Want to start the New Year sporting an ear-to-ear grin? Then catch the second seasonal special of Brendan O’Carroll’s beloved series, featuring quick-witted matriarch Agnes Brown. Warm-hearted and lots of fun, read on below for how to watch Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Day Special online. And let’s just pray that 2022 isn’t a buckin’ disaster!
The recent Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special was a right good craic. So, given your champagne headache has cleared by 10pm on 1 January, you can enjoy another round of raucous fun with the New Year’s Day episode, “Mammy’s Mickey”.
The titular Mickey is a Liverpudlian ex-con who drops in on the Brown’s to see Grandad, his brother. He tries to convince his estranged sibling into investing €5000 for a “South African gold mine", but straight-talking mother of six Agnes intervenes to stop the swindle.
Mickey is played by John Masterson, producer of the original Mrs Browns Boys and 1997’s Treasure Island. He’ll join the main cast alongside Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes, Eilish O'Carroll as Winnie, Paddy Houlihan as Dermot, and Danny O'Carroll as his dim-witted best friend Buster.
They’ll be reconciliations, heart-to-hearts, and a lot of laughs! So, if you fancy another trip round to Mrs Browns, our guide below explains how to watch Mrs Browns Boy’s New Year’s Day Special 2021 online – and totally FREE through BBC iPlayer .
How to watch Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Day Special 2021 for free in the UK
How to watch Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Day Special 2021 online from anywhere in the world?
If you find yourself outside of the UK this Christmas, sadly you won't be able to access your usual VOD services from abroad or access BBC iPlayer.
But you needn’t miss the uproarious antics of Mrs Brown and her brood. While geo-restrictions will prevent you from accessing certain services and content, you can get around these by downloading a VPN or Virtual Private Network.
It's completely legal, very affordable, and easy to use. Plus, it also encrypts your browsing and offers additional protection against cybercriminals.
Use a VPN to watch Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Day Special online from anywhere
Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...
1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is ExpressVPN
2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location (a server in the UK in this case)
3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to BBC iPlayer and start watching Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Day Special as if you were back at home
Can I watch Mrs Brown’s Boys New Year’s Day Special 2021 online anywhere else in the world?
Unless you’re a UK citizen, it’s unlikely your New Year will start with the hearty laughter of Mrs Brown’s Boys. At the height of Mrs Brown’s Boys’ popularity, the series aired on BBC Canada, BBC America, and the Seven Network in Australia. The seasonal specials, however, don’t seem to get an international broadcast until months later. At least, that seems to be the case in Australia’s Seven Network, which aired last year’s special in April 2021.
However, there’s good news for international fans of the show. Each season and previously broadcast special episode are available to stream on BritBox in America, Canada and Australia, for $6.99, CAD$8.99, and AUS$8.99 a month respectively, and new subscribers can get a 7-day FREE trial before splashing the cash. The downside? We expect a wait of a few months before the 2021/2022 seasonal specials arrive on the Brit-tastic streaming platform.
Looks like Halo Infinite's multiplayer is taking a note from Warzone
A set of job listings at Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries suggests where the shooter's multiplayer is headed.
343 has posted a job advert for a writing director , asking for someone able to create “innovative and engaging, serial narrative content for Halo Infinite’s free-to-play [multiplayer]”, GameSpot reports. That certainly suggests either a seasonal narrative or a story mode is coming to Halo Infinite multiplayer. Similar to the narrative beats delivered in each new season of Call of Duty's battle royale spinoff, Warzone.
The writing director will have to create “seasonal story content” that uses “cinematic scripts”, and “leverages existing Halo lore and adds exciting new chapters to the larger Halo story.” The seasonal nature of the content presumably ties into the DLC schedule that 343 Industries plans for Halo Infinite, much like other live-service games.
A second job posting for a monetization designer , who will create and iterate upon the game’s monetization systems, mentions new “in-game initiatives to drive player engagement and long-term player progression, as well as a player-first store and monetization model.”
The monetization designer role suggests we're going to see changes to Halo Infinite’s much-criticized in-game storefront , as well as possibly new microtransactions and ways of spending money in the game.
Analysis: what does narrative multiplayer look like?
Halo Infinite isn’t lacking a story - its entire single player campaign is steeped in the narrative of the Halo series. But that story content currently sits separate from the competitive, free-to-play multiplayer side of the game, and will cost you around $59.99 / £49.99 / AU$ 89.98 to pick up. (Unless you are a Game Pass member).
This job listing is the first indication that 343 Industries is adding narrative content to the free-to-play side of Halo Infinite. But what, exactly, it will look like is unclear. Players may not have purchased the main game, so the new content might not touch on the single player campaign. I wouldn't expect any specific plot beats to be acknowledged or fleshed out as multiplayer modes.
It’s more likely the new content will focus on wider Halo lore that’s known to fans of the series. Given the deliberate framing of Halo Infinite as a live service game, however, we the multiplayer narrative may be its own story, which develops and evolves with each new season of content, much like as we see in Call of Duty's Warzone.
If you’re after story content right now, though, pick up a copy of Halo Infinite’s single player.
Migrating your data to Google Workspace is about to get a whole lot easier
Getting your data moved over to Google Workspace should soon be a much smoother process thanks to a new release from the company.
Google says the Workspace Migrate tool offers an easier way for admins to assess and plan migration projects, and "confidently migrate their users and large amounts of critical content directly into Google Workspace."
Previously announced in beta way back in 2019, the tool is now generally available to admins across the world for select Google Workspace Editions.
Google Workspace Migrate
In a blog post announcing the news, Google noted that its new tool should be particularly useful for those admins looking to move a large amount of enterprise data, offering a secure and effective way to migrate information and set up on-premises infrastructure.
This includes the ability to migrate data from a wide range of sources, including Microsoft Exchange (covering Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016, and Microsoft 365 ), Microsoft SharePoint (including SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business), Microsoft OneDrive, file shares, and Box migrations.
It will also support legacy G Suite Business and Google Workspace environments, enabling admins to selectively migrate Gmail , Calendar, Drive, and more data between Google Workspace environments.
Alternatively, the tool will allow admins to migrate all users from one environment to another, or move specific user data (such as organizational units, users, or subsets of data) between Google Workspace environments.
The tool will also allow admins to easily identify project progress and status through frequently updated and detailed logs, as well as being able to quickly scan source environments to help accurately plan for key project milestones and watch points.
Google Workspace Migrate is available now for users on Google Workspace Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Education Standard, Education Plus, and legacy G Suite Business - however not for Google Workspace Essentials or legacy G Suite Basic users just yet.
The news comes soon after Google revealed it would be cutting down on users accessing Google Workspace for free .
The company announced that all G Suite legacy free edition users would soon be shifted over to a paid version of Google Workspace from July 1 in order to ensure they kept access to tools such as Gmail, Meet and Docs.
Google Workplace plans start at $6/user/month for its Business Starter option, with Business Standard ($12/user/month) and Business Plus ($18 /user/month) also on offer, providing an increasing level of services with the amount paid.
Google plans to automatically move free users from May 1 to "an upgraded Google Workspace paid subscription", based on its analysis of the customer's usage and the features it thinks you'll need. The company is also offering businesses who don't want to pay or upgrade the chance to export their data at no extra cost.
Via 9to5Google