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13 UK TV comedies that became movies, best to worst

Here's a rundown of the best and worst since the year 2000...

Sophie Davies, Cult Box, 19th September 2016

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie sequel postponed due to Brexit

The sequel to the 2014 Mrs Brown's Boys film has been thrown into disarray by Britain's decision to leave the EU.

The Sun, 1st August 2016

O'Carroll planning Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie sequel

Brendan O'Carroll is planning a sequel to Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie. Mrs Brown D'Sequel is reported to be starting shooting in Dublin next September and October.

Colin Brennan, The Mirror, 19th December 2015

Brendan O'Carroll and Ben Kellett on film's success

Exclusive clip also shows how Mrs Brown's Boys big screen journey was 'a love letter to Dublin'.

Danny Walker, The Mirror, 31st October 2014

Why do so many people love this crude comedy?

Halfway through Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, after a joke about someone being 'as useless as a knitted condom', but before they got stuck into ridiculing blind people and Parkinson's disease, it was painfully clear why this new film has been described as relentlessly vulgar, utterly devoid of any cinematic qualities, an abattoir that slaughters wit, a tragedy of a comedy. And those are the good reviews.

Jan Moir, Daily Mail, 28th July 2014

Mrs Brown's Boys D'sequel? Yes please says BBC

Head of BBC Films Christine Langan tells RadioTimes.com that she would be keen to make a second film based on Brendan O'Carroll's Irish matriarch.

Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 10th July 2014

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie maintains box office lead

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie has maintained its lead at the UK and Ireland box office for a second week in a row.

BBC News, 8th July 2014

The film is out and it's dreadful

I'm afraid I can't say I laughed, or even smiled, once in the whole godforsaken 93 minutes.

Archice Bland, The Independent, 5th July 2014

Mrs Brown: Top of the box office, bottom of the pile

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie is No. 1 at the UK box office. A victory for British comedy, or a sign that the end of the world is nigh?

Stuart McGurk, GQ, 2nd July 2014

Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie tops box office

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie is officially a box office hit.

Metro, 30th June 2014

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