Brendan O'Carroll has got to have some dirt on somebody high up the ladder. There can’t be any other reason it keeps getting recommissioned!
Brendan O'Carroll has got to have some dirt on somebody high up the ladder. There can’t be any other reason it keeps getting recommissioned!Reading about the BBC cutting so many programmes I’m genuinely baffled why Mrs Browns Boys is still going? I’ve never seen anyone say they love it be that in person or online, even anonymously. What is the reason it’s still on the TV?
It actually does well in the ratings and it is also repeatable. Quizzes and current affair type of shows go out of date but that can sadly be repeated often as it’s not datedReading about the BBC cutting so many programmes I’m genuinely baffled why Mrs Browns Boys is still going? I’ve never seen anyone say they love it be that in person or online, even anonymously. What is the reason it’s still on the TV?
He just seems a very nasty individual.
I can't bear it but I know people who are big fans I know of an elderly couple living in West Wales who travelled by train to Birmingham to see the live show. It must be a Marmite thing.Brendan O'Carroll has got to have some dirt on somebody high up the ladder. There can’t be any other reason it keeps getting recommissioned!
Who is his wife? wtf!I feel sorry for his wife. She’s out there doing the voices for practically every cartoon character going and must be the breadwinner while he’s waxing lyrical about anal.
I would imagine it does quite well in America so quite a hefty income for the Beeb.Reading about the BBC cutting so many programmes I’m genuinely baffled why Mrs Browns Boys is still going? I’ve never seen anyone say they love it be that in person or online, even anonymously. What is the reason it’s still on the TV?
Morwenna Banks, she was the voice of Mummy Pig in Peppa Pig. She's also a prolific writer, she wrote the Gary Oldman spy series (Slow Horses?)Who is his wife? wtf!
I guess we will wait and see, but I've never had good vibes about Sacha either. Watch this space, I guess.I get that Rebel Wilson supposedly has a history of being histrionic or maybe even economical with the truth (going by previous comments about her, which I'm not aware of the specifics) but the timing (of Sacha Baron Cohen's split with his wife) suggest there may be something to it?
Being not a very nice individual yourself and being sexually harassed are not mutually exclusive. Nor does that mean you're to blame, you deserve it, or are automatically a liar. Also, the 'mobile phone footage' being used as evidence (recent DM story) that she consented to the 'fingers up the bum' scene may have been done under duress? She's an actress, after all.
(These are all just guesses, I suppose we'll just have to see how it pans out...)
The DM comments are - annoying - to read. I can get not liking a particular celebrity but there's a strong whiff of 'don't believe the woman' about many of them (and yeah, the 'joke' about her really being Matt Lucas isn't funny when you read it for the 1000th time) which just makes me sad.
keeping Mrs Browns boys and cancelling motherland....Reading about the BBC cutting so many programmes I’m genuinely baffled why Mrs Browns Boys is still going? I’ve never seen anyone say they love it be that in person or online, even anonymously. What is the reason it’s still on the TV?
I saw a TV programme this week about the romantic poets. He was explaining about a poem called Michael, written by Wordsworth, and crying with genuine emotion. It showed me a side of Frank Skinner I'd never seen before and it was quite touching.I am really really fond of Frank Skinner, saw him live recently and love his radio show. I am well aware he is a ‘git’ (pretty sure that’s why I like him so much, I am strongly drawn to obnoxious men) his radio show persona is more my speed nowadays and he seems to have softened a bit with age. I loved his stand up and the first book, but not sure if I’d laugh as much now. The culture when he was at his peak was super mysoginistic. Even a lot of women didn’t realise they were being condescended to and enabling the bad male behaviours at the time. We’ve come a long way in a few decades. I took a lot of what he said with a pinch of salt but I can imagine he was pretty terrible to women in real life , I hope that he’s mellowed with age. He can’t help but make a joke of things and has a dark humour where sex is concerned so I think that doesn’t help his reputation
I'm not too sad about Motherland. I absolutely adored the first two seasons, then thought the third started to go off the boil and the Christmas special was awful.keeping Mrs Browns boys and cancelling motherland....
If you're interested, the "The Rest is Entertainment" podcast with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde covered this a couple of weeks ago. A basic summary of the discussion on the podcast is below:Brendan O'Carroll has got to have some dirt on somebody high up the ladder. There can’t be any other reason it keeps getting recommissioned!
Aw, I can imagine that. I think I must have seen enough sensitive moments to round him out in my own opinion but I have followed his career closely, watched his random docs etc. Most people will only know the lewd jokes and judge from there, just as I would with a personality I wasn’t a particular fan of.I saw a TV programme this week about the romantic poets. He was explaining about a poem called Michael, written by Wordsworth, and crying with genuine emotion. It showed me a side of Frank Skinner I'd never seen before and it was quite touching.
My Dad doesn't do any sort of social media (he's 84) so no, it's not aimed at the social media types. My MIL enjoys it too.If you're interested, the "The Rest is Entertainment" podcast with Richard Osman and Marina Hyde covered this a couple of weeks ago. A basic summary of the discussion on the podcast is below:
Just because something's not to your taste, don't underestimate how popular it is with other people. On social media there's a huge narrative of "Mrs Brown's Boys is totally shit", but the social media demographic aren't its target audience. For a programme of its type, it's also well written and well made. There's still a huge number of people out there who love it, which is why it continues to be popular, and continues to be made. (See the previous poster's comment about their Dad!)
Absolutely. According to a quick Google Search, the average BBC1 viewer is 61 years old. That probably explains a lot about why the success of Mrs Brown utterly baffles the younger demographic. For what it's worth, my stepdad is 76 and he loves it as well.My Dad doesn't do any sort of social media (he's 84) so no, it's not aimed at the social media types. My MIL enjoys it too.
It is very easy to get carried away with the 'everyone hates it on Twitter' narrative.
I think you're bang on.Yeah, my mum's 80 and she likes Mrs Brown's Boys. I suppose O'Carroll really tapped into an older audience that wasn't having its comedy needs met.
I can certainly imagine that being the case, because I can 100% imagine Brendon O'Carroll going off on very strange tangents that can't be left in the showI've been to two filmings of Mrs browns boys. It's actually a lot funnier to watch that than the actual show.
It's old school like Last of the Summer Wine or 'Allo 'Allo' which do very well with reruns on the free view channels.Absolutely. According to a quick Google Search, the average BBC1 viewer is 61 years old. That probably explains a lot about why the success of Mrs Brown utterly baffles the younger demographic. For what it's worth, my stepdad is 76 and he loves it as well.
I’ve been watching some of the early ones recently. The acting and directing is laughable. The fact it is still being made is mind boggling.Yeah, my mum's 80 and she likes Mrs Brown's Boys. I suppose O'Carroll really tapped into an older audience that wasn't having its comedy needs met. And boy has he made a fortune from it.
The one I'm baffled at being re-commissioned for the past 25 years is Silent bloody Witness. Surely they've covered all possible murders at this point?
Iddo was hot AF.I did like Billie in Secret Diary of a Callgirl, but then I think my focus was probably more on Iddo Goldberg than her.
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