Looking back at the opening episode of Outnumbered you are struck by how young the children when it started.
History teacher Pete Brockman and his wife Sue who works part time have to deal with their three inquisitive children and the first day of term at secondary school for their eldest, 11 year old Jake who is nervous about the new school.
Seven year old Ben appears to be more mischievous wanting to take his dad's power drill to school and 5 year old Karen asks questions about everything anything, sometimes even the awkward ones.
Everything is chaotic for the first day at school like trying to find the car keys and Jake gets more worried.
The show was a mixture of scripted comedy and instructed improvisation from the children which Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner had to react to. Easier for Dennis as he started out as a comedian.