This is the worst show on tele, no debate. It's not funny, the acting is terrible, the story lines are predictable, honestly, ever it's painful to watch.

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!

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.

Hello,I do not know where most of these reviewers are from, so I am going to give you an American opinion of the Show. The show seems to try to be an Irish version of all in the family. The cast is funny and work well together. I have watch all three seasons and am looking foreword to number four. I hope one day to be able to watch a filming of the show in person. The lead character played by Brendan O'Carroll is funny and lovable, just don't p i s s her off (do they p i s s off in Ireland?)Jennifer Gibney plays the daughter who is really the wife of Brendan. She is as funny as her other half. (Not sure if they say that in Ireland either)The rest of the cast is both heart warming and lovable. They work well together and if you watch the outtakes, (We say bloopers in the USA) the cast really love be with one another. Marie Brown (Fiona O'Carroll, yes the daughter of Brendan) is the prettiest female character on the set. Listening to her sing, she sounds like an angel. The Rory Brown (Rory Cowan) may not be gay (what is the Irish term for that?) but he pulls off a wonderful performance with his other half. I enjoyed the fact that they were married on the show, I thing all people should be allowed to be married, they deserve to be just as miserable as us straight people. I could go on, but this would make you the readers quiet bored. (looking for Irish term for that)To sum up the show is a piece of work that will go down in Irish history (like the American show All in the family) as a slice of Irish life. God bless them every one.