List of ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' episodes

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish television sitcom created by and starring Irish writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll and produced in the United Kingdom by BBC Scotland in partnership with BocPix and RTÉ. O'Carroll himself plays his drag persona, Agnes Brown, with several close friends and family members making up the rest of the cast. The show adopts an informal production style where production mistakes and tomfoolery, mostly instigated by O'Carroll, are edited into each episode. Despite being lambasted by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and Britain, where it is recorded. It is also gaining increasingly higher ratings in Australia and Canada. The show has won numerous awards.

It debuted on RTÉ One in Ireland on 1 January 2011 and on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 21 February 2011. As of 1 January 2017, 30 episodes of Mrs. Brown's Boys have aired, including 12 specials.

Series overview

Series
Series		Episodes	Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers (millions)
Series		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers (millions)
	1	6	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)	28 March 2011 (2011-03-28)	3.00
	2	6	2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)	4 February 2012 (2012-02-04)	6.98
	3	6	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)	9.41

Specials
Special		Episodes	Originally aired		Ave. UK viewers (millions)
Special		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Ave. UK viewers (millions)
	1	1	26 December 2011 (2011-12-26)		8.24
	2	2	24 December 2012 (2012-12-24)	26 December 2012 (2012-12-26)	11.20
	3	2	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)	30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)	11.40
	4	2	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)	9.76
	5	2	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)	1 January 2016 (2016-01-01)	9.00
	6	1	23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)		9.09
	7	2	25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)	9.10

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

Recorded in front of a live studio audience from September to October 2010, except for "Dermot's Dilemma".

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
–	–	"Dermot's Dilemma"	Gareth Carrivick	Brendan O'Carroll	Unaired	N/A
This unaired pilot episode of Mrs. Brown's Boys follows the storyline of the first aired episode of the series, "The Mammy". However, there are some noticeable character and dialogue differences within the pilot. Note: This unaired pilot was later released with the Series 1 DVD.
1	1	"The Mammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)	2.64 (overnight)^[2]
Agnes learns that her son, Dermot has split up with his girlfriend, Maria because he does not wish to move in with her and look at houses with her. Grandad also receives a visit from Dr. Flynn, who asks to do a rectal reading. This results in Grandad getting a thermometer stuck in his posterior. Agnes becomes concerned over Dermot, and talks to Cathy about the situation. However, when she says she wants to try and sort out the situation, Cathy tells her to stay out of it. Agnes does not listen, and talks to Maria before asking her to apologise for upsetting Dermot. Maria states she has misunderstood the situation, and when Dermot arrives home, she tells him to "get stuffed". Winnie talks about sex and vibrators when Cathy announces at the local pub she has a date. Betty proposes Cathy give Dermot and Maria a counselling session, which Agnes does not agree with. Cathy goes ahead with the counselling, and stages a fake fight with Agnes, which results in Dermot proposing to Maria.
2	2	"Mammy's Secret"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	28 February 2011 (2011-02-28)	2.63 (overnight)^[3]
Mrs. Nicholson, Dermot's soon to be mother-in-law, pays a visit, and on seeing the Browns, believe that they are rednecks and relocates the wedding to Italy. Betty has kicked Mark out because he turned down a promotion to supervisor; the reason being that he is illiterate. Rory attempts to come out of the closet but Agnes does not understand him. And finally, Cathy is keeping her boyfriend a secret. Note: This episode is notable for introducing Mark and Rory to the TV series, and for including the first mentions of Betty and Mark's son, Bono.
3	3	"Mammy's Merchandise"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	7 March 2011 (2011-03-07)	2.68 (overnight)^[4]
Dermot wants his best friend Buster Brady to be his best man at his wedding but Maria disapproves of this. Agnes however persuades Maria that Dermot should be allowed to make his own choice. Buster wants Dermot in a scam involving a raffle which ends up saving the day when Winnie's husband Jacko needs €5,000 for an operation. Note: This is the first TV appearance of the break out character, Buster Brady.
4	4	"Mammy Rides Again"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	14 March 2011 (2011-03-14)	2.99 (overnight)^[5]
Agnes is not invited to Maria's hen party because she is too old so she attempts to crash it but ends up crashing a funeral instead by jumping on an inflatable dildo and singing Tom Jones' "Sex Bomb". Later she invites Mrs. Nicholson to dinner, served by Rory and his friend Dino. After hearing that Mrs. Nicholson has two toilets, Agnes gets another one installed to impress her, however Grandad ends up going for a call of nature - into the wrong cupboard This is the first TV appearance of Rory's boyfriend, Dino Doyle.
5	5	"Mammy of the Groom"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	21 March 2011 (2011-03-21)	2.96 (overnight)^[6]
With his wedding fast approaching, Dermot locks himself in the cupboard. Later on it is Buster's very moving best man's speech that drives Dermot out. With help from Cathy, Agnes discovers Rory is gaya and says to him "I know about your illness". Later on Dermot and Maria are happily married.
6	6	"Mammy's Miracle"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	28 March 2011 (2011-03-28)	4.10
Agnes thinks everyone has gone mad. Father Quinn thinks he is losing his faith as fast as he is losing his parishioners to the Church of Latter-day Saints, newlyweds Maria and Dermot will not stop fighting and Grandad wants to hear all the nice things said at his funeral. Dermot suggests that they have a pretend funeral for Grandad. Maria explains to Agnes that she and Dermot are fighting because he resistant to get a place of their own so Agnes gets a death certificate for Grandad so that Dermot and Maria can use the money to get a house. Agnes teaches a lesson to the Mormons who have been stealing Father Quinn's parishioners. At his funeral, Grandad gets up when no one has anything nice to say about him. Agnes declares this to be a miracle, restoring Father Quinn's faith. At the end the cast perform a song to Father Quinn.

