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BBC’s hit comedy Outnumbered is making a comeback after eight years with a brand-new Christmas Special. More on it below.

BBC has announced today that Outnumbered, their hit comedy, is coming back for a Christmas Special this year. The news come to us from BBC Comedy Festival which is being held at Glasgow, where Deadline was present to catch the announcement live.

Created by Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, Outnumbered ran from 2007 to 2014 and returned for a one-off Christmas Special in 2016. The semi-improv comedy followed the Brockman family, consisting of dad Pete, mum Sue and kids Jake, Ben and Karen. The series was produced by Hat Trick Productions.

The Christmas Special will see the kids all grown up and Pete and Sue coming to terms with an empty nest. According to Deadline, the special will focus on the challenges of parenting your kids after they’ve grown up in a downsized home.

Iconic BBC comedy Outnumbered is returning for a Christmas special after eight years.

Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton’s semi-improv comedy about a family perennially in crisis starring Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner joins the final Gavin & Stacey in what could be one of the BBC’s most-anticipated Christmas comedy lineups for years.

The news has been unveiled at the BBC Comedy Festival in Glasgow in the past few minutes by comedy boss Jon Petrie, who also announced second seasons of The Power of Parker and Mammoth, along with new shows Smoggie Queens and Funboys.

The stars of the original Outnumbered will return for the special including Dennis as dad Pete, Skinner as mum Sue, Tyger Drew-Honey as eldest son Jake, Daniel Roche as the middle child Ben, and Ramona Marquez as daughter Karen.

The kids have now grown up, and the Christmas ep will focus on the chaos of...

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Outnumbered: Wednesday (March 5) at 9pm on BBC One

We've been dreading this day, the day when we finally have to cut the apron strings and let go of the kids from Outnumbered. Sorry, we thought we'd be able to stay strong but it's just too...*dabs eyes with hankie*

Yes, after five series, the show's child stars Tyger Drew-Honey (Jake), Daniel Roche (Ben) and Ramona Marquez (Karen) are starting to dwarf their on-screen parents Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner, meaning it's time to bring the beloved BBC sitcom to an end. In this final episode, Auntie Angela (Samantha Bond...

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Outnumbered will return this month for what has been confirmed as its fifth and final series.

The award-winning sitcom will have a six-episode run starting on Wednesday, January 29 at 9pm.

Creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin have decided to end the sitcom after this series but both they and the cast have expressed the desire to reunite for occasional one-off specials.

Outnumbered series five stars regulars Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez, along with Samantha Bond, Rebecca Front and Harry Shearer.

The final series of the show will see Dad "besieged by unreliable technologies" while Mum has a new office job, Jake wears a new tattoo and learns to drive, Ben is cast in his school's musical version of Spartacus, and Karen starts secondary school.

Show star Drew-Honey told Digital Spy in 2012 of the fifth run: "This series is the last series. Never say never,...

Outnumbered is set to return for a fifth series this year. Apart from a Christmas Special, the last full series was back in 2011 and the new series show just how much those Brockman kids have grown, including a new hair colour for Karen.

Beleaguered parents Pete (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Claire Skinner) continue to battle through life both within and outside of their hectic household. Sue has a brand new office job and, predictably, struggles to maintain an aura of composure with her three growing offspring to contend with back home, while Pete is besieged by unreliable technologies.

Jake (played by 17 year old Tyger Drew-Honey) is sporting a new tattoo - of sorts - and is getting behind the wheel to learn to drive.

Tone-deaf Ben (played by the now 14 year old Daniel Roche) is set to take the lead in his school play - a musical version of Spartacus.

'Outnumbered' has been axed by the BBC. The popular sitcom - which stars comedian Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as the long-suffering parents to their three children, played by Tyger Drew-Honey, Dan Roche, and Ramona Marquez - will not return for a sixth series because producers don't want it to go on too long and lose its quality. Tyger said: ''This series is the last series. Never say never, but the directors and writers have said that they don't want to do another. ''Some shows do go on too long and some of them are just making more series for the sake of...

BBC family sitcom Outnumbered will return for a fifth series and a Christmas special, it has been confirmed. The 40-minute Xmas edition will air later this year, while filming for the next series will begin in 2013. Centred around the Brockman family, Outnumbered follows parents Pete (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Claire Skinner) as they struggle to control their unruly children Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Ben (Daniel Roche) and Karen (Ramona Marquez). There had previously (more)...

Christine Bleakley and Frank Lampard come face-to-face with the Brockmans in a special Outnumbered sketch for Sport Relief. The skit sees the Dancing on Ice host meet the family at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge when Karen, played by Ramona Marquez, serves as a mascot alongside Lampard. However, while Karen tests the footballer's patience, the Brockman boys - Hugh Dennis, Tyger Drew-Honey and Daniel Roche - also push their luck with his fiancée in the stands. Speaking about his involvement, Lampard said "I'm (more)...

Writer-directors Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, the team behind the BBC's award-winning TV series Outnumbered, are developing a BBC Films-backed family comedy feature film.

The film is not a straight adaptation of the TV series and will not include the show’s cast, but it will feature some of the same themes and the same “techniques” as used in the semi-improvised Outnumbered by its young stars Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez.

The comedy, with a working title of What We Did On Our Holiday will follow a family going through a tough time who undertake a road trip to Scotland for the grandfather’s 75th birthday but encounter chaos along the way. It will retain the same family structure as the series with two harassed parents trying to manage their three astute children.

Jenkin told Screen: “We’re taking the techniques from Outnumbered to make a distinctive...

