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Father Ted

Year:

1995

Duration:

25 min | 50 min (1 episode)

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

8.7

Awards:

15 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1995-04-21

Filming Locations: Betchworth Quarry, Betchworth, Reigate, Surrey, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Charlotte Bradley

Derrick Branche

Father Ted

Doreen Keogh

Father Ted

Dermot Morgan

Father Ted Crilly

Ardal O'Hanlon

Father Dougal McGuire

Frank Kelly

Father Jack Hackett

Pauline McLynn

Mrs. Doyle

Did you know?

Trivia

"Ireland's largest lingerie department" in "A Christmassy Ted" is in fact Dunnes Stores in Ennis. The sequence was filmed just before the shopping centre was opened.

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A photo of John Wayne playing the Irish-American character of Sean Thornton from the film The Quiet Man (1952) is often shown hanging on the living room wall of the three priests on Craggy Island.

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During the shopping center scene, the young blonde child shouting "Feck" is actually Director Declan Lowney's son.

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Quotes

Father Ted: That's the great thing about Catholicism - it's very vague and no-one knows what its really all about.

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Mrs Doyle: You'll have some tea... are you sure you don't want any? Aw go on, you'll have some. Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on GO ON!

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Mrs Doyle: There's always time for a nice cup of tea. Sure, didn't the Lord himself pause for a nice cup of tea before giving himself up for the world.

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Faq

Were any of the episodes based on real events?

Amazingly enough yes. The episode 'The Passion of St Tibulus' is based on the scandal surrounding Irish Bishop Desmond Casey who fathered an illegitimate child by his housekeeper. 'A Song for Europe' is based on the fact that in the 1990s Southern Ireland constantly won the Eurovision song contest and eventually had to withdraw from the competition as they could no longer afford to continually host it as a result. 'Are you right there Father Ted?' where a priest is seen sheltering a Nazi war criminal is based on the History Channel's contemporary documentary 'Ireland's Nazis' which revealed that the Irish Free State had concealed and supported fugitive Nazis after the Second World War. In 'Rock-a-Hula Ted' the outspoken feminist pop singer who visits Craggy Island is clearly based on eccentric Irish pop star Sinead O'Connor. The Mainland could be based around Richard Wilson being associated with his catchphrase.

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