With kids like these!
Original title
Outnumbered
Released
8/28/2007
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy, Family
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
31
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.
It's Comic Relief and everyone is doing something funny for money. Sue tries some jokes, Karen draws some bizarre pictures and Ben tries to find what to wear.
It is Boxing Day in the Brockman household and Santa has paid a visit, along with some burglars. Seven-year-old Karen is obsessing over a missing hamster, nine-year-old Ben is causing havoc with a mechanical hand, Jake and Mum are trying to find Grandad, and Dad is preparing for dinner guests - some welcome, some not.
Ben presents Pete with his list of things to do for Sport Relief, including running the Sport Relief Mile.
Jake spots Andy Murray first and gets a picture with him, Ben gives him tennis tips, Karen questions him about his 'proper' job, and Pete accidentally injures him.
The three kids sing "(Theme from) The Monkees" whilst moving around the house doing various things. Neither Sue or Pete appear in the special.
The family want to go away for Christmas, but can they go with Grandad in hospital? And should they go when Jane is their house-sitter? And was it really wise to give Ben a metal detector as a present?
The cast are joined by Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard and his TV personality girlfriend Christine Bleakley.
The Brockman family have decided to foster a sense of community by throwing a Christmas party for their neighbours. However, as expected, festivities do not go as smoothly as planned. They are visited by some colourful guests, including, among others, an opinionated neighbour, a traumatised ex-weatherman and that most unwelcome of guests, a seasonal gastric virus.
It's Boxing Day and the Brockman family has to carry out a special mission for Grandad. They encounter car problems, child problems, parent problems, emotional problems and World War Two. If the adults can't sort things out, the children will have to. Like all families everything has changed and everything remains the same.
In a moment of adversity, Sue and Pete gather all their offspring (including one grandchild) to try and celebrate a traditional family Christmas. But fate, neighbours, hyenas and bus replacement services get in their way.
Pete and Sue Brockman have their hands full enduring the first day of school, bullies, head lice and other trials and tribulations of parenthood.
It is Jake's first day at secondary school and Karen has nits and wants to keep one as a pet.
Dad strays into a job-threatening controversy, while Mum starts a turf war.
Mum, the children, their aunt and grandfather get stuck in a traffic jam on the A3.
Mum makes plans for a romantic night in, but she has to get rid of Karen's little friend.
Ben's got a mystery illness and claims to be far too ill to go to school.
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.
The children cause trouble at a wedding, while Pete and Sue try to refrain from violence.
Ben tries to get elected as class rep. Dad returns from a funeral troubled by mortality.
The Brockmans attempt to revive 1950s values by banning TV and computers for a whole day.
Mum and Dad must endure the hell of being stuck in a foreign airport with young children.
A Croatian baby-sitter has a night to remember when Mum and Dad go out for a meal.
Chaos reigns as Karen denounces Satan, and Ben gets on the wrong side of a referee.
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.
Gran takes the Brockman family for a day's sightseeing in London.
When Mum finds an inappropriate image on the family computer, an investigation begins.
Karen recreates Britain's Got Talent and Ben takes an interest in Dad's medical tests.
Dad struggles against the conspiracy theories that are taking over the family.
Auntie Angela returns to show off the American therapist she has married.
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.
The family must decide which of them is going a funeral.
Mum tries to civilise the boys, Dad wars with a domestic appliance and Karen goes shopping.
With Karen and Ben away, Mum and Dad are left with a labrador to look after.
Ben's parents' evening proves eventful, while Mum suspects that Jake is hiding something.
Mum is still convinced Jake has a secret, and Ben forms an unusual double act.
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.
Karen has trouble adapting to big school and Ben auditions for the school musical.
Karen indulges her competitive instincts, and Ben explores human psychology.
The arrival of Dad's god-daughter has an unfortunate effect on the Brockman household.
Dad and Ben go on a winter camping trip, and Jake has to decide about a gap year.
Plagued by communication nightmares, Mum and Dad try to find out where their children are.
Grandad is ill, which brings Auntie Angela and her new friend over from America.
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