Father Ted box Set
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INTRODUCTION TO LOCATION:
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Craggy Island is located off the west coast of Ireland and is the most barren, desolated spit of land in the middle of nowhere.
On Craggy island there are 3 priests.

They are there for 3 reasons,
One had some church funds "resting" in his account, resting there for a very long time!
One is thick as feck and caused a ruckus with some nuns. Discreetly know as' The Blackrock Incident'.
And the last one for his drinking and womanising!
Together with their housekeeper they form the most barmy and insane household in Ireland if not the world.

INTRODUCTION TO CAST:
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Father Ted Crilly - Dermot John Morgan
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(Born 3 March 1952 - 28 February 1998)
Ted is a devious schemer and a fantastic liar but is always being dropped in it by Dougal.
## Sadly, Dermot had a heart attack and died just 3 days before his 46th Birthday, it was also just 24 hours after recording the last episode of Father Ted ##

Father Dougal McGuire - Ardal O'Hanlon
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(Born 8 October 1965)
Father Dougal is the innocent fool of the group with the mental age of a radish. In his world the sky is always blue and the clouds are made of cotton candy. A bit like his brains.
His only other big hit was 'My Hero', where he played George Sunday a dopey Super hero.

Father Jack Hackett - Frank Kelly
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(Born 28 December 1938)
Father Jack is a foul mouthed drunkard who takes every opportunity to drink anything that is wet, oh except water to which he is allergic,....HE CLAIMS!
Frank has not really starred in much else of note.
Catchphrases include:
"Drink", "Feck", "Arse" and "Girls".

Mrs Doyle - Pauline McLynn (Mrs Doyles first name, though never mentioned, was actually JOAN)
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(Born 11 July 1962)
Mrs Doyle is their slightly psychotic housekeeper with obsessions about making sandwiches and tea.
She also starred in Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
Catchphrases include: "Ahh, go on" and "Tea father?"

~Synopsis~
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We follow the exploits of the 3 priests as they live their barmy, insane and extremely funny lives on the desolate Island. Everything the try, everything the do is doomed to either failure, embarrassment or destruction. Usually all three.

Their parochial house is ruled over and kept running by the equally insane Mrs Doyle who has had, possibly in the words of the song, her "19th nervous breakdown".
But the thing they fear the most is a visit by Bishop Len Brennan who is solely responsible for placing them on the Island in the first place. He hates them with a passion that is only matched by how passionately they fear him.

The Program lasted for three series and what follows is a small recap of each series and each episode within,
Enjoy.

SERIES 1
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Episode 1
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Good Luck, Father Ted
Fun land comes to Craggy Island and Dougal can hardly contain himself. Meanwhile Ted gets a chance to appear on TV, Things do not go according to plan.

Episode 2
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Entertaining Father Stone
Ted and Dougal have to accommodate Father Stone the most boring man in the world. Luckily he gets struck by lightening whilst out playing crazy golf.

Episode 3
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The Passion of St Tibulus
Bishop Leonard Brennan instructs Ted and Dougal to protest against a blasphemous film showing at the islands only cinema. But they protest so much everyone wants to see it.

Episode 4
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Competition Time
It's that time of year for the 'Look-a-Likie' competition and Ted, Dougal and Jack go as the 3 ages of Elvis.

Episode 5
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And God Created Woman
Ted meets and falls in love with a local author but Dougal ruins things as expected.

Episode 6
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Grant unto Him Eternal Rest
Father Jack has drunk the floor polish and even for him it might be too much to stomach, has he finally shuffled of this mortal coil?

SERIES 2 PART 1
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Episode 1
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Hell
The fantastically funny Graham Norton stars in this episode as the excruciatingly annoying father Noel whom they meet in a tiny caravan and then have to Irish dance their way out of the door.

Episode 2
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Think Fast, Father Ted
Ted holds a raffle for a car he has wrecked and so has to rig the raffle so that Dougal wins it.

Episode 3
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Tentacles of Doom
3 Bishops come to the island to 'Upgrade' a local holy relic, ie a stone! One ends up dead, another loses his faith and the other ends up with the relic inserted up his A**e.

Episode 4
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The Old Grey Whistle Theft
A whistle is stolen, oohh crime of the century on Craggy island, Dougal is framed but then Ted is caught red handed what else could go wrong?

Episode 5
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Song for Europe
Ted and Dougal enter the Eurosong competition with 'a song they have written themselves called 'my little pony' and win!

