The Mainland (Father Ted) Ted and Dougal flee deeper into the caves and get lost. Dougal complains of being hungry, having missed breakfast, and starts hallucinating. As Ted tries to find their way out, they run into Father Noel Furlong and the St. Luke's Youth Group, who have been lost in the caves for two days. Noel's overly optimistic manner and boundless energy leads him into singing a song that causes a cave-in that traps Noel beneath it. The Youth Group immediately depart and plan to make their way to Paraguay. Ted and Dougal continue to seek a way out, and Ted finds that
Father Ted Crilly brain"; storylines involved "space bicycles"), the ship chef Darina Alien (based on Darina Allen), emcee Tony St James (Woodfull), Johnny Guitar (a "little fella" who made guitar sounds), and ship chaplain Father Ted (Mathews). Woodfull later said that the show was "probably a bit too weird for [its] slot", and that, when the station suggested they take two of the characters and launch a spin-off called "Tea and Toast with Tony and Ted", Mathews opted out. In 1989, Ted (played by Mathews) performed with The Joshua Trio in an episode of the Irish music anthology series "Nighthawks", marking the character's