"Speed 3" is the third episode of the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 20th episode overall. It is a parody of the film Speed. Speed 3 was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: "How can we make a worse sequel than Speed 2: Cruise Control?
The episode begins with Ted and Dougal returning to the parish from the Annual Baby of the Year Competition. Ted is extremely unhappy with Dougal...
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"Speed 3" is the third episode of the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 20th episode overall. It is a parody of the film Speed. Speed 3 was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: "How can we make a worse sequel than Speed 2: Cruise Control?
The episode begins with Ted and Dougal returning to the parish from the Annual Baby of the Year Competition. Ted is extremely unhappy with Dougal, as Dougal got overexcited running around with the babies, and he vomited all over Ted. They also express their bewilderment at how many "hairy" babies there were at the competition. During Ted's explanation about the redundancy of shaving babies he trips on a brick that Mrs. Doyle has placed in the centre of the floor, having apparently seen the idea in a magazine.
Mrs Doyle shrieks, interrupting Ted mid rant and flees from the living room to the kitchen having spotted something out of the window. Ted and Dougal comment on Mrs Doyle's garish...
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