Father Ted: The Holy Trilogy

Production year: 1995

TV/International TV-PG   Running time: 10:40

IMDB rating:   8.6     Aspect: 4:3;  Languages: English;  Subtitles: None;  Audio: DD Stereo

Father Ted is one of those rare sitcoms that defies categorization--it owes as much to Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett as it does to Monty Python--and its blend of satire, character comedy, and anarchic surrealism has made it a cult favorite around the world. Exiled to remote Craggy Island, Father Ted Crilley shares a house with the breathtakingly stupid Father Dougal and the constantly inebriated Father Jack, who has a small vocabulary and a taste for furniture polish. Their housekeeper, Mrs. Doyle, takes care of them with a never-ending supply of tea and sandwiches: "Go on now, Father, won't you try one? They're diagonal." Together they fight boredom by dressing up as Elvis, startling ducks at the fair, and provoking nuns. This set compiles the entire three-year series.

Special features

Interviews With Writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, and Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal)
Audio Commentaries By Graham Lineham and Ardal O'Hanlon
"Fundrasing With Father Dougal"
Fathers Ted And Dougal Host Comic Relief
Father Ted: The Holy Trilogy