Brendan O'Carroll

Mrs Brown's DVD sales hit a million

Brendan O'Carroll's hit comedy series Mrs Brown's Boys has sold more than a million DVDs since it hit the shelves last October.

Mrs Brown's Brendan has 'no idea what's going on'

Brendan O'Carroll tells TV Times magazine about his joy at playing everyone's favourite potty-mouthed Irish matriarch in Mrs Brown's Boys.

Brendan O'Carroll interview

Back by popular demand, the surprise comedy hit of 2011 gets a Christmas special followed by a new series. So why has Mrs Brown's Boys been such a success? TV Choice asks creator Brendan O'Carroll for his thoughts...

Brendan O'Carroll interview

Brendan O'Carroll's Mrs Brown's Boys burst on to TV screens earlier this year, causing a bit of a stir. Outraging many critics, but pleasing many millions of viewers, it proved a ratings hit with its outrageous gags and gloriously rude language.

Brendan O'Carroll says Mrs Brown stopped him going bust

It has been the most controversial television comedy in years and even the man behind Mrs Brown's Boys can't quite believe it is favourite to win a BAFTA.

As we've mentioned before, if you're faint hearted this won't be for you.

For the antics of Agnes Brown and her brood are among the funniest on television, but the language they use is certainly not the cleanest.

As the all too short series comes to a climax tonight, this is the last chance to see Brendan O'Carroll as his wickedly witty alter ego Mrs Brown - unless you're getting tickets for his live stage show this summer.

Tonight, Agnes thinks everyone has gone mad - Father Quinn is losing his faith as fast as he loses parishioners, newlyweds Dermot and Maria won't stop fighting, and Grandad has decided he'd like to witness his own funeral.

He's keen to hear all the nice things people will say about him while he's still alive to enjoy them.

So when the Browns decide to make Grandad happy by secretly staging his funeral, you may die laughing.

Despite his critics, Brendan O'Carroll's comedy's a hit

Brendan O'Carroll is still groggy from sleep. It's mid-morning in Toronto, but teatime here in Glasgow, the city to which the comedian insists he owes his success. Over a crystal-clear line, we share a nostalgia for the crackle of transatlantic static, he explains why BBC1's new hit comedy show, Mrs Brown's Boys, was forged in Scotland's biggest city.

Brendan O'Carroll's offbeat Irish sitcom continues. In this episode, Agnes (O'Carroll) and Winnie (Eilish O'Carroll) are disappointed not to be invited to Maria Nicholson's (Fiona O'Carroll) hen party, but decide to crash it anyway. A hit in Ireland but, so far, its hard to understand why.

Mrs Brown's Boys: mainstream comedy for the middle-aged

Part of me wonders what the BBC was thinking with Mrs Brown's Boys - another part can't help laughing at Brendan O'Carroll's old-fashioned sitcom.

More potty-mouthed panto from Brendan O'Carroll and his updated Old Mother Riley act. Meddling ratbag Agnes Brown ("I was so long in labour they had to shave me twice") thinks her children are keeping too many secrets from her, such as the real reason why Mark's wife has kicked him out of the house. As usual, the earthy antics are offset by a sentimental streak as thick as your arm. We have come to fecking hug and learn, after all.