Father Ted shows while at the same time writing for sketch shows such as "The All New Alexei Sayle Show" and "The Fast Show". One of these ideas was for a comedy mockumentary series called "Irish Lives", with six episodes, each focusing on a different character living somewhere in Ireland. They scripted an episode centring on a priest named Father Ted Crilly, who visits his friends in the seminary in Maynooth College. Producer Geoffrey Perkins suggested that the episode's concept be dramatised and rewritten as a sitcom. Mathews was originally intended to play Ted, but decided he lacked the acting ability the
Hell (Father Ted) the same young woman from the luxury caravan. Her husband, clad only in a towel, chases after Ted as he and Dougal get in their car. The man hangs onto the hood as Ted races away from the caravan park, losing the towel along the way. Ted eventually stops, giving time for the man to get off, find a glass bottle and puncture the car's tires before walking off. Ted and Dougal, refusing to go back to the park, look to hitchhike home. They are elated when island eccentric Tom, transporting raw sewage in a tanker-truck, offers them a ride.