“Don’t Call Me Len, I’m A Bishop” | Father Ted

Bishop Brennan comes to stay when Father Ted discovers Father Dougal has hidden the rabbits in Bishop Brennan's room.
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[@skithewhitestuff]

What a great show this was. So sad that Dermot Morgan died so young. He was a comedy genius. R.I.P.

[@fwef7445]

rip Frank Kelly also

[@skithewhitestuff]

@@fwef7445 Yes definitely, I was unaware that Frank Kelly had passed. What a terrific character he played. R.I.P.

[@joshfulcifan1015]

@@skithewhitestuff They were all very talented. Very sad they have now passed.

[@lsmith6036]

Linehan is wanting money for the political campaign he is doing, can't hat trick make a deal to do his play.

[@manjackson2772]

@@lsmith6036 Why would they want to fund his spittle-flecked hateful ranting? The guy's turned into an obssessive lunatic.

[@josemaria8177]

This Len fellow seems like an unpleaseant chap. I sure hope no one has to kick him in the arse!

[@applejuice5272]

Or set rabbits on him Or give him a bed with Jack sleeping in it

[@samconduct1356]

I'll get a camera to capture the moment.

[@Chris-xl6pd]

@@samconduct1356 CRIGLEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@petercdowney]

Len? *You address him by his proper title, you little bollocks!*

[@petercdowney]

​@@applejuice5272Or try to make him eat caviar off the floor.

[@ragingpagan8847]

You address me by my proper tile “ya little bollocks” 😂

[@SagaciousFrank]

What a show. The battle between Ted and Jack over the bottle is priceless.

[@vjab1108]

Thank you Graham Linehan, Father Ted is up there with the Comedy Greats.

[@trinaq]

Bishop Brennan was my favourite recurring character, and an obvious jab at Bishop Eamon Casey!

[@butterflymoon6368]

who???? All Catholic bishops are this arrogant.

[@smokerjim]

Bishop Casey? Was he the one that had a "sabbatical" with a parishioner? And there was a kid as a result, wasn't there?

[@SaintSwithinsDay]

@@butterflymoon6368 Most of the bishops I've known have been very personable. Even sometimes quite wise. And without exception, they have insisted on being called by their first name.

[@butterflymoon6368]

@@SaintSwithinsDay Good for you. Different experiences it seems. Perhaps they're nicer to men.

[@SaintSwithinsDay]

​@@butterflymoon6368 Why do you assume I'm a man? Anyway, yes, different experiences and probably different bishops. But a sweeping statement like "all bishops are arrogant" requires only one counterexample to be proved wrong.

[@SagaciousFrank]

The casting of this sitcom was brilliant, all the actors (and actress - not forgetting Mrs. Doyle) were perfectly chosen for their respective roles. Jim Norton was also absolutely fantastic as Bishop Brennan.

[@ChrisM541]

You know, Dougal's got a point - that WAS the last place I'd expect to find them.

[@mickdunne981]

Howya Len don't call me Len I'm a bishop 😅😅😅

[@boogiewoogie9770]

Is it wrong to allow my 7yr old son watch Father Ted? He does love it a lot.

[@Stuart267]

Not really. I watched it as a kid & it didn't affect me in any way.

[@Chris-xl6pd]

I think father ted is a perfect comedy for a young mind, it has great messaging that almost any age can pick up on.

[@deb-1558]

Great taste 😂

[@AvzyGg-ps1dp]

No way I cuddle up to my daddy when it came to air every Sunday it was our I am very religious but it ok to have laugh sometimes god bless x

[@royfearn4345]

Absolutely manic: just the series for all ages, genders and religious persuasions!

[@djwwautodiagnostics]

Ah hello Len. Makes me smile every time 😂😂😂😂😂

[@daveroche6522]

Bishop Len actually played an ombuds (magistrate) on Babylon 5. Best series ever!

[@TheUltrahypnotoad]

I watched both series and never made the connection! I knew he looked familiar (on B5). Thank you.

[@NomenLuni1975]

He also played Albert Einstein in two episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation.

[@pauljordan4452]

Jim Norton - great character actor.

[@johnroche7541]

He was also in an episode of the best American comedy sitcom "Cheers".

[@Natedawg38]

This guy was in Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets

[@ValiantWrestling]

Jim Norton also played Albert Einstein in 2 episode of Star Trek The Next Generation.

[@Gubalicious]

No one says "Len" like Doual McGuire

[@SagaciousFrank]

Don't call me 'Len' you little bollocks - I'm a bishop!

