First scenes filmed in Dublin

Filming has started on the Mrs Brown’s Boys film in Dublin.

Brendan O’Carroll and his co-stars are set to spend five weeks shooting in Ireland before moving to the UK.

The first scenes of Mrs Brown's Boys: D'Movie were shot in a street market in Moore Street yesterday, with Irish comedian June Rodgers making a brief appearance as a stall holder.

All the regular cast of the hit TV series are expected to return, including many members of O’Carroll’s real-life family: his wife Jennifer Gibney , his daughter Fiona, his son Danny and his sister Eilish.

The film is directed by Ben Kellett, who worked on the TV series as well as Pappy’s BBC Three sitcom Badults, We Are Klang and Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder.

It is due out next summer, and O’Carroll has said a fourth BBC series may follow once work on the production is complete.

Published: 2 Sep 2013