'Outnumbered' won't be back for a new series next year. The BBC One comedy - which stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as stressed parents trying to control their three children - will now only be brought back for one-off specials as bosses are worried its child stars are too old. Tyger Drew-Honey, who plays Jake, is 14, while Daniel Roche (Ben) is 12 next year and Romana Marquez, who has won awards for her portrayal of Karen, is about to turn 11. Tyger said: "There's a special on Christmas Eve. Next year there'll be a Comic Relief special and maybe another Christmas...

Outnumbered may not return for another full series, its star Tyger Drew-Honey has revealed. The 14-year-old claimed that although the BBC family sitcom is scheduled to return for Comic Relief and Christmas specials in 2012, bosses fear that its cast may be too old for the show to still work. Drew-Honey's co-stars Ramona Marquez (Karen) and Daniel Roche (Ben) will be 11 and 12 years old next year. "There's a special on Christmas Eve. Next year there'll be a Comic Relief special and maybe another Christmas special. The year after that there could be another series. I think they don't want to (more)...

'Outnumbered' won't be back for a new series next year. The BBC One comedy - which stars Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as stressed parents trying to control their three children - will now only be brought back for one-off specials as bosses are worried its child stars are too old. Tyger Drew-Honey, who plays Jake, is 14, while Daniel Roche (Ben) is 12 next year and Romana Marquez, who has won awards for her portrayal of Karen, is about to turn 11. Tyger said: "There's a special on Christmas Eve. Next year there'll be a Comic Relief special and maybe another Christmas...

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The film features the voices of James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen and Ramona Marquez – and it those actors who are the “stars” of these behind the scenes images from the production of Arthur Christmas, which come direct to us from the studio.

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Outnumbered star Tyger Drew-Honey has predicted that the show will end after five series. Drew-Honey, who plays Jake, believes that the award-winning sitcom could tire once fellow young actors Daniel Roche (Ben) and Ramona Marquez (Karen) "mature". Speaking to What's on TV, the 15-year-old said: "I think there is a chance of a fifth series, but I don't think it will go much further than that." Drew-Honey added: "Not many people had seen kids that young on TV before because there is a saying, 'Don't work with children or animals', (more)...

Outnumbered, the multi-award-winning comedy series from Hat Trick Productions, which captures the turbulent chaos of family life, is back on BBC One with a new six-part series starting on Friday 2 September and followed by a Christmas special.

In the new series, the family is confronted by an array of issues ranging from death, drugs, terrorism and getting old, to food science, Top Gear, the joy of ventriloquism and the perils of Subbuteo.

The casting director avoided stage-school talent, instead undertaking a lengthy audition process which involved lots of game playing, determined to find children who would enjoy the filming process. So the three juvenile leads came out at the top of the fairly exhausting casting process. Andy: "They're all really interesting to watch and they've all got very interesting, funny personalities. Confident, but also excellent actors."

Tyger Drew-Honey returns as Jake Brockman

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Harry Potter mania is casting quite a spell in the run-up to this year's final, climactic movie.

The magic was doubly recognised at tonight's National Movie Awards, where Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - released on July 15 - was named Must See Movie of the Summer, while Part 1 won the award for Best Fantasy.

Bonnie Wright, who stars as Ginny Weasley in the films, picked up both of the awards on behalf of those involved in the franchise, and was joined by producers David Heyman and David Barron. (Pictured top, from left, David Heyman, Bonnie Wright and David Barron collect the award for Must See Movie of the Summer).

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Outnumbered, the multi-award-winning comedy series from Hat Trick Productions is back in production for BBC One with a new six-part series and a Christmas special.

Two parents and their three children are locked in an unequal battle. Using elements of improvisation, Outnumbered sees the world as much from the children's as the adults' point of view.

In the new series, the family is confronted by an array of issues ranging from death, drugs, terrorism and getting old, to food science, Top Gear, and the joy of ventriloquism.

All three of the young stars have been busy since the last series:

Tyger Drew-Honey recently filmed a role in Horry Henry:The Movie.

Daniel Roche starred in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Just William, as well as playing the young Stephen Fry in Sky's Little Crackers.

And Ramona Marquez was most recently seen as the young Princess Margaret in Oscar-winning The King's Speech.

The BBC has announced that it has renewed Outnumbered for a fourth series. The partially-improvised comedy, which has aired on the BBC since 2007, focuses on two parents struggling to keep their children under control. The cast includes Claire Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez. The BBC has now revealed that six new episodes will air later this year, although a return date has not yet been set. A Christmas special of the show will also be broadcast. The announcement was posted on the BBC (more)...

The BBC has announced that it has renewed Outnumbered for a fourth season. The partially-improvised comedy, which has aired on the BBC since 2007, focuses on two parents struggling to keep their children under control. The cast includes Claire Skinner, Hugh Dennis, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez. The BBC has now revealed that six new episodes will air later this year, although a return date has not yet been set. A Christmas special of the show will also be broadcast. The announcement was posted on the BBC (more)...

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This sitcom is a surprise gem. The set-up of mildly stressed out middle-class parents and their three exasperating children is well-worn territory and there are few driving dramatic incidents. Yet therein lies Outnumbered's charm – it takes very ordinary slice-of-life situations and renders them believable and very funny. Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's script is well-observed, but the key to the show's success is the kids. Allowed to improvise, Daniel Roche, as anarchic monkey Ben, and scene-stealing Ramona Marquez, who plays Karen, come out with some brilliant unscripted lines that prompt snorts of laughter. It sometimes gets too realistic, so the children's shouting may have you reaching for the volume control.