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Father Ted: The Complete Series 3

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I was so happy to finally be able to buy season 3 of this great series and I now own the whole set. All of the episodes are so funny. The DVD quality is so lovely and crisp too. Buy it you won't regret it. A must for any lover of british comedy.

The third and final series of Father Ted consists of 8 fantastic episodes. While possibly not quite as great as the second series, the series still bows out on a high note, as Father Ted himself (Dermot Morgan) died right after the season was shot - a poignant montage of highlights from all three series marks the end of the last episode, a fitting way to make his legacy.
None of this should overshadow 8 brilliant half hours that range from farcical to surreal. The running "phone" jokes from the second series are largely absent, but a bunch of old characters re-appear. Perhaps the best episode is Speed 3, where Dougal must keep a milk float above 4 mph or be blown to pieces ("The Poseidon Adventure - there was a priest in that!").
The second DVD includes the 1996 Christmas special, an hour-long episode that is equally hilarious -although at times one does get the feeling that the writers are knowingly stretching some jokes to fill time (a la the Simpsons), for example at the start when Ted opens the door to find a baby that has been left there by mistake and then the mother comes an picks it up "Oh can you imagine us looking after a baby? I'm sure there'd be all kinds of hilarious mistakes and funny incidents".
Classic, Postmodern, Ironic, Surreal and iconoclastic - long may Father Ted live on in our hearts and minds...

Although I was only ten or so when the first series of Father Ted was screened on British TV, along with many I was an instant fan. So of course my family and I were extremely upset when we heard that Dermot Morgan had died, and that we would never see another episode.
However, Father Ted's co writer Graham Linehan went on to help create 'Black Books' - A british comedy started in 2001, which is just as good - if not better. The main character is again an Irishman, played by Dylan Moran, who runs a bookshop in London, hates his customers and is perpetually drunk (a plus for fans of father Jack). The show won many awards in Britain. Unfortunately it appears that this programme isn't yet available in the US, but I would advise anyone to try to get their hands on it (Amazon.co.uk has both series), it has me in stiches.

you must buy this, father ted is the funniest show ever( just ahead of simpsons and south park). ok, here's how i would rate the episodes:
1)Are You Right There Father Ted? 5/5 this is sooo funny. ted does a china man impression but little does he know chineese men are staring in the window at him. he is called a racist by the whole town.

2)Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep: 3/5 prob the worst episode on the dvd but still funny. the sheep's picture turned sideways to make it look different is classic. you have to see it.

3)Speed 3: 5/5 ,ok let me get something clear, this is the funniest episode of father ted ever. jack gets a pet brick and ted keeps gettin hit on the head with it - classic.

4)The Mainland: 4/5 mrs doyle gets into a fight with her friend over who will pay for their tea, jack sends a man to hospital and ted get beaten up by a famous actor. a must see.

5)Escape from Victory: 4/5 ted cheats in an over 75's soccer tournament and has to kick bishop brennan up the arse!

6)Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse: 4/5 ted finally kicks him up the ass and acts like nothing has happened. the bishop find out and comes back to get ted...

7)Night of the Nearly Dead: 3/5 loads of old women turn to zombies trying to touch a local young male celebrity. this episode has some good quotes

8)Going to America: 4/5 this episode has probably the best story and the lease laughs but that is not a bad thing. i loved this episode and it was the last one ever of an amazing series!

just go buy this dvd now, i SWEAR you wont be dissapointed. actually after writing this i feel like going into wacth speed 3 again, that brick cracks me up!.....

There's no such thing as a bad Father Ted episode. Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack, along with the inimitable Mrs Doyle, all play equally important parts in the one-of-a-kind comedy. These episodes are superb, but all of them are. It's unrelentingly funny.

Father Ted is an incredably witty television show. Each character plays an intergral part in the dynamic of the show. Father Jack is an especially exceptional character. His part is very minor, but he is the butt of all the jokes, and it takes incrdable integrity for and actor such as Frank Kelly to play that character, and do it so well.

IMHO, this is the best of the three series DVDs. The writing is sharper, the situations more surreal/insane, and the actors are more comfortable being themselves.
Very very funny, and shocking in parts too (like the first episode with the Nazi priests and Father Jack in an SS uniform).
Highly recommended for intelligent and open-minded people!!

I was initially a bit hesitant to buy this DVD after reading the reviews complaining about the re-recording issues. Yes occasionally there are some 'squiggly' bits in a corner, but nothing major at all. I am a big Father Ted fan, and I believe that the series was REALLY building up some momentum with the third series, and therefore some of the best editions can be found on this DVD. I just wish there were more! I highly recommend this to all Father Ted fans!

My only complaint is that there aren't more episodes. My favorite has to be the Christmas episode when the priests get caught in the lingerie section of the department store. I recommend this video to everyone. :)

This is by far the best fresh sitcom on DVD today. It's therefore sad the DVD compression is visible at times. I agree with another reviewer -- the compression of all episodes onto one single disc is leaving drop-outs and "slow-motion" incidents, probably because the full framerate cannot be kept.

And what is up with the horrible non-skippable BBC commercial before the menu appears? Don't you just hate that?

5 stars if the mastering was done properly.