Cast of 90s sitcom reunite 30 years after show first aired

Father Ted icons Patrick McDonnell, Paddy Ward and Ben Keaton delighted fans with a reunion astatine Comic-Con Belfast.

The comedy show, which aired from 1995 to 1998, follows Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O’Hanlon) and Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly) surviving unneurotic connected Craggy Island.

The stars – who played Eoin McLove, Bishop Jordan, and Father Austin Purcell respectively – posted unneurotic for a saccharine drawback earlier treating those successful attendance to a rendition of immoderate of their astir celebrated lines from the deed sitcom.

Sharing a video connected his Instagram page, McDonnell said: ‘I’m astatine the Icon Centre successful Lisburn for Comic Con and I odor wee.’

He past pointed the camera astatine Ward, who added: ‘I’m good thanks,’

Keaton jokingly continued: ‘We’re missing…Who’s the abbreviated fella we’re missing contiguous connected Saturday? I’ll baptise your babies. Bring them!’

McDonnell added: ‘We’re present each time and Father Damien (Joe Rooney) is joining america tomorrow. See you then!’

He past ended the video with 1 of his character’s celebrated lines: ‘I could person you killed.’

Fans were speedy to accidental however ‘iconic’ and ‘hilarious’ the reunion was successful the comments, with immoderate saying they request to spot them get connected signifier unneurotic successful the future.

Over the years Father Ted has won galore awards, including 2 British Academy Television Awards for Best Comedy Series.

It inspired a legion of drama series, arsenic good arsenic Hollywood icon Brad Pitt basing his show arsenic Mickey successful Snatch connected the show.

The amusement has been mired successful contention successful caller years owed to the contented of immoderate of its jokes, and comments creator Graham Linehan has made about the transgender community.

Linehan, who created the amusement alongside Arthur Mathews, antecedently claimed helium was offered £200,000 to region his sanction from the Father Ted musical.

‘I went to London and they said, “We privation you disconnected the show.” And they offered maine £200,000 to locomotion distant from it,’ helium alleged successful an interrogation with The Times.

He claimed his refusal to measurement distant led to the amusement ne'er hitting the boards, and the writer has precocious been creating his ain signifier amusement based connected Father Ted aft launching the #FreeFatherTed question online.

‘We wanted to springiness Ted a decent communicative and a bully ending, fixed however sadly the archetypal amusement ended,’ helium told The Spectator.

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