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The Worst Episodes of Bless Me Father

Every episode of Bless Me Father ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Bless Me Father!

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"A Back to Front Wedding" is the worst rated episode of "Bless Me Father". It scored 6.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/1980. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Season of Goodwill".

  • A Back to Front Wedding
    6.4/1011 votes
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    #1 - A Back to Front Wedding

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/6/1980

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Season of Goodwill
    6.8/1010 votes
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    #2 - The Season of Goodwill

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/1979

    Even at Christmas, Father Duddleswell can't keep out of trouble.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baptism of Fire
    6.9/1018 votes
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    #3 - Baptism of Fire

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1978

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Legend Comes to Stay
    7.3/1011 votes
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    #4 - A Legend Comes to Stay

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/2/1981

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tennis Match
    7.4/1011 votes
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    #5 - The Tennis Match

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1978

    Father Duddleswell enters a tennis match against the Anglican clergy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All at Sea
    7.4/1010 votes
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    #6 - All at Sea

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/1979

    Father Duddleswell tries to arrange a burial at sea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Parish Bazaar
    7.5/1014 votes
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    #7 - The Parish Bazaar

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1978

    Father Duddleswell refuses to make bad-weather plans for the annual bazaar.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Blessings from Heaven
    7.5/1010 votes
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    #8 - Blessings from Heaven

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/1979

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Heart of a Curate
    7.5/1010 votes
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    #9 - The Heart of a Curate

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/1979

    A beautiful nurse helps Neil recover from an appendectomy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bells of St. Jude's
    7.6/1012 votes
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    #10 - The Bells of St. Jude's

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1978

    Father Duddleswell plans to install a new church bell.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Doomsday Chair
    7.6/1012 votes
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    #11 - The Doomsday Chair

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1978

    Father Duddleswell decides to disprove the curse of a doomsday chair.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Father Neil's First Miracle
    7.6/1010 votes
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    #12 - Father Neil's First Miracle

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/1979

    Synopsis needed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fire & Brimstone
    7.7/108 votes
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    #13 - Fire & Brimstone

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/26/1981

    A family deals with an irreverent grandfather.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fatal Lady
    7.9/1011 votes
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    #14 - Fatal Lady

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/25/1979

    Father Neil receives embarrassing attentions from Miss Davenport, which he must tolerate because she is a generous benefactor of the Parish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Porgy & Bess
    7.9/1010 votes
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    #15 - Porgy & Bess

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/1981

    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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Mixed-Up Marriage
    7.9/109 votes
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    #16 - A Mixed-Up Marriage

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/1981

    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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Women
    8.2/108 votes
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    #17 - Women

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/12/1981

    Synopsis needed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Beddings and Weddings
    8.2/1011 votes
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    #18 - Beddings and Weddings

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/19/1981

    Synopsis needed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Father & Mother
    8.3/109 votes
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    #19 - Father & Mother

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1978

    Father Duddleswell accidentally damages the hideous portrait of the founder of the local convent, uncovering a concealed French masterpiece.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Seal of Confession
    8.3/1011 votes
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    #20 - The Seal of Confession

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1978

    Father Neil tries to modernize with a P.A. system and soundproof confessionals.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Things Are Not What They Seem
    8.5/108 votes
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    #21 - Things Are Not What They Seem

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/5/1981

    Father Neil offers advice to a woman with marital problems and thereby provides a field day for gossips.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A