Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas 2016 - Mammy's Forest - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Agnes Brown has had enough hassle with Christmas trees to last a lifetime, so this year she refuses to have one.
Further details
Something isn't quite right in the Brown household this Christmas. Agnes Brown has had enough hassle with Christmas trees to last a lifetime, so this year she refuses to have one. But with Grandad's health a worry for everyone, is there something else missing this Christmas apart from just the tree?
Meanwhile, a fire at Wash and Blow leaves Rory and Dino with nowhere to cut hair - until Mrs Brown steps in. And Dermot faces stiff competition to win a contract. But is business-partner Buster also up to the challenge?
Broadcast details
Date
Sunday 25th December 2016
Time
10:30pm
Channel
Length
35 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| Brendan O'Carroll | Agnes Brown |
|---|---|
| Derek Reddin | Dr Flynn |
| Jennifer Gibney | Cathy Brown |
| Paddy Houlihan | Dermot Brown |
| Rory Cowan | Rory Brown |
| Pat Shields (as Pat 'Pepsi' Shields) | Mark Brown |
| Eilish O'Carroll | Winnie McGoogan |
| Danny O'Carroll | Buster Brady |
| Fiona O'Carroll | Maria Nicholson / Brown |
| Amanda Woods | Betty Brown |
| Dermot O'Neill | Grandad Brown |
| Gary Hollywood | Dino Doyle |
| Conor Moloney | Father Damien |
| Emily Reagan (as Emily Regan) | Barbara |
| Fiona Gibney | Sharon McGoogan |
Guest cast
| Martin Delany | Trevor Brown |
|---|---|
| Jamie O'Carroll | Bono Brown |
| Mike Nolan | Mr Foley |
| Mark Sheridan | Gunter |
| James Benson | Mr Rabbit |
Writing team
| Brendan O'Carroll | Writer |
|---|---|
| Adam Kay | Script Editor |
Production team
| Ben Kellett | Director |
|---|---|
| Fiona Gibney | Producer |
| Justin Healy | Executive Producer |
| Ewan Angus | Executive Producer |
| Steven Canny | Executive Producer |
| Brendan O'Carroll | Executive Producer |
| James Farrell | Series Producer |
| Tracy McParland | Producer |
| Eddie Doyle | Executive Producer |
| Martin Delany | Executive Producer |
| Chris Sussman | Executive Producer |
| Mark Lawrence | Editor |
| Iain McDonald | Production Designer |
| Andy O'Callaghan | Composer |
| Nicky Bligh | Casting Director |
| Helen Cannon | Make-up Designer |
| Richard Jarret | Lighting Designer |
Videos
2016 Christmas Special trailer
There's no such thing as 'a quiet Christmas at home' in Mammy's house!
Featuring: Brendan O'Carroll (Agnes Brown), Dermot O'Neill (Grandad Brown), Fiona Gibney (Sharon McGoogan), Derek Reddin (Dr Flynn) & Jamie O'Carroll (Bono Brown).
Mrs Brown's Wandering Eye
Father Damien is sporting some short shorts. Mrs Brown doesn't know where to look.
Featuring: Brendan O'Carroll (Agnes Brown), Jennifer Gibney (Cathy Brown), Eilish O'Carroll (Winnie McGoogan) & Conor Moloney (Father Damien).
Mrs Brown's Snowball Fight
There's nothing sweeter than children playing in the snow. Or so Mrs Brown thinks.
Featuring: Brendan O'Carroll (Agnes Brown).
Press
I decided not to lazily write off Mrs Brown's Boys. It remains absurdly successful, despite critics having generally trashed Brendan O'Carroll's creation as demeaning, cheap, grotesque, simplistic to the point of catalepsy, savagely lacking in wit. So I watched it, and was surprised. It's all of these insults, yes, but the immersive experience is actually, shockingly, worse than expected. Sentimental to retching-point, homophobic, itch-lousy with single entendres, somehow managing to be both twee and vulgar, achingly unfunny, it made The Vicar of Dibley look like Father Ted.
I suspect those of us in our high ivory metropolitan-elite towers (translation: humans who paid even nugatory attention to at least one class in school) missed a trick in 2016: the popularity of this shameless excrescence (I can now write it off after due diligence), which was voted by Radio Times readers the best sitcom of the 21st century, should have given a huge clue to the Brexit vote.