New Jack City (Father Ted) New Jack City (Father Ted) "New Jack City" is the ninth episode of the second series of the Channel 4 television sitcom "Father Ted". At the inaugural Ted Fest in February 2007, it was voted the best "Father Ted" episode. Father Jack contracts "Hairy Hands Syndrome" (level 6 out of a maximum 12) and is sent to St. Clabbert's Hospital for wayward priests (jokingly named "Jurassic Park" by the Clergymen of Craggy Island, after the film of the same title). A new priest replaces Jack while he is on leave: Father Fintan Stack, an obnoxious, rude and destructive priest, who
Father Ted Father Ted Father Ted is a British sitcom that was produced by Hat Trick Productions for Channel 4. Written by Irish writers Arthur Mathews & Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of 25 episodes. The show aired on RTÉ Two in Ireland, and in Australia on Nine Network (series 1) and ABC Television (series 2 and 3). Set on the fictional Craggy Island, a remote location off Ireland's west coast, the show starred Dermot Morgan as the