Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse Arthur Mathews, named "Kicking Bishop Brennan Up the Arse" as their favourite episode in a documentary aired during Channel 4's "Father Ted Night"; "Speed 3" was chosen by a vote on the Channel 4 website. Ted is extremely worried about the forfeit, and is convinced that Bishop Brennan will send him to a parish even worse than Craggy Island after he kicks him "up the arse". Dick Byrne has insisted that Father Dougal take a photograph as proof; he also calls Brennan, saying that his likeness has miraculously appeared in the skirting board of the Craggy Island parochial house; the
Father Ted Crilly more conservative, traditional priest. Morgan lobbied hard for the role, eventually persuading Linehan. The writers considered O'Donoghue a back-up to use should Morgan become unavailable, and later created Father Dick Byrne, Ted's recurring rival, specifically for O'Donoghue to play. Aspects such as Ted's obsession with money and fantasy of going to Las Vegas emerged while writing for Morgan, and the writers began to feel for Ted in a way they did not for the other characters. After the second series aired, Linehan said he still believed that Mathews could easily have played Ted in the show. There have been several