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* FullHouseMusicFullHouseMusic: In particular, precious woodwind underscores seem to follow Father Clifford around.
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* CannotHaveSexEver: Father Clifford, contractually.
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* VowOfCelibacy: Naturally Father Clifford's vow is the main stumbling block in his relationship with Assumpta. He's ''trying'' to be a good priest and keep their relationship purely platonic, but by season 4 it becomes increasingly clear it isn't working. [[spoiler:He eventually renounces the priesthood, only for Assumpta to have a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Bridge Dropped on Her]].]]
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'''Ballykissangel''' is a {{BBC}} show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in [[QuirkyTown a small Irish village]] named [[CutesyNameTown Ballykissangel]]. For three years, he tries to overcome the disadvantages of his nationality through community outreach, [[WorldOfSnark assimilation]], and drinking a great deal of lager.
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'''Ballykissangel''' is a {{BBC}} Creator/{{BBC}} show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in [[QuirkyTown a small Irish village]] named [[CutesyNameTown Ballykissangel]]. For three years, he tries to overcome the disadvantages of his nationality through community outreach, [[WorldOfSnark assimilation]], and drinking a great deal of lager.
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* CharacterOutlivesActor: By the time BBC Ulster got around to reviving the show for its final series, actor Tony Doyle had died. Rather than kill off a main character offscreen (because theirs was a milieu where Death Is Always Big Onscreen Drama) they concocted a bizarre storyline in which his character, Brian Quigley, had become a fugitive from a federal tax evasion charge and had fled to Brazil. If he ever returned to Ireland, he'd spend his retirement in the pokey. When the plug was finally pulled on the programme, Brian was (apparently) still alive and living in Rio, but Tony was still beyond waiting for his cue.
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* HeyItsThatGuy! : Father Clifford (Stephen Tompkinson) was previously known as sociopathic news reporter Damien Day in ''Series/DropThedeadDonkey''.
** Dervla Kirwan (Assumpta) now does voiceovers for Marks and Spencer adverts. (''This is not a quiche. This is a Marks and Spencer quiche.'')
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* HeyItsThatGuy! : Father Clifford (Peter Tomlinson) (Stephen Tompkinson) was previously known as sociopathic news reporter Damien Day in ''Series/DropThedeadDonkey''.
**Derbhla Dervla Kirwan (Assumpta) now does voiceovers for Marks and Spencer adverts. (''This is not a quiche. This is a Marks and Spencer quiche.'')
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* OneSteveLimit: An unusual example, where shady politician Sean Dooley returns in the fifth season as [[RetCon Paul Dooley]], presumably so the viewers won't confuse him with [[spoiler: Niamh's new love interest]], Sean ''Dillon''.
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'''Ballykissangel''' is a {{BBC}} show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in [[QuirkyTown a small Irish village]] named [[CutesyNameTown Ballykissangel]]. For three years, he tries to overcome the disadvantages of his nationality through community outreach, [[WorldOfSnark assimilation]], and drinking a great deal of lager.
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* ChristianityIsCatholic: Possibly the most justified case in 90s television.
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* MeetCute: Virtually the whole cast meets Father Clifford in some unlikely fashion.
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*HeyItsThatGuy! : Father Clifford (Peter Tomlinson) was previously known as sociopathic news reporter Damien Day in ''Series/DropThedeadDonkey''.
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Niamh was the landlady in season 4 and the beginning of season 5
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both leads leave after season 4. Father Clifford gets replaced by Father Aiden O'Connell, an ex-monk, and later Father Vincent Sheahan, an Australian. Assumpta gets replaced by Oonagh as the Fitzgerald's landlady. The WillTheyOrWontThey plots get farmed out to other pairings.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both leads leave after season 4. Father Clifford gets replaced by Father Aiden O'Connell, an ex-monk, and later Father Vincent Sheahan, an Australian. Assumpta gets replaced by Niamh in season 4 and then Oonagh in season 5 as the Fitzgerald's landlady. The WillTheyOrWontThey plots get farmed out to other pairings.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Father Clifford decides to renounce his faith to marry Assumpta. Assumpta randomly gets struck by lightning. Father Clifford's remaining faith is shattered, and he leaves forever, brokenhearted.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Father Clifford decides to renounce his faith to marry Assumpta. Assumpta randomly gets struck by lightning.electrocuted while mending a fuse box. Father Clifford's remaining faith is shattered, and he leaves forever, brokenhearted.]]
