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: 357
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Patrick McDonnell on his role in Father Ted
Landing a part on Father Ted 20 years ago kickstarted Patrick McDonnell's career - but it also led to a lifetime of awkward encounters. The comic starred as Eoin McLove, the genitally-challenged crooner modelled on Daniel O'Donnell in a classic episode of the beloved sitcom.
James Ward, The Irish Mirror, 7th February 2016Father Ted: comedy gold, the frankly incensed and mirth
I hear confessions of Father Ted co-creator Arthur Mathews, Fr Jack, Fr Dougal, Fr Damo, Fr Stone, Fr Ziggy, Eoin McLove and Terry McNamee, plus more secret lives, why some people hated Ted and miscellaneous Tedfoolery.
Martin Doyle, The Irish Times, 26th December 2015Father Ted fans on Star Wars' Craggy Island confusion
A possibly inadvertent homage to the title sequence of the 1990s Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted has some speculating whether the roots of JJ Abrams's inspiration for the final scene of Star Wars reach further than George Lucas's original creations.
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 21st December 2015Pauline McLynn: 'There's a Mrs Doyle everywhere'
EastEnders, Shameless, Shakespeare: she's done the lot. But it's her tea-foisting role in Father Ted she'll always be remembered for - and it almost didn't happen.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Father Ted quiz: name that priest
We've picked out 10 memorable priests below - including a few played by some familiar faces. How many can you correctly identify?
Adam Boult, Metro, 12th November 2015The secret lives of the priests in Father Ted
What links the classic sitcom to The Smiths, Freddie Mercury, Star Wars, Trainspotting, Ballykissangel, Emmerdale and the cream of Irish journalism?
Martin Doyle, The Irish Times, 29th July 2015Pauline McLynn: They auditioned everyone before me
"They saw everyone in the country for Mrs Doyle before me. When they did eventually get round to me I was grey to the gills because I'd had a bad chicken sandwich the night before and I was afraid I'd hurl over someone at my audition. But maybe that's what got me the part."
Nick Smurthwaite, The Stage, 22nd June 2015Down with that sort of thing: 'Father Ted' at 20
It's never 20 years since Father Ted first screened on Channel 4. You'd have to be Hitler or one of them mad fellas to believe that.
Donald Clarke, The Irish Times, 25th April 201520 years of Father Ted
This week Father Ted turned 20. I know what you're thinking; bit young for a clergyman. However you look at it; 20 years is an outstanding achievement.
Rob Gilroy, Giggle Beats, 24th April 2015Drink - Father Ted celebrates 20 years
When artist Spencer Tunick got hundreds of volunteers to strip naked at Blarney Castle in Co Cork, a small group of young men, dressed as priests, warned those taking part to be "careful now". And during student protests in Dublin in 2010, home-made 'Down with this sort of thing' placards featured in almost every demonstration. Students who were even not born when Father Ted was first broadcast happily shouted "feck fees".
Claire Simpson, The Irish News, 21st April 2015