The Mainland (Father Ted) Mrs. Doyle and Jack off, Ted and Dougal head for the caves. Ted is surprised to see Richard Wilson, from the show "One Foot in the Grave", waiting outside, and goes up to greet him with his catchphrase "I don't believe it!". Wilson, sick of the phrase himself, turns on Ted and starts beating him up before others physically drag him away. Ted and Dougal enter the caves with a tour, and in awe of one of the cave formations, Ted says "I don't believe it", unaware that Wilson was standing in front of him. Before Wilson attacks him again,
Father Ted Crilly attempts to remake the show for American audiences. In 2004, Steve Martin was reported to have signed on to play Ted in a new version. In 2007, John Michael Higgins was cast in the part. No remake has yet entered production. Considered his family's "idiot brother", Ted was sent off to the priesthood while his brother, the favourite son, became a doctor, as was the custom at the time. Ted attended Saint Colm's seminary, and was bullied by the other novices, who nicknamed him Father Fluffybottom after seeing his backside in the showers. Some time after being ordained, he was