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
Father Ted role required. Maurice O'Donoghue, who plays Father Dick in the series, was their second choice for the role of Ted, being the right age and having a similar look and lightness. Mathews always preferred Dermot Morgan; Linehan was initially reluctant, fearing he would play Ted the same as "Father Trendy", a character he played on the RTÉ television show "The Live Mike", but Morgan lobbied hard for the role and was cast. The show was pitched directly to the UK's Hat Trick Productions and Channel 4 by the duo, contrary to rumours that RTÉ (the Irish national broadcaster) were originally