‘Mad’ success for Mrs Brown

THEY must be mad, said comedian Brendan Carroll when the BBC gave the green light for a third series of Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Mr O’Carroll, the show’s creator and writer, plays the leading role of loud-mouth meddling matriarch, Agnes Brown, in the hit series.

The world of Agnes Brown began in 1992 as a five-minute comedy series for RTÉ 2fm. It ran until 1994 and was so popular that Mr O’Carroll decided to bring Mrs Brown and her boys to the stage.