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Father Ted :: Good Luck, Father Ted (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

Good Luck, Father Ted

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Friday April 21st, 1995

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Episode Crew
Director:	Declan Lowney
Writer:	Arthur Mathews (2) Graham Linehan

Episode Summary

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3 priests are living on Craggy Island, a small island off the mainland of Ireland. Father Ted gets a call from an Irish documentary and is told that he will be in an interview on the television. Meanwhile the carnival comes to the island. Can Father Ted juggle an excited Dougal, a drunk Father Jack and the TV crew all at the same time?

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Blanaid Irvine	played	Tarot Reader	Recurring (first appearance)
•Pat Shortt	played	Tom	Recurring (first appearance)
•Patrick Drury	played	John O'Leary	Recurring (first appearance)
•Rynagh O'Grady	played	Mary O'Leary	Recurring (first appearance)
•Gerard Lee	played	Terry Macnamee

Episode Notes

In this episode, Father Ted goes to a fortune teller who pulls out 3 cards of death. Dermot Morgan, died of a heart attack one day after season 3 had finished filming.

Episode Quotes

Mrs Doyle: What would you say to a nice cup of tea Father?
Father Jack: FECK OFF CUP!

Ted: Uh..Dougal..there's uh..some shaving cream there.
Dougal: No, there's not, Ted, no, you're grand.
Ted: No..on you.
Dougal: Oh..where exactly Ted?
Ted: Just there, below your ear.
Dougal: Here?
Ted: Yes and there's...uh..there's a bit more...
Dougal: Gone?
Ted: No, there's still just a tin....Dougal, its all over the place!
Dougal: How on Earth did that get there?...I didn't even shave this morning!

Tom: Father...I've killed a man.
Ted: Er, well, we'll talk about that later, Tom. Right now, I'm going to be on the telly!

Dougal: Spider-Baby, It's got the body of a spider and the mind of a baby.

Ted: So...let me get this straight. You were up on an old man, riding him around and whipping him, for an hour.
Dougal: Yes.
Ted: You realise that image will stay with me for the rest of my life?

Father Jack: What is that gobshite doing on the television?

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