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Mrs Brown's Boys angers fans amid claims festive special ‘ruins Christmas again’

Dublin matriarch Agnes Brown returned once again, played by Brendan O’Carroll, but some tuning in claimed the episode was ‘unwatchable’.

Daily Record

Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special review: I tried to like it but it’s still worse than cranberry sauce and Whamageddon

The hackneyed sitcom tropes and weak lines just don’t work, even with a strong dose of Christmas cheer taken

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas and New Year specials: Everything you need to know

Fans favourites will be returning alongside O'Carroll, including Jennifer Gibney, Fiona Gibney, Danny O'Carroll and others.

Daily Record

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Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 2022 spoiler amid huge demand for live audience tickets

Brendan O'Carroll admitted it was a 'buzz' to think the show has become a Christmas telly staple.

Irish Mirror

Brendan O'Carroll shares delight as 'over 35,000 requests made for tickets' ahead of Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special

The Dublin star is also happy that the hit comedy show is returning with a full studio audience for the first time since before the Covid pandemic

Dublin Live

Gatehouse's Doreen Storey takes a trip down memory lane in Galloway People

Her story takes her from the home of culture to the trial of her life

Daily Record

We’ve never needed working-class stories like Shuggie Bain more

Douglas Stuart is adapting his Booker Prize-winning novel, set in a Glasgow scarred by Thatcherism, for the BBC. Thank heavens for that – the diet of wealth-obssessed TV like ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Crown’ is out of step with life in our cash-squeezed age, writes Jessie Thompson

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BBC announces Shuggie Bain series as Glasgow best selling book to hit TV screens

The Douglas Stuart novel tells the heartbreaking tale of a mother-son relationship in working-class Glasgow back in the 1980s, the the youngster struggling to make it in a tough world.

Glasgow Live

BBC announces Shuggie Bain TV series with screenplay by Douglas Stuart

Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel, is adapting his smash-hit novel set in Glasgow for BBC One and iPlayer.

Daily Record

'When I feel lost I come back home': Douglas Stuart on Scots, class and Shuggie Bain

"ONE of the things I was pretty adamant about is not lessening the Scots or the Glaswegian dialect in the literature,” bestselling Scottish…

The National (Scotland)

Mary at Hampstead Theatre review: Rona Munro’s queen’s tale utterly fails to spark

This play about Mary Stuart draws juicy contemporary parallels but this talky and monotonous production is less than the sum of its parts

Evening Standard

Jennifer Lawrence’s best performances – ranked!

As talk of another Oscar grows for her performance in this year’s Causeway, we rate the versatile actor’s finest work

The Guardian - UK

Tam Cowan: Bond baddie will be BBC boss who threatens series of Mrs Brown's Boys

"I was cheering all the way for my Radio Scotland colleague Kaye Adams on Strictly and was totally gutted when she was the first person voted off. "

Daily Record

Mum-of-12 fears she'll never be able to afford to take kids on holiday abroad

Zoe Sullivan and her family need to move to a five-bedroom home but can't save any money to do so

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Zenger

No Break For Mom Of 12 Because Of Increasing Costs And Higher Bills

The family had hoped to be able to take the kids on vacation, but savings are now being spent on groceries and bills.

Wales Online

Mum-of-12 worries family will never be able to go on holiday again due to cost of living crisis

Zoe Sullivan says her bills have doubled to £400 per month

Irish Mirror

Hollywood star George Clooney to visit Ireland again 'before the year is out'

He had planned to visit with his children in 2020 before Covid-19 disrupted travel

Daily Record

Drunk bully slapped and spat on OAP, 88, before attacking his partner

Andrew Craig targeted both his partner and her elderly mother during disgusting assault

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Inverse

'Xenoblade Chronicles 3' teases a mind-blowing mashup of familiar worlds

The world of 'Xenoblade Chronicles 3' is a fascinating combination of what's come before, hinting at a potentially massive reveal ahead.

Wales Online

'There’s no space here' Mum offered housing in Manchester due to living conditions in London accommodation

Naima Bazizi pays £800 per month to live in temporary accommodation in London

Daily Mirror

Council offers mum new home 200 miles away after she complains about 'tiny' flat

Hundreds of families in the building are forced to share just eight washing machines in the tower block - which is used as temporary housing by Newham Council

Manchester Evening News

Mum complains to council about size of her tiny London flat - so is offered home 200 miles away in Manchester

Naima Bazizi pays £800 a month for her compact two-room flat

The Guardian - UK

In capturing the changing face of Britain, playwrights can explain us to ourselves

Beth Steel’s The House of Shades unites national politics and private lives through the fortunes of a working-class family from 1965 to 2019

Evening Standard

House of Shades at the Almeida review: A confused mix of family drama and political screed

A layered, expressive lead performance from Anne-Marie Duff can’t save this baggy production

The Guardian - UK

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From commune-dwellers to lodgers in miniature, the people we live alongside make intriguing subjects for fiction

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