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BBC wanted Mrs. Brown’s Boys to remake ‘Allo ‘Allo’. Brendan O’Carroll has revealed the the broadcaster was keen for him to swap Anges Brown’s wig and Apron for cafe owner Rene Artoi’s famous waistcoat for a revival of the 1980s sitcom.  He told the Daily Star newspaper: ‘We were asked to remake ”Allo ‘Allo’ using our cast. I’d have been Rene. it sounded intriguing and I was tempted.  ‘But down the line, I’d seen some comedy remakes during the last couple of years and I just thought: ‘No.  They don’t compare’. It was what it was at the time.’ The BBC’s revamp would’ve seen Brenda’s real-life wife Jennifer Gibney taking on the role of waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche, with other cast members joining in the fun as the likes of Herr Flick, Private Helga and Colonel Kurt von Strohm. The classic show follows French cafe owner Rene as he’s made to team up with the Gestapo and Resistance during World War Tw...

Brendan O'Carroll is writing a spin-off film with his son Danny - and is certain it will be a success Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has revealed he and son Danny are writing a movie based on the characters Buster and Dermot in the show. Actors Danny O’Carroll and Paddy Houlihan play the pair who often get into scrapes dressed in bizarre outfits. Brendan, who stars as foul-mouthed Dublin matriarch Mrs Brown, said: “I think it’s going to be really, really successful. “What is going to make it successful is that chemistry they have. There is something that they have that is very, very rare. You saw it in ­Morecambe and Wise.” The original Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie took £23million in 2014. This year’s Christmas Day special centres around a bossy machine called Maggie, a knock-off version of Amazon’s Alexa in-house device. Brendan, 63, revealed he refused to tone down the swearing when asked by the BBC in early meetings.

MRS BROWN’S BOYS’ cast returns for the BBC One show’s Christmas special tonight (Tuesday, December 25) with a number of the core actors appearing in the festive one-off. But who stars in Mrs. Brown’s Boys? Mrs. Brown’s Boys airs its annual Christmas special episode on  BBC  One on Christmas Day, and fans can expect to see a number of the show’s original cast returning for the festive edition. Led by Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes Brown, the Christmas special will follow Agnes as she enters a housekeeping competition in order to outdo rival Hilliary (Susie Blake). But who else stars in the Mrs. Brown’s Boys cast? Who is in the Cast of Mrs. Brown’s Boys? Agnes Brown – Brendan O’Carroll O’Carroll, 63, first appeared as Agnes Brown on screen back in 2002 in the original series of Mrs. Brown’s Boys. The first seven episodes of the original series were produced for a DVD release, which resulted in Mrs. Brown’s Boys being picked up for a regular televisio...

It might be Christmas but Mrs Brown’s Boys left one hell of an easter egg for its devoted Irish audience – with a vagina gag running through the entire festive episode. Brendan O’Carroll revealed ahead of the Christmas special airing that the Maggie, a shamrock-shaped Alexa-inspired wifi assistant, is a cheeky joke for fans as it’s based on an Irish slang term for a woman’s nethers. He revealed: ‘I must let you in on an in-joke, I deliberately called it a Maggie. Those that aren’t Irish won’t know that in Ireland, it’s a derogatory term for a ladies’ part . ‘So I called it a Maggie. So when it’s going out on television in the UK, people will be going “oh, it’s called a Maggie” but in Ireland, when Mrs Brown says “Hold on a second, let me ask Maggie”…they’ll be sure to be [shocked].   But it was fun to do!’ Despite Mrs Brown growing attached to the device, Brendan said that he didn’t quite gel with a real Alexa ...

MRS BROWN’S BOYS has proved to be a ratings success for the BBC, but now star of the show Brendan O'Carroll has revealed how the show nearly never happened at all. Fans of Mrs Brown’s Boys will know the show is a family affair, with the cast made up of Brendan’s relations and friends. However, the TV star revealed how he rejected many producers and TV bosses who wanted to oust his family cast and replace them with Hollywood stars. Speaking to Express.co.uk and other press, Brendan made a note about his cast, saying: “They’ve built the set, they’ve painted the sets. They’ve done everything because it’s important for us that everybody who gets to stand out front on TV or on stage understand what it takes behind them to make that happen. “Every member of the cast that you see has at one stage swept the stage or ran errands.” Brendan went on to reveal how he came to finally agree to allow TV bosses to put his show on air, following theatre tou...

Father Christmas is the man synonymous with the globally celebrated festive holiday. The man at the forefront of our childhood memories, causing children up and down the country sleepless nights around the festive period. The man who could possibly be no more… It seems quite a lot of us feel we should start referring to our beloved Father Christmas by a whole new name – or rather, gender. According to a recent survey, made up of both UK and American participants, it seems over 27 per cent of people believe Santa Claus should be rebranded as a woman or gender-neutral. According to  CBS Pittsburgh ,   Graphic Springs – a free logo design company – surveyed hundreds of people to find out how they’d rebrand Santa, and what they’d do to give the beloved character a more modern image. The survey polled approximately 400 people from the United States and United Kingdom, with 4,000 people then voting on the most popular version of the Santa th...

The team behind Mrs Brown's Boys are on the look out for a top mammy to star in their new show. All Round to Mrs Brown's, the BBC1 Saturday night entertainment show, is due to start recording its third series soon. Its makers are on the look out for families from South Tyneside and the surrounding area to secretly nominate their mothers to appear in the programme. A spokeswoman for the team said: "Mrs Brown needs you… and your mammy! "Is your mammy a Mrs Brown’s Boys fan, who deserves to be treated? "A mammy who should be awarded just for being her? "All Round to Mrs Brown’s is back and looking for people to secretly nominate mammies across the UK to win the coveted Mammy Award. "Sure, she might embarrass you on the dance floor, always put the family dog first, or burn every Sunday Roast. "But she keeps the family together and the show on the road – whatever the reason, we want to know why your mammy deserves this special award. ...