- Title: Father Ted - Series 2
- Date: 12th April 1996
- Summary: (episode six: The Plague) Father Jack scares some of Bishop Brennan's friends by sleepwalking naked in the woods; the bishop tells Ted that he will be coming round to check their security later that week. Dougal has just got a pet rabbit called Sampras but he seems to have brought all his friends along to and the whole house is infested with rabbits. Ted and Dougal try desperately to get rid of them as the bishop has a fear of rabbits after he got stuck in a lift with them one time in New York. They run out of options and try their best to avoid the bishop seeing any of them but ultimately,as expected,the bishop ends up waking up in bed to a room filled with rabbits and Jack lying naked in the bed next to him.
- 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),Father Brendan (James Rymer),Father Ben (Arthur Matthews),Mr Noonan (David Heap),Mrs Noonan (Joan Sheehy),Bishop Len Brennan (Jim Norton),Father Larry Duff (Tony Guilfoyle),Paddy Jordan (Paul Wonderful),Tom (Pat Shortt) 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 6
- Transmission Date:12/04/1996
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 1990s