Mrs Brown's Boys live - review

Good Mourning Mrs Brown, the cross-dressing hit's live show, is so full of horseplay, guffaws and in-jokes, I started to feel like a gooseberry.

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Fry, who hosted over 3,000 hours of the much loved programme, also revealed that he was asked to host University Challenge before he accepted the QI job.

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Jason Manford compered a strong line-up of comedy and music at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Parkinson's.

A gobby, matriarchal Saturday counterpoint to Graham Norton's Friday night eyebrow-raising and innuendo-peddling, Brendan O'Carroll's Irish mammy slots in surprisingly well as a chatshow host. Latest to brave the presence of Agnes are Sue Perkins and Diversity's Ashley Banjo, who sensibly brings mum Danielle as a shield. Emilia Fox joins Dermot and Buster on their Celebrity Tour, and Aston Merrygold promotes his new single.

If you think there's only room for one Mrs Merton-style chatshow in your world, look away now. The nation's favourite Irish mammy continues her "hilarious" assault on celebrities, and what better way to do that than test Ross Kemp's survival skills in her lounge? Comedian Kevin Bridges brings his mum along for the ride and Steve Backshall is also in the house. With music from Pixie Lott, it's a Saturday night staple whether you like it or not.

Forgive me for mentioning this awful programme again. After last week, I swore I'd had enough and would never deign to include it again.

But one of the guests tonight is Kevin Bridges and he's bringing his mum, Patricia, along. My advice is to watch this on catch-up so you can scoot through all the noisy nonsense and just watch the Kevin Bridges segment.

When Mrs Brown prompts Kevin to tell us about his plans, he says he's due to go on tour in Australia and the pair reminisce, saying this is where Kevin first met Agnes Brown. She was "standing at the urinal beside me," he quips.

When the proud Mrs Bridges comes on stage she tells Mrs Brown about her son's generosity. Not only did he pay off her mortgage, he also bought her a Scottie dog ornament from a jumble sale.

They're joined on the sofa by Ross Kemp, although it's hard for Mrs Brown to interview him as she's still furious that he cheated on Tiffany.

I'll grudgingly admit I liked this section of the show.

Brendan O'Carroll continues his alter ego's move into Saturday-night variety, having squashed The Voice in the ratings last week. Such a loose comedy hasn't had to adapt much: the audience now step through that broken fourth wall to win white goods, while the Mrs Merton/Kumars bits demonstrate that those innuendos don't need to be scripted. Tonight's stooges are Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby and Kaiser Chiefs.