Hallelujah! Retirement (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Hallelujah!

Retirement (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 23 min | Comedy

Emily Ridley has been a Captain in the Salvation Army for over 30 years. She is asked to retire and she refuses, so they post her to quiet, uneventful towns in Yorkshire where she won't bother anyone, or so they thought.

Writer

Dick Sharples

Producer

Ronnie Baxter

Casting Directors

Ruth Boyle | Joan Glover

Production Designer

Andrew Sanderson

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Updated Apr 29, 1983

Release date

Apr 29, 1983 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Thora Hird Captain Emily Ridley Captain Emily Ridley See fewer	Lost for Words (1999)
Patsy Rowlands Sister Alice Meredith Sister Alice Meredith See fewer	Carry on Abroad (1972)
Rosamund Greenwood Sister Dorothy Smith Sister Dorothy Smith See fewer	The Witches (1990)
Walter Gotell Col Henderson Col Henderson See fewer	Moonraker (1979)
Leslie Schofield Armstrong Armstrong See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Bobby Knutt Len Smedley Len Smedley See fewer	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
Sarah Reynolds Blonde with Smedley Blonde with Smedley See fewer	Hallelujah! (1983)
Roger Grainger Vicar Vicar See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Johnny Leeze Landlord Landlord See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)