The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series)

Love and Marriage (1998)

Roger Lloyd Pack: Owen Newitt

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Geraldine Granger : Sorry I'm late. Where are we?

  Hugo Horton : Voting on a name for the new road.

  Geraldine Granger : Oh, good. So long as we don't name it after any of us. I hate all that puffy, puffy self-publicity stuff, don't you? So, what's the suggestion?

  Hugo Horton : David Horton Road.

  Geraldine Granger : Oh, please! In the name of all that is holy, no!

  David Horton : Actually, I agree with the vicar on this one. Very poor idea, Hugo. Personally I'd rather we named it in memory of someone who is no longer with us, someone like, say... my predecessor as chairman of the parish council.

  Owen Newitt : Very good idea.

  David Horton : Excellent.

  Geraldine Granger : Your predecessor being, let me just get this right, your father's cousin? Whose name was...?

  David Horton : David Horton, that's right. All those in favour of naming it David Horton Road, after my predecessor?

  [all but Geraldine raise their hands] 

  David Horton : Carried.

• Geraldine Granger : Owen, I'm going to have to cancel the wedding.

  Owen Newitt : Because of a sniffle?

  Geraldine Granger : No, because I just found out last night that Alice's biological father is *David Horton*!

  Owen Newitt : Yes, that's right. What's the problem?

  Geraldine Granger : [Incredulously]  Sorry? Has the British legal and ethical system entirely bypassed Dibley? David Horton! You do know who I mean by David Horton?

  Owen Newitt : Yes. The cousin of our David Horton's father. His predecessor on the Council. Dirty Dave Horton, the Stud of Stadhampton.

  Geraldine Granger : [Relieved]  Oh, right! Right, obviously! Oh, Owen.

  [Kisses him on the cheek] 

  Geraldine Granger : I love you!

  Owen Newitt : Shall we go to bed then?

  Geraldine Granger : No.