My Family is a British televisionsitcom, created and co-written by Fred Barron and broadcast onBBC One. The initial cast consisted ofRobert Lindsay,Zoë Wanamaker,Kris Marshall,Daniela Denby-Ashe andGabriel Thomson, beforeSiobhan Hayes,Keiron Self,Rhodri Meilir andTayler Marshall joined the series. Marshall was the only original cast member not to appear until the series' conclusion, as Denby-Ashe made a brief departure during its run before returning.
During the course of the programme, 120 episodes ofMy Family aired, including ten specials over eleven series, between 19 September 2000 and 2 September 2011.[1]
Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First released | Last released | |||
1 | 8 | 19 September 2000 (2000-09-19) | 7 November 2000 (2000-11-07) | |
2 | 13 | 31 August 2001 (2001-08-31) | 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) | |
3 | 13 | 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) | 12 December 2002 (2002-12-12) | |
Special | 25 December 2002 (2002-12-25) | |||
4 | 13 | 21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) | 13 June 2003 (2003-06-13) | |
Special | 25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) | |||
5 | 14 | 12 March 2004 (2004-03-12) | 18 June 2004 (2004-06-18) | |
Specials | 24 December 2004 (2004-12-24) | 25 December 2005 (2005-12-25) | ||
6 | 7 | 10 March 2006 (2006-03-10) | 28 April 2006 (2006-04-28) | |
Special | 25 December 2006 (2006-12-25) | |||
7 | 9 | 6 April 2007 (2007-04-06) | 8 June 2007 (2007-06-08) | |
Special | 26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) | |||
8 | 7 | 11 April 2008 (2008-04-11) | 23 May 2008 (2008-05-23) | |
Special | 24 December 2008 (2008-12-24) | |||
9 | 9 | 2 April 2009 (2009-04-02) | 14 May 2009 (2009-05-14) | |
Special | 24 December 2009 (2009-12-24) | |||
10 | 9 | 9 July 2010 (2010-07-09) | 27 August 2010 (2010-08-27) | |
Special | 24 December 2010 (2010-12-24) | |||
11 | 9 | 1 July 2011 (2011-07-01) | 2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [3] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [2] |
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1 | 1 | "The Serpent's Tooth" | Baz Taylor | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 19 September 2000 (2000-09-19) | 8.48 |
2 | 2 | "Pain in the Class" | Baz Taylor | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 26 September 2000 (2000-09-26) | 7.46 |
3 | 3 | "Droit de Seigneur Ben" | Baz Taylor | Fred Barron and Shawn Schepps | 3 October 2000 (2000-10-03) | 5.95 |
4 | 4 | "The Last Resort" | Baz Taylor | Steve Armogida, Jim Armogida, Ian Brown and James Hendrie | 10 October 2000 (2000-10-10) | 5.42 |
5 | 5 | "Farewell to Alarms" | Baz Taylor | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 17 October 2000 (2000-10-17) | 6.89 |
6 | 6 | "Death Takes a Policy" | Baz Taylor | Fred Barron and Penny Croft | 24 October 2000 (2000-10-24) | 6.19 |
7 | 7 | "The Awkward Phase" | Baz Taylor | Fred Barron | 30 October 2000 (2000-10-30) | 8.38 |
8 | 8 | "Much Ado About Ben" | Baz Taylor | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 7 November 2000 (2000-11-07) | 7.62 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [5] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [4] |
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9 | 1 | "All Roads Lead to Ramon" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 31 August 2001 (2001-08-31) | 8.94 |
10 | 2 | "The Unkindest Cut" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 7 September 2001 (2001-09-07) | 9.04 |
11 | 3 | "Parisian Beauty" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 14 September 2001 (2001-09-14) | 8.24 |
12 | 4 | "Trust Never Sleeps" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 21 September 2001 (2001-09-21) | 9.55 |
13 | 5 | "Death and Ben Take a Holiday" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron | 28 September 2001 (2001-09-28) | 9.65 |
14 | 6 | "Driving Miss Crazy" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 5 October 2001 (2001-10-05) | 11.00 |
15 | 7 | "I Second That Emulsion" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 12 October 2001 (2001-10-12) | 11.16 |
16 | 8 | "Age of Romance" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 19 October 2001 (2001-10-19) | 11.22 |
17 | 9 | "Get Cartier" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron | 26 October 2001 (2001-10-26) | 11.05 |
18 | 10 | "'Tis a Pity She's a Whore" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 2 November 2001 (2001-11-02) | 11.06 |
19 | 11 | "The Last Supper" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 9 November 2001 (2001-11-09) | 12.54 |
20 | 12 | "Ben Wants to Be a Millionaire" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 23 November 2001 (2001-11-23) | 11.22 |
21 | 13 | "Breakable" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 30 November 2001 (2001-11-30) | 11.15 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [7] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [6] | ||||||
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22 | 1 | "Absent Vixen, Cheeky Monkey" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) | 8.10 | ||||||
23 | 2 | "Shrink Rap" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron and Sophie Hetherington | 13 September 2002 (2002-09-13) | 8.28 | ||||||
