Overview

• The fifth season will debut on BBC One on Friday, August 1, at 9.30 p.m., marking the first full series since 2023.
• The mini-season follows Agnes Brown’s family in Finglas with plots such as Cathy’s podcast takeover, Granddad’s care home move, a disastrous driving test and Agnes’s mobility scooter mishaps.
• Filming took place between May and June before a live studio audience that creator Brendan O’Carroll says is essential to the show’s appeal.
• O’Carroll and co-writers based the new episodes on true family events and anecdotes shared by others to preserve the series’ signature slapstick tone.
• Social media users branded the renewal outdated and “abysmal” even as the BBC and its studios continue to back the franchise and related spin-offs.