British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Ben (Daniel Roche), Pete (Hugh Dennis), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Sue (Claire Skinner). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Outnumbered

Outnumbered

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2007 - 2016
  • 35 episodes (5 series)

A semi-improvised sitcom based around a young family in London, starring Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner. Also features Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche, Ramona Marquez, Samantha Bond, David Ryall and Lorraine Pilkington

  • Due to return for Christmas Special
  • Series 5, Episode 6 repeated Saturday at 5pm on U&W
  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 791

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Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Karen (Ramona Marquez), Sue (Claire Skinner), Pete (Hugh Dennis), Ben (Daniel Roche), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Series 1 (2007)

The first series of the hit family sitcom, from Summer 2007. The show experienced some experimental scheduling, with episodes going out in groups of three.

Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Sue (Claire Skinner), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Ben (Daniel Roche), Pete (Hugh Dennis). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Series 2 (2008)

Outnumbered made a triumphant return in Winter 2008 for seven new episodes, this time broadcasting on Saturday nights.

Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Karen (Ramona Marquez), Sue (Claire Skinner), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Pete (Hugh Dennis), Ben (Daniel Roche). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Series 3 (2010)

The family negotiated hangovers, chess, sex education, colonoscopies, therapy, re-enactments of World War II and the sun-screening properties of kangaroo saliva in the third series.

Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Pete (Hugh Dennis), Sue (Claire Skinner), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Ben (Daniel Roche), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Series 4 (2011 - 2012)

The family were confronted by an array of issues ranging from death, drugs, terrorism and getting old, to food science, the joy of ventriloquism and the perils of Subbuteo in the latest series...

Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Ben (Daniel Roche), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Sue (Claire Skinner), Pete (Hugh Dennis). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Series 5 (2014)

A fifth and final series for the hit sitcom. What else can go wrong for Pete and Sue Brockman?

Outnumbered. Image shows left to right: Pete (Hugh Dennis), Ben (Daniel Roche), Sue (Claire Skinner), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Karen (Ramona Marquez)

Christmas Special (2024) New

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.

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