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Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Father Ted

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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Which is the best Christmas special of all time?

As the festive TV schedules are received with the usual grumbles, Amelia Tait gets scientific about what makes the perfect Christmas sitcom.

Amela Tait, i Newspaper, 22nd December 2018

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 2018

When sitcom gets serious

I have been thinking about the power of pathos in sitcom.

A Dose Of David Mitchell, 4th October 2018

Britcoms sold around the world

International deals for Peep Show, Detectorists, Plebs and more.

Chortle, 6th September 2018

What 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 2018

Celebrating 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 2018

Father Ted: the musical

Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews have nearly completed writing Pope Ted - The Father Ted Musical.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd June 2018

Archive: 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 2018

The 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 2018

Irish 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 2018

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