Overview - Mrs Brown's Boys

Overview

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 31

  Date first aired: 2011-10-03

• Name: Series 1

  Episode: 6

  Brendan O’Carroll’s Agnes Brown is the loudest but proudest mother in Ireland. This nosy, meddling matriarch makes her six children miserable with her overwhelming love for them.

  Date first aired: 2011-01-01

• Name: Series 2

  Episode: 6

  The old-fashioned Irish mother knows no boundaries when it comes to her children and friends, but the consequences could be comedically dire.

  Date first aired: 2011-12-31

• Name: Series 3

  Episode: 6

  Infuriating her friends, provoking her families, and honing in on every matter she comes across, the cardigan-clad matriarch is not slowing down with her meddling any time soon.

  Date first aired: 2013-01-01

• Name: Series 4

  Episode: 4

  Date first aired: 2023-09-08