"\"Speed 3\" is the third episode of the third series of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and the 20th episode overall. The episode parodies the action-thriller film Speed and the sequel Speed 2: Cruise Control. Speed 3 was written after the show's writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews asked themselves: \"How can we make a worse sequel than Speed 2?\" This episode was voted the fans' favourite episode on Channel 4's \"Father Ted Night.\""@en . . . . . "Speed 3"@en . . "3"^^ . . . . . .