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 2, Episode 7 - Rock A Hula Ted
Ted is invited to be the judge at the Lovely Girls Festival 1996. Whilst home alone, Dougal welcomes the fiercely feminist, anti-religious pop star Niamh Connolly into the house...
Further details
Aggressive protest singer Miamh Connolly arrives on the Island to 'get her head together' and check out a possible future home. Meanwhile, Father Ted is looking forward to judging the annual Lovely Girls Competition.
Will this clash of militant feminism and the celebration of old-fashioned, wholesome womanhood lead to more trouble for Ted?
It seems entirely possible...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 19th 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 |
| Clare Grogan (as C.P. Grogan) | Niamh Connolly |
| Alan Shortt | Interviewer |
| Maggie Conway | Deaf Signer |
| Dermot Crowley | Father Liam Deliverance |
| Eddie Bannon | Lad |
| Joe Gallagher | Lad |
| Mick Nolan | Lad |
| Joe Taylor | Lad |
| Dawn Bradfield | Imelda |
| Graham Linehan | Writer |
| Arthur Mathews | Writer |
| Declan Lowney | Director |
| Lissa Evans | Producer |
| Mary Bell | Executive Producer |
| Mykola Pawluk | Editor |
| Tim Waddell | Editor |
| Andrew Howe-Davies | Production Designer |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Script Advisor |