The BBC has been hit with hundreds of complaints in relation to an episode of The Vicar of Dibley which referred to the Black Lives Matter movement.Dawn French recently revived her role as Reverend Geraldine Kennedy in the hit comedy, creating three ten minute episodes for the channel.The Christmas special, which aired last week, saw the 63-year-old actress take the knee while dressed as the Vicar delivering a sermon on racism, paying tribute to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed at the hands of American police in May.In one scene, the vicar called the village "not the most diverse community" before putting up a BLM poster on the parish noticeboard.Elsewhere in the show, Geraldine said: "I'm aware that all lives
