Ballykissangel
Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has almost the exact opposite of his good nature and dislikes the organized church. He has to deal with occasional battles against his hateful superior, Father MacAnally, and the day-to-day problems of the people: Brian Quigley, whose constant search for money often leads him to immorality, his daughter Niamh and her lover straight-arrow garda Ambrose Egan, uptight and inquisitive shopkeeper Kathleen Hendley, gruff vet Siobhan Mehigan, cheery mechanic Padraig O'Kelly, comical schoolteacher Brendan Kearney, and elderly farmer Eamon Byrne. Later arrivals to the town include former monk Father Aidan O'Connell, pariah Sean Dillon and his daughter Emma, Eamon's nephew Danny, female Garda Frankie Sullivan, Australian Father Vincent Sheahan, and horse-trainer Avril Burke.
- 1996-2001
- 6 seasons
- BBC Video
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-14
Peter Clifford, a young Catholic priest from Manchester, is transferred to the village of Ballykissangel, Ireland, and is taken by the dry-humored publican Assumpta Fitzgerald who has almost the exact opposite of his good nature and dislikes the organized church. He has to deal with occasional battles against his hateful superior, Father MacAnally, and the day-to-day problems of the people: Brian Quigley, whose constant search for money often leads him to immorality, his daughter Niamh and her lover straight-arrow garda Ambrose Egan, uptight and inquisitive shopkeeper Kathleen Hendley, gruff vet Siobhan Mehigan, cheery mechanic Padraig O'Kelly, comical schoolteacher Brendan Kearney, and elderly farmer Eamon Byrne. Later arrivals to the town include former monk Father Aidan O'Connell, pariah Sean Dillon and his daughter Emma, Eamon's nephew Danny, female Garda Frankie Sullivan, Australian Father Vincent Sheahan, and horse-trainer Avril Burke.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1997
Episode 1
For One Night Only
48 mins
Due to the recent 'slave auction', Assumpta belongs to Father Macanally, Father Clifford belongs to Assumpta, Brendan belongs to Siobhan and Brian Quigley belongs to Donal. To complicate things further, Assumpta and Father Clifford must play lovers in an upcoming stage production.
Episode 2
River Dance
50 mins
Everyone is up in arms when Brendan Kearney is fired for telling his 10-year old students they could choose not to go to church when they grow up. Assumpta suggests that direct protest is required and a group of them are soon protesting in front of Father MacAnally's house. Meanwhile Liam and Donal come up with their own moneymaking scheme after seeing Enda Sullivan panning for gold in the local river. Things don't quite work out as planned. Father Clifford is worried about Mairie Kilfeather when he suspects her husband Jimmy is beating her. Things get out of hand however. Ambrose and Niamh are trying for a baby and the whole village seems to think it's their business as well.
Episode 3
In the Can
50 mins
While Brian Quigley embarks on making a tourism video for Ballykissangel, Father Clifford starts a new folk mass trying to bring more people into the church. Meanwhile, Enda takes Assumpta out on a date and Ambrose must deal with Niamh's strange food cravings.
Episode 4
The Facts of Life
49 mins
After discovering an abandoned baby on his doorstep, Peter decides that the young adults of Ballykissangel need an education in relationships. Meanwhile, bad things happen in threes with Ambrose and Niamh when a series of accidents threatens to turn their lives around.
Episode 5
Someone to Watch Over Me
50 mins
Brian gets a new attractive, flirtatious housekeeper, much to the annoyance of Niamh. Feeling low and unwanted, Niamh is no help to Assumpta who is short staffed behind the bar. But things begin to look up as Niamh shows she is the only one who knows how to control Brendan's new pack of 10 year old delinquents.
Episode 6
Only Skin Deep
49 mins
It's time for the Ballykissangel festival and this year there will be many new additions, one of which will be a beauty contest organized by Brian Quigley. Niamh is also planning a dance routine for the kids, but one young delinquent is harder to manage than she thought. Also love is in the air, or is it?
Episode 7
Money, Money, Money
50 mins
After a fire destroys Kathleen's house, the villagers pull together to rebuild and refurbish her house. Unfortunately with limited funding, they're stuck for ways to boost the money, perhaps a day at the racetracks and a turn of the cards will give them what they need.
Episode 8
Chinese Whispers
50 mins
When two strangers show up in Ballykissangel acting suspiciously and apparently shadowing some of the locals, rumors spread that they're revenue officers checking to see if everyone is paying their taxes. Ambrose knows who they are but refuses to say, even to wife Niamh. It seems that everyone in Ballykissangel has something to hide from Kathleen the shopkeeper, to pub owner Assumpta Fitzgerald to all-purpose businessman Brian Quigley. Assumpta is fed up with it all and is thinking taking up an offer from an old friend to partner in a wine bar in Dublin. Brian returns home to find that his house has been burgled. Of real concern to him is that his duplicate set of books has been taken from his safe. His old nemesis, Mossy Phelan, has a role in it all.