The Plague (Father Ted) and the Bishop lays back down to sleep - only to wake up again seconds later loudly screaming. The Plague (Father Ted) "The Plague" is the sixth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted", and the twelfth episode overall. It is the second of three episodes featuring Jim Norton as Bishop Brennan. The episode begins with a self-referential mock title sequence with the words "Father Ted" replaced by "Father Ben", which then cuts to Dougal sitting in front of the television shouting excitedly to Ted that the programme is starting. Each comments on the spoof
Are You Right There Father Ted? already placed the collection on full display by the time Ted and Dougal return – with the Chinese people – to the house for a nightcap. In utter desperation, Ted sends more alcohol to the Yin family the following day: unfortunately, Father Jack intervenes by emerging in an SS uniform from a box, having drunk all the liquor. Father Jack spends practically the entire episode in small spaces, including inside a grandfather clock, which leads Ted to assume Jack is agoraphobic, which Dougal thinks is a fear of fighting, likely because he misheard "agora" as "aggro". In the book "Father