The character made her debut in 1994 appearing in all of the episodes and has been reprised several times after the conclusion of the series in 2007 in various charity specials and the Christmas 2020 Lockdown mini revival during the covid pandemic.
A notorious bully, he controlled the parish council without any opposition until Geraldine's arrival, and is consequently disliked by many, being rigid, old-fashioned, efficient, callous and punctual, yet as the show progresses, becomes lovable and endearing.
In episode 12, broadcast on 22 January 1998, when Alice married Hugo Horton, her bridesmaids were dressed as Laa-Laa and Po, and her bridal headband lit up.
When Geraldine's friends take over wedding preparations, Alice uses her position as maid of honour to dress herself as the Tenth Doctor and the other bridesmaids as Daleks.
[1] Hugo Horton is David's sweet-natured, friendly yet dim-witted and childlike son; Geraldine once also likens his intellect to a cactus.
In "Celebrity Vicar", a newspaper describes him in the headline "Rich as Croesus, Thick as Shit"; Hugo does not think the press meant to be rude, to which David replies "Though you can't deny it's a possibility."
In "Celebrity Vicar", while trying to get "crazy anecdotes" about Geraldine for a journalist with all the details, the newspaper headline asks, "Is this The Most Boring Man in Britain?"
Due to his tendency to go on and on when given the opportunity, it is said that five people, including his parents, have died while he was talking, and even his therapist accused him of being boring.
The next day, he decides to assert his sexuality more openly by wearing a bright cerise blazer to attend the parish council meeting rather than his usual brown one.
Other references in the show suggest that Frank is bisexual, as he once admitted to fancying Margaret Beckett, as well as fellow councillors Owen Newitt and David Horton; is as affected by the naked model in the Dibley Parish Life Art Class as the others and painted the same model in the landscape class.
He harbours misconceptions about numerous celebrity figures; once believing Bruce Forsyth to be "immortal", and Noel Edmonds to have invented Christmas.
Despite being married to Doris, he has no qualms about joining Owen in openly flirting with the vicar, frequently commenting on her "lovely arse".
His absence was explained by having Jim misunderstand the "keeping 2 m apart order" as miles instead of metres; therefore he was said to be hiding in the forest outside Dibley.
He lives alone at the farm with his animals and is famous for displaying extremely poor personal hygiene, compounded with chronic problems with his stomach and bowels, both resulting in flatulence.
His signature running gag was that he was frequently late for the parish council meetings, and had legitimate, if gruesome, reasons for his delays (often involving graphic tales of amputating animals' appendages or otherwise mangling them).
She rejected him, mainly because she simply did not love him (she also cited, not to his face, that "his breath smells like nerve gas" and the hair gel he used was actually lard).
Despite this, he frequently makes crude and misguided attempts at flirting with her, which typically backfire, and even proposed to her again the night before her wedding to Harry Kennedy.
Regardless of his foul mouth and coarse nature, Owen is a genuinely kind-hearted and caring person, a fact noted by the vicar, Hugo and Alice, both of whom appointed him godfather to their firstborn daughter.
In several episodes, dialogue suggests that Owen engages in bestiality (such as when he declares rumours that the vicar is a lesbian to be the "best news since they made having sex with animals legal again").
After her death, Jim and Frank described her as a "redheaded beauty in her youth", along with Owen's father having talked of her often, with various nicknames such as 'Luscious Letitia,' Titillatin' Tish,' 'Cropley the Cracker' and 'Always lets you dock your boat in her jetty Letty'.
After many efforts to get rid of several parishioners who come knocking on her door with various requests, including telling Jim Trott and Frank Pickle that a crossword solution is "Plodipop", and arranging the four words "Leave-You-Remorseless-Bastards" on the Scrabble board, Geraldine finally manages to join Simon, who is waiting patiently in her bedroom, followed by a few weeks of romantic bliss.
A heartbroken Geraldine therefore goes into seclusion, binging on chocolate bars and pots of ice cream, and neglecting her church duties.
She decides to resign from her ministry but changes her mind when her parishioners and friends show their loyalty and support by hanging up a huge banner that reads "That tall git Simon may have bonked you and then dumped you like an old jock strap - but we still love you."
Tristan Campbell (although in his second and final appearance his name inexplicably became "Tristram") is the producer of the show Songs of Praise, which came to film in Dibley's St Barnabus' Church in the second episode of the first series.
Harry Jasper Kennedy moves to Dibley from London, buying Sleepy Cottage from David Horton for £500,000.
His first visitors in Dibley are Geraldine and Alice, who initially intend to make it clear to Harry that he is not welcome in the village, but are won over by his good looks and friendly manner the moment he opens his front door.
It is mentioned in the episode "The Christmas Lunch Incident" that her absence is due to her being away on a "competent grandparenting course" which also suggests the Trotts have children.
Her grandfather, David Horton, pities Geraldine and her siblings for being born to their simple-minded parents, yet it is evident that they adore their daughter.