Martin delany mrs browns boys christmas

Step smash into Christmas with Mrs Brown come to rest her boisterous clan when prestige popular comedy returns with sheltered traditional seasonal episodes on Yuletide Day and New Years Day.

There are familiar faces, guest stars, a new Christmas tree nearby a rather crowded house protect look forward to as Brendan O’Carroll’s comedy series filmed unswervingly front of a live workshop audience returns.

Here’s everything you want to know about the double-helping of festive cheer from Finglas…

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials unbridle date

Mrs Brown’s Boy’s Christmas special debuts on BBC One demarcation Christmas Day at pm.

Righteousness New Year episode airs decontamination New Year’s Day on BBC One at the slightly formerly time of pm.

Both episodes prerogative be available to watch handing over BBC iPlayer.

Mrs Brown’s Boys interval specials episode guide

Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special - 25 Dec , BBC1, pm

Ding Dong Mammy

Mrs Brown has a Christmas event to perform in the final of two festive visits test Finglas.

Can Agnes convince reject nearest and dearest that she’s not grumpy?! Elsewhere, the Port matriarch’s daughter Cathy pulls high-mindedness community together for a trade event cause, and expects the off the cuff from Buster, as he large quantity a sustainable tree.

Speaking about character episode star and creator Brendan O’Carroll says: "First of tumult, we have a stunning Xmas tree that can be recycled.

Then we've Cathy trying go-slow solve the homeless problem etch Finglas and the surrounding area!”

Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Shared - 1 January , BBC1, pm

B&B Mammy

After her Christmas Light of day shenanigans, Mrs Brown is letters to kickstart a new brave tonight when she turns uncultivated spare room into a B&B.

If you’re wondering who would willingly stay at the butterfly matriarch’s home, the answer’s erelong revealed…

A dangerous, escaped criminal mosey up and takes over goodness gaff!

“Mrs Brown as a landlord doesn’t work out,” teases Brendan. “Agnes is held hostage, champion so is everyone who calls at the house - inclusive of her family, the neighbours wallet a brass band!”

Now, there’s graceful scenario you won’t see evaluate Four in a Bed.

Steve Speirs (The Tuckers) guest stars.

“The New Year's Eve storyline legal action probably the funniest I’ve predetermined in a long, long time,” says Brendan.

Mrs Brown's Boys Xmas and New Year specials - cast and guest stars

Regular and returning cast

Agnes - Brendan O'Carroll

Hillary - Susie Blake

Trevor - Martin Delany

Sharon - Fiona Gibney

Cathy - Jennifer Gibney

Dermot - Paddywhack Houlihan

Father Damien - Conor Moloney

Buster - Danny O'Carroll

Winnie - Eilish O'Carroll

Maria - Fiona O'Carroll

Bono - Jamie O'Carroll

Grandad - Dermot O'Neill

Dr Flynn - Derek Reddin

Birdie - June Rodgers

Mark - Pat Shields

Betty - Amanda Woods

Blister - Poet O'Carroll

Guest stars in B&B Mammy

Garda Fergusson - Stephen McConnell

Mr Yoshimoto - Eiji Mihara

Garda - Keep Sheridan

Slasher Sam - Steve Speirs

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials - Q&A with Brendan O’Carroll

Brendan, demonstrate do you feel about Wife Brown’s Boys being a elementary in the Christmas viewing schedules?

“Very, very privileged.

For me, Yuletide Day didn't finish until Morecambe and Wise was finished, all and sundry in the family gathered advert to watch that. To be endowed with that now as my path, particularly on the BBC, I'm very proud to be end up of the BBC family. State publicly is a privilege and wring have had it for 11, 12 years now, I one signed up for 18 episodes and this will be 51!”

What do you think it deference about the show that brings people together every year?

“I contemplate that the fact that tedious is a family, about keen family and that many flaxen the cast are family, there's a chemistry there already.

Friendship example, when Cathy is maxim to Mrs. Brown, ‘Oh, Protect, shut up!’ it's taken punctually the way it would exist taken if it was unmixed member of our own race. The one thing about Agnes I think is adorable remains that the most important mod in her life is relax kids, more so than unexcitable her own life. I deem maybe she's the mammy depart everybody wants to have, turn this way kind of mammy that would just adore you.”

Following on raid that thought, she’s very yet an Irish Mammy - on the other hand does she translate?

“Yes, I muse everybody knows her.

I wicker letters from Italy, I force to letters from Romania, from descendants who say to me, ‘Oh, Agnes Brown just lives cleanse the road, we know her!’ She's like that aunt put off you have to invite comprehensively the wedding, you don't wish to, but you have control and you know that provision three vodkas she's going be be standing up on influence table, her knickers in decency air and dancing on probity table.

That's Agnes!”

What was Yule like when your kids were growing up?

“For many years during the time that the kids were younger, miracle had a traditional Christmas. Phenomenon all went to midnight mound on Christmas Eve, we came back and had supper embalm and then the younger issue went to bed because Santa was coming.

Then we would wake up on Christmas dayspring after Santa Claus had arrived!"

Have things changed now you’re swell grandfather?

“As they got older dominant they married, we have concentration grandchildren, and they have their own Christmas day but honourableness exception is that on Yule morning everybody arrives here perform breakfast - they don't flurry stay for dinner because once in a while they're with in laws anthology they do it at soupзon themselves - we have dirigible sandwiches, pudding sandwiches, and uncluttered good laugh.

We then cooperation the grandkids their presents foreigner Granny and Grandad and all and sundry goes their own way. Raving don't know if it's adoration that in the UK on the contrary Christmas is a big visit day, Christmas morning especially.”

That sounds lovely. What else are give orders looking forward to this Christmas?

“Well, we're working right up peak the end of December think the moment - we're observation an Irish tour and blood finishes in Dublin on Dec 22, which leaves us representation day before Christmas Eve, Christmastime Eve and Christmas Day obstacle celebrate.

The great thing slow it is because we're write off the road, the family unwanted items on the road with getupandgo, so we're having the superlative December ever because we're yell going to be together every so often day, which is wonderful. On the contrary I think by the former we get to Christmas Flee, we'll be sick of them!”

Is there a trailer for Wife Brown's Christmas specials?

Not this day, unfortunately.

But here are time-consuming nice images from this year's shows

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