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Best Episodes of Bless Me Father
A Mixed-Up Marriage
S3 Ep7
8.0
16th Aug 1981
Mother Stephen demands an audience with Fr. Duddleswell over a serious problem: Christine Hammond, a war orphan brought up in the convent, has fallen in love with Isaac Rosen, the elder son of the local rabbi. When the priest and the rabbi meet, they immediately agree that the marriage is impossible; so the young couple decides to ask the Anglican vicar to marry them. When Mr. Pinkerton insists that they wait two weeks before making a decision, the couple come to see Fr. Boyd, who suggests a ""naughty"" plan: Christine and Isaac announce that they have already been married in the registry office. Both Fr. Duddleswell and Rabbi Rosen are overcome with joy and wish them happiness -- whereupon they confess they were only testing them to see who would treat them with greater kindness. Fr. Duddleswell invites Rabbi Rosen to dinner (which Mrs. Pring supplies from a local kosher caterer), and we learn that the wedding did indeed take place in the registry office, as Fr. Boyd leads a toast to th
Porgy & Bess
S3 Ep6
8.0
9th Aug 1981
When 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 resultant stench proves too much for Father Duddleswell, who desperately resorts to pig-napping, stealing Porgy by dead of night and taking him to a nearby farm. When Porgy subsequently dies, Billy takes Fr. Duddleswell to court, but the judge, while berating Fr. Duddleswell for his transparently dishonest testimony, rules in his favour. Then Bess appears to be succumbing to the same sickness, but Dr. Daley reassures everyone that she is only in labour...
A Legend Comes to Stay
S3 Ep5
8.0
2nd Aug 1981
When 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 Duddleswell is incapacitated with lumbago, and manages to turn the parish upside down -- including locking Fr. Neil in the church with Mother Stephen.
A Back to Front Wedding
S2 Ep7
8.0
6th Jan 1980
Exhausted from performing several marriages, Father Duddleswell takes Father Boyd to the pictures as a treat -- where they are paged to return to the parish to perform one more forgotten wedding. After placating the angry families and seeing the young couple off on their honeymoon, Father Duddleswell realizes that he performed the ceremony after 6 pm, and therefore the bridge and groom are not legally married.
The Season of Goodwill
S2 Ep6
8.0
23rd Dec 1979
Even at Christmas, Father Duddleswell can't keep out of trouble.
All at Sea
S2 Ep5
8.0
16th Dec 1979
Father Duddleswell tries to arrange a burial at sea.
Worst Episodes of Bless Me Father
Baptism of Fire
S1 Ep1
4.3
24th Sep 1978
Father 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 Tennis Match
S1 Ep6
6.5
29th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergy.
Things Are Not What They Seem
S3 Ep1
7.0
5th Jul 1981
Father Neil offers advice to a woman with marital problems and thereby provides a field day for gossips.
The Doomsday Chair
S1 Ep4
7.3
15th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell decides to disprove the curse of a doomsday chair.
The Bells of St. Jude's
S1 Ep2
7.5
1st Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell plans to install a new church bell.
The Parish Bazaar
S1 Ep3
7.5
8th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell refuses to make bad-weather plans for the annual bazaar.
Bless Me Father Episode Guide
Baptism of Fire
S1 Ep1
4.3
24th Sep 1978
Father 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
S1 Ep2
7.5
1st Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell plans to install a new church bell.
The Parish Bazaar
S1 Ep3
7.5
8th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell refuses to make bad-weather plans for the annual bazaar.
The Doomsday Chair
S1 Ep4
7.3
15th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell decides to disprove the curse of a doomsday chair.
Father & Mother
S1 Ep5
7.5
22nd Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell accidentally damages the hideous portrait of the founder of the local convent, uncovering a concealed French masterpiece.
The Tennis Match
S1 Ep6
6.5
29th Oct 1978
Father Duddleswell enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergy.
The Seal of Confession
S1 Ep7
7.5
5th Nov 1978
Father Neil tries to modernize with a P.A. system and soundproof confessionals.
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.
The best rated episodes of Bless Me Father are:
A Mixed-Up Marriage S3E7 rated 8.0
Porgy & Bess S3E6 rated 8.0
A Legend Comes to Stay S3E5 rated 8.0
A Back to Front Wedding S2E7 rated 8.0
The Season of Goodwill S2E6 rated 8.0
All at Sea S2E5 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of Bless Me Father are:
Baptism of Fire S1E1 rated 4.3
The Tennis Match S1E6 rated 6.5
Things Are Not What They Seem S3E1 rated 7.0
The Doomsday Chair S1E4 rated 7.3
The Bells of St. Jude's S1E2 rated 7.5
The Parish Bazaar S1E3 rated 7.5
The first episode of Bless Me Father aired on September 24, 1978.
The last episode of Bless Me Father aired on August 16, 1981.
