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Hell

  • Episode aired Mar 8, 1996
  • TV-14
  • 24m
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8.6/10
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Pauline McLynn and Dermot Morgan in Father Ted (1995)
Comedy

Fathers Ted, Dougal, and Jack take a holiday in a borrowed caravan.Fathers Ted, Dougal, and Jack take a holiday in a borrowed caravan.Fathers Ted, Dougal, and Jack take a holiday in a borrowed caravan.

  • Director
    • Declan Lowney
  • Writers
    • Graham Linehan
    • Arthur Mathews
  • Stars
    • Dermot Morgan
    • Ardal O'Hanlon
    • Frank Kelly
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    763
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Declan Lowney
    • Writers
      • Graham Linehan
      • Arthur Mathews
    • Stars
      • Dermot Morgan
      • Ardal O'Hanlon
      • Frank Kelly
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dermot Morgan
    Dermot Morgan
    • Father Ted Crilly
    Ardal O'Hanlon
    Ardal O'Hanlon
    • Father Dougal McGuire
    Frank Kelly
    Frank Kelly
    • Father Jack Hackett
    Pauline McLynn
    Pauline McLynn
    • Mrs. Doyle
    Pat Shortt
    Pat Shortt
    • Tom
    Joe Taylor
    • Sewage Supervisor
    Luke Hayden
    • Mr. Gleason
    Ann Hayden
    • Mrs. Gleason
    Robert English
    • Policeman
    Tony Guilfoyle
    Tony Guilfoyle
    • Father Larry Duff
    Graham Norton
    Graham Norton
    • Father Noel Furlong
    Tom Farrelly
    Tom Farrelly
    • Gerry Fields
    Yvonne Shanley
    • Janine Reilly
    Stephen Gallagher
    • Tony Lynch
    Sharon Carroll
    • Nuala Ryan
    Laura Bermingham
    • Woman on Yacht
    • Director
      • Declan Lowney
    • Writers
      • Graham Linehan
      • Arthur Mathews
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    10Sleepin_Dragon

    Comedy gold.

    Series two opens up with a classic episode, Hell is one of the most hilarious, laugh out loud episodes of the show, it doesn't let up for a minute.

    Graham Norton was a superb piece of casting, if anyone could play an infuriating, annoying little twerp, it was Norton, even Ted wanted to get away from him. Not the last we'd see of him.

    Jack as always provides moments of hilarity, great to see his dream come true. It's the exploits of Ted and the naked man that cause the major laughs, painfully funny.

    Perfect, 10/10.
    10ScreenReviews

    Hilarious. TV's funniest Episode ever aired.

    Hell, the first episode of the second Series of the hit Irish TV Show Father Ted, is the funniest thing ever made. I could stop there, but there are so many moments that make this episode truly classic; the Priests continually metting the young couple embrassingly, Father Jack's rant about feet and cake, our first introduction to Father Larry Duff, Tom driving the Seweage Truck, Father Noel Furlongs youth group... the list goes on, every moment is Comedy gold. It's also the series's most quotable episode: "Small, far away" has gone down in history as one of the shows defining lines, and "Are those my feet" is a truly gut-busyingly hilarious moment. Overall, my favourite episode of the series and comedy at its peak.

    Best Momment: Noel Furlong and the Youthclub Irish Dancing, Father Larry Duff crashing his car, Father Jack's box... its impossible to chose. Best Quote: "Are those my feet!" Placement in Father Ted rank: #1 Final Rating: 10/10

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    • Trivia
      The writers based the episode on their own childhood experiences. The caravan park was based on Graham Linehan's memories of being taken on two-week-long holidays to grim caravan parks where it would always rain and there would be a plentiful supply of children to bully him. He would describe it as a "holiday in Hell", hence the episode's title. The unusual attractions such as the Magic Road were based on real-life locations Arthur Mathews had visited.
    • Goofs
      When Ted mistakes the mobile home for the "caravan" they were supposed to occupy, he is confronted by a man who clearly stepped from the shower- as he is toweling himself off. If the mobile home is equipped with a functioning bathroom, why is the wife using the campground toilet later in the episode?
    • Quotes

      Father Dougal McGuire: That's nearly as mad as that thing you told me about the loaves and the fishes.

    • Crazy credits
      The copyright year at the end is misprinted as MXMXCVI instead of MCMXCVI for the first six episodes of the second season.
    • Connections
      Featured in Father Ted: Going to America (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Ebony and Ivory
      Written by Paul McCartney

      Performed by Graham Norton, Tom Farrelly, Yvonne Shanley, Stephen Gallagher and Sharon Carroll

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    • Release date
      • March 8, 1996 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Hat Trick Productions
      • Channel 4 Television Corporation
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    • Runtime
      24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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