Christmas special (2011)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
7	"Mammy's Ass"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	25 December 2011 (2011-12-25) (Ireland) 26 December 2011 (2011-12-26) (UK)	8.24
It's Christmas and Agnes is waiting for her son Trevor to come home from Africa having not seen him in four years. Meanwhile, Hillary is pressuring Maria and Dermot to spend their first Christmas as married couple at her house, but how will they tell Mammy? Note: This is the first TV appearance of Agnes' youngest son, Trevor.

Series 2 (2012)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
8	1	"Mammy Pulls It Off"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)	6.60
Mrs Brown is still waiting for Grandad's insurance money to come through after faking his death, but when the insurance company starts getting suspicious, Agnes begins to worry.
9	2	"Mammy's Coming!"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	9 January 2012 (2012-01-09)	6.29
Agnes plans a big send-off for Trevor, who is off back to Africa. Meanwhile, Buster wraps Dermot back into the criminal world when he has a run-in with a Lion.
10	3	"iMammy (Batteries Not Included)"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	16 January 2012 (2012-01-16)	6.37
Maria is preparing for motherhood with the help of a robot baby to test out her mothering skills, but how will Agnes take to living with a (robotic) body?
11	4	"SuperMammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	23 January 2012 (2012-01-23)	7.05
Agnes decides to go on a diet after the family comment on her weight. Meanwhile, Rory faces a dilemma when he discovers illegal drugs in the salon but he is forced to tell Agnes they are indigestion pills and when she has indigestion she goes wild.
12	5	"Mammy's Going"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	30 January 2012 (2012-01-30)	7.25
The Brown family decide that the family dog Spartacus needs to go but they don't know how to tell Mammy but she overhears and thinks they are talking about her. Note: This a TV adaption of A.L.F, the 6th DVD in the Mrs Browne heptalogy from before the TV series and after the movie.
13	6	"New Mammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	4 February 2012 (2012-02-04)	8.31
With the triplets on the way, Cathy convinces Agnes to make amends with Mrs Nicholson. However the fun between Agnes and Hillary stops when Maria goes into labour.

Christmas specials (2012)

Mammy Christmas was recorded in front of a live studio audience in October 2012. The Virgin Mammy was recorded in front of a live studio audience in November 2012.

