You may remember the story a few months ago that Brendan O’Carroll, the actor who created and plays the eponymous matriarch Agnes in Mrs Brown’s Boys, had to apologise for making a “clumsy” joke where ...

The smile was wiped off the face of BBC head of comedy Jon Petrie this week when he was asked if he was a fan of the broadcaster’s most beloved sitcom, Mrs Brown’s Boys. Rather than respond, Petrie ...

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has defended implying highly offensive racial slurs in his comedy. O’Carroll, the 69-year-old Irish actor who plays the title character in the long-running BBC ...

Jon Petrie, the BBC director of comedy, was unable to respond when he was asked whether he found Mrs Brown’s Boys funny. Created in 2011 by Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll, the BBC’s slapstick sitcom ...

Mrs Brown’s Boys has temporarily paused rehearsals after creator Brendan O’Carroll made an allegedly racist remark while in character, according to The Mirror. The BBC series was preparing for its ...

Since making its debut some 14 years ago, Mrs Brown's Boys has remained an enormously polarising television programme. Whilst viewers, initially at least, embraced Brendan O'Carroll's crude, seaside ...