Unintelligent Design
Episode 5 · 2011-01-01
- Comedy
Episode overview
A rare opportunity to poke around inside the heads of Father Ted creators Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews and find out who they admire and where they draw their inspiration from. Every comedy writer has been influenced in some way by what came before, and they are certainly no different. By revealing what makes up their own comedy DNA, they show what inspired them to create Father Ted and the rest of the Craggy Islanders. There are clips from some comedy classics that you would expect - such as Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses, Seinfeld and The Simpsons - as well as weird stuff from the real world which inspired some of their favourite characters. They discuss the comedians and stand-ups, the priests, politicians and Irish beauty pageants which have directly influenced their comedy world, as well as their obsession with the feature film
24 minutes
Season 0 episodes
1. A Christmassy Ted1996-12-24
2. Father Ted Series 3 Trailers1997-06-16
3. Unintelligent Design2011-01-01
4. Small, Far Away - The World of Father Ted2011-01-01
5. Unintelligent Design2011-01-01
6. Small, Far Away - The World of Father Ted2011-01-01
7. Fathers Ted & Dougal Host Comic Relief '971997-06-16
8. Ardal O'Hanlon Interview1996-03-22
9. Interview with Writers Part 1
10. Tedfest 2007: A Very Ted Weekend
11. Comedy Connections
13. Tedfest 2007: Two Tribes go to War
14. Interview with Writers Part 2
15. Father Ted: Unintelligent Design2011-01-01
17. Fundraising with Father Dougal
18. Craggy Island Memories
