![Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/300/m/mrs_browns_boys_xmas_2011.jpg)
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.
Episode menu
Christmas 2016 - Chez Mammy
![Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Gaston (Robbie Telfer) Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Gaston (Robbie Telfer)](https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/comedies/900x450_eps/m/mrs_browns_boys_2016_2.jpg)
Further details
Agnes Brown's grandson Bono is being bullied by a boy at school. And when Agnes makes matters worse, a mediation session is called.
Meanwhile, Cathy has a new, French boyfriend. He doesn't make the best first impression, which might be an issue if he is to survive meeting Mrs Brown.
Grandad is back from hospital. As well as a new stair-lift, he also has a prescription for medical marijuana. What could possibly go wrong?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 1st January 2017
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Brendan O'Carroll | Agnes Brown |
Derek Reddin | Dr Flynn |
Jennifer Gibney | Cathy Brown |
Paddy Houlihan | Dermot Brown |
Rory Cowan | Rory Brown |
Pat Shields (as Pat 'Pepsi' Shields) | Mark 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 |
Susie Blake | Hillary Nicholson |
Gary Hollywood | Dino Doyle |
Conor Moloney | Father Damien |
Fiona Gibney | Sharon McGoogan |
Conor Gibney | Garda Kingston |
Stephen McConnell | Garda Ferguson |
Di Dougherty | Mrs Curtain |
Robbie Telfer | Gaston |
Jamie O'Carroll | Bono Brown (Voice) |
Brendan O'Carroll | Writer |
Adam Kay | Script Editor |
Ben Kellett | Director |
Fiona Gibney | Producer |
Justin Healy | Executive Producer |
Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
Brendan O'Carroll | Executive Producer |
James Farrell | Series Producer |
Tracy McParland | Producer |
Eddie Doyle | Executive Producer |
Martin Delany | Executive Producer |
Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
Mark Lawrence | Editor |
Iain McDonald | Production Designer |
Yvonne Simpson | Costume Designer |
Andy O'Callaghan | Composer |
Nicky Bligh | Casting Director |
Katherine Hyland | Costume Designer |
Lee Wilmot | Costume Designer |
Hannah Ireland | Costume Designer |
Denise Coombes | Costume Designer |
Helen Spain | Costume Designer |
Helen Cannon | Make-up Designer |
Richard Jarret | Lighting Designer |
Videos
New Year Special trailer
Mrs Brown's grandson is being bullied by a boy at school; is Mammy the right person to help?
Mrs Brown's box
Winnie can't seem to find Mrs Brown.
Mrs Brown speaks too soon
The cast get their lines wrong - and they're not afraid to show it.
Press
In a second interminable festive instalment of Mrs Brown's Boys, Agnes's grandson Bono is being bullied, so, erm, she decides to threaten to stab the bully in question at the school gates. Unsurprisingly, that inflames the situation, so a mediation session with the boy's mother is called, prior to which Agnes gets stoned on Grandad Brown's medical marijuana. As ever, the best bits are when the cast - mercifully - forget their lines.
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 1st January 2017Why you just don't get Mrs Brown's Boys
Can't fathom how Brendan O'Carroll's comedy became such a big hit at Christmas (and the rest of the year)? Sarah Doran investigates...
Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 1st January 2017I hate this. Let me be clear on that. I hate it but include it here because I know it's wildly popular. This episode is called Chez Mammy and the audience laughs at the first two or three seconds when a cast member is simply sitting at the kitchen table reading a newspaper. Maybe, then, it's the audience I hate; they're only encouraging this type of thing! Or maybe I simply don't get the joke. Mrs Brown is brought to the door by two strapping policemen who say they found her wandering the streets confused, so thought it best to bring her home.
Everyone in your household, even your snoozing dad, your deaf budgie and your leftover New Year steak pie, will see the punchline coming: she just wanted a lift home with her shopping. And Bono is being bullied at school so Mrs Brown steps in - and makes it all worse. Elsewhere, jokes abound with a stair lift and some marijuana.
Julie McDowall, The National (Scotland), 1st January 2017Mrs Brown: Jokes 20 years past their sell-by date
O'Carroll's speech about bullying had me retrospectively wishing I hadn't loathed what had gone before. Yet the irony was that for the previous 30 minutes the viewer had been menaced with endless groaners.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 1st January 2017