[@cuteandfluffypikachu3405]

Good thing bishop Brennan didn’t want to eat the caviar 😂🤣😂🤣

[@Itsadogslife999]

I miss this show. Comical genius

[@jamieholmes4751]

I wish we got a scene where Len got into his car and it didn’t start due to Mrs Doyle filling it with petrol 😂😂😂

[@petercdowney]

Len? *You address him by his proper title, you little bollocks!*

[@johnroche7541]

The actor who plays Bishop Brennan narrated a beautiful programme shown on Irish TV(RTE) called "Lighthouses of Ireland". He even turned up in an episode of "Cheers".

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Yes Jim Norton

[@shwardy16wardy30]

Pure genuis comedy throwing shade and jovial amenities to the Catholic Church at a time when IRA and attitudes towards the Irish were in the gutter late 80s / 90s. It’s a shame RTE didn’t pick this up in which case it got sold to channel 4 but people went wild for it and enjoyed the Irish humour (even though there are so many underlying and small jokes only the Irish will understand) I think C4 UK gave fr ted the platform it deserved. Amazingly brilliant comedy and based on real life x

[@ValiantWrestling]

He also played Albert Einstein in two episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation.

[@butterflymoon6368]

My favourite character.

[@sosimple3585]

Can't wait to see Father Ted The Musical. How about taking the Neo-McCarthyite handbrake off the production and making it happen?

[@SekhemSahu]

Yep!

[@Wizardaron]

That would be an ecumenical matter.

[@cloudstrife1983]

Oh right. Well done.

[@Ash-ey9oy]

As For This cabbage

[@paulcrombie9623]

My favourite, I love farther Ted!

[@vladskiobi]

I prefer closer Ted.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Perfect!!!

[@sailormoon2548]

Loved this show back in the day

[@nazimfarooqadvocateahc1762]

very very funny this episode

[@-M0LE]

If your looking for the wipers 😂

[@Donald43]

Ted, did Len find the rabbits?

[@petercdowney]

Did he call me Len again?! *You address me by my proper title, you little bollocks!*

[@dannydoj]

A bishop without a pectoral cross. An oversight I think.

[@mrrock6248]

Sad broken individual 😊

[@pauljordan4452]

The writers were irreligious. I love Thomas Aquinas - taught that God is eternal existence, and on Earth manifested as WATER. I remember the scene where Fr Jack drinks water by mistake.

[@Frank_Nemo]

Bishop Brennan, disguised as a doctor, also appeared in an episode of Maigret with Michael Gambon in the early 1990's. No one kicked him up the arse in that though.

[@kisbie]

Bizarrely, he was also in episodes of Cheers and Frasier before he even did Father Ted.

[@triffidgrower]

This would have cheered me up, but it is too painful to laugh, after a couple of days of coughing up my Covid infested lungs. I couldn't make it past Ted and Jack's tug of war. Father Ted is one of my all time favourites...I will return, healthier and stronger. 😀

[@LordMarps]

Get yourself a bottle of dreamy sleepy nighty snoozy-snooze, you’ll soon get right! 😊

[@triffidgrower]

@@LordMarps ...Better now. Lucky I didn't think of that at the time. The temptation to drink the lot would have been irresistible. 😄

[@LordMarps]

@@triffidgrower Glad you’re on the mend now - sounds like that Covid was just resting in your lungs!

[@marcopolo9146]

Father Ted is brilliant. Graham Linehan is a genius. Where is the musical?

[@Robin838]

You'll have to ask Jimmy Mulville. Hat Trick couldn't buy Graham Linehan out of the show.

[@kisbie]

How long do we reckon it took Mrs Doyle to suck all the petrol back out of Len’s car?

[@samholden4171]

I ask my dads sister in ireland if she liked father ted.She nearly bit my head off was very upset because shes proper Catholic.Felt awful asking her😦😕

[@hermanthetosser4219]

Leave my car alone

[@malcolmabram2957]

I defy even the most ardent Catholic to say this comedy was not hilarious.

[@nathanieldrain907]

Ardent Catholic here. Never saw the show as taking cheap shots at the church. I think it is hilarious.

[@paulcrombie9623]

More please?

[@therpgplayer6247]

Please bring this back it's the best

[@fwef7445]

how? Dermot Morgan and Frank Kelly are dead. Just enjoy the memories

[@therpgplayer6247]

Plenty of shows have come back with new characters two and a half men being the most known example

[@petermorris9818]

Are you sure? Father Ted without Father Ted?

[@MrHarleyoldfart]

@@therpgplayer6247 Yes and it's complete shite.

[@shwardy16wardy30]

@@fwef7445and didn’t they both pass on the same day years apart. Spooky!

[@botanicagravez]

Wow

[@ciaranburke3243]

😂

[@nathumbzockwa]

Brilliant... Only thing is, in real life, people are a lot weird. Like League of Gentlemen too.. damn creepy.

[@lsmith6036]

Linehan is wanting money for the political campaign he is doing, can't hat trick make a deal to do his play. So we can see it.

[@lauracandykiss]

More real than you would imagine !