The BBC has defended the Vicar of Dibley after viewers branded the first of three Christmas special episodes an 'abomination'. The criticism of the first episode, which aired on Monday, comes ahead of the controversial Black Lives Matter episode set to be released next week. The show will see Dawn French, 63, take the knee - a popular gesture taken by BLM supporters - and deliver a sermon about the movement as she plays Reverend Geraldine Granger in the hit TV show. The first of the Christmas episodes aired on Monday and was branded 'unfunny' by one viewer and an 'abomination' by anothe...