Picnic on Craggy Island : the surreal joys of producing Father Ted / Lissa Evans.

Evans, Lissa, author

London : Doubleday, 2025.

160 pages ; 21 cm

Three decades after it first appeared on screen, Father Ted is still cherished, quoted and endlessly re-watched. Its beloved main characters, unforgettable lines and extraordinary visual jokes have given birth to a thousand gifs and t-shirts and a million catchphrases. Unforgettable to watch, it was also unforgettable to work on. Lissa Evans, as producer of the second and third series, spent three years hovering anxiously over every moment, from the first glimpse of script to the last revolution of a runaway milk-float round a specially-built plywood roundabout. There was no 'average Father Ted episode' - each of them was stuffed with challenges; endless rain, lustful rabbits, clerics crashing through windows, sheep doubles, collapsing crosses and a never-ending stream of eccentric priests - and the work that went into its creation was often nearly as bizarre as what was happening on screen.

9781529943795 (hbk)

791.450232092
791.4502
791.45

PN1992.4.E9

791.450232092

English

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