The sitcom has become a mainstay of BBC One\u2019s Christmas schedule, with annual Christmas and New Year specials airing on the channel.<\/p>\n
However, O\u2019Carroll, who plays Maria Brown and is also the daughter of creator and star Brendan, has reportedly revealed to the RTE Guide that not only are the cast shooting specials for this holiday season, they are also at work on a four-part miniseries.<\/p>\n
As reported by the Sun<\/a>, she said: \u201cIn October we\u2019ll be filming Mrs Brown: two Christmas specials and the first of a miniseries of four episodes, the other three early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n The BBC declined to comment when approached by RadioTimes.com<\/a> about the reports.<\/p>\n Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys first started airing in 2011 and since then has produced more than 40 episodes of TV and a film spin-off, Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys D\u2019Movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n If a miniseries were to go ahead, it would be the first longer run of episodes the sitcom has had since 2013, after which only specials have been produced.<\/p> According to the Sun, Fiona O\u2019Carroll previously told Virgin Media One show Ireland AM<\/a> that the team were \u201csupposed to be doing a mini series this year but, unfortunately, due to various different reasons it didn\u2019t happen\u201d, confirming at the time that \u201cthere is talk of it happening next year, a possible miniseries\u201d.<\/p>\n She went on to explain that \u201cit is not just down to us, it is down to studio time, it is down to crew and it is down to cast.\u201d<\/p>\n Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys is available to stream on BBC iPlayer<\/a>. Check out more of our Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am It seems that fans of long-running sitcom Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys are in for a treat, as star Fiona O\u2019Carroll has revealed that plans are in the works for more episodes \u2013 and not just the series\u2019s annual Christmas outings. The sitcom has become a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":21122,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries.jpg",2000,1136,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries-300x170.jpg",300,170,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries-768x436.jpg",768,436,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries-1024x582.jpg",800,455,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries-1536x872.jpg",1536,872,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/08\/mrs-browns-boys-star-confirms-2-christmas-specials-and-new-miniseries.jpg",2000,1136,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am It seems that fans of long-running sitcom Mrs Brown\u2019s Boys are in for a treat, as star Fiona O\u2019Carroll has revealed that plans are in the works for more episodes \u2013 and not just the series\u2019s annual Christmas outings. The sitcom has become a…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/21121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/mrs-browns-boys-specials-2021-8afa96a.jpg?quality=90&crop=79px%2C0px%2C1690px%2C1126px&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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