Black Mrs Brown’s Boys crew member quits show after star made ‘racist joke’

A Black crew member has reportedly quit Mrs Brown’s Boys after the lead actor on the BBC sitcom made a racist joke during the filming of this year’s Christmas specials.

The 69-year-old Irish writer and actor told PA: “At a read-through of the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas specials, there was a clumsy attempt at a joke, in the character of Agnes, where a racial term was implied.

The BBC investigated the incident and halted rehearsals, which have since resumed at the corporation’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow.