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The best comedy on TV this Christmas

Here are the best comedy shows to keep you chuckling despite being with your family

Evening Standard

Brendan O’Carroll gives update on future of Mrs Brown's Boys as show loses to Gavin and Stacey at the NTAs

EXCLUSIVE The creator and star of the hit comedy admitted that one important aspect of the show weighed heavily on his mind

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown’s Boys is more awful than ever – it needs to be killed off by the BBC

COMMENT: As the BBC sitcom arrives for another series, Phil Harrison tries really hard to like it. He does manage to find a certain ‘zen beauty’ to the show’s jokes, but ultimately, he is calling for a mercy killing

The Independent UK

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Mrs Brown's Boys 2025: release date, trailer and episode guide with Brendan O’Carroll

Mrs Brown's Boys 2025 sees the return of Agnes and all her clan.

WhatToWatch

Brendan O’Carroll says Mrs Brown’s Boys storylines are ‘based on true events’

O’Carroll, 69, is best known for playing the menacing matriarch, Agnes Brown, in the hit BBC comedy series.

Evening Standard

‘Literally no one asked for this’: Critics respond as Mrs Brown’s Boys season 5 release date confirmed by BBC

All four episodes drop on 1 August

The Independent UK

The joke is over – get Mrs Brown’s Boys off the BBC

1/5 If lessons have been learnt from Brendan O’Carroll’s racism controversy earlier this year, it’s not immediately clear what they are

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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

The Independent UK

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

Sir Trevor McDonald calls Mrs Brown’s Boys racism controversy ‘crude, offensive, and insulting’

Production on the programme was halted after the comment was made with a Black crew member resigning

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The Independent UK

Black Mrs Brown’s Boys crew member quits show after star made ‘racist joke’

A ‘racial term’ was reportedly implied during filming of the sitcom’s Christmas specials

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown’s Boys star’s ‘racist’ Tyler Perry joke resurfaces after BBC halts show

Show’s creator apologised for remark that ‘backfired’ during rehearsals for forthcoming Christmas show

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

The National (Scotland)

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…

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The Independent UK

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’

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

BBC boss left squirming after awkward Mrs Brown’s Boys question

Director of comedy was unable to say whether he found the show funny

Evening Standard

Mrs Brown's Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll vows to make more specials despite backlash

Recent festive specials were called 'unfunny' and accused of using 'ancient' jokes

The Independent UK

Brendan O’Carroll shares vow with fans after Mrs Brown’s Boys backlash

The BBC show’s New Year’s Day episode has faced heavy criticism from both viewers and TV critics

The Independent 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

WhatToWatch

How to watch Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Special 2024 from anywhere

Here's how you can watch the Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Special 2024 online, ready for when it airs on New Year's Day.

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