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.
- Due to return for Series 5
- Series 3, Episode 1 repeated Thursday at 9pm on BBC Scotland
Streaming rank this week: 2,530
Press clippings Page 10
Mrs. Brown's Boys is the BBC's crown jewel
Reports of on-set drama offer a reminder that Brendon O'Carroll's comedy isn't just the BBC's guilty secret - it's a secret weapon.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 6th October 2020Mrs Brown's Boys 'in crisis' as two stars quit over pay
Damien McKiernan and Gary Hollywood have reportedly stepped down from their roles as Dino and Rory on the popular BBC show. The pair complained about their pay after it emerged that they were getting less money than some of the show's other stars.
Ed Gleave & Daniel Morrow, Daily Record, 5th October 2020Viewers complain about Mrs. Brown replacing MOTD
With Gary Lineker and his team of BBC pundits out of a job for a few weeks, it was announced that Brendan O'Carroll's comedy show would be the thing to be shown in Match of the Day's 10.25pm time slot. One tweeter wrote: "Mrs Brown's Boys is worse than Covid-19. Have a heart."
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 14th March 2020Introducing someone to Mrs Brown's Boys
Find us a more faithful representation of Irish life.
Wayne Farry, JOE, 4th March 2020Roy Chubby Brown 'deserves credit' for Mrs Brown's Boys
The Teesside comic's manager, Tony Jo, took to Facebook to make the claim about the BBC smash-hit. Mr Jo says the show is inspired by Chubby's act - and claimed the Grangetown-born entertainer's fans could "finish every gag".
Mike Brown, Teesside Gazette, 15th February 2020Why we're coming round to Mrs Brown
Critics love to sniff and sneer at the mightily popular recorded "as live" sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys, but it is clever, it's funny - hilariously so.
Fiona Phillips, The Mirror, 7th February 2020Roll over Fleabag, Mrs Brown got the priest first
Stewart Lee asks why do we view the experimentation of Mrs Brown's Boys as naive and the same techniques used by Phoebe Waller-Bridge in The Flea Bag (as he calls it) as genius?
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 2nd February 2020How Mrs Brown defied the sneers to win the last laugh
The hugely popular BBC show got the top TV comedy award - and a barrage of abuse on Twitter and beyond. Our writer explains why its creator needn't give a feck.
Rory Carroll, The Guardian, 1st February 2020Mrs Brown's Boys deserved last laugh over comedy snobs
Mrs Brown's Boys has never been admired by the intelligentsia nor the critics, but it is hugely popular. Millions of viewers, including my own dear mother, love it, finding it hilarious.
Jan Moir, Daily Mail, 31st January 2020Face it, Mrs Brown's Boys is funnier than smug Gervais
Our columnist has a sneaky confession to make after the public outcry over Mrs Brown's Boys' fifth National Television Award win over Fleabag and Ricky Gervais's Netflix comedy After Life.
Anila Baig, The Mirror, 30th January 2020