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The Book Club: The Surreal Joys of Father Ted

The Book Club: The Surreal Joys of Father Ted

Best of the Spectator · The Spectator

January 29, 202530m 23s

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<div>My guest on this week's <em>Book Club</em> podcast is the novelist Lissa Evans, talking about her previous life as the producer of the sitcom Father Ted – as described in her new book <em>Picnic on Craggy Island: The Surreal Joys of Producing Father Ted. </em>She tells me about the collaborative genius of Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, the unusual experience of having to cut laughter out of episodes because there was simply too much of it, and sending a sheep to make-up. </div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>