Father Ted Viewing Figures
Ted tries to bring stability to his congregation as well as the surreal townspeople of craggy island.
Father ted viewing figures. The grip that father ted has over the nation is still strong and that was evident as young offenders viewers were delighted to see an appearance from mrs doyle on friday night. And then there is father jack hackett who lives for the simple pleasures of life sleeping drinking and swearing. Any number of lines from ted dougal jack or mrs. The latest episode of the young offenders aired on friday night and fans were treated to a segment which involved pauline mclynn who played mrs doyle in the 90s classic.
A group of irreverent priests lives on the fictional craggy island a remote location off ireland s west coast. 19 years after the last episode of father ted aired it remains arguably ireland s most quotable sitcom ever. Tommy tiernan joe rooney kevin gildea patrick mcdonnell and jason byrne are among the comics who had cameos in father ted and would go on to enjoy acclaim through the following decade. Exiled on the island for various past incidents they live together in a parochial household with their housekeeper mrs.
There s father dougal mcguire who is as dimwitted as they come. Doyle are repeated every day both here in ireland and further afield as far as ecclesiastical sitcoms go there is. Father ted is a sitcom created by irish writers graham linehan and arthur mathews and produced by british production company hat trick productions for channel 4 the show originally aired over three series from 21 april 1995 until 1 may 1998 including a christmas special for a total of 25 episodes the show aired on rté two in ireland on nine network series 1 and abc television series 2. Father ted is an irish sitcom which was made in the late nineties and stars three priests ted the sensible and slightly immoral one dougal the stupid one and jack the outrageously drunk one and their housekeeper mrs doyle all of whom live on craggy island a remote and weather beaten island off the western coast of ireland.
Far from forcing cups of tea upon the lads. This is an episode list for the sitcom father ted created by arthur mathews and graham linehan and starring dermot morgan ardal o hanlon frank kelly and pauline mclynn the series is set on the fictional craggy island and is about three roman catholic priests and their housekeeper it aired on british broadcaster channel 4 between 21 april 1995 and 1 may 1998.