The joke is over – get Mrs Brown’s Boys off the BBC
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy I was chatting, a few months ago, with a comedy legend who had, in the past, written for Brendan O’Carroll’s sitcom, Mrs Brown’s Boys. It’s easy to laugh Mrs Brown’s Boys off as an old-school studio sitcom designed to peeve liberal metropolitan elites. Getting from script to screen has never been harder, and yet… Mrs Brown’s Boys turns up again, in primetime slots on Christmas and New Year’s Day, like a planet-eating black hole in the TV schedule. No, it’s not simply that Mrs Brown’s Boys attracts antipathy, like dust gravitating towards my mantelpiece.
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Mrs Brown's Boys' festive special sees ratings slump to lowest EVER with viewers claiming 'unfunny' sitcom 'ruined Christmas' - after star Brendan O'Caroll's 'racist joke' scandal
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BBC halted work on Mrs Brown’s Boys after star made ‘racist joke’
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BBC boss left squirming after awkward Mrs Brown’s Boys question
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