- Title: Father Ted - Series 2
- Date: 3rd May 1996
- Summary: (episode nine: New Jack City) Father Jack is sent off to St. Clabbert's a home for elderly priests run by strict nuns. Ted's celebrations are short lived though as Jack's replacement,father Fintan Stack is even worse to live with. Father Stack takes an immediate disliking to Ted and does everything in his power to belittle him and make his life a misery,from intimidating his friends,playing loud jungle music all through the night and getting Dougal drunk. Ted has finally had enough and decides to go and kidnap Jack from the rehab home. The only problem is that St. Clabbert's is full of old priests who look and sound just like Jack. When Jack returns a showdown between the two priests-gone-bad is cut short when father Stack notices he has picked up Jack's hairy-handed disease from his festering chair.
- 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. Second Series. Cast: Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan),Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlan),Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly),Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn),Doctor Sinnot (Vass Anderson),Father Fintan Stack (Brendan Grace),Father Ken Dillon (Fred Ridgeway),Father Rory Shanahan (Noel Slattery),Father Larry Duff (Tony Guilfoyle),Sister Monica (Fidelma Meehan),Father Walton (Larry O'Brien),Shouting Priests (Paddy Joyce,Declan Mulholland,Ultan Ely O'Carroll),Posh Priest (Desmond Jordan) Written by: Graham Lineham and Arthur Matthews Director: Declan Lowney
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Hat Trick Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 9
- Transmission Date:03/05/1996
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 1990s