No. overall	No. special	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
14	1	"Mammy Christmas"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	24 December 2012 (2012-12-24)	11.68
Agnes is annoyed when the annual Nativity play is cancelled. So she decides to write her own Nativity. Meanwhile Father Quinn's replacement Father Damien arrives in the parish.
15	2	"The Virgin Mammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) (Ireland) 26 December 2012 (2012-12-26) (UK)	10.72
It's the day of the Brown family Nativity. The only thing standing in the way of Nativity play is Father Damien who wants to make some last minute changes.

Series 3 (2013)

Recorded in front of a live studio audience from October to November 2012.

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
16	1	"Mammy's Spell"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	9.78
During a party to celebrate the baptism of Dermot and Maria's triplets, an unwitting Agnes and Winnie are put under the spell of the hypnotist booked to provide the entertainment. Mark has some upsetting news and Agnes has to turn a heartbroken Bono away.
17	2	"Mammy's Inflation"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	7 January 2013 (2013-01-07)	9.20
18	3	"Mammy's Break"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	14 January 2013^[7] (14 January 2013^[8])	9.66
It's the 27th anniversary of Redser's death, and to celebrate, Agnes wants to go off on a holiday to Galway, but 1 problem stands: Grandad, or as Agnes calls him, "The man that God forgot". Agnes tries to send him to a home, but due to Winnie actually believing the lies Agnes told Grandad to get him into the home, Winnie gets sent away. Meanwhile, Redser has some very ominous news from beyond the grave.
19	4	"Mammy's Valentine"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	21 January 2013 (2013-01-21)	9.26
Betty buys the "ABC Of Sex" book in order to teach her son Bono the "birds and the bees". Agnes, meanwhile, with the help of a gigolo site called "Dial A Dick", gets a sex date for Valentine's night. Dermot employs Buster to buy a bus saying "I love Maria Brown" after hearing that she thinks he is not romantic anymore. Buster screws up by also writing "Cathy Brown does not need her tits blown up". Grandad, with the help of viagra, gets a threesome.
20	5	"Mammy?"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	28 January 2013 (2013-01-28)	9.46
Agnes gets a phone call that makes her children believe they are adopted. They all try hinting at her but in the end it turns out they are all biological. Meanwhile, Rory and Dino have a bust-up but get engaged shortly afterwards. Also, Mark and Betty bring good news to Agnes: they are not emigrating, as the printing out flyers for Mark's business was caused by Cathy, who manages to reunite with Mick after the latter reveals the truth about his past and affair.
21	6	"Mammy Swings!"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	4 February 2013 (2013-02-04)	9.10
Rory and Dino are getting married, but La La Doggie, the wedding planner, believes that it should stand out because it is a gay wedding. He proposes an underwater wedding. Agnes meets Cathy's boyfriend's parents and learns they are swingers. Meanwhile, Agnes gets a new kitchen, supplied by Mark, but Rory destroys it with his new unlicensed car, although Agnes is pleased by this, because she "didn't love the kitchen anyway". After this scene, the cast quickly transitions into performing "Greased Lightnin" from Grease (sung by Mark). Agnes makes a cake in her microwave but screws it up. Rory and Dino end up marrying in a private ceremony.

Christmas specials (2013)

The two episodes were recorded in front of a live studio audience in May 2013.

No. overall	No. special	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
22	1	"Buckin' Mammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll & Paul Mayhew-Archer	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)	11.52
Agnes is determined to find out what Bono wants for Christmas as he won't tell anyone, but she has her own worries with this year's Christmas Tree and her family games night doesn't go quite according to plan.
23	2	"Who's A Pretty Mammy?"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll & Paul Mayhew-Archer	30 December 2013 (2013-12-30)	11.27
Agnes is trying to make sure that Bono isn't going to the local infamous school, and has to desperately convince Mark and Betty. The New Year is only a day away when guests for Agnes's big party begin to drop out it may seem that Mammy will see in the new year with no one.

Christmas specials (2014–15)

The two episodes were recorded in front of a live studio audience in October 2014.

