With Mrs Brown’s Boys’ impromptu cancellation leaving two vacant spots in the BBC’s festive TV schedule this year, viewers reckon they’ve already come up with a solution.
On Monday, Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll announced that the comedy’s regular Christmas and New Year specials would be unable to go ahead in 2026, as he had a fractured jaw which required surgery with a lengthy recovery time.
“This decision has not been taken lightly and has been made on medical advice from my consultant,” he said in a statement, which also confirmed that several live performances would be unable to take place. “To say I am heartbroken is an absolute understatement.”
It then took fans of Diane Morgan’s comedy Ann Droid almost no time to suggest a Christmas special could be the ideal way to fill the gap…
IT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE FOR THE @BBC TO COMMISSION A CHRISTMAS EPISODE OF ANN DROID! #SueSueSue https://t.co/qlTLbZpEes
Get Diane Morgan on the phone. Merry Christmas, Ann Droid! https://t.co/6VKADV35CU
Simple fix. Commission a Christmas special of Ann Droid immediately. https://t.co/BLl4eQeY4T
If the BBC have any sense they’ll be getting these two on the phone IMMEDIATELY. https://t.co/7EqdRhhS5b pic.twitter.com/fs2J7tDs1F
I wonder if there’s time to do an Ann Droid special to fill the BBC One gap?
They need to commission Ann Droid a Xmas special
Get Diane Morgan on the phone because we NEED a Christmas episode of Ann Droid!
Ann Droid features Sue Johnston and Diane Morgan as a grieving widow and the near-obsoletion robot that her son haphazardly buys to keep her company.
While at first, Sue’s character is resistant to her new companion, who she names Linda, the two eventually grow close, with critics having already praised both the humour and heart of the Philomena Cunk creator’s latest TV offering.
As well as critical acclaim, Ann Droid has also done well with viewers, with The Sun reporting earlier this month that more episodes are already in the works.
The tabloid claimed that Ann Droid “looks set to get a second series” after racking up around four million viewers in the space of a week, around half of whom were bingeing it on BBC iPlayer.
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