Product Description

Join Fathers Ted Dougal and Jack three Irish priests exiled by the Church to their own private Purgatory a twisted lump of rock called Craggy Island as penance for indulging in their daft vices. Features all episodes from series one.Running Time: 148 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 794051156426

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32068 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2001-06-05
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 148 minutes

Amazon.com
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 DVD contains the entire first season of Father Ted--six episodes of inspired lunacy including a visit from the excruciatingly dull Father Stone, Mrs. Doyle's solemn recitation of all the bad language in Ted's favorite novel, and the death and resurrection of Father Jack. Packed with great lines and hilarious characters, Father Ted gets better with every viewing. --Simon Leake

Customer Reviews

When life makes you just weep, get out the Father Ted dvds!
When life is getting you down, don't go "downtown", get out the Father Ted dvds, curl up with a cuppa tea (or have a few snorts) and laugh till you nearly wet your pants over this wonderfully silly and irreverent series. Oh, I might mention... this is NOT for those types who take everything too seriously. It's just glorious, naughty FUN!

GREAT SERIES
FIRST SIX SHOWS ARE GREAT YOU'LL NEVER STOP LAUGHING AND YOU WILL WATCH THIS MORE THAN ONCE. THE SECOND YEAR DROPS OFF A LITTLE BIT BUT IS STILL VERY FUNNY

Father Ted Series 1
A great introduction to the madness of Craggy Island. DVD was easy to play, with scene selection. Only 6 episodes on this one. Makes you want to buy the whole lot!