Bless Me, Father

Season 1

British sitcom (1978-1981) following a veteran Irish priest and his young curate navigating parish life with housekeeper, nun, neighbor; humorous situations involve fundraisers, confession dilemmas, funerals.

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7 Episodes

  • Baptism of Fire
    E1
    Baptism of FireFather Duddleswell welcomes his new curate, the recently ordained Father Neil, with a teasing baptism of fire, which opens the young priest's eyes to the complex nature of his parish duties and responsibilities.
  • The Bells of St. Jude's
    E2
    The Bells of St. Jude'sBilly Buzzle, whose property abuts St. Jude's, has pigeons that roost in the church tower and keep Father Duddleswell from his afternoon nap. The father has a solution. Get a bell for the tower to ring at dawn, noon ad dusk. Now it's Billy who can't sleep, and a noisy neighbor war begins.
  • The Parish Bazaar
    E3
    The Parish BazaarFather Duddleswell sets himself the lofty goal of raising 600 pounds in this year's parish bazaar - over twice what they barely pulled in the previous year. Despite the many doubters around him, Father D moves doggedly forward while insisting all should have faith, but is his faith blind?
  • The Doomsday Chair
    E4
    The Doomsday ChairThe absence of true faith always leads to superstition. That's Father Duddleswell's stand which he must now back by challenging the local legend of the doomsday chair - a cushioned seat, situated in a local pub, that reputedly brings death within a week to whomever sits on it.
  • Father & Mother
    E5
    Father & MotherA dour portrait of the saintly french nun who founded the orphanage near St. Jude is damaged, revealing a rare and valuable work beneath it. If taken to auction, to whom should the money go, or should the only known image of the orphanage's foundress be preserved instead? Father Duddleswell must reluctantly meet with the imposing and humorless Mother Stephen about it.
  • The Tennis Match
    E6
    The Tennis MatchThe town of Fairwater will get its first Catholic mayor and Father Duddleswell asks him to remain open about his faith. There's a price. The mayor-elect needs to show that he's not in the priests' pocket, so he asks Fathers Duddleswell and Boyd to agree to play doubles against the Anglicans in a clergy tennis match. Father D agrees superficially but then schemes to prove he can win without ever touching the ball.
  • The Seal of Confession
    E7
    The Seal of ConfessionFather Neil tries to modernize with a P.A. system and soundproof confessionals.
  • Arthur LoweFather Charles Clement Duddleswell
  • Daniel AbineriFather Neil Boyd
  • Patrick McAlinneyDr. Daley
  • Gabrielle DayeMrs. Pring
  • David RyallBilly Buzzle
  • Sheila KeithMother Stephen
  • David AskeyDirector

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