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{{Infobox television episode

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| series_no = 3

| episode = 2

| airdate = 20 March{{Start date|1998|03|20|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Father Ted: Series 3 -– 2. Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/fqbf/father-ted--series-3---2-chirpy-burpy-cheap-sheep|accessdate=5 October 2015|work=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref>

| production =

| writer = [[Graham Linehan]], [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]]

| director = [[Graham Linehan]]

| guests =

| guests = [[Peadar Lamb]] as Fargo Boyle<br> Peter Dineen as Giant Reid<br> Pat McGrath as Hud Hastings <br>[[Patrick Drury]] as John<br>[[Rynagh O'Grady]] as Mary<br>Eamon Rohan as Judge

* [[Peadar Lamb]] as Fargo Boyle

* Peter Dineen as Giant Reid

* Pat McGrath as Hud Hastings

* [[Patrick Drury]] as John

* [[Rynagh O'Grady]] as Mary

* Eamon Rohan as Judge

| episode_list = List of Father Ted episodes

| prev = [[Are You Right There, Father Ted?]]

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==Synopsis==

[[Father Ted Crilly|Ted]] betswagers the entire year's heating allowance for the parochial house on the King of the Sheep competition, placing his bet on Chris, a sheep whothat has won the competition several times and is considered a surecertainty thingto triumph again. Unfortunately, Chris has heard rumours about a sheep-eating beast and isn'tis not feeling at all himself. With a very cold winter forecast for the year, Ted becomes very worried about the possibility of losing the bet. He goes to John and Mary, askingwho accepted the bet, to ask for his betstake money back, but they refuse.

Chris's owner, Fargo Boyle, comes to the parochial house and begs Ted to help return Chris to his old self. After a week, Ted has successfully returned Chris's spirit. However, after he and Dougal hear sounds in the night and, upon investigation, discover them coming from a stereo in a tree (courtesy of an album of BBC Sound Effects), Ted finds out that Boyle arranged for Chris to be frightened by the beast (thanks to an album of [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] Sound Effects) in order to increase the meagre odds being offered for his victory.

On the day of the competition, just as Chris is about to be declared the winner, Ted makes a dramatic sceneentry and exposes the whole plot, telling the judge his observations, including expensive items being worn by the other contestants (after Fargo paid them to spread rumours about the beast) and Fargo leaving a shop with a BBC Sound Effects record that Dougal had wanted to buy. - theThe judge is appalled to hear about this plot, and Chris is instantly disqualified. Fargo begs Chris's forgiveness, but the sheep is apparently unforgiving.

Although Ted makes a dramatic exit, he is left kicking himself when Dougal points out that because Chris was disqualified, he has lost the bet, and thus all of the heating allowance money. - subsequently, theThe residents of the parochial house subsequently prepare themselves to [[hibernate]] for the forthcoming extremely cold winter that is soon due.

===The Beast of Craggy Island===

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* It has big white teeth, as sharp as knives (Hud)

The "terrible howling noise" wasplayed due tofrom a stereo placed in a tree by Giant and Hud was designed to trick the locals into believing in the existence of the "Beast"beast. The "Beast"beast's other features were just rumours spread by Giant and Hud.

==Trivia==

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* This episode shows that Dougal is forced by Ted to keep a list of things (named, appropriately enough, 'They Don't Exist') that don't exist, which lists the following:

** [[Loch Ness Monster]]

** [[Frankenstein]]

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** Non-Catholic Gods

** [[Darth Vader]]

** [[The Phantom of the Opera (novel)|The Phantom of the Opera]]

** The Beast of Craggy Island

* This episode is notable as being the only episode in the entire series to contain the word 'fucking' spoken uncensored (it is heard twice, when "fuckin' hell" is exclaimed off-camera by Graham Linehan while others express shock at Ted's revelations about the Beast). In other episodes, minced oaths such as "feck" are used instead.

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==External links==

{{Wikiquote|Father Ted#Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep|Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep}}

* {{IMDb titleepisode|0578503}}

==References==