‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ leads TV ratings in UK

Christmas Day TV produced an unlikely ratings battle between Mrs Brown’s Boys and Mrs Windsor’s message, with millions of viewers tuning into both.

The hit BBC comedy, the creation of Irish actor Brendan O’Carroll, pulled in an average audience of 7.6m to BBC One.

An audience of 5.7m tuned in to see Queen Elizabeth’s message on the BBC, with another 2.1m watching on ITV — giving a combined figure of 7.8m.