Every day throws up a moral conflict for the vicar. Adam Smallbone's door must always be open to urban sophisticates with ulterior motives, the chronically lonely, the lost, the homeless, the poor and the insane.

Adam is still trying to negotiate the moral maze of life within his East London parish. No longer a novice at St Saviour's since his move from rural Suffolk, surviving one winter has by no means made him an experienced urbanite and now it's time to tackle summer in the city...

The third series starts with Alex gives birth to their daughter in dramatic circumstances.