A Christmassy Ted

December 24, 1996
55 min
4.5/5
Specials - Episode 1: A Christmassy Ted

Specials - Episode 1: A Christmassy Ted

Father Ted - Backdrop

Overview

"A Christmassy Ted" is an episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. It is the 17th episode overall and was broadcast between the second and third series. This episode is 55 minutes long, as opposed to the usual 21-22 mins of all other Father Ted episodes. Graham Linehan stated in the DVD commentary of this episode that he thinks this is far too long and at moments expresses his boredom towards the end of the commentary track. It was aired on Christmas Eve, seven months after the second series had ended. Due to the popularity of this episode, it still gets repeated on Channel 4 and More4 around Christmas every year.

Episode Information

TV Show

Father Ted

Season

Specials

Episode Number

1

Air Date

December 24, 1996

Runtime

55 minutes

Rating

4.5/5

Guest Stars

Dervla Kirwan

Dervla Kirwan

Assumpta

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson

Father Clifford

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

Father Deegan

Tony Guilfoyle

Tony Guilfoyle

Father Larry Duff

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

Father Todd Unctious

A

Anne Gildea

Woman with Baby

Crew

Declan Lowney

Declan Lowney

Director

Graham Linehan

Graham Linehan

Writer

Arthur Mathews

Arthur Mathews

Writer