Latest news with #andBall

The Irish Sun

‘Absolute tonic' – Mrs Brown's Boys cast get ‘wee treat' as ‘dear friend' Irish music legend makes surprise visit

THE Mrs Brown's Boys cast received a "wee treat" from an Irish music legend this week. The beloved Irish actors are currently filming season five of the hit comedy series - and were met with an unexpected surprise from a "dear friend". 2 The Mrs Brown's Boys cast received a surprise from a country music legend 2 Daniel O'Donnell visited the cast during rehearsals In a smiling photo posted to the official Mrs Brown's Boys X page, Irish country music legend Daniel O'Donnell could be seen meeting the cast. The Donegal native looked as happy as ever as he put his arms around Jennifer Gibney and Eilish O'Carroll for the snap. The rest of the group, including main man singer . A caption over the image wrote: "A wee treat for mammy today with the unexpected visit of our dear friend Daniel O'Donnell. READ MORE IN MRS BROWN'S BOYS "What an absolute tonic, but he's more my cup of tea #danielodonnell." A second snap showed Daniel holding up a visitors pass which had the word " family " written on it. With rehearsals in full swing for the new series, we're beginning to think it might not be a coincidence that Daniel was hanging out during the read through. Could Mr O'Donnell be making a guest appearance in the fifth season? We'll have to wait and see. MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN Fans flocked to the comment section to gush over the surprise appearance. Tony wrote: "Amazing to see Daniel O'Donnell with the cast." Daniel O'Donnell has viewers gushing after Late Late interview Rachel said: "Awww how amazing to see this post today, LOVE Daniel." While Bethany said: "I can't wait for this new series! Will Daniel be in it?" And Ciara remarked: "Love this!" This comes after news that Mrs Brown's Boys creator, TV show. recently revealed co-star Paddy Houlihan, who plays Dermot in the sitcom, teamed up with Brendan to write the new mini-series which started rehearsing at BBC last week. Co-star Dermot O'Neill, who plays Grandad on the show, told us: 'Brendan has written over 50 episodes of SHOW SECRETS Shedites, based in a men's shed, is a sitcom in which Brendan stars alongside Cannon and Ball icon Tommy Cannon. And Dermot, 73, revealed how there had been a positive reaction to the new Mrs Brown scripts by Brendan and Paddy when the cast held their first table reading in He said: 'Brendan is a mate — not the boss — so there's a lot of craic when we are doing the script read throughs. 'If someone mispronounces a word, Brendan will crack up and maybe leave it in the final show. 'The gas thing is that Brendan writes the script and he's probably the one who forgets his lines the most. That's because Mrs Brown has the most to say.' This will be the fifth series of Mrs Brown's Boys, consisting of four episodes. And there will be lots of excitement this Thursday when Brendan and the Mrs Brown's Boys cast film the first episode of the new in front of a live studio audience.