All Round to Mrs. Brown's explained

Genre:Comedy, Talk-show
Creator:Brendan O'Carroll
Director:John L. Spencer
Presenter:Brendan O'Carroll
Starring:
Country:United Kingdom Ireland
Language:English
Num Series:4
Num Episodes:24
List Episodes:List of All Round to Mrs. Brown's episodes
Executive Producer:
Producer:
  • Toby Brack
  • Fiona Gibney
Runtime:Approx. 60 minutes
Network:RTÉ One
BBC One
Related:Mrs. Brown's Boys

All Round to Mrs. Brown's[1] is a British-Irish comedy talk show created by and starring Brendan O'Carroll with his family and other cast members from his original comedy show, Mrs. Brown's Boys and Aly Mahmoud as Chef Aly. After the final episode of the first series aired, the BBC announced a second series, which started airing in 2018. A fourth series had been confirmed and started airing on 21 March and the series concluded on 25 April 2020. On 20 June it was confirmed that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the show will not return in 2021. In 2022 the series was officially cancelled.[2] [3] [4]

The first series was the final TV appearance of Rory Cowan as Rory Brown, since Cowan left the franchise shortly after. The second series starred Cowan's replacement, Damien McKiernan, who debuted in the role during the 2017 Christmas special of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Plot summary

Mrs. Brown opens the doors to her house for a Saturday night entertainment show in which she and the family are joined by celebrity guests.[5] [6]

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

The DVD issue of the first series omits all six music numbers in Foley's and all associated sketches with the music artists, except for James Blunt. Also, When Agnes is with Chef Aly and says "Reggae" the music they dance to has been changed from Shaggy's "Boombastic" to "She's Got Me Dancing" by Tommy Sparks.

Series 2 (2018)

BBC announced a second series, which began airing on 19 May 2018. Recording of the second series took during late April and early May 2018, with the second series airing from 19 May - 23 June 2018 on BBC One.

Series 3 (2019)

The BBC recommissioned a third series for 2019 with filming taking place between 5 and 19 February.

Thought for the Day was removed from this series and was replaced with Father Damien's Audience Confessions

Series 4 (2020)

The fourth series was filmed from 30 January - 11 February 2020, and has finished running the six episodes for this year. D & B's celebrity tours, Mammy of the Week and the Wash & Blow Game Show were removed from this series and was replaced with more interaction with special guests.

Home release

The first series was released on DVD by Universal Pictures, on 16 October 2017. The pack also contains 14 minutes of additional content. The second series was released on 3 December 2018; the release included additional material such as extended outtakes and unseen clips. The third series was released on 2 December 2019, again with additional content. The Fourth series is yet to be released as of January 2024

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All Round to Mrs. Brown's on BBC. BBC. 17 March 2017.
  2. Web site: All Round to MRS. Brown's is Ending, Will Not Return for Series 5 .
  3. Web site: All Round to MRS Brown's 2021 series 'cancelled'. 20 June 2021.
  4. Web site: All Round To Mrs Brown's is getting a second series. 29 April 2019.
  5. Web site: When is Mrs Brown's Boys talk show on TV?. Radio Times Staff. 14 March 2017. Radio Times. 17 March 2017.
  6. Web site: Review: All Round To Mrs Brown's is a cheerful but messy work in progress. 25 March 2017. Irish Independent. 30 March 2017.