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Father Ted is one of those rare sitcoms that defies categorisation--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 favourite around the world. Exiled to remote Craggy Island, Father Ted shares a house with the breathtakingly stupid Father Dougal Maguire 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. --Simon Leake
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This is the definitive collection of Father Ted!
Re-packaged and with additional menus, Father Ted: The Definitive Collection Box Set includes all the episodes in the three-year series and lots more fabulous extras.
Additional features:
Father Ted comedy connections
Comic Relief with Ted and Dougal
US interviews with Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews
Tedfest 2007: A Very Ted Weekend & Two Tribes go to War
Dougal’s US pledges
Plus:
Craggy Island memories
Dougal’s favourite memories
Dougal’s favourite sound effects
Photo gallery.
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253 of 261 people found the following review helpful
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I can review the show itself in five words; it's the best comedy of all time.
This review is for those wondering whether or not to buy this so-called definitive edition, and what sets it apart from previous releases.
Well, for a start, it's bigger. It comes in one of those bookish-type DVD boxes, which has turnable 'pages' for each disc, with five in total. Series 1 takes up a disc while 2 and 3 are on two each. The real reason for the reissue of this series is the inclusion of the extra features (as well as groovy new artwork).
The set includes BBC's Ted episode of Comedy Connections, featuring all the key players apart from of course Dermot Morgan. The half-hour show serves as a great making-of supplement and deals with how the show came about, how it was initially disliked (!) and the legacy it left. Very concise and insightful, with no fluff. Also included are Ted and Dougal's in-character appearances for Comic Relief, worth watching to see them creasing up with the giggles once or twice. A two part, 40-minute interview with the creators is also very insightful, and details much of how the show was influenced, and influential, featuring some very rare footage of them performing years before the fame of Father Ted.
The only let-down of the extras is the footage of Ireland's annual "Ted-Fest", which seems to me very much like an event where people go to get drunk and shout catchphrases rather than celebrate how great the show was. All the superfluous features (sound effects, clip segments) from the original DVDs are carried over too.
In summary, I think this is the treatment Father Ted has always deserved, and the show is well worth the price of an upgrade as the extras are fantastically informative (and often hilarious) without crossing that line into having too much. I would strongly recommend buying it, whether you have the older DVDs or not (you don't? Shame).
This review is for those wondering whether or not to buy this so-called definitive edition, and what sets it apart from previous releases.
Well, for a start, it's bigger. It comes in one of those bookish-type DVD boxes, which has turnable 'pages' for each disc, with five in total. Series 1 takes up a disc while 2 and 3 are on two each. The real reason for the reissue of this series is the inclusion of the extra features (as well as groovy new artwork).
The set includes BBC's Ted episode of Comedy Connections, featuring all the key players apart from of course Dermot Morgan. The half-hour show serves as a great making-of supplement and deals with how the show came about, how it was initially disliked (!) and the legacy it left. Very concise and insightful, with no fluff. Also included are Ted and Dougal's in-character appearances for Comic Relief, worth watching to see them creasing up with the giggles once or twice. A two part, 40-minute interview with the creators is also very insightful, and details much of how the show was influenced, and influential, featuring some very rare footage of them performing years before the fame of Father Ted.
The only let-down of the extras is the footage of Ireland's annual "Ted-Fest", which seems to me very much like an event where people go to get drunk and shout catchphrases rather than celebrate how great the show was. All the superfluous features (sound effects, clip segments) from the original DVDs are carried over too.
In summary, I think this is the treatment Father Ted has always deserved, and the show is well worth the price of an upgrade as the extras are fantastically informative (and often hilarious) without crossing that line into having too much. I would strongly recommend buying it, whether you have the older DVDs or not (you don't? Shame).
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought this earlier in the year so that I had something to watch while living in France...and it's easily the funniest comedy I've ever seen! It's difficult to pick my favourite episode, as they're all sheer genius...although the milkman one is definitely up there! The extras are reasonably good, especially the greatest moments of each character (including the video for "My Lovely Horse"), and the Comic Relief part is rather funny as well. Quote of the whole thing has to go to Father Jack..."Don't tell me I'm still on that feckin' island!"...well thank goodness you are, it wouldn't have been the same without him!
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Fantastic characters and fantastic writing come together to create a hilarious and timeless comedy.
Feck! who would think that this is 15 years old, and to be honest who would think that anyone over 15 years of age would be in fits of laughter at the tought of a group of priests getting lost in "Ireland's largest lingerie section", but I was.
I missed Father Ted first time around on the TV so this collection has allowed me to catch up on missed episodes, and there's not a poor one among them.
An added bonus is that this collection includes the Christmas Special, although this isn't clear from the blurb and as a result I bought that as well!
Feck! who would think that this is 15 years old, and to be honest who would think that anyone over 15 years of age would be in fits of laughter at the tought of a group of priests getting lost in "Ireland's largest lingerie section", but I was.
I missed Father Ted first time around on the TV so this collection has allowed me to catch up on missed episodes, and there's not a poor one among them.
An added bonus is that this collection includes the Christmas Special, although this isn't clear from the blurb and as a result I bought that as well!
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LAUGH YOUR SOCKS OFF
BRILLIANT WRITING AGAIN WINS.
THIS SERIES, BORDERING ON CATHOLIC LUNACY, IS SO FUNNY IT HAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUGHING AT ITSELF. Read more
THIS SERIES, BORDERING ON CATHOLIC LUNACY, IS SO FUNNY IT HAS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUGHING AT ITSELF. Read more
Published 8 hours ago by Mr. P. O'Malley
Very good
I bought this product as a present and it couldn't have been better received. An excellent collection of all the Father Ted episodes and extras, attractively packaged and left... Read more
Published 16 days ago by S G Kemp
Have a bit of a laugh, comedy :)
This is a realy good collection of classic comedy and the price was very competetive, I enjoyed all the characters and especially Dougal. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. I. J. Budahazi
fr ted.
Looked everywhere for this. Great price. Very happy with detlivery. Fr teds always funny. ! ! ! ! ! !
Published 1 month ago by Pen Name
This item has SUBTITLES.
Although not mentioned in the breakdown this item has SUBTITLES which I for one find necessary to enjoy a DVD.
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Father Ted boxset
I was a big fan when Father Ted was on the first time round in the 90's and remember cracking up at their antics. This boxset brings all those memories back. Very good quality too.
Published 2 months ago by Rob77n
It's Father Ted - it's brilliant
I paid just over £11 inc postage, which is a great price. Father Ted is great, it has been around a while but has stood the test of time. This includes the Xmas Special. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Janejane
That would be an ecumenical matter!
Many others have reviewed this product. So what else to say - if you are a fan here is the complete set of material at a good price. Read more
Published 2 months ago by R T
Awsome
Absolutly wonderful to sit and watch this series again al my leisure. The DVD set is excellent no issues with sound, picture or quality. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D H WHYTE
Arrr Go On!
Father Ted is quite simply one of the best comedy series of all time and this is the complete boxset with all three series and the Christmas special 'A Christmassy Ted'. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Andrew Whitby
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