After skipping a post last night (went to see The Princess & the Frog), I'm back with another British entry. Technically, Father Ted is a show about Irish priests in Ireland as written by an Irishman, but it's on the BBC so that settles that.
For whatever reason, a lot of English shows seem to make a Christmas special, sometimes it's out of continuity, sometimes it's a reunion show to tie up loose ends and other times they're just extra long eps with a little Christmas flavor added. Father Ted's Christmas special falls in the latter category.
Fathers Ted and Dougal go shopping for a Christmas present for their housekeeper. While in the huge department store, they get lost in the lingerie section and run into another group of priests. And then another. Fearing scandal, Ted safely leads them away from undergarments and is rewarded with a Golden Cleric. A long forgotten friend shows up just in time for the ceremony, but really just to steal the award.
That's pretty much the whole show. With the exception of the lingerie sequence (borrowing heavily from war movies), the rest of the show is not that great. It's hard to believe this is a special when then story is lamer than nearly every normal episode and there are just a handful of Christmas jokes thrown in to make sure we all know it's a Christmas show. Sure there are funny jokes and situations, but there's nothing special here. Really not worth saving for Christmas and since it's on a separate disc than all of the other episodes, it barely qualifies for a spot in my regular rotation. Only the die hard Ted fans will want to sit through this more than annually. If you're using the holiday as an excuse to expose friends and family to Father Ted, you'll be much better off with Are You Right There Father Ted ("I hear you're a racist now, Father), or really any other ep in the series.
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