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It's the TV series that left our screens back in 1998 but our love for Father Ted is still as strong as ever.

The hilarious comedy about three priests exiled on Craggy Island is still a huge hit, but do you have a favourite?

A Belfast-based podcast has forensically studied each episode of the seminal 90s sitcom and they've revealed the top five episodes as voted for by listeners.

Having undergone a weekly hour-long discussion on each episode of the classic show, the panel - made up of host James McAnespy and a variety of guests from a variety of performance and comedy fields - were asked if they felt the episode deserved a nomination as a ‘Top 5 Contender’ to be decided at the conclusion of the podcast.

Listeners of the podcast were then invited to vote on the episodes and the results are now in.

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This is the episode where Father Dougal takes over the role of milkman after the priests get the regular milkman (Pat Mustard) fired, but the former milkman gets the last laugh.

Speaking about the dedicated Fr Ted podcast James said: "“Each week we break down episodes and try to give better context for viewers - especially viewers who wouldn't be familiar with the Irish and Catholic aspects of the show.

“A particular example is our detailing of Bishop Brennan's first appearance, and how it was directly inspired by the scandal of the real life Bishop of Galway who had a son in America, or we provide more context for Dougal's night wear, the Ireland football jersey and why it would have been important to him in the mid-1990s.”

Regular features include a running count of Mrs Doyle's 'Ah Go Ons', a 'Meet your Maker' where the panel spot appearances of writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Matthews in the show, ‘Jack’s Drinks Cabinet,’ listing every drink Jack has imbibed, and the ‘Fillum Collection’ - a definitive list of the films that the priests have watched.

“The show is still hilarious, even after all these years, and multiple viewings, I’m still finding myself cracking up at it,” James said.

“You can go anywhere in the world you will still find someone who can quote the lines back to you!”

All the podcast episodes are available to download for free on iTunes and that's where you will find the remaining episodes which have made the Top five or visit the Facebook page.