Hell (Father Ted) Hell (Father Ted) "Hell" is the first episode of the second series of the Channel 4 sitcom "Father Ted", and the seventh episode overall. In this episode, Graham Norton makes his first of three appearances as Father Noel Furlong. It is time for Ted, Dougal, and Jack to take their annual holiday. They go to the Kilkelly Caravan Park, where a friend of Ted's has offered them use of his caravan. Following the vague directions, Ted mistakes a rather luxurious caravan as his friend's, only to find it occupied by a young couple showering together. After apologising profusely to the
A Song for Europe (Father Ted) pun on "Huguenots". Declan Lowney, who directed most "Father Ted" episodes, was also director of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. The actual name of the Eurovision Song Contest is not mentioned at any point in the episode. The reference is always to the "Eurosong Competition". The scene in which Ted loses his temper at Dougal's failure to play the correct note is a reference to "The Troggs Tapes", a notorious out-take from a recording session by The Troggs. In the "Father Ted" script book, Graham Linehan notes that he initially wanted the scene to run longer, but that it was