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The show follows the misadventures of three Irish Roman Catholic priests who live in a parish on the fictional Craggy Island, located off the west coast of Ireland. Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and Father Jack Hackett live chaotically together in Craggy Island's parochial house, along with their housekeeper Mrs Doyle, who always wants to serve them tea.
The four main characters of Father Ted. Middle rear: Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), left: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), front: Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly), right: Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn). Father Ted is a sitcom produced by independent production company Hat Trick Productions for British broadcaster Channel 4.
Father Ted Crilly is the eponymous main character of the British Channel 4 situation comedy Father Ted. Created by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews , Ted was portrayed by comedian Dermot Morgan for the programme's three series.
Ted, Dougal, Jack, and Mrs. Doyle depart Craggy Island for the mainland for various reasons; Ted plans to collect £200 he won in a bet, and then visit the "Very Dark Caves" with Dougal, Mrs. Doyle plans to meet with her friend Mrs. Dineen to have tea, and Jack needs to go to the optician to get a new pair of glasses, after his last pair was stolen by a crow.
A television programme offers to interview Father Ted, who goes to extreme lengths to ensure the other members of the clergy on the island do not interrupt his moment in the spotlight. Meanwhile Craggy Island hosts Fun Land, a funfair to which Dougal is desperate to go. Ted takes the film crew to the fair, leading to a massive mess.
As soon as Ted leaves his sight, Father Finnegan suffers a fatal heart attack. Ted's scheme for rigging the raffle involves filling a hat with a load of tickets that all bear the number 11, which will be Dougal's number, and Ted himself, as the Master of Ceremonies, drawing and calling that number on stage while Dougal waits in the audience. On ...
With Lent approaching, Ted receives a phone call from his rival, Father Dick Byrne, who says that he and his fellow priests on Rugged Island will be giving up their vices. . Ted insists to his fellow Craggy Island priests that they must do the same: Ted will give up smoking cigarettes, Jack drinking alcohol, and Dougal his rollerbladi
When they try the song out on Mrs Doyle and Father Jack, Jack is so enraged that he blasts Ted's guitar with a shotgun. Disillusioned, they are about to give up when Ted discovers that their lyrics fit a tune by "Nin Huugen and the Huugen Notes", an obscure B-side of an entry from the fifth-placed act in Norway's Eurosong preselection in 1976 ...