The Mainland (father Ted)

On a visit to the mainland, Ted and Dougal get lost in a cave while trying to escape enraged television personality Richard Wilson. Along the way the hapless duo encounter Father Noel Furlong and his St. Luke's Youth Group who have been trapped for two days. Meanwhile Mrs. Doyle and her friend Mrs. Dineen spend an afternoon in a teashop only to end up arguing over who should pay the bill whilst Jack has an appointment with an optician following the mysterious disappearance of his spectacles.

Casting

Richard Wilson makes a special guest appearance as himself, with Ted and Dougal recognising him as "yer man from One Foot in the Grave". In the episode, every time Ted says, "I don't believe it", Wilson becomes angry. This is a real-life reference to the fact that Wilson really does hate people going up to him and saying his catchphrase from One Foot in the Grave.
Graham Norton returns for his third and final appearance as Father Noel Furlong. He sings the Queen songs "Bohemian Rhapsody" and, at the very end of the episode, "Fat Bottomed Girls".

External link

"The Mainland" on the IMDB

• • [ e] Father Ted
Main characters:	Father Ted Crilly \| Father Dougal McGuire \| Father Jack Hackett \| Mrs. Doyle Supporting characters: Bishop Brennan \| Father Noel Furlong \| Father Larry Duff \| Minor characters
Episodes :	Series 1: Good Luck, Father Ted \| Entertaining Father Stone \| The Passion of St Tibulus \| Competition Time \| And God Created Woman \| Grant unto Him Eternal Rest Series 2: Hell \| Think Fast, Father Ted \| Tentacles of Doom \| The Old Grey Whistle Theft \| Song for Europe \| The Plague \| Rock-a-Hula Ted \| Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading \| New Jack City \| Flight into Terror Christmas special: A Christmassy Ted Series 3: Are You Right There, Father Ted? \| Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep \| Speed 3 \| The Mainland \| Escape from Victory \| Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse \| Night of the Nearly Dead \| Going to America
Other & Related Pages	Craggy Island \| Rugged Island \| "My Lovely Horse" \| Feck \| Ted Fest

Father Ted was a popular 1990s television situation comedy set around the lives of three priests on the extremely remote (and fictional) Craggy Island off the west coast of Ireland.
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Graham Norton

Graham Norton in 2004
Birth name Graham Willam Walker
Born 4 March 1963 (age 44)
Dublin, Ireland
Died

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Father Noel Furlong is a recurring character in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. He is portrayed by Graham Norton. He appears in three episodes of the show. In series two he appears in the episodes Hell and Flight into Terror
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Richard Wilson

Birth name Ian Colquhoun Wilson
Born 9 July 1936 (age 71)
Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died

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Graham Linehan (born 1969 ) is an Irish television writer and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a number of popular television comedies. He is most noted for his involvement in Father Ted.
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Episode no. Season 3
Episode 3
Guest stars Pat Laffan (Pat Mustard),
John Rogan (Mr. Fox),
Eamon Morrissey (Father Beeching),
Arthur Mathews (Father Clarke),
Gail Fitzpatrick (Mrs.
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This is an episode guide for the television sitcom Father Ted created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan. The series first aired on Channel 4 between 21 April 1995 and 1 May 1998.
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A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television, as one of its dominant narrative forms.
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Father Ted Crilly is the central character in the Irish Channel 4 situation comedy series Father Ted played by the late Dermot Morgan.

Father Ted is one of three priests who have been exiled to the remote Craggy Island by the corrupt and dictatorial Bishop
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Father Dougal McGuire is a character in the comedy series Father Ted, played by the actor Ardal O'Hanlon. Renowned for sleeping in his Irish national football team shirt and He-Man sheets, the dense Father Dougal is one of life's innocents.
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Richard Wilson

Birth name Ian Colquhoun Wilson
Born 9 July 1936 (age 71)
Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died

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Mrs. Joan Doyle (played by Pauline McLynn) is a character in the Irish television comedy Father Ted. Mrs. Doyle is a housekeeper who looks after the three Priests and the parochial house on Craggy Island.

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Father Jack Hackett is a fictional character in the Channel 4 television series Father Ted. The character (played by Frank Kelly) is the deeply alcoholic, and at times violently psychotic, third priest in Father Ted's household.
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Richard Wilson

Birth name Ian Colquhoun Wilson
Born 9 July 1936 (age 71)
Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died

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One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television situation comedy series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, with several specials, over a ten year period, from 1990 to 2000.
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Graham Norton

Graham Norton in 2004
Birth name Graham Willam Walker
Born 4 March 1963 (age 44)
Dublin, Ireland
Died

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Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year.
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"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Single by Queen
from the album A Night at the Opera
B-side(s) I'm in Love With My Car
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A-side(s) "Bicycle Race"
Released October 13, 1978
Format 7"
Recorded 1978
Genre Hard rock
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4:16 (Album Version)

3:22 (Single Edit)

Label EMI, Elektra
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