Deserves to be placed alongside legendary sitcoms like Fawlty Towers, Rising Damp, Porridge, Only Fools & Horses, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em etc, etc...

*****
Review date: 2002-10-12 Rating: 8 out of 10

Definately five stars for the content; Ted, Dougal, Jack, Mrs Doyle and the rest of the gang come back to Craggy Island to play out another series of fun and hilarity, and very much succeed in doing so... full of copious amounts of sexism, racism and anti-church slander (although in good faith, obviously), this collection of episodes will make you fall off your chair laughing every few seconds whether you've got the sense of humour of a giggly little eleven year old or the Pope! Despite the obvious limitations of Father Ted as a comedy series (its just three priests on a dingy old island, after all), the creators of this series managed to successfully prolong the patheticness of Father Dougal, the strangeness of Father Jack, the sweet annoyingness of Mrs. Doyle and of course the relatability of Father Ted with the viewer, very successfully indeed: after watching all three series and all four DVDs you will still be cracking up over "What Ted?" or "DRINK!" or "Tea Fathers??", its quite incredible actually, surely one of, if not the - best british comedies of the 90s, which unfortunately came to an end after the sad death of the show's linchpin Dermot Morgan. The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is the product as a whole that is being judged - and the navigation of this DVD (as with the first series and the second part of this series, but not the third series, oddly enough) is absolutely abysmal - there is no labeling or indication of what the buttons do, and there is no obvious means of choosing the episodes. To add to that, this DVD would not run on my DVD software (which has run over 50 others without problem), and would have been taken back for a refund had I not downloaded some other software - just a warning. But I wouldn't want to end the review on a bad note, as Father Ted is [...] marvellous!

Superb entertainment - bizarre DVD interface!
Review date: 2001-10-28 Rating: 8 out of 10

This is a hilarious series which exceeds series-1 and that's saying something. However, the disc interface is probably the worst I've experienced. Perhaps the makers thought it would provide a bit of innocent fun for people if none of the controls were labelled and it was totally non-obvious how to access the episodes. The image transfer and audio are excellent though and the optional commentary is enlightening.As to the lack of other extra features: well that would be an ecumenical matter...

Great comedy
Review date: 2001-10-27 Rating: 8 out of 10

Father Ted matured well in this, the second series. There are some classic quotes on this DVD, but do note that it's not the whole of series 2. There is, however, the Christmas Special tagged on the end, which is well worth having. All the Father Ted DVDs are well presented but it would have been nice if some outtakes etc had been put on the disc, rather than just director commentary.

Better than the first series, but not quite as good as the final series, which was just perfection!

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