Based on the book by Audrey Carter. Read by Lynn Robertson Hay. Meet the Carter Family: Audrey, her husband Tom, their three nearly grown up sons Derek, Anthony and Martin, Pooky the cat and Samuel Smudge the dog. Tom was a high-flying businessman before the call to church ministry hit; he’s now a newly ordained minister in the Parish of St Jude's in the Church of England. Through a series of frank and often funny letters to God, Audrey gives us an unfiltered picture of life as a vicar’s wife. Stop the Parish, I Want to Get Off! was first broadcast on Premier Christian Radio in 1997-1998.
The church grounds at St Jude’s have a massive clean up in preparation for a visit from the Archdeacon.
The fifth day of Christmas. Audrey loves her new kitchen floor but feels other parts of the rectory need renewing.
Horror of horrors - the church’s boiler has broken down.
Tom is happy that the Evensong congregation has doubled - but the new addition only came by mistake.
A group of school kids pay St Jude’s a visit.
Audrey admires a congregant’s prayer for Education Sunday, and a new attendee’s pet poodle provides some fun for the choir.
Audrey recovers from a trip to the dentist’s.
Christmas is over and the nest is empty once again.
It’s the twelfth day of Christmas, and Audrey wonders if her husband’s halo is slipping.
The eleventh day of Christmas. The rectory has its first tramp - a vegan!
The eighth day of Christmas. Audrey wonders how she’ll cope as mother-in-law to the boys’ girlfriends when ‘the day’ comes.
All is far from quiet on New Year’s Day…
It’s the sixth day of Christmas. The boys reveal how many seemingly innocent things traumatised them when they were little.
Audrey wonders if she’s having a mid-life crisis.
On the fourth day of Christmas, Audrey decides to return a few unwanted gifts.