Mrs Brown’s Boys is a clear favourite on the BBC as it keeps coming back for more series, but creator Brendan O’Carroll has frustrated bosses on how it takes to write episodes Brendan O’Carroll has panicked BBC bosses by taking ages to pen scripts for Mrs Brown’s Boys. The show’s creator always finishes them at […]

The creator and star of the hit comedy admitted that one important aspect of the show weighed heavily on his mind Brendan O’Carroll has insisted Mrs Brown’s Boys will remain on television for as long as the BBC wants it, as he reflected on the show’s enduring success. Speaking to The Standard on the red […]

Graham Norton, Mrs Brown’s Boys and Boyzone: No Matter What documentary are flying the Irish flag at this year’s UK National Television Awards. Other Irish shows to receive NTA nominations will also include TV show Rivals and MobLand which stars Pierce Brosnan. Rivals has been nominated for new drama alongside BBC murder mystery Ludwig, as […]

MRS Brown’s Boys viewers are convinced Agnes will die – as she slipped into a coma. Show creator Brendan O’Carroll portrays the loud-mouth matriarch Agnes. However, the sitcom has been a magnet for criticism since its debut in 2011. In the latest episode, viewers watched on as Agnes fell into a coma and was taken […]

Few shows on TV are more hated than Mrs Brown’s Boys. The nation’s most controversial ‘Mammy’, Agnes Brown, has been gracing our screens for 14 years now, but not much has changed. Not the cast, not the ridiculous plot lines, and not the thousands of people charging to social media to demand the show’s immediate […]

Frank Grimes, a theatre legend who also starred in popular shows including Coronation Street and Mrs Brown’s Boys, has died at the age of 78. It is understood that the actor, best known for his role as Barry Connor in Coronation Street, died on August 1 surrounded by his family following a short illness. His […]

After 14 years of this iffy humour, it looks like the gloss has gone off Brendan O’Carroll’s famous Finglas mammy Brendan O’Carroll recently confessed he “didn’t know the secret” of the popularity of his chortling blockbuster, Mrs Brown’s Boys (RTÉ One, Friday). He isn’t the only one – since first airing on RTÉ and the […]

Mrs Brown’s Boys has been a staple on our TV screens for years, but many fans may not realise that a lot of the cast are actually related – here’s a look at the family tree Devoted followers of Mrs Brown’s Boys might be surprised to learn that many of the characters are actually related […]

Brendan O’Carroll has been the star of Mrs Brown’s Boys for over a decade, but he’s never been afraid to hit back at the show’s critics – of which there are many Hit comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys, which first aired on the BBC 14 years ago, has consistently split opinion. Brendan O’Carroll’s creation, with its […]

BRENDAN O’CARROLL has revealed what’s in store as his beloved Mrs Brown’s Boys returns with a new series this month. The Dubliner, who created, writes and stars in the popular sitcom, will return to our screens as family matriarch Agnes Brown next month, when the fifth series airs on BBC One. This week the Finglas […]