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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Series 2, Episode 6 - The Plague
With Bishop Brennan on his way in order to talk to Ted about Jack's nude sleepwalking, the parochial house suddenly becomes overrun by rabbits - the one animal Brennan is petrified of...
Further details
Father Dougal is very excited about his new pet rabbit, Sampras. Meanwhile Bishop Brennan is due to arrive to investigate a case of suspected nude sleepwalking by Father Jack.
An incident in a lift in New York has left the Bishop with an intense rabbit phobia, so Sampras must be kept well hidden. However, the sudden proliferation of rabbits leads to a crisis situation.
Luckily, Dougal believes he has the perfect solution...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 12th April 1996
- Time
- 9:30pm
- 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 |
| Pat Shortt | Tom |
| Jim Norton | Bishop Len Brennan |
| Tony Guilfoyle | Father Larry Duff |
| James Rymer | Father Brendan |
| Arthur Mathews | Father Ben |
| David Heap | Mr. Noonan |
| Joan Sheehy | Mrs. Noonan |
| Paul Woodfull (as Paul Wonderful) | Paddy Jordan |
| Graham Linehan | Writer |
| Arthur Mathews | Writer |
| Declan Lowney | Director |
| Lissa Evans | Producer |
| Mykola Pawluk | Editor |
| Tim Waddell | Editor |
| Andrew Howe-Davies | Production Designer |