Father Ted - C4 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

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

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1995 - 1998

Channel

Channel 4

Episodes

25 (3 series)

Stars

Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly and Pauline McLynn

Writers

Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews

Directors

Declan Lowney, Andy de Emmony and Graham Linehan

Producers

Geoffrey Perkins, Lissa Evans and Mary Bell

Company

One small island off the west coast of Ireland. Three priests. One housekeeper. A bunch of nuns - and the most consistently awful weather on the planet.

Three Roman Catholic priests have been banished to the remote, backward backwater of Craggy Island in various dubious circumstances:

Father Jack Hackett is a rambling, inane old drunk. Father Dougal McGuire means well, but is a true simpleton with less common sense than a toddler. And so, what passes for the 'running' of the island, the parochial house, and coping with housekeeper Mrs Doyle, is left to the only remotely sane member of the trio, Father Ted Crilly.

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Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

Theme tune by The Divine Comedy.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Friday 21st April 1995 at 9pm on Channel 4

Next repeats

  1. Series 2, Christmas Special: Thursday 5th December at 9pm on More4
  2. Series 1, Episode 1: Thursday 5th December at 10:15pm on More4
  3. Series 1, Episode 2: Thursday 5th December at 10:50pm on More4
  4. Series 2, Christmas Special: Friday 6th December at 12:20am on More4
  5. Series 1, Episode 1: Friday 6th December at 1:35am on More4
  6. Series 1, Episode 2: Friday 6th December at 2:10am on More4

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