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.
- Series 2, Episode 1 repeated Thursday 2nd May at 9pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 2,031
Press clippings Page 24
Sorry, but this vulgar drag act is no comedy classic
Could Mrs Brown's Boys on BBC1 be the worst comedy ever transmitted on British television?
Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 4th February 2013More Christmas specials ordered for Mrs. Brown's Boys
Following speculation of a possible fourth series of the hit sitcom, BBC One has commissioned two Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas specials.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2013Hugh Bonneville may star in Mrs Brown's Boys film
Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville is being lined up to star in a film based on Mrs Brown's Boys.
Laura Armstrong, The Sun, 29th January 2013How the 'worst comedy ever made' became a smash hit
The critics loathe it, calling it 'crass', and 'lazy trash'. But Brendan O'Carroll's sitcom has attracted an enormous, loyal following. Where did it come from and why is it so loved?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th January 2013The man behind Mrs Brown
One reviewer called the opening episode "jaw-droppingly past its sell-by date", while another said it was a mystery that the series was ever commissioned. But that mystery was not so hard to solve this Christmas when it was the star attraction in the ratings war.
The Daily Express, 25th January 2013Brendan O'Carroll: 'I write for audience, not critics'
Brendan O'Carroll has said that he cannot go about pleasing critics with Mrs Brown's Boys.
Catriona Wrightman and Kate Goodacre, Digital Spy, 24th January 2013Possible fourth series after Mrs. Brown's Boys award win
Hit BBC One sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys has picked up a Best Sitcom award and could return for a fourth series.
British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2013Brendan O'Carroll says Mrs Brown's Boys saved him
Brendan O'Carroll says Mrs Brown's Boys saved his life when he plunged into depression over a £2.2million debt.
Laura Armstrong, The Sun, 22nd January 2013Video: Hate Mrs Brown's Boys? You'll love this video
Can't stand the sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys? You're not alone. Take some solace in our trailer for the episode we all want to see.
The Huffington Post, 22nd January 2013More than seven million of you watched Mrs Brown's Boys - Brendan O'Carroll's fabulously foul-mouthed, warm-hearted cross-dressing Irish comedy - last week. Now that Mrs Brown is in her third series, the BBC must be wondering what the heck it was playing at when it assumed that My Family was the sitcom British TV audiences really wanted.
It isn't - this is: a middle-aged man in a permed wig and a silly frock chatting to the audience like an old-fashioned throwback to the days of The Dick Emery Show only with better jokes. Much, much better jokes.
The LOL-factor in Mrs Brown's Boys throws a great one-liner at you roughly three times a minute and, despite what the haters say, the joke isn't just the bad language - that's merely there for punctuation.
If you took away the plot, the silly costumes and all the "fecks" and just kept the gags, you'd still be left with a great stand-up set.
This week in Agnes Brown's world it's Valentine's Day and she's about to try her hand at internet dating. Her dim friend Winnie has a sex education book. Put all that together and you've got more comedy gold.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 21st January 2013