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First of all Mrs Brown Boys is a co production. BBC Studios being one of them. So the BBC have got some control.

Secondly we don't know the deal that is in place. I am sure in the same article it also said MBB would be on at 10pm but this year it was on at 10:35pm (which is late to be fair).

O'Carroll said in 2020 when the contract was first drawn up that it states that MBB has to be shown on Christmas Day otherwise a show doesn't have to be produced. Yes, the show may not have aired dead on 10pm since but it did in 2020.