Brendan O'Carroll

Brendan O'Carroll refused to cut swearing from show

The comedian, who plays Agnes Brown, revealed former Director of BBC Television Danny Cohen begged him to stop saying the f-word and offered him the chance of becoming a prime time star if he complied.

Brendan O'Carroll reveals plans for movie spin-off

Mrs Brown's Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll has revealed he and son Danny are writing a movie based on the characters Buster and Dermot in the show.

How Mrs Brown's Boys took over the comedy world

Ben Dowell follows the story of Brendan O'Carroll's comedy hit, from the radio waves of Dublin to the centrepiece of the BBC1 Christmas schedule, as he talks to those who helped make it happen.

Brendan O'Carroll reveals Irish peacekeepers pilot

Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll reveals plans to film a comedy pilot about Irish army peacekeepers in Lebanon in 1980s.

Brendan O'Carroll interview

Brendan O'Carroll reveals what Mrs Brown and her boys are getting up to in the Christmas and New Year Specials on BBC1.

Brendan "Mrs Brown" O'Carroll drags this pound-shop QI through to the last episode, with his teams captained by Danny and Fiona O'Carroll and Bill Oddie as this week's expert. The audience titter whenever the word "fact" is used where an expletive could stand. Surely that Question Time job beckons for O'Carroll.

Mrs Brown's Boys could be 'axed' next year

Brendan O'Carroll wants to turn his attention to All Round To Mrs Brown's - and Agnes might be 'killed off'.

For Facts Sake: review

My biggest issue - is it's just not funny.

Brendan O'Carroll's remorseless rampage through various light-entertainment formats continues. Having laid waste the sitcom and the chatshow, the Mrs Brown's Boys creator tackles the panel quiz. It's as proudly inane as you would expect, although the element of audience participation does give it a pleasingly chaotic edge.