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Leave It to Mrs O'Brien - Wikipedia

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Leave It to Mrs O'Brien
Genre	Situation comedy
Created by	Angela McFadden
Written by	Joe Dunlop
Directed by	Brian Mac Lochlainn
Starring	Anna Manahan Pat Daly Philip O'Sullivan Blanaid Irvine Brendan Caldwell
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Production locations	Studio 1, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	RTÉ Two
Release	7 November 1984 (1984-11-07) – 23 April 1986 (1986-04-23)

Leave It to Mrs O'Brien is an Irish television sitcom that aired on RTÉ 2 for two series from 1984 to 1986. Starring Anna Manahan in the title role, it was based on the stories of Angela McFadden.^[1]

Plot

Set in a local parochial house in the Liberties area of inner-city Dublin, the show's main character, Mrs O'Brien, is the housekeeper to two Roman Catholic priests. Her main adversary is Sister Gertrude, an archetypal authoritarian dragon, and in the middle are the two priests of the house. The veteran parish priest, Fr. Rooney, is also prone to skullduggery and is in fear of being moved to a new parish by the Bishop. The second priest, Fr. Michael, is a young, trendy and "sensible" curate.^[2]

Cast

Anna Manahan as Mrs O'Brien
Pat Daly as Fr. Rooney
Philip O'Sullivan as Fr. "Michael" Lynch
Blanaid Irvine as Sister Gertrude
Brendan Caldwell as Pat Dunn
Chris Curran as Mr Burke
May Cluskey as Mrs Burke
Martina Stanley as Maureen
David Heep as Patrick

Production

Recording

The interior scenes for both series were shot in Studio 1 at the RTÉ Television Centre. While the first series was filmed without a laughter track, the second series was filmed in front of a live studio audience. The quantity of laughter generated was about the same. The second series also saw more on-location filming as well as guest appearances.

Reception

Both series consistently topped the channel's ratings with an audience of over 250,000 per episode; however, it had a less favourable response from the critics. According to the Irish Independent, "One TV critic wanted those responsible 'thrown on the dole and given lousy references'". The network's defense that the series was meant to appeal to undiscriminating viewers, particularly children and the elderly, only invited further criticism.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The worst Irish TV shows EVER!". Irish Independent. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
^ "Parochial humour". The Irish Times. 5 February 1986. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

External links

Leave It to Mrs O'Brien at IMDb

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