Mrs. Brown's Boys
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2011 - 2025
- 51 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.
- Catch-up on Christmas 2024, New Year Special
- Streaming rank this week: 1,099
Press clippings
The joke is over - get Mrs Brown's Boys off the BBC
If lessons have been learnt from Brendan O'Carroll's racism controversy earlier this year, it's not immediately clear what they are.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 1st January 2025Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Day Special, review
After 50 episodes, the BBC One sitcom's corpsing and fourth-wall breaking is no longer a novelty.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 1st January 2025Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Unkillable comedy comes up with a metaphor so perfect it deserves a gold star.
Ed Power, The Irish Times, 25th December 2024Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Here we are again with the same old formula, the same old characters and the familiar complete and total absence of wit.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 25th December 2024Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Heart-warming is the intention, heartburn is the outcome.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 25th December 2024I watched every Mrs Brown's Boys episode, special and film... this is my definitive take
The BBC sitcom is critically loathed - but is it the worst thing to appear on our screens?
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 23rd December 2024I detest Mrs Brown's Boys - but forced myself to sit through every minute of it
Is the BBC's critically loathed sitcom really the worst show on TV? Louis Chilton spends a week with Brendan O'Carroll's 'Mammy' and her unbearable boys to find out for himself.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 22nd December 2024Comedy legend defends Mrs Brown's Boys and says it's 'insane' show gets such a grilling
Comedian Ben Elton has defended divisive BBC sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys.
He insisted harsh reviews from critics were hugely unfair.
Rod McPhee, The Sun, 20th December 2024Brendan O'Carroll: We're investing in a Mrs Brown's Boys cartoon
Sitcom creator revives the idea of an animated version.
Chortle, 7th December 2024Mrs Brown's Boys star insists racist joke at Christmas filming 'was a good thing' for BBC
Mrs Brown's Boys comic Brendan O'Carroll has doubled down on his recent race row in a new interview. "The context of it... it was completely taken out of context. However I think in the long run it was a good thing, because it got people talking about it."
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 27th November 2024