Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll stars as Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys. Ireland's funniest and proudest mother, Agnes Brown, is a foul-mouthed Dublin matriarch who interferes in the lives of her children and friends.

The theatre show Mrs. Brown's Boys has been a sell-out success for a number of years in Ireland and the north of Britain, and this series, specially written by Brendan for the BBC, is jam-packed with all the laughs, surprises and drama of Mrs Brown on stage. Prepare for a riot of bad behaviour as Agnes offers help and advice to her family and friends.

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Our Review: Mrs. Brown's Boys has proved heavily divisive. Whilst audience appreciation ratings and viewing figures shoot through the roof, it's rare to find a critic who isn't eager to rip the series to pieces.

Here at the British Comedy Guide, we're divided on the series. Whilst it's provided some great laughs all-round, other aspects of the show don't feel like they work quite as well: some of the apparent 'mistakes' seem all-too-scripted, for example. We're also unsold on the breaking of the fourth-wall. Whilst some shows do it really well, we're not convinced that it feels right in Mrs. Brown's Boys; a show that is otherwise a really quite traditional family-based studio sitcom.