Mrs Brown’s Boys suffers lowest ratings ever as fans slam ‘exceptionally bad’ special
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Mrs Brown’s Boys ratings have plummeted off a cliff with a widely-panned Christmas special amid calls for the comedy series to be axed. The controversial BBC show follows the life of the interfering Agnes Brown (played by Brendan O’Carroll) and has aired five series and 12 Christmas Day specials since 2011.
![[Mark (PAT 'PEPSI' SHIELDS), Mrs Brown (BRENDAN O'CARROLL), Winnie (EILISH O'CARROLL)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234304519-5051.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The crass, provocative humour has had millions tuning in over the years, with the first December 25 special in 2013 pulling in a whopping 11.52 million nationwide viewers. However, this was its peak. After that, the show averaged around nine million viewers as it slowly declined in popularity.
![[A still from Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234304507-31d9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The last time it featured in the top 10 rated shows on Christmas day was in 2020 (with 3.8m viewers) and it’s only continued its downward spiral. This has culminated in the 2024 Christmas Special (Ding Dong Mammy), in which Mrs Brown has to ‘convince her nearest and dearest that she’s not grumpy’ securing a measly 2.2 million viewers.
![[Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special still]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234304501-5a09.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
It is a far cry from the top shows on UK TV this Christmas which the BBC dominated with the likes of the Gavin and Stacey special (12.3m) and Wallace and Gromit (9.38m). And the reception from fans online has been poor. ‘They actually managed to make Mrs Brown’s Boys worse with the addition of this one,’ @dannydenay wrote on X.
