Mrs. Brown's Boys
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2011 - 2024
- 49 episodes (4 series)
Sitcom adaptation of the popular live stage show starring Brendan O'Carroll as aged housewife Agnes Brown. Also features Derek Reddin, Jennifer Gibney, Paddy Houlihan, Rory Cowan, Pat Shields and more.
- Due to return in December 2024
- Christmas Special repeated Saturday at 10pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 2,485
Press clippings
Brendan O'Carroll mounts extraordinary defence of N-word jokes
MailOnline can reveal that in an interview just two weeks ago O'Carroll argued in defence of such controversial comedy and claimed it could work when used when he was in character as his alter-ego Agnes Brown.
Nick Pisa, Daily Mail, 23rd October 2024Why the terminally un-PC Mrs Brown's Boys can't be killed
Critics hate it, BBC bosses can't stand it - and now it faces a race row. What explains the survival of this comedy cockroach?
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 18th October 2024Sir Trevor McDonald calls Mrs Brown's Boys racism controversy "crude, offensive, and insulting"
Sir Trevor McDonald has hit out at the cast of Mrs Brown Boys for a "crude, offensive, and insulting" joke reportedly made during filming.
Maira Butt, The Independent, 17th October 2024The 'racism' row should be the end of Mrs Brown's Boys - but it won't be
Creator Brendan O'Carroll has apologised for making a "clumsy" joke on the set of the upcoming Christmas special. But don't expect it do any damage to the worst comedy on TV.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 15th October 2024Brendan O'Carroll cracked a "joke" using the N-word
Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll cracked a "joke" using the N-word in front of a junior member of production who was so upset they later quit. Brendan, who plays Irish matriarch Agnes, improvised on a read-through of the Christmas special script, referring to "calling a spade a spade". He was stopped from saying the final syllable of the offensive word by his wife.
The Sun, 15th October 2024Brendan O'Carroll in BBC racism probe - 'clumsy joke backfired'
Brendan O'Carroll has issued an apology for a 'clumsy' joke which sparked a racism investigation. Rehearsals were temporarily suspended with the BBC saying they are against 'all forms of racism'.
Tom Bryant, The Mirror, 14th October 2024Kiell Smith-Bynoe reacts to Mrs Brown's Boys NTA win
Kiell Smith-Bynoe, who plays Mike in Ghosts, apparently couldn't hide his contempt for the result, with cameras panning to him looking unimpressed in the audience.
Chortle, 12th September 2024National Television Awards 2024 shortlist revealed
Brassic, The Gentlemen, Ghosts, Mrs. Brown's Boys and Not Going Out are shortlisted in the Comedy category in the 2024 National Television Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 20th August 2024The sitcom isn't endangered. We can all find something to laugh at - even Mrs Brown's Boys
An SOS by the BBC's comedy chief overlooked a raft of eclectic shows to help cheer us up.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 22nd June 2024Why is the BBC so feckin' snobby on Mrs Brown's Boys? It's their biggest comedy ratings winner
The BBC's director of comedy Jon Petrie earns more than £210,000 and his job is to find programmes the corporation's viewers will actually find funny.
Jane Atkinson, The Sun, 22nd June 2024