Brendan O'Carroll reveals the future of Mrs Brown's Boys amid plummeting ratings and calls for it to be axed
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Brendan O'Carroll has revealed the future of Mrs Brown's Boys amid plummeting ratings and calls for the BBC show to be axed. The 2024 festive special saw its ratings plummet to the lowest ever, with viewers claiming it 'ruined' their Christmas. And Brendan, 69, who stars as Agnes Brown in the BBC sitcom, has confirmed the show will be returning despite negative feedback.
![[The 2024 festive special saw its ratings plummet to the lowest ever, with viewers claiming it 'ruined' their Christmas]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/18/93563217-14234171-image-a-4_1735496817702.jpg)
Brendan told the Daily Star: 'We are going to film another series in April and May [2025]. It’s lovely to be asked to do another one.'. The series, first aired in 2011, attracted a measly 2.2M viewers on Christmas Day, which was a huge drop from the 11.5M who turned into the show's 2013 December 25 special.
![[And Brendan, who stars as Agnes Brown in the BBC sitcom, has confirmed the show will be returning despite negative feedback]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/18/93563401-14234171-image-a-6_1735497010412.jpg)
While the sitcom struggled in the ratings, elsewhere on BBC1, Gavin and Stacey: The Finale was the most watched show of the festive season with 12.5M, while Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl attracted 9.5M. Brendan O'Carroll, 69, has revealed the future of Mrs Brown's Boys amid plummeting ratings and calls for the BBC show to be axed.
![[Brendan said: 'We are going to film another series in April and May [2025]. It’s lovely to be asked to do another one']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/29/18/93563409-14234171-image-a-7_1735497050509.jpg)
The 2024 festive special saw its ratings plummet to the lowest ever, with viewers claiming it 'ruined' their Christmas. The latest episode of Mrs Brown's Boys, which has previously been described as 'marmite television', saw the Irish matriarch trying to convince her family that she was not grumpy like Scrooge, but those at home described it as 'spectacularly unfunny'.
![[The series, first aired in 2011, attracted a measly 2.2M viewers on Christmas Day, which was a huge drop from the 11.5M who turned into the show's 2013 December 25 special]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/27/13/93517985-14229913-image-a-4_1735305488758.jpg)
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