Father Ted

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Father Ted is a critically acclaimed 1990s Irish-British sitcom that follows three eccentric priests and their housekeeper on the fictional Craggy Island, known for its surreal, irreverent humor and enduring cult status.

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instanceOf Channel 4 television programme
Irish television series
television sitcom
awardReceived BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) NERFINISHED
British Comedy Award NERFINISHED
Irish Film and Television Award NERFINISHED
broadcastFormat live action
countryOfOrigin Ireland
United Kingdom
creator Arthur Mathews NERFINISHED
Graham Linehan NERFINISHED
director Andy De Emmony NERFINISHED
Declan Lowney NERFINISHED
Dermot Boyd NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Geoffrey Perkins NERFINISHED
firstAired 1995
genre comedy
religious satire
sitcom
surreal comedy
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme absurdist humour
parody of rural Irish life
satire of Catholic Church in Ireland
lastAired 1998
mainCharacter Father Dougal McGuire NERFINISHED
Father Jack Hackett NERFINISHED
Father Ted Crilly NERFINISHED
Mrs Doyle NERFINISHED
notableEpisode A Christmassy Ted NERFINISHED
Hell NERFINISHED
Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse NERFINISHED
Speed 3 NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 25
numberOfSeasons 3
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Channel 4 NERFINISHED
pictureFormat 4:3
portrayedBy Ardal O'Hanlon NERFINISHED
Dermot Morgan NERFINISHED
Frank Kelly NERFINISHED
Pauline McLynn NERFINISHED
producer Geoffrey Perkins NERFINISHED
productionCompany Hat Trick Productions NERFINISHED
runtimePerEpisode approximately 24 minutes
setInTimePeriod 1990s
setting Craggy Island NERFINISHED
fictional island off the west coast of Ireland
writer Arthur Mathews NERFINISHED
Graham Linehan NERFINISHED

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