National Television Awards viewers were aghast on Tuesday night when controversial comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys scooped a top award.
The BBC show beat Amandaland, Changing Ends, Last One Laughing and Not Going Out to the Best Comedy gong, sparking a fierce backlash from viewers.
‘Best comedy. I know we’re not exactly in a golden age of British comedy but how did that beat Amandaland?’ asked one fan on X.
Rival BBC comedy Amandaland, the Lucy Punch-starring spin off of Motherland, was considered to be the front-runner to win having already scooped the Best Scripted Comedy Bafta in May.
Another viewer joked that the result of
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