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.
Press clippings Page 12
Laugh Lines: from Sergeant Bilko to Father Ted
Bruce Dessau's guide to TV comedy: Forget Steve Martin, it is the spirit of Phil Silvers that is resurrected on Craggy Island.
Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 13th May 2010Graham Linehan Night, More4
Graham Linehan's comedies are wonderfully surreal and self-evidently funny, but it's the warm-heartedness at the heart of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd that makes them endlessly rewatchable. Of course, it's a quality that makes them a sound choice at this time of recumbent vegetation, and so here More4 does the decent thing and not only screens Black Books - the demented Dylan Moran/Bill Bailey-starring series about despotic bookshop proprietor Bernard Black - but also follows it up with episodes from Linehan's other offerings. More enjoyable madness follows tomorrow.
The Guardian, 31st December 2009Mercy please, no more Father Ted!
The sitcom ended in 1998, but the industry rumbles on, with Tedfest going global. Amazing - given that it wasn't much good in the first place.
Darragh McManus, The Guardian, 28th July 2009Father Ted creators back challenge to the blasphemy bill
Law is a return to the Middle Ages, say comedy team, as secularists plan an 'insult' to all religions.
Henry McDonald, The Observer, 5th July 2009