'Stop wasting licence payers' cash' BBC blasted for airing Mrs Brown's Boys

Mrs Brown's Boys returned to BBC One this evening for the latest episode of its new series, Mammy's Talent. The instalment covered Mr Foley's (played by Smug Roberts) talent show, which was pure chaos, and Grandad wanted out.

It is the second episode of series five, but it was met with a backlash from BBC viewers who took to social media to vent about the "embarrassing" series. One viewer fumed: "The BBC this evening is showing Masterchef and Mrs Brown's Boys. Perhaps it is time to stop paying the TV licence?"

A second said: "Please stop wasting licence payers' cash relentlessly fawning over Trump & Farage's every devoid of intellect thoughts. And #bbc1 stop broadcasting Mrs Brown's Boys."

Another fumed: "Why do the BBC keep churning out #MrsBrownsBoys? It's done. It's not funny. It's embarrassing."

Someone else added: "What hold does Brendan O'Carroll have over the BBC? Mrs Browns Boys should've been stopped bl**dy ages ago! The first 2-3 series were fairly funny...then it fell right off a cliff! YET it still keeps coming back! Why? How?"

Despite the backlash, other viewers enjoyed the episode, and one said: "I'll make no apologies for this tweet. I'm still enjoying watching Mrs Brown's Boys. Yep. Really."

Another shared: "It does make me laugh! Needed in today's insanity!"

Brendan O'Carroll, who plays protagonist Agnes Brown in Mrs Brown's Boys, recently discussed the show's longevity.

He told Beyond The Joke: "I honestly don't know the secret to the enduring success of Mrs. Brown's Boys, I write and perform what I think is funny and just hope that somebody somewhere watching gets a laugh out of it. That's it, and, although I sometimes try to include a "family" message along the way, essentially it's just a bunch of actors trying to make you laugh."

When asked how ideas for this new series came about, he admitted: "The ideas for these episodes are no different from the previous 53 episodes."

He said the storylines are based on true events that happened to his family or had been told to him about people's families.

Mrs Brown's Boys is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.