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6 unusual facts about Father Ted


MV Plassy

She is visible in the opening credits of the television series Father Ted.

Paddy Murray

The student's name was Dermot Morgan, who later found fame as the titular character in the television series Father Ted.

Setanta Records

The Divine Comedy also provided the soundtrack for the immensely popular Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.

Telecom Éireann

In the Channel 4 Series Father Ted(Speed 3) a Telecom Éireann kiosk is seen near the end.

The Hectics

Derrick Branche (born in 1947, in Bombay, India) went on to appear in British films such as My Beautiful Laundrette and television shows such as Only When I Laugh as male nurse Gupta,The Comic Strip Presents... and Father Ted.

Women in a Celtic Church

Opening with a reference to the woman-hating attitude of Father Jack Hackett in the Irish television series Father Ted, Bitel described Women in a Celtic Church as a "vehemently argued" yet "somewhat naïvely nativist" book.


Julia Davis

Her first break into TV was as a regular cast member of Big Train after her work on Chris Morris's "Blue Jam" and a BBC Radio 4 comedy was brought to the attention of Father Ted writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews .

The Penthouse Suite

It was also featured in the Channel Four series Eurotrash, the 1997 film Twin Town, and was milkman Pat Mustard's theme on the comedy series Father Ted.


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Jon Sen

In May 2006, Sen completed Stan for BBC 4 about the final meeting between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, starring Father Ted star Jim Norton.

Nada Herman-Witkamp

Nada Herman's grandfather is Sali Herman (OBE) and her father, Ted Herman, was also a well-known artist.

We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea

These conditions are imposed because of the imminent arrival of their father, Ted Walker, who, after an overseas posting with the Navy, is expected to return by ferry at any time from Holland.