Father Ted - Complete Series 1
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Actor: Ardal O'Hanlon, Dermot MorganBrand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Graham Linehan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 148 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E1564
Studio: BBC Worldwide
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- Join Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack, three Irish priests exiled by the Church to their own private Purgatory, a twisted lump of rock called Craggy Island, as penance for indulging in their daft vices. Features all episodes from series one.Running Time: 148 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 794051156426 UPC: 794051156426 Manufacturer No: E1
Movie Reviews of Father Ted - Complete Series 1
Movie Review: The Vicar of Dibley!!! The Fecking Vicar of Fecking Dibley!!
Summary: 5 Stars
A few points in rebuttal and by way of clarification before I proceed to the review proper.
One. The Vicar of Dibley is not an 'off-beat' British comedy. It is a straight down the line, populist, bog-standard, mainstream effort. (Think Will & Grace but even less funny). It is also crap.
Two. Ditto the Darling Buds of May, which as an ITV production is even more populist.
Three. There is only one comedy (other than 'Father Ben', of course) about 'three priests on an island.' That is the point of saying that Father Ted is the best example of the genre. It is a facetious claim, ironic in nature. No one who ripostes `Good heavens, how many can there be?' should be reviewing comedy.
Others have noted that Father Ted is an Irish, not a British, comedy. It is still closer to British efforts than, say, Seinfeld but does have a distinct edge that, not being Irish myself, I can only assume is Irish. I wouldn't say that Father Ted makes the British look as if they have no sense of irony by any stretch of the imagination. It is more surreal and the humour is more gentle than a similar British comedy would be - most English satire is combative and aggressive in nature (e.g. Blackadder), while Father Ted has a keen eye for absurdity and examines it without rancour.
As stated above, the crux of Father Ted is absurdist comedy. It uses this very well, although the second series does it better - perhaps because the show had got into its stride by that stage. Father Dougal is the idiot priest, Father Jack the inapprpriately behaived priest and Ted is the priest with whom we identify - albeit that he has his own foibles. Amongst these are thrown some pretty everyday events that our protagonists' inadequacies magnify into solid & intelligent farce. It is a strong setup that goes some way to explaining why there are three very successful series of the show extant.
Father Ted is also not a BBC comedy, although BBC worldwide distributes it. It is in fact a Channel 4 show. Channel 4 was originally an off-mainstream channel with a predominantly arts, social interest and documentary remit. This is hardly the case anymore but they do have a different (& rather smaller) audience than BBC1. This is relected in the difference between comedies such as Blackadder and Ted. The former is a bit of a behemoth in British comedic terms, while Father Ted is a little more experimental.
Summary of Father Ted - Complete Series 1
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Run time: 148 minutes Rating: NrSimilar DVD Movies
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