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Mrs Brown’s Boys to film new series in spring despite low ratings and racism row

Viewing figures for long-running series plummeted on Christmas Day

The Independent UK

The Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special is a crime against comedy

1/5 Here we are again with the same old formula, the same old characters and the familiar complete and total absence of wit

The Independent UK

What happened when I watched every single episode of Mrs Brown’s Boys

COMMENT: The BBC sitcom is critically loathed – but is it the worst thing to appear on our screens? Louis Chilton spends a week with Brendan O’Carroll’s ‘Mammy’ and her unbearable boys to find out for himself

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Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2024: release date, episodes, guest stars, interview and everything we know

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2024 sees the return of Mrs Agnes Brown and her chaotic clan in BBC1's hit sitcom.

WhatToWatch

BBC confirms Christmas line-up with Gavin And Stacey and Mrs Brown’s Boys

There will be Christmas and New Year’s specials of Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll defends implying racial slur in comedy project

Actor reflected on working with American actor Tyler Perry on project where offensive term was implied

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll’s racist joke comes to light after show halted for BBC probe

The severity of the slur has raised questions about the BBC’s initial handling of the incident

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Mrs Brown's Boys star apologises after BBC probe into 'clumsy' racial joke

BRENDAN O’Carroll, the star of the hit comedy show Mrs Brown’s Boys, has apologised over a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was…

The National (Scotland)

BBC halted work on Mrs Brown’s Boys after star made ‘racist joke’

Creator and star O’Carroll has apologised and said that the remark he made, during rehearsals, ‘backfired’

The Independent UK

Brendan O'Carroll gives update on new Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special

Evening Standard

The sitcom isn’t endangered. We can all find something to laugh at – even Mrs Brown’s Boys

An SOS by the BBC’s comedy chief overlooked a raft of eclectic shows to help cheer us up

The Guardian - UK

Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s special review: Observing that it’s unfunny is like observing that the sea is wet

☆☆☆☆☆ Brendan O’Carroll’s idiosyncratically nepotistic form of anti-comedy is back

The Independent UK

Exclusive: Brendan O'Carroll on Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Day and New Year specials

Brendan O’Carroll on Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Day 2023, New Year’s Day 2024 and the global superstars that almost guest starred...

WhatToWatch

Exclusive: U2 almost sang in Mrs Brown's Boys, reveals Brendan O'Carroll

Bono was going to sing 'Where the Streets Have No Name' in Foley's Bar, says Brendan

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Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2023: release dates, cast, plot and everything we know

Mrs Brown's Boys returns for a Christmas and New Year Special. Here's what you need to know.

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown’s Boys review: Dismal material that does not elicit a single laugh

Uninspired and unoriginal, this is the kind of stuff that would shame a best man’s speech delivered by Sir Gavin Williamson, says Sean O’Grady

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown’s Boys to include ‘goodbye’ to Dame Edna Everage and Paul O’Grady in new series

Mrs Brown’s Boys is returning to BBC One and the new series will pay tribute to Barry Humphries and Paul O’Grady – AKA Dame Edna and Lily Savage

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown’s Boys new mini-series air date confirmed by BBC

The long-running comedy show, which revolves around an Irish mother and her four children who live in Dublin suburb Finglas, is returning for four new episodes

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Daily Mirror

Mrs Brown's Boys coming to Cardiff for new live shows - how to get tickets

Good old Mammy Agnes Brown, played by Brendon O'Carroll, is making a return to the BBC for a new series of Mrs Brown's Boys

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Playhouse to host hit show Mrs Browns Boys Rides Again on tour

Agnes Brown and her dysfunctional family will be making their way to the Edinburgh Playhouse at Greenside Place in September, this year. This has excited residents of the city.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow to host Mrs Brown Rides Again tour as OVO Hydro date announced for BBC show

Show creator Brendan O'Carroll is taking 'Mrs. Brown Rides Again' on tour around the UK this Autumn for the first time in over a decade – and they'll be hitting Glasgow at the end of August.

Manchester Evening News

Mrs Brown's Boys play coming to Manchester later this year

The 'Mrs Brown Rides Again' will be back on tour this autumn

Wales Online

Mrs Brown's Boys live shows coming to Cardiff during 2023 tour

It comes after the BBC sitcom was confirmed to be returning to TV for its first new series in a decade

Glasgow Live

Mrs Brown's Boys will return to BBC with new series filming this spring

Show creator Brendan O'Carroll was thrilled to confirm the first new series of the hit comedy since 2013 and warned fans to fasten their seatbelts and hold onto their hats.

Daily Record

Mrs Brown's Boys confirmed to return for fourth mini-series this year

This marks the first mini-series run since 2013 with four new episodes set to delight fans.

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