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Father Ted - Episode Guide

Season 1

Good Luck, Father Ted

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1995

Good Luck, Father Ted

Fame beckons for Ted when Terry MacNamee phones up to interview him for 'The Television'. Unfortunately, the filming at the local beauty spot coincides with the arrival of Funland on Craggy Island.

Entertaining Father Stone

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1995

Entertaining Father Stone

Life's always dull on Craggy Island, but it gets even duller when Father Paul Stone visits. Six years he's been coming to holiday with Ted, and the protracted silences have taken their toll...

The Passion of Saint Tibulus

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 5, 1995

The Passion of Saint Tibulus

After a night gossiping with Father Hernandez over the longest game of Cluedo in history, Ted and Dougal are bullied into being moral crusaders by Bishop Brennan, with disastrous results.

Competition Time

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 12, 1995

Competition Time

It's the All Priests Look-A-Like competition and Ted is determined that this year he will defeat his fellow priests from Rugged Island.

And God Created Woman

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 19, 1995

And God Created Woman

Novelist Polly Clarke, author of the steamy 'Bejewelled with Kisses', comes to stay on the island, and Ted thinks she's fallen for him.

Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 26, 1995

Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest

Sister Mulligan's visit to Craggy Island ends dramatically when Father Jack drinks a bottle of polish and dies. Ted and Dougal's grief's tempered by the fact that he's left them half a million pounds.

Season 2

Hell

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1996

Hell

Ted, Dougal and Jack head off on their summer holidays to Father O'Rourke's caravan in Kilkenny. Unfortunately, a run-in with some naked neighbours gets the holy men's holiday off to a sticky start.

Think Fast, Father Ted

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1996

Think Fast, Father Ted

There's a leaky roof threatening to collapse on Father Jack, and Ted receives a car from Bishop Brennan for a raffle prize, but as usual, things go horribly wrong.

Tentacles of Doom

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1996

Tentacles of Doom

Three bishops are on their way to Craggy Island to upgrade the Holy Stone of Clonrickert to a Class II relic, and Ted is determined that Dougal and Jack be on their best behaviour. As if...

The Old Grey Whistle Theft

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 29, 1996

The Old Grey Whistle Theft

The arrival of a rebellious priest coincides with the theft of the picnic area supervisor's whistle. Is law and order breaking down on Craggy Island?

A Song for Europe

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1996

A Song for Europe

Ted and Dougal decide to enter the 1996 Eurosong Contest. With inspired lyrics, a jaunty tune and the right attitude, they stand a good chance. Don't they?

The Plague

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1996

The Plague

Father Dougal is very excited about his new pet rabbit, Sampras. Meanwhile, rabbit-phobic Bishop Brennan is due to arrive to investigate a case of suspected nude sleepwalking by Father Jack.

Rock a Hula Ted

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Apr 19, 1996

Rock a Hula Ted

An aggressive protest singer arrives on the island just as Ted is to judge the Lovely Girls competition. How will Ted deal with this clash of feminism and womanhood?

Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1996

Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading

Easter is fast approaching, so Ted decides to get on with the important business of sacrificing something for Lent... but what should he choose?

New Jack City

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: May 3, 1996

New Jack City

Jack is rushed to St. Clabbert's Old Priests Home when his hands become worryingly hairy. And his replacement is even more of a nightmare than the great man himself...

Flight Into Terror

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: May 10, 1996

Flight Into Terror

Flying back from a visit to a particularly holy shrine, Ted, Jack and Dougal find themselves in mortal danger when Dougal visits the cockpit and does something really, really stupid.

A Christmassy Ted

Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Dec 24, 1996 (60 min)

A Christmassy Ted

Father Ted, Father Dougal and six other priests take a wrong turn while Christmas shopping and end up lost in the lingerie section of a huge department store.

Season 3

Are You Right There, Father Ted?

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1998

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.

Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1998

Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep

Ted bets the annual heating allowance on Chris the sheep to win the island's annual sheep trials.

Speed 3

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Mar 27, 1998

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?

The Mainland

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1998

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?

Escape from Victory

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1998

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.

Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Apr 17, 1998

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...

Night of the Nearly Dead

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Apr 24, 1998

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.

Going to America

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: May 1, 1998

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.

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