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 Father Ted
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One of the best sitcoms dealing with the Irish Catholic church.
The show follows the exploits of three Roman Catholic priests who preside over a parish on Craggy Island, located off the west coast of Ireland. Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and the retired Father Jack Hackett live together in Craggy Island's parochial house, along with their housekeeper Mrs. Doyle, who "keeps Craggy Island Parochial House floating on a sea of tea" according to official synopses.
The three priests answer to the fierce, uncompromising Bishop Len Brennan, who makes frequent visits to the island, often to cast his disapproving eye over the trio and their backwater parish. He is apparently responsible for their exile to the less-than-desirable island parish - the reasons for the move are hinted at across the several series. They appear to stem from a mixture of incompetence and embarrassing conduct: Father McGuire due to his incompetence (with particular regard to "the Blackrock Incident", in which a large number of lives were irreparably damaged although they were "only nuns"); Father Hackett because of his alcoholism and implied womanising, which caused severe embarrassment to the Catholic Church; and Father Crilly for alleged financial impropriety. Ted still insists he was innocent, regularly claiming that "the money was just resting in my account", and that it was "a perfectly legitimate monetary transfer".
The show also gave birth to many catchphrases that are well known in Ireland and Britain, most notably Mrs. Doyle's "Go on, go on" and Father Jack's cursing, with short words including (and usually limited to) "Drink!", "Feck!", "Arse!", "Girls!" and "Gobshite".
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