Father Ted Crilly The Joshua Trio and Woodfull's other musical act, Tony St James and The Las Vegas Sound. As Ted, Mathews sometimes read from a book, "Notes from Africa", purportedly written by Father Dougal McGuire, a missionary friend who described his experiences of being attacked and chased by natives. In one sketch, Ted discussed his concern for Dougal, who had been voted Most Unpopular Priest in Africa for two years running and was spending Christmas up a tree in the grounds of The Bob Geldof Centre. During one Tony St James Olympia gig, audience members shouted "Not a fucking priest!", but were
Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading overindulging in their vices. Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading" is the eighth episode of the second series of Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted" and the fourteenth episode overall. Its name references the Oasis song "Cigarettes & Alcohol". With Lent approaching, Ted learns that his rival, Father Dick Byrne, and his fellow priests on Rugged Island will be giving up their vices. Ted insists to his Craggy Island priests that they must do the same: Ted will give up smoking, Jack his drinking, and Dougal his rollerblading. When Ted finds that they have all snuck out