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.
- Series 2, Christmas Special repeated Thursday 5th December at 9pm on More4
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Series 1, Episode 6 - Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest
Further details
Sister Mulligan's visit to Craggy Island ends in dramatic style after Father Jack drinks a bottle of floor polish. And dies.
With Jack's friends flocking to the island for the wake, Ted and Dougal find their grief tempered by the knowledge that he's left them half a million pounds! There is, however, a catch: to get their hands on the cash they must first spend the night in a vigil over Jack's body.
A period of quiet reflection quickly descends into utter boredom, and then a game of charades. This ends abruptly when Jack rises from the dead to scare the bejaysus out of them. (It seems the floor polish brought about all the symptoms of death, but not actually death itself.)
The money's gone but at least Jack's back. Which is a silver lining. Of sorts...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 26th May 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 |
Mairead McKinley | Sister Monica |
Zara Turner | Laura Sweeney |
Kevin Sharkey | Donegal Priest |
Tommy Duggan | Father Paul Cleary |
Jimmy Keogh | Father Fintan Fay |
Shay Gorman (as Shary Gorman) | Father Jim Sutton |
Graham Linehan | Writer |
Arthur Mathews | Writer |
Declan Lowney | Director |
Geoffrey Perkins | Producer |
Mary Bell | Executive Producer |
Nick Ames | Editor |
Marc Corrance (as Mark Corrance) | Editor |
Anne Tilby (as Anne Tilby Jones) | Production Designer |
Annie Gregson | Production Designer |