Father Duddleswell welcomes his new curate, the recently ordained Father Neil, with a teasing baptism of fire, which opens the young priest's eyes to the complex nature of his parish duties and responsibilities.

Father Duddleswell plans to install a new church bell.

Father Duddleswell refuses to make bad-weather plans for the annual bazaar.

Father Duddleswell decides to disprove the curse of a doomsday chair.

Father Duddleswell accidentally damages the hideous portrait of the founder of the local convent, uncovering a concealed French masterpiece.

Father Duddleswell enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergy.

Father Neil tries to modernize with a P.A. system and soundproof confessionals.