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  • Actors: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn, Tony Guilfoyle
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Aug 2001
  • Run Time: 147 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005LOKA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,508 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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From its very beginning in 1995, Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews' affable sitcom Father Ted occupied a previously undiscovered niche in TV comedy: by turns endearing and surreal, it was always effortlessly hilarious. Ted's the almost normal one, fighting the good fight to keep his sanity amid the chaos of his own household, where he lives with "poor idiot boy" Father Dougal, psychotically devoted housekeeper Mrs Doyle and foul-mouthed Father Jack, who doesn't need an excuse to hit the bottle (or smash one over someone's head) in any episode and whose vocabulary consists of just three immortal words: "Drink, Feck, Girls!"

The first series opens with "Good Luck, Father Ted" as we learn just how dreary life on Craggy Island really is when Funland arrives (which boasts such attractions as Freak Pointing and the Spinning Cat!). Everyone's patience is tested further when "Entertaining Father Stone"--quite possibly the most boring man on Earth--in the second episode. Proving bad publicity can be good publicity, Ted and Dougal then accidentally manage to attract audiences to the blasphemous film "The Passion of St Tibulus". Their ingenuity is tested to the limit in "Competition Time" as they become "The Three Ages of Elvis". Dermot Morgan's Ted is at his most sympathetic in "And God Created Women" when he gets the wrong end of the stick about the intentions of romantic novelist Polly Clarke. Then, lastly, in " Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest", everyone rallies round at Father Jack's "funeral" to reminisce about what a fine priest and good-natured fellow he was!

These six episodes made for a wonderful series debut; catchphrases were born ("Drink!"), as were regular characters (Jim Norton's sinister Bishop Brennan); and like Mrs Doyle's ever-wandering facial mole, audiences wanted it to "go on go on go on".

On the DVD: the only extra is an exceedingly self-deprecatory commentary from co-writer Graham Linehan, who explains the origins of the characters and how he wrote in collaboration with Arthur Matthews. He frequently and hilariously compares himself with others (chiefly Mel Brooks on Young Frankensteinand The Producers). Fans will be delighted to hear many jokes that nearly made it into the show, but will undoubtedly end up somewhere else! --Paul Tonks



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Series One:

1. Good Luck, Father Ted
2. Entertaining Father Stone
3. The Passion Of St. Tibulus
4. Competition Time
5. And God Created Woman
6. Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars But Ted, they've got a Spiderbaby..., 8 Jul 2002
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This review is from: Father Ted - The Complete 1st Series [VHS] [1995] (VHS Tape)
A real comedy treat, the first series of Father Ted mixes surreal images (both mental and physical) with a satirical view of the Catholic Priesthood in a house occupied by Fathers Ted Crilley, Jack Hackett, Dougal Maguire and their housekeeper Mrs Doyle. Battling with such problems as the tyrannical Bishop Brennan, the visiting Funland, Father Jack's drinking and the incredibly boring Father Stone, the entire series will have you laughing out loud.
You can't help but cringe along with the corrupt but likeable Ted who has been placed on his Craggy Island hell with the stupid Dougal and the abusive and alcoholic Jack following the disappearance of funds from a charity set up to send sick parishioners to Lourdes. (He claims the money was just "resting" in his account.) The escapades he and Dougal are forced into provide the basis for one of the most original and best written comedy series in the last twenty years. Still as fresh now as it was almost ten years ago - a comic masterpiece.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the comments above from Malta, 2 Sep 2004
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The person who gave Father Ted one star clearly has no sense of humour. Father Ted is one of the best comedy shows of the 90s. The comparisons made with 'Only fools...' (the most over rated UK comedy) and the dire 'Blue Line' are just silly. Father Ted is a different class to both. As for the supposed 'lack of inventiveness' well that's a laughable charge. Thank god for writers like Linehan and Matthews, who save us from being swamped with non-comedies like 'TTBL' and 'Vicar of Dibley'. Anyway buy all three series of Father Ted as they are hilarious and endlessly re-watchable.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC, 12 Jan 2006
By Mr. S. D. Downs "SD Downs" (Rugeley, UK) - See all my reviews
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This entire series is absolutely fantastic, pure classic comedy. I first watched it when I was at University which was about 10 years ago, but I still love every single episode. It's just funny. Funny. You should also check out other work by the same writers "Black Books" which is also very good although perhaps not as excellent as Father Ted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it, go on.
I wanted to introduce my kids (aged 10 and 14) to Father Ted as it isn't being shown on any satellite channels, at the moment. What a fantastic introduction! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Slightly surreal comedy that still shines out.
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I'd never seen this when it was on tv, but it was given as a present to me. Didn't look like my kind of thing but then I finally got round to watching it and it really tickled me... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Laughed till my a@$* fell off!
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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 DVD before cutting my losses and packing it in. Read more
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As such it's worth trying to see any episode or two before buying. Read more
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