Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, has announced a new adventure for Craggy Island’s favourite son: Father Ted will journey to the Vatican in a new stage musical entitled Pope Ted, which has a lot of the beloved Channel 4 sitcom’s original behind-the-scenes talent involved. Linehan has worked on the script for Pope Ted with Arthur Matthews, the other co-creator … >
Across just three short series, Father Ted proved itself to be one of the funniest sitcoms of recent decades. Here our our pick of the best. Here are our favourite episodes.
A new nationwide study has revealed the TV show box set that UK viewers find most addictive. The research commissioned by Sky Box Sets looks at the growing popularity of box sets in our everyday lives. Game of Thrones came in first place, with nearly a third of the votes, closely followed by The X-Files and The Walking Dead. Father Ted … >
Pauline McLynn (Father Ted, EastEnders) will play Ella Khan in East is East next month. Ayub Khan Din’s critically acclaimed play opens at Theatre Royal in Brighton on Thursday 11 June before embarking on a 16-week national tour. McLynn commented: “I am very excited to be part of this production. The play by Ayub Khan … >
BBC Four has announced the commission of The Walshes, a new comedy co-written by Graham Linehan (The IT Crowd, Father Ted and Count Arthur Strong) and the five-strong comedy troupe Diet of Worms.