Going To America
"Going to America" is the series finale of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted''. It is the eighth episode of the third series, and the 25th episode overall. Dermot Morgan, who played the show's title character, died the day after filming was completed. Synopsis After Father Ted Crilly, Ted prevents a clinical depression, depressed Father Kevin (Tommy Tiernan) from jumping to his death at the "It's Great Being a Priest" conference, an American priest, Father Buzz Cagney (Jeff Harding (actor), Jeff Harding), asks him if he will come to a parish in Los Angeles. Ted cannot wait and excitedly tells Father Jack Hackett, Jack, Father Dougal McGuire, Dougal and Mrs. Doyle, who incorrectly think they will be able to come with him. Ted does not have the heart to tell them otherwise and brings them to the airport, dumping them there while he gets on the plane. However, Ted has second thoughts when Buzz mentions the gang culture around Ted's new parish in Los Angeles and its violent state. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Father Ted
''Father Ted'' is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews (writer), Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for British television channel Channel 4. It aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of List of Father Ted episodes, 25 episodes. It aired on Nine Network (series 1) and ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television (series 2 and 3) in Australia, and on TV2 (New Zealand), TV2 in New Zealand. Set on the fictional Craggy Island, a remote location off Ireland's west coast, ''Father Ted'' stars Dermot Morgan as Father Ted Crilly, alongside fellow priests Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon) and Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Dishonourably exiled on the island by Bishop Leonard Brennan (Jim Norton (Irish actor), Jim Norton) for various reasons, the priests live together in the parochial house with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle (Pauli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theme From Shaft
"Theme from ''Shaft''", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film '' Shaft''. The theme was released as a single (shortened and edited from the longer album version) two months after the movie's soundtrack by Stax Records' Enterprise label. "Theme from ''Shaft''" went to number two on the ''Billboard'' Soul Singles chart (behind " Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye) and to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States in November 1971, and number one in Canada in December. The song was also well received by adult audiences, reaching number six on ''Billboard''s Easy Listening chart and number four in Canada. The song is considered by some to be one of the first disco songs. The following year, "Theme from ''Shaft''" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with Hayes becoming the first African American to win that honor – or any Academy Award in a non-acting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Song For Europe (Father Ted)
"A Song for Europe" was the fifth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'' and the 11th episode overall. It originally aired on 5 April 1996 and has since been recognised as one of the most popular episodes of the show. History The episode was based on Ireland's winning streak in the Eurovision Song Contest during the 1990s. The plot featured Ted and Dougal trying to write a song for the contest (its name was not mentioned) to settle a rivalry with Father Dick Byrne. The pair tried unsuccessfully to write their own song before deciding to use an old song they thought no-one would remember. This plan backfired and they had to perform their original brief and tuneless song, but they still won the Irish selection contest. Synopsis The episode begins with Dougal having " Eurosong fever" weeks ahead of the competition. After initially rejecting Dougal's suggestion that they write a song to represent Ireland in the competition, on the grounds that they ar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Plague (Father Ted)
"The Plague" is the sixth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'', and the twelfth episode overall. It is the second of three episodes featuring Jim Norton as Bishop Len Brennan. Synopsis The episode begins with a pre-opening prologue scene in which a self-referential "Father Ted" mock title sequence is played, with "Ted" being replaced by "Ben" and the title's font also being slightly changed, which then cuts to Dougal sitting in front of the television shouting excitedly to Ted that the programme is starting. Each one comments on the spoof character representing themselves, Dougal saying that Brendan is "an eejit" and Ted making fun of Ben for being "a big thicko". The proper ''Father Ted'' titles follow. The first scene, set at night, sees three people explore a forest-like setting; during the time of these events, a snap is heard from somewhere and the three people's flashlight looks for anything nearby - the light then comes upon a shocking ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rock-a-Hula Ted
"Rock a Hula Ted" is the seventh episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'', and the thirteenth episode overall. Synopsis Ted and Dougal see feminist musician Niamh Connolly – a thinly veiled parody of Sinéad O'Connor – on the television, accusing the Catholic Church of multiple atrocious but highly improbable acts during the Great Famine, such as shutting the "potato factories" and turning them into children's prisons. She then sings a radically feminist, anti-clerical song ("Big men in frocks / Tellin' us what to do / They can't get pregnant like I do") with the lyrics signed for TV viewers. Ted and Dougal loudly dismiss all of this. Meanwhile, Mrs Doyle declares that the Church has always been good to her, while she is preoccupied with various heavy labour tasks around the parochial house in addition to her regular housework, as the men relax in front of the television. Ted is asked to be a judge in the ''Lovely Girls'' competition, and Jack com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cigarettes And Alcohol And Rollerblading
"Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading" is the eighth episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'' and the fourteenth episode overall. Synopsis With Lent approaching, Ted receives a phone call from his rival, Father Dick Byrne, who says that he and his fellow priests on Rugged Island will be giving up their vices. Ted insists to his fellow Craggy Island priests that they must do the same: Ted will give up smoking cigarettes, Jack drinking alcohol, and Dougal his rollerblading. After they all find themselves sneaking out on the first night of Lent to partake in their vices, Ted decides they need help. With Mrs Doyle away on her Lenten pilgrimage, he calls up the Church-run addiction service, who says they will send someone to the island the next day. Jack becomes sober for the first time in twelve years, and is horrified to learn he is "still on that feckin' island". Sister Assumpta, a nun Ted and Dougal have met before, arrives the next day. She learns w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Jack City (Father Ted)
"New Jack City" is the ninth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 television sitcom ''Father Ted''. At the inaugural Ted Fest in February 2007, it was voted the best ''Father Ted'' episode. Synopsis Father Jack contracts "hairy hands syndrome" and is sent to St. Clabbert's Hospital for wayward priests (jokingly referred to as "Jurassic Park" by the Clergymen of Craggy Island, after the film of the same title). He is visibly alarmed upon learning from Ted that he will be going to "Jurassic Park", and tries to escape by riding on a lawnmower, but to no avail. A new priest replaces Jack while he is on leave: Father Fintan Stack, an obnoxious, rude and destructive priest, who torments Ted and Dougal. Stack's torments include deliberately driving Ted's car into a wall, insulting Ted and his friends in the priesthood, getting Dougal drunk on Jack's whiskey, drilling unnecessary holes in the living room wall, and blasting jungle music ( Cutty Ranks’ "Limb By Limb") ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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A Christmassy Ted
"A Christmassy Ted" is both the 17th episode and Christmas special of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted''. This episode was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1996, between the second and third series, with a runtime of 55 minutes. Due to the popularity of this episode, it still gets repeated on Channel 4, RTÉ2 and More4 around Christmas every year. This was the last episode of ''Father Ted'' to be broadcast during the lifetime of Dermot Morgan, who played the series' titular priest, Father Ted Crilly. Morgan died suddenly of a heart attack in February 1998, the day after filming of the third series had been completed. Synopsis The episode opens with Ted dreaming himself into the plot of '' Ballykissangel'', telling Assumpta that he is going to leave the priesthood for her. Just as they start to kiss, Dougal wakes him just to offer him a peanut, much to his annoyance. Ted finds his dreams radically changed when he tries to sleep again: he is being chased by giant, snarling peanuts. Ap ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Are You Right There, Father Ted?
"Are You Right There Father Ted?" is the first episode of the third series of the Channel 4 television sitcom ''Father Ted'', and the 18th episode overall. It is notable for being the first episode aired after the death of Dermot Morgan, who had died the day after filming for the final episode had been completed. As a mark of respect to Morgan, the original transmission of the first episode was delayed by a week. Plot In the cold opening, Ted has been promoted to a luxurious Dublin parish, and is quite happy with the living arrangements, which he considers much better than on cold, rainy Craggy Island. However, a church accountant soon asks Ted about a discrepancy with the church expenses. Ted is subsequently sent straight back to Craggy Island. Ted goes to collect a copy of a book he had given to Father Seamus Fitzpatrick, and surprised to see his collection of Nazi and Third Reich memorabilia. Returning to the parish, Ted finds that Mrs. Doyle has fallen and injured her b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep
Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep is the second episode of the third series of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted''. Synopsis Ted wagers the entire year's heating allowance for the parochial house on the King of the Sheep competition, placing his bet on Chris, a sheep that has won the competition several times and is considered a certainty to triumph again. Unfortunately, Chris has heard rumours about a sheep-eating beast and is not feeling at all himself. With a very cold winter forecast for the year, Ted becomes worried about the possibility of losing the bet. He goes to John and Mary, who accepted the bet, to ask for his stake money back, but they refuse. Chris's owner, Fargo Boyle, comes to the parochial house and begs Ted to help return Chris to his old self. After a week, Ted has successfully returned Chris's spirit. However, after he and Dougal hear sounds in the night and, upon investigation, discover them coming from a stereo in a tree (courtesy of an album of BBC Sound Effects) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Speed 3
"Speed 3" is the third episode of the third series of the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted'' and the 20th episode overall. The episode parodies the action-thriller film ''Speed'' and the sequel '' Speed 2: Cruise Control''. "Speed 3" was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: "How can we make a worse sequel than ''Speed 2''?" This episode was voted the fans' favourite episode on Channel 4's "Father Ted Night". Plot Fathers Ted and Dougal return to the parochial house from the Annual Baby of the Year Competition, as Ted comments on how many of the babies were "hairy". Mrs. Doyle becomes excited when she spots the milkman arriving, putting on a fancier dress and makeup. The milkman introduces himself as Pat Mustard, a boastful, mustachioed man to whom Mrs. Doyle has taken a liking. Ted connects the hairy babies to Pat, believing him to be fooling around with the housewives on Craggy Island during his rounds. Pat challenges Ted to pro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |