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, Episode 4 repeated at 3:25am on More4
Streaming rank this week: 27
Press clippings Page 9
Archive: Nancy Banks-Smith on death of Dermot Morgan
The death of a comic is often tragic - but we don't have to believe it if we don't want to.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 20th April 2015Father Ted taught the Church how to laugh at itself
Editor of the Irish Catholic, Michael Kelly, said the programme shifted the public's perception.
Michael Kelly, The Irish Journal, 19th April 2015Is it still safe for Catholics to laugh at Father Ted?
Twenty years after it first aired, the clerical sitcom remains one of Britain's best-loved TV shows - yet Catholics remain split over how relentlessly it pokes fun at the Church.
Will Gore, Catholic Herald, 16th April 2015Pauline McLynn hopes for reunion with Ardal O'Hanlon
It's been nearly two decades since they starred together in Father Ted, but Pauline McLynn has revealed that she would love to work with co-star Ardal O'Hanlon again.
Sharon McGowan, Irish Herald, 15th April 2015Father Ted the musical is a heavenly idea says Linehan
The co-creator of the classic Channel 4 comedy says he wants to bring the show back as a musical with dancing and "spinning cardinals"
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 5th January 2015Tedfest 2015!
If you're a bit mad about Father Ted, and you fancy a trip to 'Craggy Island' with a bunch of fellow Ted nutters, Tedfest 2015 will be right up your street.
The Velvet Onion, 5th December 2014My Lovely Horse rejected as Ireland Eurovision song
Father Ted fans have attempted to bring 'My Lovely Horse' to the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, however the Irish parliament has rejected the petition.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 27th June 2014Father Ted will never come back says Graham Linehan
Co-writer of the classic comedy set in Craggy Island has said that he will never revive the show.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 1st March 2014Dermot Morgan was under serious stress when he died
Father Ted star Frank Kelly, speaking about Dermot Morgan, said "He barely passed the medical tests to be available to make the last series".
Demelza De Burca, The Irish Mirror, 28th December 2013TV rewind: Father Ted - A Christmassy Ted
Christmas on Craggy Island was probably always going to be a rather random, if not downright wrong affair. In the first of our festive-themed Christmas TV Rewinds, we journey back to 1996 and Father Ted's only yuletide offering, a thoroughly raucous affair that took the comedy series' offbeat humour to a new level.
Jon B, So So Gay, 15th December 2013