Its a semi annual tradition in my household to watch the ‘Father Ted’ Christmas special at SOME point between the 23rd and 27th of December. i’ve done it for at least the last decade and a half. This year, things did get a bit weird. I watched half the special on christmas eve, and the final half on boxing day…its been a bit of a loaded holiday season.

BUT! With Letterboxd slowly adding TV shows to the equation (that and the fact I didnt realise this one was even loggable on Letterboxd) I figured i’d add it on here.

Keeping it brief. I dont think this is the best episode of ‘Father Ted’ made. But given just how high calibre ‘Father Ted’ is as a series, even with a bit of a quality drop, the christmas special still manages to completely trump most other TV shows christmas offerings.

The jokes are 10 a minute, the plots silly and a bit all over the place (but in an endearing way). its fun to see these characters engaging in christmas bits and bobs. Ted and the golden cleric/Todd plotline are fab and I have lost count at the amount of times i’ve quoted this special in day to day conversation.

I cant abide Graham Linehan for what he’s done in recent years, but back before his brain turned to soup and he started ranting about bathroom stalls, him and Arthur Matthews were probably the greatest comedy writing duo of their generation. and this being one of their ‘mid’ offerings, really is a testimony to just how good they were.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/father-ted-a-christmassy-ted/