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: 397
Press clippings Page 7
Pauline 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 201520 classic moments from Father Ted
There has never been a sitcom quite like Father Ted.
Chris Hallam, Metro, 21st April 2015Father Ted at 20: Why its legacy will go on, go on...
It's hard to believe, but it's been 20 years since we first met Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire, Father Jack Hackett and Mrs Doyle.
Frances Taylor, Digital Spy, 21st April 2015Father Ted's Mrs Doyle recalls the unholy fun of it all
The Irish actress who played the priests' housekeeper in comedy series Father Ted has confessed that she has had real difficulty offering anyone a cup of tea ever since.
BBC News, 21st April 2015