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Ecumenical Matters The Father Ted Podcast
Hosted by James McAnespy · EN
An episode by episode breakdown of every Father Ted episode, with new guests each episode from Belfast's bustling arts and comedy circles (and beyond!).
Recorded in 2016, with appropriately Craggy Island production values, this funny and engaging podcast series has features such as running count of Mrs Doyle's 'Ah Go On', and a Spotify playlist of all Dougal's records! Subscribe!
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Father Ted Podcast S2E7 - Rock a Hula Ted
Oct 14, 2020Tap to summarizeActress Lindsey Mitchell and prodigal son Vince (they all have lovely bottoms) are on the judging panel for The Lovely Girls. Ted's has the honour of picking the winner, who will have the honour of paying for dinner for him. Dougal has to house sit but fiery feminist rock star Niamh Connolly is in the property market. Jack takes up charity fraud, while Mrs Doyle shows her competency with power tools. Todd Unctious (well, actor Gerard McSorley) has been up to no good again, and we discuss amateur stress testers, Sinead O'Connor and Delores O'Riordan's impact on the musical and cultural landscape, and Vince's on-stage escapades where he leaves his drum kit mid-set! Shoddy workmanship. Shoddy, shoddy workmanship.
Transcribe →Father Ted Podcast S2E6 - The Plague
Oct 11, 2020Tap to summarizeDJ and musician Graham Harrison has to cure The Plague befalling Craggy Island, as the whole place is coming down with rabbits and Ted and Dougal desperately search for a ways to get rid of them - on the eve of Bishop Brennan's impromptu visit! Mrs Doyle puts her mechanic skills to use on Len's car, while Jack confuses his rodents. Also in the Sermon, we try to imagine the Islanders as characters on Police Academy, rabbit stories - cute AND creepy, which fictional serial killer Tom is most like and did Father Ted invent a horror trope? It's just a bad dream, Your Grace.
Transcribe →Father Ted Podcast S2E2 - Think Fast, Father Ted
Sep 27, 2020Tap to summarizeImprov artist and actor Marcus Keeley conducts the inquest into the most crooked raffle in Craggy Island history. Music is in the air, with Father Finnegan the dancing Priest (RIP) and the Spinmaster Father Billy O'Dwyer on the decks. Father Austin Purcell's droning drives Jack to the drink - so we baptise a new feature Jack's Drinking Cabinet, Mrs Doyle sticks to her principles when it comes to raffles, Dougal spatial awareness is still a concern when exiting doors and Belfast gets an official mention! The endless Tayto v Tayto debate rears it's head and we marvel at the crumple zones on mid-90s Rovers. And if we can all stand for our National Anthem...
Transcribe →Father Ted Podcast S2E1 - Hell
Sep 23, 2020Tap to summarizeColin Hassard joins us again to discuss Graham Norton's bow on the show as the relentless Father Noel Furlong. Father LARRY DUFF! He's tremendous fun, I'll give him a call. And Dougal's spatial awareness causes concern ("These cows are very small...") It's July 19th, so to celebrate Galway's liberation from India, Jack reminds the Islanders to go on holidays - unfortunately they run into their own version of Ugly Naked Guy. Mrs Doyle has been baking with a different kind of white powder, which sets us talking about caravan holidays in Bundoran, Subbuteo collections, the curse of Fairy Trees, bonnet slides and an eyewitness account of Hurricane Sandy in New York.
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Father Ted Podcast S1E1 - Good Luck Father Ted
Sep 7, 2020Tap to summarizeIn the first episode of Ecumenical Matters The Father Ted Podcast we escort Jack and Dougal to Funland, where the rides are deadly, Mrs Doyle offers her first cup of tea so we can start the 'Ah Go On' count, and Ted ditches the lot of them to hit stardom on Faith of Our Fathers. We also discuss the majesty that is The Divine Comedy's theme tune, and we are introduced to the marital bliss of John and Mary and Tom's murderous confessions. It's got a Spider Baby! Stray Observations 'Ah Go On' count: 2 Dougal's record collection: Tina Turner - Simply the Best; Deliverance theme tune Dougal's Reality/Dreams diagram looks like the TED Talks logo Meet Your Maker: Arthur Mathews is the PA voice, calling out about the child caught in the tunnel of goats.
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