Person: Mrs Brown

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Mrs Brown's Boys: foolishness; RTÉ</p>

culture

5 Christmas TV highlights — including the new Around the World in 80 Days

Watch Mrs Brown's Boys to drive hipster telly snobs crazy; and classics such as Withnail & I and Where Eagles Dare are great Christmas fare

<p>Gordon, Gino & Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa; Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas on television this evening</p>

culture

Thursday TV Tips: Gordon, Gino & Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa; Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Mrs Brown's Boys

Plus Jennifer Saunders in Ghosts and Jennifer Aniston in Office Christmas Party

David Tennant, of Doctor Who and Broadchurch fame, portrays Hamlet in this production

general

Saturday's TV Highlights: Shakespeare, Mrs Brown and Goodfellas are among today's big shows

In a new daily feature, Arts editor Des O'Driscoll lists the best things on the box for the evening ahead

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Tom Jones and Mrs Brown's Boys to play Live at the Marquee

celebrity

'We're doing a Mrs Brown's Boys play, with songs' - Stars reveal D’Musical details

business

That's nice.....Brendan O'Carroll receives dividends of €4.2m in past three years

Brendan O’Carroll reveals how he will write Rory out of the show

“He was really keen to keep the same camp character but played by a new actor,”

Wed, 06 Sep, 2017

Agnes out of the picture as Mrs Brown’s girl walks for charity

Brendan O’Carroll is working on a new show and Agnes will not be in the picture.

Sat, 12 Aug, 2017

Brendan O’Carroll’s sugar mix-up ‘almost killed’ Margaret Thatcher

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has said he “almost killed Margaret Thatcher” when he mixed up salt and sugar while working as a waiter.

Sun, 23 Apr, 2017

Biopic of O’Carroll’s real-life mammy set to be made

She was the real-life mammy, who her devoted son Brendan O’Carroll credits with providing the inspiration for his most famous comic character.

Fri, 29 Jul, 2016

Eilish O'Carroll says Mrs Brown's Boys is 'exactly in the Shakespearian tradition'

Eilish O’Carroll tells Ellie O'Byrne about her role in new musical comedy Elvis is my Daddy,  why she thinks Mrs Brown's Boys has made her brother a modern Shakespeare, and her life post-marriage equality referendum

Wed, 27 Apr, 2016

Mrs Brown’s trip Down Under adds to €4m profit to Brendan O' Carroll's firms

The global success of Brendan O’Carroll’s foul- mouthed mammy, Agnes Browne, last year resulted in three O’Carroll firms recording combined profits of just under €4m.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2015

Mrs Brown’s industry set to spawn a film sequel

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is heading to be the most successful Irish film for over 20 years, with worldwide box office receipts estimated to top $35m (€30.8m).

Tue, 23 Jun, 2015

Mrs Brown boost for Brendan O’Carroll coffers

Pre-tax profits at Brendan O’Carroll’s movie firm last year rocketed more than threefold to €578,886.

Mon, 25 May, 2015

Mrs Brown spurs on profit at Dublin Cinema Group

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie and Tom Cruise’s Edge of Tomorrow helped to triple operating profits at the Ward-family controlled Dublin Cinema Group last year.

Thu, 09 Apr, 2015

Mrs Brown most popular Christmas Day show - again

Mrs Browns Boys has come out on top of the Christmas Day viewing figures in Ireland, for the fourth year in a row.

Mon, 29 Dec, 2014

Mrs Brown gets Dublin premiere

TV’s favourite foul-mouthed mammy hit the big screen tonight at the world premiere of Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie.

Wed, 25 Jun, 2014

Mrs Brown is hitting d'big screen - and it looks hilarious

Scary Russian baddies, evil businessmen and Joe Duffy appear in the trailer for the movie of the year. No, it's not James Bond. It's Mrs Brown.

Mon, 31 Mar, 2014

Fricker at home on the big screen again at Dublin Film Festival

BRENDA Fricker first heard she’d been shortlisted for an Oscar in 1989 for her role as Mrs Brown in My Left Foot when a friend phoned over a crackling line from the United States.

Fri, 31 Jan, 2014

350,000 snap up tickets as Australia calls for Mrs Brown

Funnyman Brendan O’Carroll has admitted he didn’t think he’d win the best comedy award at the British National Television Awards for the second time.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2014

O’Carroll’s Mrs Brown owes life to two monumental twists of fate

Two incredible twists of fate during key moments in Irish history are responsible for TV and stage sensation Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Mon, 23 Sep, 2013

Billy Connolly: Assessed as having the initial symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and is receiving treatment.

Billy Connolly will continue to perform on stage and screen despite undergoing surgery for prostate cancer and being treated for the “initial symptoms” of Parkinson’s disease.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2013

O’Carroll hits out at critics on set of Mrs Brown film

Bafta winning comedian Brendan O’Carroll has claimed if critics could write as well as him they would not be critics.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2013

BBC1 quiz for Mrs Brown

Everyone’s favourite Irish mammy is set to host her own Saturday night quiz show on BBC One next year.

Thu, 16 Aug, 2012

O’Carroll on cloud nine after Bafta prize glory

Brendan O’Carroll’s new Bafta award is to make its stage debut in Cardiff tonight.

Tue, 29 May, 2012

‘Bionic’ Brenda lifts another award

’I’M like a bionic woman,’ joked actress Brenda Fricker, her arm in a sling, as she arrived at the Kerry Film Festival to accept yet another award.

Mon, 10 Nov, 2008