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Father Ted is one of those rare sitcoms that defies categorization--it owes as much to Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett as it does to Monty Python--and its blend of satire, character comedy, and anarchic surrealism has made it a cult favorite around the world.

Exiled to remote Craggy Island, Father Ted Crilley shares a house with the breathtakingly stupid Father Dougal and the constantly inebriated Father Jack, who has a small vocabulary and a taste for furniture polish. Their housekeeper, Mrs. Doyle, takes care of them with a never-ending supply of tea and sandwiches: "Go on now, Father, won't you try one? They're diagonal." Together they fight boredom by dressing up as Elvis, startling ducks at the fair, and provoking nuns.

This DVD contains the entire first season of Father Ted--six episodes of inspired lunacy including a visit from the excruciatingly dull Father Stone, Mrs. Doyle's solemn recitation of all the bad language in Ted's favorite novel, and the death and resurrection of Father Jack. Packed with great lines and hilarious characters, Father Ted gets better with every viewing. --Simon Leake



DVD Menu

  • Side #1
    • Play In Order
      • Menu Group #2 with 10 chapter(s) covering 00:24:15
      • Menu Group #3 with 10 chapter(s) covering 00:24:35
      • Menu Group #4 with 10 chapter(s) covering 00:23:54
      • Menu Group #5 with 10 chapter(s) covering 00:25:19
      • Menu Group #6 with 10 chapter(s) covering 00:24:42
    • Cast & Crew Bios
      • Father Ted Grilly
      • Father Dougal McGuire
      • Father Jack Hackett
      • Mrs. Doyle
      • Graham Linehan
      • Arthur Mathews
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5.0 out of 5 stars feck feck feck feck, Jan 20 2005
i first watched father ted as a young boy growing up in england and i have loved it ever since. there are very few comedies that really reach the absolute absurdity and clever stupidity of this series. black books, black adder, the office, red dward and, of course, monty python are really the only shows that can compete with this for hilarity. father ted keeps you laughing right the way through each episode and every attempt at a moral fails brilliantly.

also, i'd just like to mention that the constant use of "feck" and also "smeg" from red dwarf went very far in colouring the language of myself and my friends as we were growing up.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Passable comedy, but overrated, Jun 18 2004
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As someone who, perhaps because of a genetic defect, appreciates a number of comedies that have come out of the UK over the years, I have to say that Fater Ted is just not that great. Not awful, but kind of boring and one-dimensional. A few mentally retarded priests get together, hilarity ensues, I get it. Only not so much, because it just ain't that funny. It has a few laughs, don't get me wrong, but just kind of fell flat for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "The Ants are back Ted...", Feb 11 2004
By kendall lopere (H-Town, Tx, USA) - See all my reviews
Father Ted is perhaps the funniest thing to appear on British T.V. in the last decade. The plot revolves around the titular Ted, an Irish priest sent to a remote island parish for "financial irregularities" (he took a holiday to Las Vegas, using money from a charity appeal to send a dying child to the Lourdes shrine, that happened to be "resting in his account"). His companions are the clueless Father Dougal and the alcoholic Father Jack, neither of whom are deemed sane enough to unleash on a real parish.
The humour is sharp and surreal, derived from a mixture of Seinfeld-esque vacuity and Red Dwarf-esque situationalism. The characters are particularly well created and the incongruity of their behavior with their priestly calling adds to the fun factor.
The plots in these early episodes are perhaps not as well developed as the later series, but still very very funny, irreverent, and much more subtle than someone chasing a cow, or a vicar being overweight and female in the manner of more traditional British comedies.
Discerning viewers who care to sit through more than one episode of this Series will be themselves richly rewarded. Anyone who doesn't grasp the irony of the statement on the box that this is "possibly the best comedy about three priests on an island...ever!", should perhaps go write a 351 word letter to their conressman about the declining morals of today's society and then go for a nice lie down and then rent something a little more safe and quiet, like "Last of the Summer Wine".
Anyone who likes alternative British comedy like "The Office", "Monty Python" or "Blackadder" should snap this up right away. Go on go on go on !!!!

P.S. Father Ted was actually made for the U.K's more "hip", Channel 4, but is licensed to BBC America for sale in the States.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Wretched
I must admit first off that I only watched the beginning episode on this six-episode DVD before cutting my losses and packing it in. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2004 by Joseph Haschka

5.0 out of 5 stars compulsive buy
I watched Fr. Ted for the first time last year when I couldn't sleep and happened to turn on BBC America. I fell in love with the show right away. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2004 by cwfanatic5

5.0 out of 5 stars Father Jack converts the heathens to Father Ted
I first casually watched this series as an alternative to being bored with expectations set at the moderate bar. Read more
Published on Oct 8 2003 by Verner O. Nellsch

5.0 out of 5 stars Humility and Simplicity: BBC comedy
If you are not like many of the other reviewers already familiar with British comedy shows, I think this is one of the best ones to see first. Read more
Published on Sep 7 2003 by C. Poston

5.0 out of 5 stars Sure, this put a different spin on things!!!!!!!!!
I'm definitely hooked! I haven't seen such great comedy in ages. After seeing a few episodes on BBC America, I quickly bought Seasons One and Two. Read more
Published on Jul 6 2003 by Dede Vidal

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Comedy
Okay I admit I am a sucker for UK comedies and have seen a great many of them. Father Ted is easily amongst the top. Read more
Published on Jun 5 2003 by W. Johnson

3.0 out of 5 stars Some hits and a few near-misses
My first exposure to Father Ted was through the brilliant later episodes. These early ones have plenty of memorable moments, but they aren't as consistently hilarious. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Honestly, how could you not like Father Ted?
I first saw father ted on PBS, and after watching it a little while came to enjoy it. The Cast, Setting, and Everything seems perfect, and the show is FUN to watch. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2002 by David M. Roberts

5.0 out of 5 stars R2 is better
I have not seen the R1 version, but from other reviews, I belive that there is no commentry on this disc??? Read more
Published on April 26 2002 by S. Whitaker

5.0 out of 5 stars British/Irish Comedy At It's VERY Best
Having already seen most of the Father Ted's recently it was a pleasant surprise to find that the first series had been released on DVD. Read more
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