Outnumbered

Outnumbered is a new comedy written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin about the daily rollercoaster of life with small children. Three small children in fact - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation and an interest in nits, a seven-year-old boy who could out-fib Jeffrey Archer, and an eleven-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.

Mum is upset to find out that her schoolteacher husband, Pete, is being investigated by the school for apparent racist remarks he made to a student, and Ben's lying becomes more of a problem.

Stuck on the A3, Mum tries to keep the peace in a car containing a new-age Auntie, a bewildered Grandfather, three fractious kids and several full bladders.

Ben's fibbing goes to a whole new level and a romantic night in for mum and dad doesn't quite go to plan.

Ben's on the case again - this time he's got a mystery illness and is far too ill to go to school and Auntie Angela's been dumped by her boyfriend, so the family rally round to cheer her up.

Five-year-old Karen decides she's had enough of mum's nagging and announces that she's leaving home, for Spain, or possibly Greenland and preparations are in full swing for a dinner party.