About this season
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.
Episodes (8)
1. Marching Orders
Aired 29 April 1983 • 30 min
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?
2. Just a Song at Twilight
Aired 6 May 1983 • 30 min
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!
3. Holy Deadlock
Aired 13 May 1983 • 30 min
Despite weeks of fighting the good fight, Emily still hasn't saved a single soul. Then she hits the jackpot of original sin.
4. The Snake Pit (Part One)
Aired 23 November 1984 • 30 min
Emily is convinced she is about to get her longawaited promotion, but what she actually gets is something rather different.
5. The Snake Pit (Part Two)
Aired 30 November 1984 • 30 min
Accused of running her citadel like a house of ill repute, Captain Emily Ridley's Sally Army career seems to be almost over...
6. Rock Bottom
Aired 3 June 1983 • 30 min
Songster, Alice Meredith tries to save a middle-aged dropout from himself, but is Brother Gibson quite what he appears?
7. It Happened One Night
Aired 10 June 1983 • 30 min
The secrets of Captain Emily Ridley's private life are about to be revealed...
8. A Goose For Mrs. Scratchit (1984 Christmas Special)
Aired 21 December 1984 • 30 min
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.