Editing British sitcom (section)

===''Father Ted''===
The highly successful ''[[Father Ted]]'' (1995–1998) series created by Irish writers [[Graham Linehan]] and [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]], produced by British [[Hat Trick Productions]] for [[Channel 4]] aired over three series, including a Christmas special, for 25 episodes. Set on the fictional [[Craggy Island]], off Ireland's west coast, it starred [[Dermot Morgan]] as [[Father Ted Crilly]], [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] as [[Father Dougal McGuire]] and [[Frank Kelly]] as [[Father Jack Hackett]]. Exiled to the island by [[Bishop Leonard Brennan]], played by [[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]], the priests live together in the [[parochial house]] with their housekeeper [[Mrs Doyle]], played by [[Pauline McLynn]]. The show subverts parodies of [[Low comedy|low-brow humour]] as it portrays nuanced themes of [[loneliness]], [[agnosticism]], [[existentialism]] and [[purgatory]] experienced by its title character; this deeper meaning of the show has been much acclaimed.<ref>{{cite journal |last=McGonigle|first=Lisa|date=30 June 2012|title="Doesn't Mary Have a Lovely Bottom?": Gender, Sexuality and Catholic Ideology in Father Ted|url=https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/2999|journal=Études irlandaises|language=en|issue=37–1|pages=89–102|doi=10.4000/etudesirlandaises.2999|issn=0183-973X|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Power|first=Ed|title=Careful now: Will we ever stop talking about Father Ted?|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/careful-now-will-we-ever-stop-talking-about-father-ted-1.3357384|access-date=6 December 2021|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 October 2019|title=Ardal O'Hanlon: 'Comedy never used to be a career – it was for slackers with ukuleles'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/oct/29/ardal-ohanlon-interview-father-ted-death-in-paradise-standup-comedy-tour|access-date=6 December 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The series won several BAFTA awards, twice winning for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)|Best Comedy Series]]. In a 2001 poll by [[Channel 4]], Father Dougal was ranked fifth on a list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.<ref name="GreatestTVcharacters"/> In 2019, ''Father Ted'' was named the second-greatest British sitcom (after ''Fawlty Towers'') by a panel of comedy experts for the ''Radio Times''.<ref>[https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-09/fawlty-towers-and-father-ted-top-list-of-britains-favourite-sitcoms/ "Fawlty Towers and Father Ted top list of Britain's favourite sitcoms"]. ITV. Retrieved 24 May 2019</ref>