Reviews of Father Ted

Real Irish Comedy.

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago on 6 March 2008 05:45 (A review of Father Ted)

A show about 3 priests and their house keeper who live on an Island off the coast of Ireland.
This show is pure brilliance! It ran for 3 seasons between 1995 and 1998 (until the untimely death of the shows star Dermot Morgan)

It is essentially comedy based around the catholic church, and likes to poke fun at general Irish ideals and beliefs. All 3 priests should never have gotten into the priesthood but find themselves there none the less, you have Father Ted, a cunning man with ideas and dreams of making it rich, who is the straight man of the trio, and who is cursed with terrible misfortune. Father Dougal, an extremely simple man who delivers the most hilarious one liners and provides the most comedy. And Father Hackett, a raging alcoholic who most of the series only says the words DRINK, GIRLS, FECK and ARSE. The 3 of these personalities do not blend together at all, but Dougal and Ted form a wonderful partnership as the straight guy and the silly guy, there is so much to love about them in this series and it is a terrible shame that no more episodes could be made of it.
I highly recommend watching this series if you can, some people might not get it, but it is great if you do. I think you have to of been raised in a catholic family or love the Irish to truely love the show but as i always say in my reviews it seems, this is a definite must watch!

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