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S2 E8 · A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)

About Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! is a comedy TV series that premiered on ITV1 on June 3, 1981. It has 2 seasons and 15 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 8 "A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)", aired on December 21, 1984.

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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Episodes

15 episodes · 2 seasons

Season 1

1981 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 43 years ago

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  1. E7

    7. Struck Down

    Finale

    With Emily in hospital, struck down by a renegade ham sandwich, Sisters Alice Meredith and Dorothy Smith are left to run the Citadel. Their approach is quite unlike Emily's!

  2. E6

    6. Mobile Canteen

    Emily takes delivery of a new mobile canteen, but attempts to offer tea, sympathy and a bowl of soup to the poor and needy don't work out quite as she intended, especially when a ham sandwich causes an embarrassing fall at Yorkshire Television that makes the protestor a hero!

  3. E5

    5. Luncheon Club

    Emily's new Senior Citizens' Luncheon Club gets off to a flying start - with an even more interesting finish.

  4. E4

    4. Poor Box

    Emily's latest door-to-door collection for the poor yields little more than £1.20, two 'drop dead's and an improper suggestion. Then she opens the poor box...

  5. E3

    3. Counselling

    Emily's first counselling session confirms her very worst fears: behind the net curtains of the pleasant little town is a snake pit of original sin!

  6. E2

    2. Repentance

    Emily believes that Brigthorpe is teeming with unrepentant sinners. Persuading them to turn their backs on the Devil is proving more difficult than she imagined.

  7. E1

    1. Retirement

    For 42 years, Emily Ridley has fought a tireless battle against the Devil and his works. Now, it seems her uncompromising brand of evangelism has fallen out of favour.

Season 2

1983 · 8 episodes · Last episode: 41 years ago

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  1. E8

    8. A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)

    Finale

    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.

  2. E7

    7. It Happened One Night

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

  3. E6

    6. Rock Bottom

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

  4. E5

    5. The 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...

  5. E4

    4. The Snake Pit (Part One)

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

  6. E3

    3. Holy Deadlock

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

  7. E2

    2. Just 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!

  8. E1

    1. Marching 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?

Cast & crew

  • Danny O'Dea

    Rodney Marshall (uncredited)

  • Garfield Morgan

    Garfield Morgan

    Brig. Langton

  • David Daker

    David Daker

    Brother Benjamin

  • Rosamund Greenwood

    Rosamund Greenwood

    Sister Dorothy Smith

  • Geoffrey Bayldon

    Geoffrey Bayldon

    Mr. Sedgewick

  • Derek Benfield

    Derek Benfield

    Andrew Gibson

  • Carmel McSharry

    Carmel McSharry

    Mrs. Sedgewick

  • Tessa Worsley

    Annie Morley

  • Tenniel Evans

    Tenniel Evans

    Colonel Aspinall

Hallelujah! FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Hallelujah!?

Hallelujah! has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 21, 1984.

When did the latest episode of Hallelujah! come out?

The most recent episode of Hallelujah!, Season 2 Episode 8 "A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)", aired on December 21, 1984.

How many seasons of Hallelujah! are there?

Hallelujah! has 2 seasons with 15 episodes in total.

When did Hallelujah! first air?

Hallelujah! first aired on ITV1 on June 3, 1981.

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