Best of: Father Ted

Following on the news of a forthcoming Stage Musical version, here are the 5 best episodes of the show chronicling the misadventures of the priests of Craggy Island and their housekeeper. As played by Dermot (Father Ted Crilly) Morgan, Ardal (Father Dougal McGuire) O'Hanlon, Frank (Father Jack Hackett) Kelly and Pauline (Mrs Doyle) McLynn.


1. Competition Time

Ted is desperate to win the local Stars In Their Eyes to one up his rival  Father Dick (Maurice O'Donaghue) Bryne stages the 3 Ages of Elvis. The Priests play host to the Judge, a TV host with a bit of a drink problem.

2. The Plague

The fearsome Bishop Len (Jim Norton) Brennan comes to Craggy Island when Jack's nocturnal wanderings cause some ructions. However Dougal's new found love of Rabbits may cause problems as the Bishop suffers from a phobia of the animal.

3. A Song for Europe

Ted and Dougal decide to write a song to represent Ireland in the Eurosong Contest. However their creation may have been plagiarised. Neil Hannon who composed the show's theme tune provides his talents to My Lovely Horse

4. Cigarettes and Alchol and Rollerblading

After arguing with Bryne about who could keep to their Lent vows Ted brings in a Nun to keep him and the others on the straight and narrow. However her techniques (beds made up of bricks) prove to be not very popular.

5. Speed 3

After Ted gets the local Milkman fired for his philandering Dougal seizes the chance to be a Milkman. However the previous Milkman has rigged the float to explode after it exceeds a certain speed hence the title of the episode.