"Father Ted" A Song for Europe (1996)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Declan Lowney

Writers:

Graham Linehan (written by) &
Arthur Mathews (written by)

TV Series:

"Father Ted" (1995)

Original Air Date:

5 April 1996 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Father Ted and Dougal enter their song, "My Lovely Horse", into the Euro Song 96 contest. |

Plot Keywords:

Eurovision Song Contest | Island | Ireland | Sitcom | Priest

Cast

Dermot Morgan	...	Father Ted Crilly
Ardal O'Hanlon	...	Father Dougal McGuire
Frank Kelly	...	Father Jack Hackett
Pauline McLynn	...	Mrs. Doyle
Maurice O'Donoghue	...	Father Dick Byrne
Don Wycherley	...	Father Cyril MacDuff
Peter Caffrey	...	Charles Hedges
Jon Kenny	...	Fred Rickwood

Trivia:

According to the writer's commentary, the video for "My Lovely Horse" was based on a 1970s lifestyle video for the Swarbrigg song "That's What Friends are For," which they claim is the funniest music video of all time. Some of the shots are even copied down to every last detail.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: At the end of the episode the roman numerals on the episode say MXMXCVI which is wrong, it’s supposed to be MCMXCVI to mean 1996.

Quotes:

Father Ted Crilly: So what do you want to write about?
Father Dougal McGuire: How about... a lovely horse?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Father Ted: Going to America (#3.8)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

My Lovely Horse