Father Ted stars Pauline McLynn and Ardal O'Hanlon have reunited for Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, a new comedy series set to air in December.
The show will debut on Sky Comedy and NOW on 7 December and sees McLynn, who played Mrs Doyle on Father Ted, and Ardal O'Hanlon, who played Father Dougal, as the parents of Rosie (Sheridan Smith), a woman who decides to tackle her many addictions.
The synopsis for the series reads: "Rosie Molloy is addicted to everything. Smoking, alcohol, Terry’s Chocolate Oranges, Xanax, Adderall, caffeine… the list goes on.
"After an embarrassing incident at her brother Joey’s wedding, she wakes up in hospital and decides to change her life by `giving up everything’.
"But as Rosie juggles her father’s ill health, Connor (Ardal O’Hanlon) and the possibility of losing her job, she has the dawning realisation that her addictions are destroying everything - her friendships, her family and her work life.
"Harder still is the realisation that perhaps it isn’t the addictions that are the problem. If Rosie really does give up everything, will she still be Rosie?"
McLynn admitted earlier this year that it was "just a little weird" playing O'Hanlon's other half on the show.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: "It was a weird one for me and Ardal because we’re married in this, and that’s going to scramble a lot of people’s brains.
"I'm not saying an intimacy coordinator was needed. But yes, it was kind of strange because Mrs Doyle was the age I am at now when I started playing her. It’s odd that Ardal has reached that point as well. So, the fact that boy is a man now and my husband is just a little weird."
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