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Channel 4
UK News

Gogglebox helps me evangelise, says vicar Kate Bottley

by Aaron James

Ms Bottley stars in the Channel 4 show, which watches people watching TV. She is also the vicar of Blyth, Scrooby and Ranskill in north Nottinghamshire.

She wrote in the Radio Times: "I've had more conversations about what faith might mean as a result of being the vicar on Gogglebox than I ever have about any of my Sunday sermons.

"Good telly - like good radio - offers a reflection of the human story, and part of the human story is faith, religion and belief ... overtly religious programmes on TV have their place and are to be cherished, but there's also something to be said for 'religious broadcasting' by stealth.

"That's not to say we need to sneak faith in, but the gear change from the secular to the faith need not be obvious."

Ms Bottley rose to public attention in 2013 when a video of her leading a flash mob in her parish church to the 90s hit Everybody Dance Now went viral.

Alongside her husband Graham she has starred in five series of Gogglebox.

 
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