Father Ted Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Father Ted: Season 3 (1998)

• Season 3 Episode 8: Going to America

  A smooth-talking priest offers Ted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leave Craggy Island and run his own parish in Beverly Hills, but first he has to tell Jack, Dougal and Mrs Doyle that they are not invited. The final episode of the clerical comedy, starring Dermot Morgan

• Season 3 Episode 7: Night of the Nearly Dead

  Mrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a famous singer, and discreetly invites him round for tea - but the secret slips out, and it isn't long before the house is besieged by hordes of adoring pensioners. Comedy, with Pauline McLynn

• Season 3 Episode 6: Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the A***

  Cheating in a football match backfires on Ted, prompting his Rugged Island rivals to think up a devilish forfeit - and leaving the priest trying to contrive a way of kicking Bishop Brennan's backside and getting away with it. Comedy, starring Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon

• Season 3 Episode 5: Escape from Victory

  Key striker Father Jack drinks himself into oblivion just as the Craggy Island clerics are about to play a vital five-a-side football match against their Rugged Island rivals, led by devious Dick Byrne. Dermot Morgan stars

• Season 3 Episode 4: The Mainland

  Dougal and Ted visit the mainland, where they bump into actor Richard Wilson - and discover the hard way that he doesn't take kindly to being confused with his comic alter ego Victor Meldrew. Father Jack goes to the opticians as the crows have stolen his glasses. Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon star

• Season 3 Episode 3: Speed 3

  Dougal takes over as Craggy Island's new milkman, but his predecessor, a nasty piece of work called Pat Mustard, returns to seek an explosive revenge on Ted for getting him sacked. Starring Ardal O'Hanlon and Dermot Morgan

• Season 3 Episode 2: Chirpy, Burpy, Cheap Sheep

  Dougal believes Craggy Island is being terrorised by a monster, and has some funny ideas about what the creature has got in place of a mouth. Meanwhile, Ted is busy nurturing Chris - the hot favourite to win the King of the Sheep festival

• Season 3 Episode 1: Are You Right There, Father Ted?

  Tactless Ted offends Craggy Island's Chinese community and pulls out all the stops to convince them he is not a racist before they lynch him - but inevitably, his efforts end in disaster. Dermot Morgan stars

Father Ted: Season 2 (1996)

• Season 2 Episode 10: Flight into Terror

  The Craggy Island clerics face an untimely death during the return flight from a visit to a holy shrine. Needless to say, Jack quickly commandeers the only parachute and bails out, taking the drinks trolley with him - leaving Ted and Dougal to their fate. Comedy, starring Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Frank Kelly

• Season 2 Episode 9: New Jack City

  Father Jack is hauled off to the local old priests' home to be treated for hairy hand syndrome, and is replaced by a younger man - who proceeds to drive everyone crazy by playing jungle music at ear-splitting volume for hours on end. Dermot Morgan and Frank Kelly star

• Season 2 Episode 8: Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading

  Inspired by a challenge from his opposite number over on Rugged Island, Ted makes a valiant effort to give up cigarettes for Lent - but soon finds he is not cut out for a life of self-denial

• Season 2 Episode 7: Rock-a-Hula Ted

  Clare Grogan guest stars as a feminist protest singer who visits Craggy Island and talks gormless Dougal into giving her the parochial house while Ted is out judging a local beauty contest. Comedy, starring Dermot Morgan

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Plague

  Bishop Brennan descends on Craggy Island to investigate rumours that Father Jack has developed the unfortunate habit of sleepwalking in the nude - only to come face to face with his worst fear. Clerical comedy, with Ardal O'Hanlon and Dermot Morgan

• Season 2 Episode 5: A Song for Europe

  Dougal and Ted get involved in yet another bout of rivalry with their counterparts over on Rugged Island - this time for the dubious honour of representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest. Ardal O'Hanlon and Dermot Morgan star as the Craggy Island clerics

• Season 2 Episode 4: The Old Grey Whistle Theft

  Dougal allows himself to be led astray by rebellious new arrival Father Damien, and Ted is suspected of being the criminal mastermind behind a scandalous theft. Comedy, with Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Joe Rooney

• Season 2 Episode 3: Tentacles of Doom

  It's a big day for the inhabitants of Craggy Island as their number one religious relic is upgraded. Father Ted busily ensures the ceremony runs smoothly - but Dougal and Jack threaten to wreak their own unique brand of havoc. Popular comedy with the calamity-prone clerics, starring Dermot Morgan

• Season 2 Episode 2: Think Fast, Father Ted

  The priests organise a raffle to raise funds to fix their leaky roof, but substitute a more impressive car for the one they are actually going to award the winner. Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon play the Craggy Island clerics

• Season 2 Episode 1: Hell

  Father Noel Furlong shows up out of the blue to well and truly put the kibosh on Ted, Dougal and Jack's already dismal caravan holiday in the back of beyond. Comedy, guest starring Graham Norton

Father Ted: Season 1 (1995)

• Season 1 Episode 6: Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest

  Father Jack finally shuffles off this mortal coil - and Ted is astounded to learn he's been left a fortune in the will. Unfortunately, he has to fulfil certain conditions before collecting the money

• Season 1 Episode 5: And God Created Woman

  The attractive author of a steamy novel comes to stay on Craggy Island - and it is not long before Ted mistakenly jumps to the conclusion that she has fallen for him. Gemma Craven guest stars

• Season 1 Episode 4: Competition Time

  TV personality Henry Sellers arrives to judge an all-priest version of Stars in Their Eyes, prompting intense rivalry between the starstruck Craggy Island clerics and their Rugged Island counterparts. Comedy, with Dermot Morgan

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Passion of St Tibulus

  Bishop Brennan orders Ted and Dougal to campaign against a controversial film - which naturally goes on to become the biggest box-office hit in Craggy Island's history. Comedy, starring Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly and Pauline McLynn. Shown as part of the Geoffrey Perkins tribute evening

• Season 1 Episode 2: Entertaining Father Stone

  A sense of dread descends on Craggy Island as the unholy trinity prepares for poker-faced Father Stone's annual visit - and Ted desperately tries to think of a scheme to get rid of him. Clerical comedy, starring Dermot Morgan

• Season 1 Episode 1: Good Luck, Father Ted

  A chance to see the first episode of the hit comedy. The Craggy Island cleric dreams of achieving stardom on the Faith of Our Fathers TV show - but his hopes are dashed by Jack and Dougal's untimely intervention. Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Frank Kelly star

Father Ted: Special (1997)

• A Christmassy Ted

  A special festive episode finds the Craggy Island clerics and six other priests lost in what seems to be the world's largest lingerie department, and only Ted's quick thinking prevents the Catholic Church being rocked by another major scandal. His bravery earns him the coveted Golden Cleric award, and that's when his troubles really begin. Award-winning comedy, starring Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon and Frank Kelly