British Comedy Guide
Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix
Mrs. Brown's Boys

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.

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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 2025

Mrs 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 2025

Mrs. 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 2024

Mrs. 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 2024

Mrs. Brown's Boys review

Heart-warming is the intention, heartburn is the outcome.

Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 25th December 2024

I 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 2024

I 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 2024

Comedy 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 2024

Brendan O'Carroll: We're investing in a Mrs Brown's Boys cartoon

Sitcom creator revives the idea of an animated version.

Chortle, 7th December 2024

Mrs 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

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