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| "A Christmassy Ted" | |
|---|---|
| Father Ted episode | |
 DVD release | |
| Episode no. | Episode Special |
| Directed by | Andy DeEmmony, Declan Lowney |
| Written by | Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews |
| Original air date | 24 December 1996 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Gerard McSorley as "Father Todd Unctious" Stephen Tompkinson as Father Peter Clifford Dervla Kirwan as Assumpta Fitzgerald Tony Guilfoyle as Father Larry Duff Andrew McCulloch as Bishop Tom McCaskell Kevin McKidd as Father Deegan Sean Barrett as Father Fitzgerald | |
"A Christmassy Ted" is both the 17th episode and Christmas special of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. This episode was broadcast on Christmas Eve 1996, between the second and third series, with a runtime of 55 minutes. Due to the popularity of this episode, it still gets repeated on Channel 4, RTÉ2 and More4 around Christmas every year. This was the last episode of Father Ted to be broadcast during the lifetime of Dermot Morgan, who played the series' titular priest, Father Ted Crilly. Morgan died suddenly of a heart attack in February 1998, the day after filming of the third series had been completed.