The BBC are facing calls for longtime comedy staple Mrs Brown's Boys to be axed following the show's "painful" special on New Year's Day. The 30-minute episode triggered fans to threaten to never watch the sitcom again as it has "lost its way."
The show stars show creator Brendan O'Carroll as Agnes Brown, a mother of six children in Dublin. The special episode, titled Mammy's Hair Loom, was one of four scheduled to be shown in 2023, with the character navigating life in Finglas for the second time in as many days.
In the special the titular character was waiting for the valuation of an antique vase which had been in the family for years, while other characters Buster and Dermot were convinced that Cathy's boyfriend Boris was a vampire.
