Hell (Father Ted)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Hell
Series = Father Ted


Caption = Ted and Dougal face an angry holidaymaker
Season = 2
Episode = 1
Airdate = 8 March 1996
Production =
Writer = Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews
Director = Declan Lowney
Guests = Graham Norton (Fr. Noel Furlong), Pat Shortt (Tom), Luke Hayden (Mr Gleason), Ann Hayden (Mrs Gleason)
Episode list = List of Father Ted episodes
Season list = Father Ted Series 2
Prev = Grant unto Him Eternal Rest
Next = Think Fast, Father Ted

"Hell" is the first episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted", and the 7th episode overall.

In this episode, Graham Norton makes his first of three appearances as Father Noel Furlong.

ynopsis

The episode begins as Ted struggles to remember why the day, July 19th, feels important to him. He and Dougal think for several minutes, before Jack emerges in swim wear and flip-flops. They realize it is time for their annual holiday. They decide to go on to Kilkelly Caravan Park, staying in the caravan of a friend. When Dougal protests, Ted reminds him that the caravan in question will be different from the one they stayed in last year. Approaching the park, they see a large, luxurious caravan which they mistake as theirs. In fact, it belongs to a young couple who are showering as the priests enter. The priests are reported and are soon in trouble with the gardaí. Dougal wonders which caravan is actually theirs, with Ted realizing it is the small, squalid model at the other end. There is barely enough room for the three priests.

Ted and Dougal decide to put Jack to sleep (by putting a cardboard box over his head) and search for entertainment. However, all that is available are St Kevin's Stump (an ordinary tree stump whose name is unexplained) and the Magic Road (a location in which the laws of gravity disappear). Unfortunately, a rainstorm keeps them confined to the caravan. Ted and Dougal pass their time by playing hide-and-seek and fiddling with the kettle. Once they set out to visit the places of interest, Father Jack falls victim to the Magic Road and is sent plummeting over a cliff edge.

The holiday meets another setback as Ted and Dougal return to the caravan to find Father Noel Furlong and his youth group squeezed inside and having a sing-song. Noel is excitable, talkative and very camp. He manages to annoy Ted, as well as his long-suffering youth group, while Dougal is merely confounded. Eventually, Noel's behavior is enough to make Ted and Dougal decide to leave. As Ted tries to enter the nearby outhouse, he realizes too late that the stall is occupied by the woman from the luxury caravan. Her husband, clad in only a towel, pursues the priests as they attempt to escape in their car. The man manages to jump onto the hood and rides along for miles, his towel blowing away. Ted finally stops, depositing the man on the road below. Furious, the man finds a glass bottle and uses it to puncture Ted's tires. He walks back to the camp and the priests try to hitchhike back to the parochial house. They are discovered by the island eccentric Tom, who is transporting raw sewage. When Tom tries to open his truck's doors, he accidentally releases his cargo-showering the priests in excrement. Meanwhile, Jack is seen alive and well on a yacht. He is approached by three beautiful women who offer him a generous choice of drinks. Jack can hardly believe his luck.

The episode ends with Ted and Dougal back in the caravan, with Dougal unable to find Ted during another exceedingly easy game of hide and seek.

Trivia

The Caravan site is located at Fanore Beach, county Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. Many locations filmed in Father Ted are in county Clare.

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