Mrs Brown's Boys bookies favourite to win Christmas TV ratings for SECOND year running

Mrs Brown’s Boys has been tipped to win the Christmas TV ratings for the second year running.

Comedian Brendan O’Carroll and his team were shocked after their festive special topped the ratings last year.

Now after the huge success of Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – and the lack of a full season this year – Paddy Power have it at 5/4 to be No 1 again.

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It is followed by Doctor Who at 7/4, Eastenders at 5/1 and Call The Midwife at 6/1.

Fans are likely to be tuning in after it was revealed that the BBC expect Brendan to never be able to produce a full season again due to his heavy work load.

Meanwhile, X Factor’s Ben Haenow is the bookies favourite to nab the Christmas number one this year with odds of 1/6 that he will take the coveted spot.

Sile Seoige leads the way for Irish acts with odds of 10/1 to with Maybe This Christmas and Bob Geldof’s Band Aid 30 has even lower odds of 14/1 to be number one.

Irish stars are fairing much better on the books list with Brian O’Driscoll at 8/13 to nab the Christmas number one book with The Test with Roy Keane autobiography coming in second with odds of 11/8.

Paddy Power said: “Much like the family cracker duels, we’ll be battling it out with our customers over some festive punts and both of us will be hoping to finish with the prize.”