This interview with the man-who-would-soon-be-Father-Ted, Dermot Morgan, took place in 1994 only weeks before he went to the UK to start the latter TV series. 75% of this, at times explosively controversial material, has never been in the public domain, the reasons for which will be apparent as you listen. In the podcast, perhaps for the first time Dermot, understandably enraged at points, tells his version of how and why his successful radio shows, such as Scrap Saturday, were "sidelined" by RTE, perhaps as a result of political pressure, and why he was forced to go to the UK to make Father Ted. It is a no-holds-barred interview, exactly as it happened, with colorful language and merely minor fades at four points, which I made purely for legal reasons, and some of which Dermot suggested in 1994. The full typescript of the print interview is available at joejacksoninterviewer.com

 

I hope to do part two -if some of the people Dermot and I talk about, don't send out a hit squad to silence me! Enjoy the show