The uproarious true story behind the Father Ted festival.
Co-founder Peter Philips tells the chaotic, laugh-out-loud story of how TedFest grew into a beloved celebration of Father Ted, fuelled by terrible ideas, near-disasters and sheer stubborn joy. Expect wild mishaps, big characters and behind-the-scenes festival mayhem.
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The uproarious true story behind the Father Ted festival.
Co-founder Peter Philips tells the chaotic, laugh-out-loud story of how TedFest grew into a beloved celebration of Father Ted, fuelled by terrible ideas, near-disasters and sheer stubborn joy. Expect wild mishaps, big characters and behind-the-scenes festival mayhem.
- Book Synopsis
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What begins with a hangover, a warm beer problem, and the small matter of a civil war somehow ends with feral dogs, Elvis impersonators, Father Ted obsessives, and the accidental invention of a festival that really shouldn’t work – but spectacularly does.
TedFest: Nothing but the Truth is the wildly entertaining true story behind TedFest, the much-loved festival celebrating Channel 4’s iconic sitcom Father Ted.
Written by Peter Philips, one of the festival’s co-founders, the book charts how a Welsh writer, an Irish filmmaker, and a succession of terrible ideas collided across Sri Lanka, Wales, Fargo, and the west coast of Ireland to create a cultural phenomenon.
Along the way, readers encounter real and faked tsunamis, exploding generators, aggrieved Amtrak guards, political spats, pub arguments, and a truly ridiculous plan to push a decrepit milk float around Ireland for forty days and forty nights. Against all logic, it works.
Part memoir, part travelogue, and part love letter to Father Ted, festivals, pubs, and joyful resistance, this is a book for comedy fans, festival-goers, and anyone who believes that sometimes the silliest ideas are the most important ones.
Ideal for readers who…
- love Father Ted and want the behind-the-scenes origin story of TedFest
- enjoy hilarious true-life chaos: terrible ideas, travel misadventures, and plans that somehow succeed
- like memoirs that read like a comedy caper, packed with odd characters and escalating absurdity
- are festival-goers, pub people, and fans of Irish humour and “sure it’ll be grand” ingenuity
- believe the silliest ideas can become the most meaningful cultural traditions
- About The Author
- Peter Philips, originally from Wales, organised the first ever Elvis Festival in Porthcawl Wales. He is also the organiser of the famous Ted Fest in the Aran Islands every year.
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- ISBN
- 9781919633138
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Softwood Books, (26 February 2026)
- Weight
- 416 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 217 x 145 x 28 mm
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