Christmas Special
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A Christmassy Ted
Ted and Dougal go shopping and get lost in the Lingerie department!
Two Father lost amongst the knickers and suspenders but then they bump into another three, then another two clerics and Teds quick thinking gets them all out of the store without embarrassment
It wins him the coveted Golden Cleric award. But as you can imagine thing don't quite go tedsa way during and after the ceremony.
At an hour long this episode is packed with quips and gags and stunts.

SERIES 2 PART 2
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Episode 6
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The Plague
One of the funniest episodes this one.
Bishop Brennan hates rabbits, (he was once trapped in a lift with some) and wouldn't you know it Dougal has one for a pet. But one rabbit soon turns into fifty and Bishop Brennans visit is imminent.

Episode 7
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Rock-a-Hula Ted
Dopey Dougal gives away the house while Ted is out to a feminist singer (Clare Grogan) and Ted has too bend over backwards to get the house back.
Lets hope she doesn't find out about the 'Lovely ladies' competition that Teds running and judging.

Episode 8
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Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading
Another funny one this as Ted, Jack and Dougal give something up for lent.
Ted - Cigarettes, Jack - Alcohol and Dougal - Rollerblading.
They need help and call in the Nun from Hell!

Episode 9
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New Jack City
Father Jack has been drinking the 'Jif' again and his hands have gone to stage 3 of Hairiness. He is put into a nursing home buthis replacement drives the boys up the wall and soon they are planning Jacks 'Great Escape'.

Episode 10
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Flight into Terror
Ted, "Dougal, Whatever you do don't press the red button"
Dougal dumps all the fuel from the plane upon which he Ted and a truck full of other fathers are on. Ted must act fast to save the day.

SERIES THREE
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Episode 1
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Are You Right There, Father Ted?
Is Ted a racist?
Well after been seen with a lamp shade on his head by a china man doing china man impression soon everybody thinks so.
Desperately he must put things right but being bequeathed a lot of Nazi memorabilia does not help his cause.

Episode 2
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Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep
The beast is loose on the moors, even though Craggy Island has no moors and the sheep are worried.
Not good news for Ted who has bet the heating allowance on Chris the sheep to win the 'king of sheep' competition.

Episode 3
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Speed 3
Pat Mustard is the Milkman with the most, the most women on Craggy falling for his charms.
Ted and Dougal get him sacked and his gets his revenge by planting a bomb on his old milk float which Dougal has taken over.
If the speed of the float drops below 4 miles per hour then, BOOM!!!!
Very funny episode.

Episode 4
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The Mainland
'I DON'T BELIEVE IT' !!!
The very funny episode starring Richard Wilson.

Ted, Dougal, Jack and Mrs. Doyle all go to the mainland and whilst there Ted and Dougal bump into Victor Meldew and really wind him up.
Also in this episode is Graham Norton

Episode 5
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Escape from Victory
The funniest football match you will ever see, as the over 75's take to the pitch. (or rather inside the sports centre)
Ted cheats to win a bet with his rival, Father Dick Byrne.

Episode 6
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Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse
Ted loses his bet with Father Dick Byrne and as a forfeit must kick Bishop Brennan up the Arse!
Unbelievably he manages to do it and get away with it!
A very funny episode.

Episode 7
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Night of the Nearly Dead
TV presenter, Eoin McLove, visits the island and causes all of the wrinklies to go mad for him.
They not only swarm around the house but break in and terrify ted and dougal. A parody f the zombie movies.

Episode 8
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Going to America
Finally Ted gets the chance of a lifetime to go to America and be appreciated, (as well as making lots of lovely cash) but will he leave the other two behind?
The ending is well, it's when you watch it that you, how can I put it?...
Nah... I'm not going to tell you, Feck off.

~Opinions~
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It was surely the introduction of the word "FECK" that made all the difference to the series. To hear a priest saying 'Feck off' is firstly startling and then hilarious.
The characters where all well thought through, even the visiting guests and visiting priests where all well written and even had their own funny lines and odd peculiarities superbly written.
The casting was also a contributing factor to the shows success, again not just the main characters but the odd bod and extras where well thought through.
The show, I believe, had run its course by the end of the third series and really could not have gone much further or gotten much funnier.
All in all a great show that will last the test of time.

~DVD Features~
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Main Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital Stereo
Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 2
Number of discs: 4
Classification: 12
Run Time: 632 minutes
Commentaries
Craggy Island Memories
Sound Effects Gallery

Greg.