No. overall	No. special	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
24	1	"Mammy's Tickled Pink"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll & Paul Mayhew-Archer	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)	9.85
25	2	"Mammy's Gamble"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll & Paul Mayhew-Archer	31 December 2014 (2014-12-31) (Ireland) 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) (UK)	9.67

Christmas specials (2015–16)

It was announced that the show would continue with two Christmas specials^[9] every year until at least 2020,^[10] Brendan O'Carroll confirmed that there would be no fourth series and the show would only continue as specials. The 2015 Christmas Specials were filmed in front of a live studio audience on Thursday 24 September 2015 and on Thursday 1 October 2015.^[11]^[12]

No. overall	No. special	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
26	1	"Mammy's Christmas Punch"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)	9.8
27	2	"Mammy's Widow's Memories"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	1 January 2016 (2016-01-01)	8.2
When a handsome stranger appears in Foley’s Pub, everyone presumes he must be after Cathy. But the stranger reveals he's actually interested in Agnes, much to her surprise. Agnes agrees to go on a date with him, which ultimately ends in disaster.

Live special (2016)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
28	"Mammy Sutra"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	9.09
For the first time ever the episode comes completely live, Agnes discovers Mark and Betty are having bedroom problems she decides to try and sort things whilst Dermot is forced to make an executive decision with Buster.

Christmas specials (2016–17)

The two episodes were recorded in front of a live studio audience in October 2016.

No. overall	No. special	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) ^[1]
29	1	"Mammy's Forest"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	25 December 2016 (2016-12-25)	9.16
Agnes decides not to have a Christmas Tree this year after previous years, but will she regret her decision?
30	2	"Chez Mammy"	Ben Kellett	Brendan O'Carroll	31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) (Ireland) 1 January 2017 (2017-01-01) (UK)	9.04
Agnes discovers Bono is being bullied at school so decides to try and sort it out.

iPlayer viewings

Series 1

Episode No.	Airdate	iPlayer viewings^{[nb 1]}
1	21 February 2011	539,000^[13]
2	28 February 2011	495,000^[13]
3	7 March 2011	497,000^[13]
4	14 March 2011	N/A
5	21 March 2011	N/A
6	28 March 2011	N/A

Series 2

Episode No.	Airdate	iPlayer viewings^{[nb 2]}
1	2 January 2012	769,000^[14]
2	9 January 2012	666,000^[14]
3	16 January 2012	N/A
4	23 January 2012	694,000^[14]
5	30 January 2012	N/A
6	4 February 2012	692,000^[14]

Series 3

Episode No.	Airdate	iPlayer viewings^{[nb 3]}
1	1 January 2013	1,398,000^[15]
2	7 January 2013	1,117,000^[15]
3	14 January 2013	N/A
4	21 January 2013	1,021,000^[15]
5	28 January 2013	N/A
6	4 February 2013	1,350,000^[15]

Specials

Episode No.	Airdate	iPlayer viewings^{[nb 4]}
1	26 December 2011	N/A
2	24 December 2012	692,000^[16]
3	26 December 2012	N/A
4	25 December 2013	1,308,000^[17]
5	30 December 2013	986,000^[18]
6	25 December 2014	1,010,000^[19]
7	1 January 2015	989,000^[20]
8	25 December 2015	969,000^[21]
9	1 January 2016	887,000^[22]
10	23 July 2016	1,113,000^[23]
11	25 December 2016	1,066,000^[24]
12	1 January 2017	1,066,000^[25]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
↑ Laughlin, Andrew (22 February 2011). "BBC comedy 'Mrs Brown's Boys' grabs 2.6m".
↑ Millar, Paul (1 March 2011). "Will Young's 'Bedlam' slumps to 189k".
↑ Laughlin, Andrew (8 March 2011). "'Law & Order: UK' locks up 5.5m".
↑ Laughlin, Andrew (15 March 2011). "'Waking The Dead' trounces 'Law & Order'".
↑ Laughlin, Andrew (22 March 2011). "'Waking The Dead' sneaks past 6m".
↑ "TV Programme Information - Week 03". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
↑ "TV Programme Information - Week 03". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
↑ "No more series of Mrs Brown's Boys says BBC comedy boss".
↑ "Mrs Brown's Boys at Christmas 'until 2020'". 2 January 2015.
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/mrs_browns_boys_septoct15
↑ "O'Carroll working on new BBC One show". 22 January 2015.
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