THE Vicar of Dibley fans broke down in tears with Dawn French as Geraldine paid a tearful tribute to Alice Tinker in a sad lockdown episode tonight.
The second of the three 10-minutes specials aired this evening and saw Dawn return as bubbly vicar Geraldine.
However, the episode had a sombre tone as she discussed the Black Lives Matter movement before taking the knee on the village green.
Geraldine then returned home where she spoke to the camera about her best friend Alice, who had died three years ago.
She said: "OK friends, dear friends, this is going to be a weird one, as it's about love, and laughter and loss.
"Because Dibley is such full of life but everywhere I go now, if I'm standing in my kitchen, if I go into the vestry, it's always little Alice Tinker I see.
And she died, three years ago this week."
She continued: "Who is the person I've most loved in my life? Well I'm very fond of my handsome husband, but in the end it's got to be her. My own darling dumb blonde.
"She had one husband, six children and three brain cells. But so much love in her heart she could defrost a frozen pizza on a winter's day. She wasn't the brightest bulb in the box but when we lost her, all our lights went out."
Geraldine then revealed Alice had died of cancer before recalling their first meeting all those years before.
Geraldine said: "I believe in eternal life in heaven but I also believe in eternal life on earth, because those who die are eternally here, alive in our memories and in who we are."
Growing tearful and her voice thick with emotion, she added: "Because of….because of how they changed us.
"So message for today, love the ones you're with especially today in these hardest of times and God bless you all."
As pictures of actress Emma Chambers – who played Alice and who died in 2018 – appeared on screen, viewers sobbed with Dawn/Geraldine.
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Taking to Twitter, one wrote: "Oh @Dawn_French your beautiful tribute to Alice just caught me unawares and made me cry. Your words were just beautiful! The #vicarofdibley is simply brilliant and we have missed it, and you so much. Thank you"
Another added: "That was a beautiful episode of #VicarOfDibley @Dawn_French speaking so fondly of “Alice” made me cry! Thank you"
A third tweeted: "how on Earth did you get through that!? #vicarofdibley I'm in bits. Such a lovely tribute. Thank you Vicar of Dibley team"
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