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Bless Me Father

TV·1978–1981·3 seasons, 21 episodes·ITV1·Comedy·30m·Created by Peter de Rosa

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Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila Keith. It was aired on ITV from 1978 until 1981 and described the adventures of an Irish Catholic priest, Father Charles Duddleswell and his young curate in the fictional parish of St. Jude's in suburban London. 21 episodes, written by Peter De Rosa, were aired. De Rosa wrote the books on which the series was based using the pseudonym of Neil Boyd which was also the name of the young curate character; Boyd also served as the narrator in the series of novels upon which the series was based. It was made for the ITV network by London Weekend Television. The series was set in 1950 and 1951 and marked a departure from the middle class 'bank manager' roles associated with Lowe such as that in Dad's Army. The other regular characters included Mrs Pring, the housekeeper, the hard-drinking Dr Daley, the non-religious neighbour Billy Buzzle, and abbess Reverend Mother Stephen.

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Episodes by season

Season017Episodes1978AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Baptism of FireSeptember 24, 1978Father Duddleswell welcomes his new curate, the recently ordained Father Neil, with a teasing baptism of fire, which opens the young priest'
  2. S01E02The Bells of St. Jude'sOctober 1, 1978Father Duddleswell plans to install a new church bell.
  3. S01E03The Parish BazaarOctober 8, 1978Father Duddleswell refuses to make bad-weather plans for the annual bazaar.
  4. S01E04The Doomsday ChairOctober 15, 1978Father Duddleswell decides to disprove the curse of a doomsday chair.
  5. S01E05Father & MotherOctober 22, 1978Father Duddleswell accidentally damages the hideous portrait of the founder of the local convent, uncovering a concealed French masterpiece.
  6. S01E06The Tennis MatchOctober 29, 1978Father Duddleswell enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergy.
  7. S01E07The Seal of ConfessionNovember 5, 1978Father Neil tries to modernize with a P.A. system and soundproof confessionals.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season027Episodes1979–80AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Blessings from HeavenNovember 11, 1979Synopsis needed
  2. S02E02Father Neil's First MiracleNovember 18, 1979Synopsis needed.
  3. S02E03Fatal LadyNovember 25, 1979Father Neil receives embarrassing attentions from Miss Davenport, which he must tolerate because she is a generous benefactor of the Parish.
  4. S02E04The Heart of a CurateDecember 9, 1979A beautiful nurse helps Neil recover from an appendectomy.
  5. S02E05All at SeaDecember 16, 1979Father Duddleswell tries to arrange a burial at sea.
  6. S02E06The Season of GoodwillDecember 23, 1979Even at Christmas, Father Duddleswell can't keep out of trouble.
  7. S02E07A Back to Front WeddingJanuary 6, 1980Exhausted from performing several marriages, Father Duddleswell takes Father Boyd to the pictures as a treat -- where they are paged to retu

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season037Episodes1981AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Things Are Not What They SeemJuly 5, 1981Father Neil offers advice to a woman with marital problems and thereby provides a field day for gossips.
  2. S03E02WomenJuly 12, 1981Synopsis needed.
  3. S03E03Beddings and WeddingsJuly 19, 1981Hoping to curb the decay in family values, Father Neil initiates family group counseling sessions which produce quite the opposite of the in
  4. S03E04Fire & BrimstoneJuly 26, 1981A family deals with an irreverent grandfather.
  5. S03E05A Legend Comes to StayAugust 2, 1981When he was young, Father Duddleswell was curate to a legendary eccentric. Now, 40 years late, the old man has come to stay just when Father
  6. S03E06Porgy & BessAugust 9, 1981When Billy Buzzle sets up a pig-sty in his back yard to accommodate Porgy and Bess, two pigs he has received from a defaulting better, the r
  7. S03E07A Mixed-Up MarriageAugust 16, 1981Mother Stephen demands an audience with Fr. Duddleswell over a serious problem: Christine Hammond, a war orphan brought up in the convent, h

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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