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

Father Ted

Father Ted - Production Details

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). Image credit: Hat Trick Productions.

"Fathers Ted Crilly, Dougal McGuire and Jack Hackett are the inept priests of Craggy Island, banished from the mainland in various circumstances"

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Comedy Details
Comedy Type:TV Sitcom
Broadcast:Fri 21st April 1995 - Fri 1st May 1998  (C4)
Episode Count:25 (3 series)
Production Company :Hat Trick Productions
Filming Locations:Filmed at The London Studios and on location in Ireland.
Soundtrack:Theme tune by The Divine Comedy.
Laugh Track:YES, Live Audience
Regular Cast
Dermot Morgan ... Father Ted Crilly
Ardal O'Hanlon ... Father Dougal McGuire
Frank Kelly ... Father Jack Hackett
Pauline McLynn ... Mrs Doyle
Writing Team
Graham Linehan ... Writer
Arthur Mathews ... Writer
Production Team
Declan Lowney ... Director (Series 1-2)
Andy de Emmony ... Director (Series 3)
Graham Linehan ... Director (Series 3)
Geoffrey Perkins ... Producer (Series 1)
Lissa Evans ... Producer (Series 2-3)
Mary Bell ... Exec Producer
Anne Tilby
(as Anne Tilby Jones)		 ... Production Design (Series 1)
Andrew Howe-Davies ... Production Design (Series 2-3)
Nick Ames ... Editor (Series 1)
Mykola Pawluk ... Editor (Series 2-3)
Tim Waddell ... Editor (Series 2-3)
Other Cast / Crew
Seamus Cassidy ... Commissioner
Geoffrey Perkins ... Script Advisor (Series 2)

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