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Father Ted - The Complete 1st Series
[1995]

Starring: Ardal O'Hanlon, Dermot Morgan, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Director: Declan Lowney
Format: PAL
Released: 20 Aug 2001
RRP: £19.99
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Always a good laugh. - By: FBPadfoot, 28 Oct 2007
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 finallly got round to watching it & it reallly tickled me. It's not just the scripts or ridiculous situations, it's the smalll mannerisms & quick looks which give the characters such depth. I've watched it a few times over this year & have alll the other series as well. If you haven't seen it, or find the prospect of a group of priests in the back of beyond to seem dull, please give it a chance. It's worth it!!!
Laughed till my a@$* fell off! - By: D. Crichton, 19 Sep 2007
How many sitcoms make you laugh out loud constantly? Not many I'd wager but this one does & every episode does.

If you don't laugh at this consult an undertaker as there's a good chance you're dead!
FANTASTIC - By: Mr. S. D. Downs, 12 Jan 2006
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.
Wretched - By: Joseph Haschka, 30 Dec 2005
I must admit first off that I only watched the beginning episode on this DVD before cutting my losses & packing it in. My wife viewed perhaps the first ten minutes before deciding that washing the dishes was a better time investment.

The Irish isle of Craggy Island is home to three priests in this BBC comedy mini-series. I use the term "comedy" loosely. There's Father Ted (Dermot Morgan) & his young assistant, Father Dougal Maguire (Ardal O'Hanlon), whose chief duty appears to be caring for the previous parish pastor, the aged Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). In the first episode, at least, Fr. Jack's role is limited to sitting drunk, insensate, or simply in the throes of senile dementia in his favorite chair, aroused only long enough to throw empty booze bottles at the television, drool uncontrollably at the memory of young, Catholic-school girls long past, or shout incoherent deprecations at Father Dougal. Dougal, on the other hand, has the mind & mannerisms of a silly adolescent. Compared to these two, Father Ted is so normal as to be boring. The plot of this first episode also involves the host of a national television broadcast coming to the island to interview Father Ted on the topic of priests in isolated places. (In the only marginallly good line whatsoever, Ted tells the visitor over the phone that he'll know he's reached the island when he sees the boats painted with radiation symbols dumping nuclear waste into the sea.)

True, I probably didn't give the series a fair shake. But what I saw was so boring, so tasteless, & so stupid that it doesn't even rise to the abysmal level of current American sitcoms. There are several off-beat British telly comedies available on video to U.S. audiences that are infinitely better, including THE VICAR OF DIBLEY, THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY, & BALLYKISSANGEL.

The jacket containing the FATHER TED DVD claims that it's the "best comedy about three priests on an island". Good heavens, how many can there be? And imagining the plots & quality of the others simply boggles the mind.

Father Ted? IT ROCKS! - By: , 30 Jul 2005
Is it a horror movie? Is it a romance movie? No! It's Father Ted, one of the best comedies of alll time. It is very, very funny comparing it to Rik Mayalll & Adrian Edmondson who are also comedians. But anyway.
It is one of those DVDs that you will want to watch again & again, & it is hilarious, no matter how many times you watch it. It's one of those DVDs where you love to remind people about it.
Father Ted Crilly is the normal priest. He secretly longs for a parish in LA, & a life free from embarassment. But on Craggy Island, a minute free of embarassment is good enough for him.

Father Dougal McGuire lives simply. The sun is always shining in his world. Always accidentallly callling Bishop Brennan "Len", he is the idiot of the four.

Father Jack Hackett is the most drunken, fowl & abusive priest you've ever seen. He is either sleeping, drinking, screaming for drink or just screaming.

Mrs Doyle is THE housekeeper from hell. Constantly afloat ona sea of tea, if you could read her brain it would be just TEA. Always offering cups, & if you refuse, she'll keep pestering you for ages.

Want to see Dougal annoying the priestly feeling out of Ted? Want to see Mrs Doyle annoy Bishop Brennan? Then buy this DVD, & enjoy the show.