- Title: Father Ted - Series 3
- Date: 13th March 1998
- Summary: (Episode one: Are You Right There Father Ted?) The first programme in a new series of Father Ted,finds Father Crilly in sumptuous surroundings. How long has he escaped the tedium of Craggy Island for? Not long. On his return to the parochial house,he finds things have changed in his absence. Dougal has acquired a new friend,Renaldo. Mrs. Doyle has taken to falling off the roof and Father Jack has become agoraphobic. Just when he thinks things couldn't get any worse a Chinese family pay an unexpected visit to the house. Could Ted possibly be a racist? Despite trying to prove otherwise,events conspire against him and his popularity falls to an all-time low.
- Description:On a small island off the west coast of Ireland called Craggy Island live three priests and a housekeeper. Father Ted Crilly dreams of an easy life and a parish in Las Vegas,but these dreams are constantly shattered by the weird and wonderful house guests and events that always seem to occur on Craggy Island. Father Ted lives with young Father Dougal McGuire who lives in a world of oblivion and needs constant looking after,and Father Jack Hacket; a semi-conscious alcoholic who spends his days sleeping in his chair,dreaming of girls or shouting abuse and demanding more drink. The three priests are constantly bombarded by cups of tea,forced on them by Mrs Doyle,the housekeeper who wont take no for an answer. Father Ted spends his days trying to stay sane in the face of his eccentric housemates and the even more bizarre guests that befall his doorstep. Third series. Cast: Dermot Morgan (father Ted Crilly),Ardal O'Hanlon (father Dougal Mcguire),Frank Kelly (father Jack Hackett),Pauline McLynn (Mrs Doyle),Patrick Kavanagh (father Seamus Fitzpatrick),Vernon Dobtcheff (old nazi),Ozzie Yue (Mr Yin),Peter Sakon- Lee (Son Yin),Eamon Rohan (Colm),Ann Callanan (Mrs Carberry),Des Keogh (older Dublin priest),Simon Nelson (younger Dublin priest),Denis Quilligan (parish accountant),Frank Keane (delivery man),Royan Lee (man in audience),Lucy Allen (stunt woman) Written by: Graham Lineham and Arthur Matthews
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Hat Trick Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:13/03/1998
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 1990s