Outnumbered
With kids like these!
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
Cast
Claire Skinner
Sue
Hugh Dennis
Pete
Tyger Drew-Honey
Jake
Daniel Roche
Ben
Ramona Marquez
Karen
Seasons
Pete and Sue Brockman have their hands full enduring the first day of school, bullies, head lice and other trials and tribulations of parenthood.
E1The School Run
Aug 28, 2007
It is Jake's first day at secondary school and Karen has nits and wants to keep one as a pet.
E2The Special Bowl
Aug 29, 2007
Dad strays into a job-threatening controversy, while Mum starts a turf war.
E3The City Farm
Aug 30, 2007
Mum, the children, their aunt and grandfather get stuck in a traffic jam on the A3.
E4The Quiet Night In
Sep 3, 2007
Mum makes plans for a romantic night in, but she has to get rid of Karen's little friend.
E5The Mystery Illness
Sep 4, 2007
Ben's got a mystery illness and claims to be far too ill to go to school.
E6The Dinner Party
Sep 5, 2007
Mum's nagging makes Karen plan a move abroad, and the family prepare for a dinner party.
The daily pandemonium of the Brockman family continues as beleaguered parents Pete and Sue attempt to bring up their three boisterous youngsters.
E1The Wedding
Nov 15, 2008
The children cause trouble at a wedding, while Pete and Sue try to refrain from violence.
E2The Dead Mouse
Nov 22, 2008
Ben tries to get elected as class rep. Dad returns from a funeral troubled by mortality.
E3The Old Fashioned Sunday
Nov 29, 2008
The Brockmans attempt to revive 1950s values by banning TV and computers for a whole day.
E4The Airport
Dec 6, 2008
Mum and Dad must endure the hell of being stuck in a foreign airport with young children.
E5The Night Out
Dec 13, 2008
A Croatian baby-sitter has a night to remember when Mum and Dad go out for a meal.
E6The Football Match
Dec 20, 2008
Chaos reigns as Karen denounces Satan, and Ben gets on the wrong side of a referee.
E7The Long Night
Dec 27, 2008
A thunderstorm brings night-time chaos to the Brockman family.
With new characters added to the mix, including Pete's mother, the Brockman family returns for another round of chaos and parental incompetence.
E1The Family Outing
Apr 8, 2010
Gran takes the Brockman family for a day's sightseeing in London.
E2The Internet
Apr 15, 2010
When Mum finds an inappropriate image on the family computer, an investigation begins.
E3The Tennis Match
Apr 22, 2010
Karen recreates Britain's Got Talent and Ben takes an interest in Dad's medical tests.
E4The Pigeon
May 6, 2010
Dad struggles against the conspiracy theories that are taking over the family.
E5The Restaurant
May 13, 2010
Auntie Angela returns to show off the American therapist she has married.
E6The Hospital
May 20, 2010
Mum and Dad struggle to put things right between them, but Karen is unimpressed.
A new season starts off with a family funeral for Pete's Uncle Bob. But the Brockmans handle it with characteristic humor.
E1The Funeral
Sep 2, 2011
The family must decide which of them is going a funeral.
E2The Girls' Day Out
Sep 9, 2011
Mum tries to civilise the boys, Dad wars with a domestic appliance and Karen goes shopping.
E3The Labrador
Sep 16, 2011
With Karen and Ben away, Mum and Dad are left with a labrador to look after.
E4The Parents' Evening
Sep 23, 2011
Ben's parents' evening proves eventful, while Mum suspects that Jake is hiding something.
E5The Cold Caller (1)
Sep 30, 2011
Mum is still convinced Jake has a secret, and Ben forms an unusual double act.
E6The Exchange Student (2)
Oct 7, 2011
As the family tries to get rid of Auntie Angela, another guest comes to stay.
Karen enters a new school; Ben faces puberty; Jake verges on manhood; Mum and Dad cope with hamsters, vigilante neighbors and staging a musical.
E1The Hamster
Jan 29, 2014
Karen has trouble adapting to big school and Ben auditions for the school musical.
E2The Swimming Competition
Feb 5, 2014
Karen indulges her competitive instincts, and Ben explores human psychology.
E3The Goddaughter
Feb 12, 2014
The arrival of Dad's god-daughter has an unfortunate effect on the Brockman household.
E4The Gap Year
Feb 19, 2014
Dad and Ben go on a winter camping trip, and Jake has to decide about a gap year.
E5The Chinese Horde
Feb 26, 2014
Plagued by communication nightmares, Mum and Dad try to find out where their children are.
E6The Musical
Mar 5, 2014
Grandad is ill, which brings Auntie Angela and her new friend over from America.
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Storyline
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
