Brendan O'Carroll writing new BBC comedy starring Tommy Cannon

Brendan O'Carroll has landed a new BBC comedy series.

The 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' creator has written a new show called 'Shedites' that will feature legendary comedian Tommy Cannon in a leading role. A pilot episode has been penned and is thought to have been well-received by BBC bosses.

Brendan is quoted by The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column as saying: "It's using comedy to touch on men's mental health.

"The BBC loved the pilot. Hopefully it will be out in the fall."

'Mrs. Brown's Boys' has proved divisive amongst critics but continues to pull in strong viewing figures more than a decade after it first aired - even winning the Best Comedy prize at last month's National Television Awards - and Brendan is relaxed about the mixed reception the sitcom gets.

The Irish comic, who stars in the show as potty-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown, said: "I'm the same with music and with comedy, it's subjective, you know? It really is.

"There's comedians that people find really funny who I then go, 'I don't really get that', you know? They went through a stage where comedy started to get really snarky and people punching down, and I'd be looking and I went, 'I don't know...'

"And then there's other guys, people who were around me go, 'Oh no, he's f****** hilarious. Are you kidding me, he's f****** hilarious!' And I go, 'Well... Because really it is, it's what you call Marmite, that's what it is and people either love or they f****** hate it."

Brendan, 69, added: "And you're gonna have to accept that that's the way it is. All I have to try and make sure is that people who love it, I don't let them down, that I continue to be... I don't try and change to f****** convert the others. I am what I am. The show is what it is, and we deliver it, and hopefully the audience agree, or that portion of the audience agree."