Scripted · Ended

Father Ted

Channel 4 · English · 1995–1998

Seasons: 3
Episodes: 24
Special: 1
Follower: 1

One small island off the west coast of Ireland. Three priests. One housekeeper. A bunch of nuns - and the most consistently awful weather on the planet.

Episode archive

Seasons and specials

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Season 38 episodes · 1998

Episode 1 · 15 Mar 1998 · 20:00 · 30 min
Are You Right There, Father Ted?
A perfect square of dirt on the window and an ill-conceived and unfortunately-timed impression lead to rumours that Ted is a bit of a racist.
Episode 2 · 20 Mar 1998 · 20:00 · 30 min
Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep
Ted bets the annual heating allowance on Chris the sheep to win the island's annual sheep trials.
Episode 3 · 27 Mar 1998 · 20:00 · 30 min
Speed 3
When Ted gets Pat Mustard, Craggy Island's randy milkman, sacked, Dougal takes over the round. But Pat plants a bomb on the milk float to get his revenge. Can Ted save Dougal?
Episode 4 · 3 Apr 1998 · 19:00 · 30 min
The Mainland
A trip to the mainland always leads to trouble, and Ted is deeply nervous at the prospect. But what will go wrong this time?
Episode 5 · 10 Apr 1998 · 19:00 · 30 min
Escape from Victory
It's the annual All-Priests Over 75s Five-a-Side Football Challenge Match against Rugged Island and Ted realises that Father Dick Byrne will stop at nothing to win.
Episode 6 · 17 Apr 1998 · 19:00 · 30 min
Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse
After losing a bet to Dick Byrne, Ted has to kick Bishop Brennan up the arse, just when the Bishop's about to visit Craggy Island to see an image that miraculously appeared on Ted's skirting board...
Episode 7 · 24 Apr 1998 · 19:00 · 30 min
Night of the Nearly Dead
Singing sensation Eoin McLove, at Number One for 27 weeks with My Lovely Mayo Mammy, secretly visits Mrs Doyle for tea after she wins a poetry competition.
Episode 8 · 1 May 1998 · 19:00 · 30 min
Going to America
Ted accepts a job offer in America, with his very own parish in Beverly Hills. But with his ambition about to be realised, Ted's only problem is how to tell the others.