Outnumbered began in 2007, and it’s been eight years since the last special. The three Brockman children are now all in their 20s, working, travelling and even, in the case of Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), raising a child. Feel old yet?
Tyger Drew-Honey as Jake, Kerena Jagpal as Rani, Daniel Roche as Ben and Ramona Marquez as Karen (Photo: Adam Lawrence/BBC/Hat Trick Productions)
That petered out as the cast got older, so the final series and specials resembled a more traditional sitcom. That’s the case with this year’s Christmas special too, but the introduction of Zara, Jake’s boisterous three-year-old, gives moments of that original naturalism. In one of the sweetest scenes, Dennis gamely crawls around pretending to be a hyena with his granddaughter. “Maybe it’s time to stop being a hyena now?” he begs. “No, not yet,” she grins.
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Read MoreJake is exhausted from parenting while working from home as an IT consultant and trying to maintain his relationship with Zara’s mum Rani (Kerena Jagpal). Their troubles allow Pete and Sue to step in with parental advice, recalling their own fights fuelled by sleep deprivation, including an incident involving a mallet.
Hugh Dennis as Dad and Daniel Roche as Ben (Photo: Adam Lawrence/BBC/Hat Trick Productions)
The episode is propelled by the ominous news, and Pete and Sue’s worries over how their kids will react to it. And it really is big: Pete has prostate cancer.
The Outnumbered Christmas special is gentle, nostalgic, and captures something real about familial relationships and the ways they can turn the mundane into magic. As Pete says in a toast to his family: “Here’s to good old underappreciated everyday life.”
‘Outnumbered’ is streaming on BBC iPlayer
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