Outnumbered

Outnumbered is a British sitcom shown on BBC One. It began on 28 August 2007 and is partly improvised. It is about the Brockmans, a middle-class family of five who live in a house in suburban south London. Hugh Dennis plays the father, Pete, who is a history teacher. Claire Skinner plays the mother, Sue, who is a part-time personal assistant. Tyger Drew-Honey plays the elder son, Jake, whose main interest is teenage girls. Daniel Roche plays the younger son, Ben, who has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Ramona Marquez plays the daughter, Karen, who is intelligent and asks a lot of questions. The show was axed in 2015.

Awards
Outnumbered was nominated for the 2008 "Broadcast Award" for "Best Comedy Programme". It lost the award to The Thick of It.

The show was given the "British Comedy Guide Editors' Award" in The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2007 and the "Best Returning British TV Sitcom" in The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2008, beating Peep Show by six votes.

In 2009, it won the Royal Television Society Award for "Scripted Comedy", and two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in the same year: "Best Comedy/Entertainment" and the "Writer's Award". Outnumbered also won 3 awards at the 2009 British Comedy Awards: Best Sitcom, Best British Comedy and Best Female Newcomer for Ramona Marquez.

At the National Television Awards in 2011, Outnumbered was nominated for Best Comedy but lost out to Benidorm. It was nominated again the following year and won.

References

 Other websites 
Official website

Category:2007 British television series debuts
Category:2014 British television series endings
Category:2000s British sitcoms
Category:2010s British sitcoms
Category:BBC One television series
Category:BBC television sitcoms
Category:Television series about marriage
Category:Television series about siblings
Category:Television series about suburbia
Category:Television series set in London
Category:British English-language television shows