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Father Ted

Fri, Apr 21, 1995
  • Comedy
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Synopsis

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

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Cast

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  • Dermot Morgan
    Dermot Morgan
    as Father Ted Crilly
  • Ardal O'Hanlon
    Ardal O'Hanlon
    as Father Dougal McGuire
  • Pauline McLynn
    Pauline McLynn
    as Mrs. Doyle
  • Frank Kelly
    Frank Kelly
    as Father Jack Hackett
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Episodes

3 seasons · 24 episodes

Ended · 24 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Good Luck, Father Ted
    Aired · Fri, Apr 21, 1995 · 30m

    Fame beckons for Ted when Terry MacNamee phones up to interview him for 'The Television'. Unfortunately, the filming at the local beauty spot coincides with the arrival of Funland on Craggy Island.

  • E2
    Entertaining Father Stone
    Aired · Fri, Apr 28, 1995 · 30m

    Life's always dull on Craggy Island, but it gets even duller when Father Paul Stone visits. Six years he's been coming to holiday with Ted, and the protracted silences have taken their toll...

  • E3
    The Passion of Saint Tibulus
    Aired · Fri, May 5, 1995 · 30m

    After a night gossiping with Father Hernandez over the longest game of Cluedo in history, Ted and Dougal are bullied into being moral crusaders by Bishop Brennan, with disastrous results.

  • E4
    Competition Time
    Aired · Fri, May 12, 1995 · 30m

    It's the All Priests Look-A-Like competition and Ted is determined that this year he will defeat his fellow priests from Rugged Island.

  • E5
    And God Created Woman
    Aired · Fri, May 19, 1995 · 30m

    Novelist Polly Clarke, author of the steamy 'Bejewelled with Kisses', comes to stay on the island, and Ted thinks she's fallen for him.

  • E6
    Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest
    Aired · Fri, May 26, 1995 · 30m

    Sister Mulligan's visit to Craggy Island ends dramatically when Father Jack drinks a bottle of polish and dies. Ted and Dougal's grief's tempered by the fact that he's left them half a million pounds.

Season 2
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    Hell
    Aired · Fri, Mar 8, 1996 · 30m

    Ted, Dougal and Jack head off on their summer holidays to Father O'Rourke's caravan in Kilkenny. Unfortunately, a run-in with some naked neighbours gets the holy men's holiday off to a sticky start.

  • E2
    Think Fast, Father Ted
    Aired · Fri, Mar 15, 1996 · 30m

    There's a leaky roof threatening to collapse on Father Jack, and Ted receives a car from Bishop Brennan for a raffle prize, but as usual, things go horribly wrong.

  • E3
    Tentacles of Doom
    Aired · Fri, Mar 22, 1996 · 30m

    Three bishops are on their way to Craggy Island to upgrade the Holy Stone of Clonrickert to a Class II relic, and Ted is determined that Dougal and Jack be on their best behaviour. As if...

  • E4
    The Old Grey Whistle Theft
    Aired · Fri, Mar 29, 1996 · 30m

    The arrival of a rebellious priest coincides with the theft of the picnic area supervisor's whistle. Is law and order breaking down on Craggy Island?

  • E5
    A Song for Europe
    Aired · Fri, Apr 5, 1996 · 30m

    Ted and Dougal decide to enter the 1996 Eurosong Contest. With inspired lyrics, a jaunty tune and the right attitude, they stand a good chance. Don't they?

  • E6
    The Plague
    Aired · Fri, Apr 12, 1996 · 30m

    Father Dougal is very excited about his new pet rabbit, Sampras. Meanwhile, rabbit-phobic Bishop Brennan is due to arrive to investigate a case of suspected nude sleepwalking by Father Jack.

  • E7
    Rock a Hula Ted
    Aired · Fri, Apr 19, 1996 · 30m

    An aggressive protest singer arrives on the island just as Ted is to judge the Lovely Girls competition. How will Ted deal with this clash of feminism and womanhood?

  • E8
    Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading
    Aired · Fri, Apr 26, 1996 · 30m

    Easter is fast approaching, so Ted decides to get on with the important business of sacrificing something for Lent... but what should he choose?

  • E9
    New Jack City
    Aired · Fri, May 3, 1996 · 30m

    Jack is rushed to St. Clabbert's Old Priests Home when his hands become worryingly hairy. And his replacement is even more of a nightmare than the great man himself...

  • E10
    Flight Into Terror
    Aired · Fri, May 10, 1996 · 30m

    Flying back from a visit to a particularly holy shrine, Ted, Jack and Dougal find themselves in mortal danger when Dougal visits the cockpit and does something really, really stupid.

Season 3
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Are You Right There, Father Ted?
    Aired · Sun, Mar 15, 1998 · 30m

    A perfect square of dirt on the window and an ill-conceived and unfortunately-timed impression lead to rumours that Ted is a bit of a racist.

  • E2
    Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep
    Aired · Fri, Mar 20, 1998 · 30m

    Ted bets the annual heating allowance on Chris the sheep to win the island's annual sheep trials.

  • E3
    Speed 3
    Aired · Fri, Mar 27, 1998 · 30m

    When Ted gets Pat Mustard, Craggy Island's randy milkman, sacked, Dougal takes over the round. But Pat plants a bomb on the milk float to get his revenge. Can Ted save Dougal?

  • E4
    The Mainland
    Aired · Fri, Apr 3, 1998 · 30m

    A trip to the mainland always leads to trouble, and Ted is deeply nervous at the prospect. But what will go wrong this time?

  • E5
    Escape from Victory
    Aired · Fri, Apr 10, 1998 · 30m

    It's the annual All-Priests Over 75s Five-a-Side Football Challenge Match against Rugged Island and Ted realises that Father Dick Byrne will stop at nothing to win.

  • E6
    Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse
    Aired · Fri, Apr 17, 1998 · 30m

    After losing a bet to Dick Byrne, Ted has to kick Bishop Brennan up the arse, just when the Bishop's about to visit Craggy Island to see an image that miraculously appeared on Ted's skirting board...

  • E7
    Night of the Nearly Dead
    Aired · Fri, Apr 24, 1998 · 30m

    Singing sensation Eoin McLove, at Number One for 27 weeks with My Lovely Mayo Mammy, secretly visits Mrs Doyle for tea after she wins a poetry competition.

  • E8
    Going to America
    Aired · Fri, May 1, 1998 · 30m

    Ted accepts a job offer in America, with his very own parish in Beverly Hills. But with his ambition about to be realised, Ted's only problem is how to tell the others.