Outnumbered
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2007 - 2024
- 36 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
- Series 1, Episode 3 repeated Saturday at 5:15pm on U&W
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 5
Further details
Mum and Dad try to organise a quiet meal out together. But first they have to escape the house - which won't be easy, given that their six-year-old daughter feels they're being financially irresponsible by dining out during a credit crunch.
The evening does not go well. Dad is soon revealing that he's been checking out something he shouldn't on the internet, Jake is being advised on why he should never invade Russia, and Ben is refused entry to an imaginary restaurant.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 13th December 2008
- Time
- 9:40pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Hugh Dennis | Pete |
| Claire Skinner | Sue |
| Tyger Drew-Honey | Jake |
| Daniel Roche | Ben |
| Ramona Marquez | Karen |
| David Ryall | Frank (Grandad) |
| Michaela Brooks | Jo (Jake's Girlfriend) |
| Anna Koval | Draxi (Babysitter) |
| Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Andy Hamilton | Writer |
| Guy Jenkin | Director |
| Andy Hamilton | Director |
| Guy Jenkin | Producer |
| Andy Hamilton | Producer |
| Jimmy Mulville | Executive Producer |
| Nigel Williams | Editor |
| Mark Davis | Editor |
| Graeme Story | Production Designer |
| Philip Pope | Composer |
Video
The Trouble With Old People
A Croatian babysitter has a night to remember when Mum and Dad manage to escape for a meal together.
Featuring: Samantha Bond (Auntie Angela), Hugh Dennis (Pete), Ramona Marquez (Karen) & David Ryall (Frank (Grandad)).
Press
In Outnumbered (BBC1, Saturday), I get the strong sensation that Ben and Karen have been mixing with rough children behind the camera. Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who write, direct, produce and generally lead astray, have been seen whispering to them between takes. Hence the angelic Karen's reproach to her father, "You're spending all the money on salads and beer!" and her comment on her grandfather's smell, "When you're old you have a special smell so you know when they're near." Grandfather, having incipient Alzheimer's, is also a child but going in the opposite direction. Well worth embroidering on a couple of cushions is his sound advice to his grandson, "Don't ever invade Russia!", and to his son-in-law, a history teacher, "There's no future in history."
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 15th December 2008