Father Ted

I have watched the brilliant and hilarious Father Ted for years and even to this day would love to visit the set of the fictional Craggy Island. This show had three seasons altogether and twenty five episodes. I wished there could have been more as i completely loved it and found it so funny! If you have never heard of Father Ted, it is a comedy television programme that was first shown on Channel Four. The show centres around the lives of three catholic priests who live on the fictional Craggy Island just off the west coast of Ireland. The show graced our screens from 1995 to 1998. The show has a great cast including Dermot Morgan, ...  Read the complete review

"Father Ted" was a comedy set on the fictitious "Craggy Island" which was meant to be off the west of Ireland. It follows the three parish priests on the island who live in the pariochial house together: "Ted" is the main character and the viewer is often remindeed of why he was sent to Craggy Island, for taking money out of a charity account. One of his catchphrases is "The money was just resting in my account". He is motivated by money and this is where the comedy comes in, Ted often trys to bet against his rival priest Dick Byrne, nearly always losing in hilarious circumstances. He is brilliantly acted by the late ...  Read the complete review

I know I will probably be hated for saying this, but I'd say that Father Ted is the greatest ever British sitcom (I know it is Irish, but Channel 4 ran it). The show is about three useless priests who are seconded to a parish on Craggy Island in Ireland, because they can't be trusted in any other parish. The first is Father Ted Crilly (Dermott Morgan) - probably the most priest like, but with a penchant for gambling and fame, who never has anything go right for him, usually due to his own doing. He usually finds himself having to get himself out of a hole that he has dug, through being greedy or telling lies. Then there is Father Dougal ...  Read the complete review

Father Ted is mental. This is one of those rare comedy programmes that stands out from the usual 'safe' dross that is mass produced by myopic television executives with no sense of adventure or imagination, and no cojones to do anything a little bit different. Well, this is; different - and done with style and panache in a fabulously manic Irish style. Father Ted owes a great deal to the inspired writing of Matthews and Linehan, who created a set of marvellously madcap characters principally in the shape of fathers Ted (the late, great Dermot Morgan) Crilly, Jack and Dougal, and the inimitable Mrs Doyle, with a few very strange walk ons for good measure. The ...  Read the complete review

Father ted is a classic making of comedy via Hat Trick productions on channel 4. The show was aired from 1995 - 1998 and a total of 25 episodes where made. Unfortunately, the main characted Dermot Morgan (Father Ted) died in 1998, so no comeback episodes from the original cast at least. When I first saw the show I was quite young, yet instantly found it hilarious and it became one of my regular watches. It has quite an odd humour, so may not suit all. It also may offend some with strong religious views, so do have caution if you are in this boat. The storyline is based on a group of irish priests who have been sent to ...  Read the complete review