Episodes

  • Episode 26 - TOP FIVE FATHER TED EPISODES

    Episode 26 - TOP FIVE FATHER TED EPISODES
    Feb 3 2017
    The TOP FIVE EPISODES, as voted for by YOU, the listeners of Ecumenical Matters. Lindsay Mitchell and Glenn Hamill take us through the Contenders we picked throughout the run of the podcast and have been voted on over two months by the public.
    Find out what fans think the best Father Ted episodes are, and let us know if you agree!

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  • Episode 25 - A Christmassy Ted

    Episode 25 - A Christmassy Ted
    Dec 4 2016
    IT'S CHRISTMAS! So naturally it's Golden Cleric time on Craggy Island!

    Dirty Words members Colin Hassard and Ashley Manners get trapped with Ted and Dougal in the Largest Lingerie Department in Ireland. Mrs Doyle gets a new, mechanical nemesis and Jack prepares for his own awards.


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  • Episode 24 - Going to America

    Episode 24 - Going to America
    Oct 23 2016
    Writers and producers Muireann McGinty and Dee Harvey dream big in the final ever episode of Father Ted! 😢

    After talking Tommy Tiernan off a ledge at a priest's convention Ted is seduced by visions of a glamourous life in America, but can he really leave Craggy Island and it's inhabitants behind?

    The episode takes a reflective tone towards the end, and we discuss Kevin Spacey's relative anonymity in 1998, the draw of Magic America and Radiohead: depressing or not?

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  • Episode 23 - Night Of The Nearly Dead

    Episode 23 - Night Of The Nearly Dead
    Oct 16 2016
    Kiel Cathers, lead singer of folk rock behemoths The Logues wards off the huddled masses of Eoin McLove fans in this hilarious send up of Daniel O’Donnell.
    Mrs Doyle is besotted when she wins a competition to have her beloved TV host Eoin McLove visit her, but she's not the only one on the island who wants to meet him. Dougal thinks he's very cheeky, Ted doesn't approve of his poetry tastes and Jack waxes lyrical on the nature of fandom.
    We also talk about treacherous male bonding games such as Eyeball Chicken and Killerball, fainting Michael Jackson fans and false rumours about Pope John Paul II.

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  • Episode 22 - LIVE! Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse

    Episode 22 - LIVE! Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse
    Oct 2 2016
    LIVE EPISODE! We broadcast live from the Fenderesky Gallery on Belfast's North Street during Culture Night Belfast 2016 in front of an adorning audience and streamed to Facebook Live. All with the obligatory Craggy Island production values!

    After losing the bet to Dick Byrne in the Over 75s Football Challenge in the last episode, Ted has to kick Bishop Brennan up the arse to satisfy his forfeit. Dougal is on hand to document the kicking with photographic evidence, while Jack and Mrs Doyle have their own way of dealing with the world's most sarcastic priest.

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  • Episode 21 - Escape from Victory

    Episode 21 - Escape from Victory
    Sep 25 2016
    Another Road Show! This time to Mexico. Well south of the (Ireland/UK) border in Letterkenny. Ted is embroiled in a high stakes bet with his hated rival Dick Byrne in the Annual All-Priests 5-a-Side Over 75 Indoor Football Challenge Match.

    Dougal's on a career break from being physio, in order to protect the corner flags. Jack downs a full bottle of Dreamy Sleepy Nighty Snoozy Snooze (banned in most European countries, so you know it's good), while Mrs Doyle rounds up a firm of fellow football converts for the terraces.

    We also discuss Amazon's toilet roll delivery service, lying in a confessional and there's a host of expertise offered by self-proclaimed Bikram Yoga Expert, Sean Treanor.

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  • Episode 20 - The Mainland

    Episode 20 - The Mainland
    Sep 18 2016
    I don't believe it! Twenty episodes, so celebrate with actor Glenn Hamill and Vince! The Islanders take a day trip to the Mainland, despite Mrs Doyle's misgivings.

    Ted and Dougal meet Victor Meldrew from One Foot in the Grave, but learn very quickly that you should never meet your heroes. A hasty exit sends them to a sojourn into the Very Dark Caves, where they run into Noel Furlong. Mrs Doyle argues over a cheque and Jack's eyesight deceives him.

    We discuss the etiquette of Irish fighting, what made Bruce Willis a miserable scrote and we have a very deep (and controversial) discussion about the nature of offensive humour

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  • Episode 19 - Speed 3

    Episode 19 - Speed 3
    Sep 11 2016
    PAT MUSTARD! Comedians Victoria E Armstrong and David Doherty-Jebb commandeer a milk float in this seminal episode.


    Randy milkman Pat Mustard has been getting Mrs Doyle all hot and bothered, and Ted doesn't like it. He organises a sting operation and the fallout has Dougal in charge of the milk run. Unfortunately, Pat has left a little surprise on it if Dougal's speed goes below 4 mph. Jack adopts a new pet brick that comes in useful later on.

    We also talk about Francophones misunderstanding Touts Out graffiti in Belfast, the virtues and follies of Mrs Brown's Boys (The Greatest British sitcom of the 21st Century according to Radio Times readers), ageing ferrets and officially respond to Graham Linehan's comments on Father Ted tribute shows.

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    Your browser does not support the audio element. Update: Speed 3 was voted by the listeners of Ecumenical Matters as the best episode of Father Ted ever.
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