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* {{Crossover}}: UsefulNotes/ComicRelief did one between ''Ballykissangel'' and ''Series/{{The Vicar of Dibley}}'' called "Ballykissdibley".
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* {{Crossover}}: UsefulNotes/ComicRelief did one between ''Ballykissangel'' and ''Series/{{The Vicar of Dibley}}'' ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' called "Ballykissdibley".
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* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon: Played with in the episode where the village has gone nuts over the radio report that the jackpot-winning lottery ticket was bought in the town store. Everyone's trying like mad to figure out which of their number has suddenly become rich, with Quigley in particular trying to get them to invest with him. Father [=MacAnally=], filling in for Clifford, gets fed up and delivers a hellfire-and-brimstone sermon on the SevenDeadlySins, particularly {{lust}} and {{greed}}. [[spoiler:But the sermon is short-circuited by one of the village kids coming into the church to reveal that the winner was announced to be a tourist from Dublin.]]
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'''Ballykissangel''' is a {{BBC}} show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in [[QuirkyTown a small Irish village.village]] named [[CutesyNameTown Ballykissangel]]. For three years, he tries to overcome the disadvantages of his nationality through community outreach, [[WorldOfSnark assimilation]], and drinking a great deal of lager.
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: An aged one-hit wonder appears in three episodes, during which he sings about being an aged musician and having the sort of romantic troubles any RomanticFalseLead might expect.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: Zig-zagged with Nainsi in season three. She thinks [[spoiler: Padraig]] might be her father. [[spoiler: It's Father Mac.]]
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* NosyNeighbor: Kathleen Hendley.
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* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Brian Quigley has a new moneymaking venture every week, it seems.
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* BetaCouple: In the first three seasons, Niamh and Ambrose.
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* There is also a homage at the start of an episode of ''FatherTed'', where as Assumpta falls for the newcomer Father Ted Crilly, Father Clifford is seen in the background, bags packed, trying to attract their attention to the fact he is leaving. All he gets is a cursory "bye" from Assumpta as she falls for Ted... (And then he wakes up in bed in the priests' house on Craggy island).
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* {{Crossover}}: UsefulNotes/ComicRelief did one between ''Ballykissangel'' and ''Series/{{The Vicar of Dibley}}'' called "Ballykissdibley".
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'''Ballykissangel''' is a {{BBC}} show which aired from 1996 to 2001. Peter Clifford, an English Catholic priest, is sent from England to work in a small Irish village.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Father Clifford decides to renounce his faith to marry Assumpta. Assumpta randomly gets struck by lightning. Father Clifford's remaining faith is shattered, and he leaves forever, brokenhearted.]]
* IfIHadANickel: In "River Dance":
-->'''Assumpta''': Thanks for last night. You were good.\\
'''Enda''': If I had a pound for every time a woman said that to me...
* MyLocal: Fitzgerald's.
* {{Oireland}}
* OopNorth: Father Clifford was a Manchester native.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both leads leave after season 4. Father Clifford gets replaced by Father Aiden O'Connell, an ex-monk, and later Father Vincent Sheahan, an Australian. Assumpta gets replaced by Oonagh as the Fitzgerald's landlady. The WillTheyOrWontThey plots get farmed out to other pairings.
* WillTheyOrWontThey Between Peter and Assumpta. Other couples in later seasons.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Father Clifford decides to renounce his faith to marry Assumpta. Assumpta randomly gets struck by lightning. Father Clifford's remaining faith is shattered, and he leaves forever, brokenhearted.]]
* IfIHadANickel: In "River Dance":
-->'''Assumpta''': Thanks for last night. You were good.\\
'''Enda''': If I had a pound for every time a woman said that to me...
* MyLocal: Fitzgerald's.
* {{Oireland}}
* OopNorth: Father Clifford was a Manchester native.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both leads leave after season 4. Father Clifford gets replaced by Father Aiden O'Connell, an ex-monk, and later Father Vincent Sheahan, an Australian. Assumpta gets replaced by Oonagh as the Fitzgerald's landlady. The WillTheyOrWontThey plots get farmed out to other pairings.
* WillTheyOrWontThey Between Peter and Assumpta. Other couples in later seasons.
