Post by Slinger on Jun 3, 2018 15:31:16 GMT
Cult comedy Father Ted is set to return as a musical, its co-creator has confirmed.
Graham Linehan reports that the show, called Pope Ted: The Father Ted Musical is almost written.
Fellow writer Arthur Matthews and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, who wrote the show's theme tune and original music, are involved in the project.
Linehan said it would be "the real final episode of Father Ted".
The musical will see Ted move from the fictional Craggy Island to his new role as Pope in the Vatican.
Linehan, who also created Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd and co-created sitcom Black Books, said the musical was about "the least qualified man in the world becoming Pope".
He said: "I didn't want to do anything like this until the right idea came along, and when Trump won and Corbyn won [the Labour leadership] I kind of thought, 'Maybe Ted has a chance'.
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You'll be going to see it, so you will!
Graham Linehan reports that the show, called Pope Ted: The Father Ted Musical is almost written.
Fellow writer Arthur Matthews and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, who wrote the show's theme tune and original music, are involved in the project.
Linehan said it would be "the real final episode of Father Ted".
The musical will see Ted move from the fictional Craggy Island to his new role as Pope in the Vatican.
Linehan, who also created Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd and co-created sitcom Black Books, said the musical was about "the least qualified man in the world becoming Pope".
He said: "I didn't want to do anything like this until the right idea came along, and when Trump won and Corbyn won [the Labour leadership] I kind of thought, 'Maybe Ted has a chance'.
SOURCE
You'll be going to see it, so you will!
