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Father Ted - The Definitive Collection Box Set [1995]
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Father Ted is one of those rare sitcoms that defies categorisation--it owes as much to Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett as it does to Monty Python--and its blend of satire, character comedy and anarchic surrealism has made it a cult favourite around the world. Exiled to remote Craggy Island, Father Ted shares a house with the breathtakingly stupid Father Dougal Maguire and the constantly inebriated Father Jack, who has a small vocabulary and a taste for furniture polish. Their housekeeper, Mrs Doyle, takes care of them with a never-ending supply of tea and sandwiches: "Go on now, Father, won't you try one? They're diagonal." Together they fight boredom by dressing up as Elvis, startling ducks at the fair and provoking nuns. --Simon Leake
Absolutely Brilliant
Review date: 2008-08-28 Rating: 10 out of 10
Father Ted - The Definitive Collection Box Set [1995]
This is by far one of the best box sets I've ever bought. Can watch it over and over. Is hilarious, thoroughly enjoyable, and well worth the money.
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Reviews
The best comedy about Irish priests living on a remote island ever made
Review date: 2008-07-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
A sitcom about four Catholic priests, living in a remote island community off the coast of Ireland? It doesn't sound the most promising of set-ups but Father Ted is pure comedy gold.
Brilliant from the first episode to the last, Father Ted is a laugh riot. Ted himself is a shallow, fame-seeking schemer who thinks he is too clever for his companions to appreciate him. Father Dougal is a naive idiot who simply speaks his mind ("I don't even believe in organised religion!" he says on television) and Father Jack is a degenerate drunk who does little more than sleep, shout, swear and drink. He does them brilliantly, mind. Their houselady, Mrs Doyle, is a tea and sand which obsessed woman who stands up all night in the dark by the living room door, just in case anyone fancies a cuppa.
One afternoon, some other priests visit. In the evening, Dougal wants to watch the director's cut of Jurassic Park "with extra dinosaurs!" They switch on the television, as the announcer introduces an extra-long mass, "in Latin." Their faces drop but instantly, to impress the other priests and to maintain a facade of religiosity, they feign enthusiasm: "Great! Mass!"
Father Ted is simply one of the best sitcoms ever made. Fantastic film parodies that wouldn't seem out of place in a Simpsons episode (the NYPD Blue parody does it for me, for some reason), excellently surreal supporting characters and sheer inventive Pythonesque looniness are combined in a warm-hearted, cynical, sitcom unlike anything else. The cast embody the characters in a way that made them irreplaceable, hence the show finishing after the tragic death of the brilliant Dermot Morgan. The writing is peerless. The finished product: endless enjoyment.
"NOW LET'S CLEAN THIS MUTHA!"
Complete brilliance
Review date: 2008-05-28 Rating: 10 out of 10
Hilarious stuff. The most accurate show ever made about religion and contains some of the funniest things I've ever seen. Watch this or rob yourself of a real treat.
Are you sure you won't watch a wee bit? Ah, go on!
Review date: 2008-04-07 Rating: 10 out of 10
I bought this earlier in the year so that I had something to watch while living in France...and it's easily the funniest comedy I've ever seen! It's difficult to pick my favourite episode, as they're all sheer genius...although the milkman one is definitely up there! The extras are reasonably good, especially the greatest moments of each character (including the video for "My Lovely Horse"), and the Comic Relief part is rather funny as well. Quote of the whole thing has to go to Father Jack..."Don't tell me I'm still on that feckin' island!"...well thank goodness you are, it wouldn't have been the same without him!
Top Comedy .
Review date: 2008-03-03 Rating: 10 out of 10
A classic comedy programme with side splitting laughter guaranteed from every episode . The best comedy of the 1990's without a doubt . Add to your collection now ! . Go on , Go on , Go on .
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Ardal O'Hanlon
Dermot Morgan
Pauline McLynn
Frank Kelly
Creators:
Dermot Morgan (Primary Contributor)
Pauline McLynn (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014138601652
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 5
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2007-10-29
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 607 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1995
Language: English (Original Language)