BBC halted work on Mrs Brown’s Boys after star made ‘racist joke’

Alongside Mrs Brown’s Boys, this year’s BBC Christmas TV schedule will also feature special episodes of Gavin & Stacey and Outnumbered.

In June, Jon Petrie, the BBC director of comedy, was unable to respond when he was asked whether he found Mrs Brown’s Boys funny.

A fifth full series of Mrs Brown’s Boys has been commissioned and is set to start filming next spring.