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Series 1, Episode 4 - Mammy Rides Again

Agnes and Winnie gatecrash Maria's hen party, but realise that they have the wrong venue. Later, having invited Maria's snooty mother Mrs Nicholson to dinner, a nervous Agnes shores up her confidence with alcohol, but chaos ensues as the evening proceeds.

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Mrs. Brown's Boys. Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix

It's the week of Dermot's fiancée, Maria Nicholson's, hen party, as the comedy written by and starring Brendan O'Carroll continues. Agnes Brown and her friend Winnie are excited about going ... until daughter Cathy tells them they are not invited because they are too old. Undeterred, Mrs Brown decides she'll crash the event and show the girls that she and Winnie are not too old to party. All she has to do is find out where the party is being held. Agnes thinks her luck is in when son Dermot tells her that the girls are meeting at local pub Foleys. But when Agnes bursts into the pub in full hen party attire it becomes clear that Dermot may have misinformed her.

That night, Agnes mistakenly invites Maria's snooty mother, Mrs Nicholson, to dinner. Finding out that Mrs Nicholson is so sophisticated that she has two toilets in her house, Agnes has one fitted in an understairs cupboard in order to impress her guest. Despite this, and despite drafting in Rory's cordon-bleu friend Dino to cook dinner, on the night Mrs Brown is incredibly nervous and turns to drink. With Mrs Brown increasingly desperate to delight Mrs Nicholson, the evening descends into chaos as the drink takes hold, the aftermath of Agnes's hen party mistake plays out, and Grandad decides to go to the toilet in the wrong cupboard.

Notes

This episode was scheduled to begin at 22:35 but was delayed due to earlier over-running programmes.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 14th March 2011
Time
10:44pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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Date Time Channel
Monday 14th March 2011 11:05pm BBC1 Wales
Friday 23rd September 2011 11:05pm BBC1
Saturday 24th September 2011 12:15am BBC1 Scot
Saturday 7th July 2012 10:20pm BBC1
Wednesday 22nd May 2013 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd May 2013 11:40pm Gold
Friday 24th May 2013 10:20pm Gold
Saturday 25th May 2013 9:20pm Gold
Tuesday 25th June 2013 9:40pm Gold
Wednesday 26th June 2013 12:20am Gold
Sunday 21st July 2013 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 27th July 2013 10:00pm BBC1
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Thursday 3rd October 2013 9:00pm Gold
Friday 4th October 2013 1:10am Gold
Tuesday 12th November 2013 10:20pm Gold
Wednesday 13th November 2013 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 24th May 2014 10:30pm BBC1
Tuesday 21st April 2015 10:00pm Gold
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 9:20pm Gold
Friday 1st May 2015 9:30pm BBC1
Friday 4th September 2015 10:00pm Gold
Saturday 5th September 2015 9:00pm Gold
Tuesday 20th October 2015 10:40pm Gold
Wednesday 21st October 2015 9:20pm Gold
Tuesday 5th April 2016 9:55pm Gold
Wednesday 6th April 2016 9:10pm Gold
Tuesday 25th October 2016 10:05pm Gold
Wednesday 26th October 2016 9:20pm Gold
Thursday 23rd March 2017 9:40pm Gold
Friday 24th March 2017 9:00pm Gold
Friday 21st July 2017 10:35pm Gold
Saturday 22nd July 2017 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 19th August 2017 9:35pm BBC1
Saturday 16th September 2017 9:35pm BBC1
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 10:40pm Gold
Thursday 23rd November 2017 9:20pm Gold
Saturday 14th April 2018 9:30pm BBC1
Monday 23rd April 2018 10:40pm Gold
Tuesday 24th April 2018 9:20pm Gold
Saturday 4th August 2018 11:00pm Gold
Sunday 5th August 2018 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 17th November 2018 11:00pm Gold
Sunday 18th November 2018 9:20pm Gold
Sunday 3rd February 2019 12:00am Gold
Sunday 3rd February 2019 9:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd February 2019 9:30pm BBC1
Monday 8th July 2019 9:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th July 2019 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 24th August 2019 9:10pm Gold
Saturday 12th October 2019 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 12th October 2019 10:35pm BBC1
Sunday 13th October 2019 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 4th March 2020 10:40pm Gold
Thursday 5th March 2020 12:30am Gold
Thursday 5th March 2020 9:20pm Gold
Friday 4th September 2020 9:30pm BBC1
Sunday 6th September 2020 12:25am BBC1 Wales
Saturday 23rd January 2021 10:00pm Gold
Sunday 24th January 2021 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 24th March 2021 11:40pm Gold
Thursday 25th March 2021 9:00pm Gold
Saturday 7th August 2021 11:40pm Gold
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Thursday 28th October 2021 10:40pm Gold
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Friday 5th November 2021 9:30pm BBC1
Sunday 7th November 2021 10:20pm Gold
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Friday 19th November 2021 10:35pm BBC1 Wales
Wednesday 5th January 2022 11:20pm Gold
Thursday 6th January 2022 9:20pm Gold
Tuesday 24th May 2022 9:00pm Gold
Wednesday 25th May 2022 1:10am Gold
Thursday 21st July 2022 10:00pm Gold
Friday 22nd July 2022 1:30am Gold
Monday 12th June 2023 12:20am Gold
Monday 12th June 2023 11:35pm Gold
Friday 4th August 2023 10:00pm Gold
Saturday 5th August 2023 1:20am Gold
Saturday 5th August 2023 9:00pm Gold
Friday 27th October 2023 9:30pm BBC1
Wednesday 14th February 2024 10:00pm Gold
Thursday 15th February 2024 2:10am Gold
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Cast & crew

Cast
Brendan O'Carroll Agnes Brown
Jennifer Gibney Cathy Brown
Paddy Houlihan Dermot Brown
Rory Cowan Rory Brown
Eilish O'Carroll Winnie McGoogan
Danny O'Carroll Buster Brady
Fiona O'Carroll Maria Nicholson / Brown
Amanda Woods Betty Brown
Dermot O'Neill Grandad Brown
Sorcha Cusack Hillary Nicholson
Gary Hollywood Dino Doyle
Emily Reagan (as Emily Regan) Barbara
Guest cast
Joe Conlan Plumber
Gary Lilburn Father Quinn
Helen Spain Widow Murphy
Writing team
Brendan O'Carroll Writer
Paul Mayhew-Archer Script Editor
Production team
Ben Kellett Director
Stephen McCrum Producer
Martin Delany Producer
Justin Healy Executive Producer
Mark Freeland Executive Producer
Mark Lawrence Editor
Iain McDonald Production Designer
Andy O'Callaghan Composer

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