Seeing the light: Mrs Brown (Brendan O Carroll) was back for a 10th festive round
Credit: BBC
It was always going to take more than a pandemic to knock
Mrs Brown’s Boys (BBC One) off its stride. Britain’s favourite comedy – or so the ratings tell us – was back for a Christmas Special, and little had changed in the Brendan O’Carroll Expanded Universe. Depending on your tastes, this was either 30 minutes of post-turkey torture or a misty-eyed call back to the great sitcoms of yesteryear.
Covid had put a damper on certain elements. There was no studio audience to hoot along to the flubbed lines and single entendres as O’Carroll dusted down his manic “mammy” routine. And the cast had been significantly downsized, with most of Mrs Brown’s extended family absent.
Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce to manage in charity celebrity football match
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11 December 2020, 9:00 pm
Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce are to compete as managers of rival celebrity football teams in a charity match.
The fundraiser, named #COVAID, will take place at Chelmsford City Football Club’s stadium later this month.
A mixture of former football players, actors, musicians and television personalities will take part in the game.
Soccer – FA Barclays Premiership – Bolton Wanderers v Portsmouth – The Reebok Stadium
Among them are former England stars Emile Heskey and Wayne Bridge, actors Luke Pasqualino and Conor Moloney, Blue singer Anthony Costa and The Only Way Is Essex’s Dan Osborne.
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