Mrs. Brown's Boys
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2011 - 2024
- 49 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 in December 2024
- Christmas Special repeated Saturday 30th November at 10pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 2,434
Press clippings Page 9
Introducing 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 2020Mrs Brown's Boys culture wars are part of a wokelash
Mrs Brown's Boys culture wars are part of a wokelash against liberal snobs.
Catriona Stewart, The Herald, 30th January 2020Mrs. Brown's Boys and Gavin & Stacey win NTAs
Mrs. Brown's Boys won the Comedy prize at this year's National Television Awards, with Gavin & Stacey picking up a special Impact Award.
British Comedy Guide, 29th January 2020Of course Mrs Brown's Boys beat Fleabag at the NTAs
Whatever the reason Mrs Brown's Boys beat out some of the most acclaimed TV comedies of the decade (and, in Fleabag's case, all time), the fact remains that it did. Rather than whinge about it, this should be a chance for those with the ability to determine what is "good" and what is "bad" to remember that our word is not gospel.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 29th January 2020