARS JOURNEYS INTO MINDS AND HEARTS OF BRITAIN'S SPIRITUAL GUIDES. DISPELLING HOMELY MYTH SURROUNDING WORK AND PERSONALITY OF THE VICAR, FEATURE DIR DON BOYD LOOKS AT TRUTH BEHIND IMAGE OF BRITAIN'S CLERGY. IN HARSH ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CLOTH ARE AS MUCH SOCIAL WORKERS OR PSYCHIATRISTS AS SPIRITUAL MENTORS. PRIESTS LIKE RON MICHINSON: INDUSTRIAL CHAPLAIN TO POWER STATION WORKERS & MINERS WHO HOLDS SERVICE UNDERGROUND. KATHLEEN YOUNG, 1ST WOMAN PRIEST IN N.I. BRANCH OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH. GRAEME ROWLANDS, A PRIEST IN KENTISH TOWN, NORTH LONDON IN A MIXED COMMUNITY OF RACES, CLASSES AND BELIEFS. AND CHRISTOPHER DORMER, WHOSE PARISH INCLUDES SOME OF THE WILDEST COUNTRYSIDE IN SCOTLAND. RICH AND VARIED, VICARS IS A FILM ABOUT THE TURBULENT LIVES OF BRITAIN'S PRIESTS - AS THEY HAVE RARELY BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
- Description:A PORTRAIT OF THE VICARS OF ENGLAND IN FULL MID-LIFE CRISIS. DON BOYD DIRECTS THIS CONTEMPORARY TROLLOPE. FOR THE "WITNESS" STRAND.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:NEW ERA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:14/11/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s