Father Ted
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1995 - 1998
- 25 episodes (3 series)
Fathers Ted Crilly, Dougal McGuire and Jack Hackett are the inept priests of Craggy Island, banished from the mainland in various circumstances. Stars Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly and Pauline McLynn.
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Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Good Luck, Father Ted
Further details
Fame beckons for Father Ted after Terry MacNamee from Faith of Our Fathers phones up to interview Ted for 'The Television'.
Unfortunately, the filming at the local beauty spot coincides with the arrival of Funland on Craggy Island. Ted's carefully laid plans are ruined because the temptations of Spider Baby, The Tunnel of Goats, and The Spinning Cat prove irresistible to Dougal, who is distracted from his assigned duty: restraining the virtually feral Father Jack.
After a trip to a tarot reader fails to convince Dougal to go home, Ted finds himself hoist by his own petard; stuck up The Crane of Death with Jack while Terry MacNamee interviews Dougal about his beliefs. Regrettably, it soon transpires Dougal doesn't really have any strong religious opinions at all...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 21st April 1995
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Dermot Morgan | Father Ted Crilly |
| Ardal O'Hanlon | Father Dougal McGuire |
| Frank Kelly | Father Jack Hackett |
| Pauline McLynn | Mrs Doyle |
| Gerard Lee | Terry MacNamee |
| Pat Shortt | Tom |
| Noelle Brown | Teaching Nun |
| Blanaid Irvine | Tarot Reader |
| Patrick Drury | John O'Leary |
| Rynagh O'Grady | Mary O'Leary |
| Mark Murray | Surly Youth |
| Graham Linehan | Writer |
| Arthur Mathews | Writer |
| Declan Lowney | Director |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Producer |
| Mary Bell | Executive Producer |
| Nick Ames | Editor |
| Anne Tilby (as Anne Tilby Jones) | Production Designer |