Dave I can't understand how such outdated, lame dross can be commissioned in the 2010s. This is old-fashioned in a bad way. Even in the 1970s, this would be second-rate. The protagonist is worse than when Dick Emery dressed in drag. None of the other actors are funny or entertaining, either.

Jackson Booth-Millard People may not know that Brendan O'Carroll created the whole concept for this show in 1992, first made as a radio broadcast, then he wrote four books, one of them being turned into a movie starring Angelica Huston, and then becoming a touring stage show, but finally in 2011 his creation became a television hit. Basically Mrs. Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll) is an Irish widowed foul-mouthed matriarch with five adult children: only daughter Cathy (Jennifer Gibney, Brendan's wife), son Dermot (Paddy Houlihan), gay son Rory (Rory Cowan), son Mark (Pat Shields), son Trevor (Martin Delany), and who looks after Grandad Harold (Dermot O'Neill). She also has various in-laws and grandchildren, her best friend is Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll, Brendan's sister), and Dermot's criminal friend Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll, Brendan's son) is a frequent visitor. Mrs. Brown runs the household, she likes nothing more than meddling in the lives of her children, she is never lost for words, always uttering profanities and caustic remarks, and there is always chaos somewhere around her, but she always has her heart in the right place. Also starring Amanda Woods as Mark's wife Betty Brown, Fiona O'Carroll (Brendan's daughter) as Dermot's wife Maria Brown, Gary Hollywood as Rory's husband Dino Doyle; Fiona Gibney, Jennifer's sister as Sharon McGoogan, Conor Moloney as Father Damien, Emily Regan as Barbara, Coronation Street's Susie Blake as Hilary Nicholson; Jamie O'Carroll, Brendan's grandson as Bono Brown, Mark Dymond as Mick, Derek Reddin as Dr. Flynn and Gary Lilburn as Father Quinn. Particular features that make this comedy different to others is not just the lead character breaking the fourth wall and talking to the audience, but production mistakes, fluffed lines, tomfoolery and cast laughing and smirking are not all edited out, they are included in many episodes and add to the great laughs. O'Carroll is a fantastic writer and producer, and as Mrs. Brown he is just a fantastic character, Dibney as his only daughter is always great as well, many of the supporting cast do very well also, it is very cool that many of O'Carroll's real family and friends are included in the cast. This programme has always divided opinion from audiences and critics alike, it's like Marmite, you either love it or hate it, admittedly when I first saw bits of it, it didn't look like my sort of thing, but once I tried I absolutely love it, and it does draw in huge audiences. It's a fantastic mix of a standard sitcom format, foul language, slapstick, stupidity and playing with expectations from production recording and the studio audience, it is no wonder that it has had many high-ranking Christmas specials, toured live and had a hit movie, it's a great situation comedy. Very good!

Felix Norman I think I know what this show is trying to achieve, being a zany, hyperactive sit-com, but it doesn't deliver.The way that MBB is formulated means that it is reliant on character. The problem is, there are TOO MANY characters, but none of them HAVE character. There are too many characters and sub-plots that prevent the viewer from becoming invested in any of the characters or what they're going through - to the point of confusion. Character arrives, does something for laughs, leaves, next character arrives. There is no driving force or development.Generally unfunny and unsatisfying

Pandorum_Sufferer I had to write a review after seeing an Australian comment how this rubbish has taken Australia by storm, well that must be your primary school that has been taken by storm because I know no-one that will admit to watching this dribble.I know comedy is subjective so to give you an idea of what I find funny my two favorite comedies are: Community and It's always sunny in Philadelphia.In summary this show is gets its jokes from the 60's, the cast cannot even pull off a joke without cracking and no that is it the show sucks.The purpose of this review other than saving people a miserable experience is to counter "anthanth's" insulting comment about Australian humour.