Drink! Feck! Arse!: Behind the scenes of Father Ted on its 30th anniversary
Father Ted stars Frank Kelly and Dermot Morgan.
A few years ago, Lissa Evans was invited to London’s Stoke Newington Literary Festival to interview Ardal O’Hanlon about a novel he had just published. The two are friends since their days working on Father Ted – Evans as a producer, O’Hanlon as Father Dougal.
Unfortunately, O’Hanlon’s flight from Dublin was cancelled at the last minute. To plug the gap in the festival’s schedule, Evans went on stage and fielded questions from the audience about her memories of working on Father Ted. The premise was simple: “Suggest an episode and I’ll tell you everything I remember about it.” She’d nothing prepared, but an hour later she was still talking. It came easy. The memories were as fresh as though the filming was yesterday.
