Adam is worried that the church school will fail its religious inspection and this puts him into conflict with Ellie, whose new teacher Mr Feld, is an atheist whom Adam frets is undermining the school's Christian ethos. He has gone so far as to give a school assembly on Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene. The same teacher is a good footballer who turns out for the Catholics in an inter-denominational five-a-side tournament that the Archdeacon has arranged. Adam is struggling to find players for his Anglican side that includes Alex, Nigel, and Mick - but not Colin, who has become a Buddhist.