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.
Streaming rank this week: 398
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Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers
The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018When sitcom gets serious
I have been thinking about the power of pathos in sitcom.
A Dose Of David Mitchell, 4th October 2018Britcoms sold around the world
International deals for Peep Show, Detectorists, Plebs and more.
Chortle, 6th September 2018What can we learn from the famous sitcom sofas?
Furniture-maker David Robinson reveals what we can infer from comedy couches.
Ralph Jones, ShortList, 6th September 2018Celebrating Father Ted
It's one of the greatest British sitcoms ever. We take a fond look back at the classic Father Ted...
Mark Harrison, Den Of Geek, 7th June 2018Father Ted: the musical
Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews have nearly completed writing Pope Ted - The Father Ted Musical.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd June 2018Archive: Father Ted's Dermot Morgan dies - March 1998
2 March 1998: years of grind and stress verging on mania caught up with the Irish actor who collapsed during a dinner party.
Rory Carroll and Brian Boyd, The Guardian, 2nd March 2018The complete A to Z of Father Ted
Today marks 20 years since the sad death of Dermot Morgan - beloved to millions of comedy fans as Father Ted
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 28th February 2018Irish stars remember Dermot Morgan, who 20 years ago
He died nearly 20 years ago - yet Dermot Morgan was still making people laugh last night.
Cillian O'Brien and Mikie O'Loughlin, The Irish Mirror, 26th February 2018Several sitcoms banned by Mastermind
Contestants on the BBC quiz show Mastermind will no longer be allowed to pick Fawlty Towers, Blackadder or Roald Dahl as their specialist subjects as the producers have run out of questions. Mark Helsby, Mastermind's producer, has revealed that some subjects are so popular that they have been "exhausted" for new questions. Father Ted and the Chronicles of Narnia have also been removed.
Graham Ruddick, The Guardian, 30th January 2018