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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.

  • Due to return for Series 5
  • Series 2, Episode 3 repeated Thursday at 9pm on BBC Scotland
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 2,358

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BBC show uses F-word 34 times in 30 minutes

A new BBC1 sitcom will broadcast the "f-word" every 60 seconds. Mrs Brown's Boys, by Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll, will go out after the watershed later this month but on the broadcaster's most popular channel.

David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 13th February 2011

Meet Mrs Brown

You may have seen trailers for Mrs Brown's Boys in between our comedy shows on TV. Wondering who the hell she is? Be baffled no more.

Steve Saul, BBC Comedy, 28th January 2011

Brendan O'Carroll interview

Brendan O'Carroll and his merry band of players have just finished recording Mrs Brown's Boys, a six part BBC sitcom, due to screen from the first week of the New Year.

Liam Rudden, The Scotsman, 26th November 2010

Thin script, blue gags and pure ego

Brendan O'Carroll's pilot slipped beneath our radar when it was shown earlier this year. It certainly is exceptional - as in exceptionally awful.

The Herald, 24th September 2010

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