24 | 3 | "Desperately Squeaking Susan" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 20 September 2002 (2002-09-20) | 8.23 | ||||||
25 | 4 | "Of Mice and Ben" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 27 September 2002 (2002-09-27) | 8.12 | ||||||
26 | 5 | "Imperfect Strangers" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 3 October 2002 (2002-10-03) | 7.34 | ||||||
27 | 6 | "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 10 October 2002 (2002-10-10) | 8.14 | ||||||
28 | 7 | "Waiting to Inhale" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron | 17 October 2002 (2002-10-17) | 6.16 | ||||||
29 | 8 | "Misery" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 24 October 2002 (2002-10-24) | 8.57 | ||||||
30 | 9 | "Auto Erotica" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 7 November 2002 (2002-11-07) | 7.94 | ||||||
31 | 10 | "A Handful of Dust" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 21 November 2002 (2002-11-21) | 7.82 | ||||||
32 | 11 | "The Lost Weekend" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 28 November 2002 (2002-11-28) | 7.23 | ||||||
33 | 12 | "Ghosts" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 5 December 2002 (2002-12-05) | 7.68 | ||||||
34 | 13 | "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 12 December 2002 (2002-12-12) | 7.24 | ||||||
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35 | S | "Ding Dong Merrily" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 25 December 2002 (2002-12-25) | 8.57 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [9] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [8] | ||||||
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36 | 1 | "Fitting Punishment" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 21 March 2003 (2003-03-21) | 8.77 | ||||||
37 | 2 | "They Shoot Harpers, Don’t They?" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 28 March 2003 (2003-03-28) | 9.76 | ||||||
38 | 3 | "The Great Escape" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 4 April 2003 (2003-04-04) | 10.17 | ||||||
39 | 4 | "Return of the Prodigal Prat" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) | 9.56 | ||||||
40 | 5 | "Owed to Susan" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 18 April 2003 (2003-04-18) | 8.57 | ||||||
41 | 6 | "Deliverance" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 25 April 2003 (2003-04-25) | 7.32 | ||||||
42 | 7 | "Blind Justice" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 2 May 2003 (2003-05-02) | 8.31 | ||||||
43 | 8 | "Friday the 31st" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 9 May 2003 (2003-05-09) | 8.47 | ||||||
44 | 9 | "Sitting Targets" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 16 May 2003 (2003-05-16) | 9.89 | ||||||
45 | 10 | "Loco Parentis" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 23 May 2003 (2003-05-23) | 6.79 | ||||||
46 | 11 | "Canary Cage" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 30 May 2003 (2003-05-30) | 6.72 | ||||||
47 | 12 | "May the Best Man Win" | Dewi Humphreys | Georgia Pritchett | 6 June 2003 (2003-06-06) | 7.28 | ||||||
48 | 13 | "It's a Window Filled Life" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron and Sophie Hetherington | 13 June 2003 (2003-06-13) | 6.61 | ||||||
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49 | S | "Sixty Feet Under" | Jay Sandrich | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) | 8.66 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [11] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [10] | ||||||
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50 | S | "Reloaded" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 12 March 2004 (2004-03-12) | 7.50 | ||||||
Series | ||||||||||||
51 | 1 | "The Mummy Returns" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 19 March 2004 (2004-03-19) | 9.17 | ||||||
52 | 2 | "You Don't Know Jack" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 26 March 2004 (2004-03-26) | 7.69 | ||||||
53 | 3 | "What's Up, Docklands?" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 2 April 2004 (2004-04-02) | 7.24 | ||||||
54 | 4 | "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 16 April 2004 (2004-04-16) | 7.63 | ||||||
55 | 5 | "First Past the Post" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 23 April 2004 (2004-04-23) | 7.58 | ||||||
56 | 6 | "My Will Be Done" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 30 April 2004 (2004-04-30) | 6.05 | ||||||
57 | 7 | "My Fair Charlady" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 7 May 2004 (2004-05-07) | 8.13 | ||||||
58 | 8 | "The Mouthtrap" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 14 May 2004 (2004-05-14) | 6.53 | ||||||
59 | 9 | "While You Weren't Sleeping" | Dewi Humphreys | Darin Henry | 21 May 2004 (2004-05-21) | 7.40 | ||||||
60 | 10 | "Dentist to the Stars" | Dewi Humphreys | James Cary | 28 May 2004 (2004-05-28) | 4.48 | ||||||
61 | 11 | "A Wife Less Ordinary" | Dewi Humphreys | Sophie Hetherington | 4 June 2004 (2004-06-04) | 4.98 | ||||||
62 | 12 | "The Book of Love" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 11 June 2004 (2004-06-11) | 5.19 | ||||||
63 | 13 | "Going Dental" | Dewi Humphreys | James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 18 June 2004 (2004-06-18) | 5.62 | ||||||
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64 | S | "Glad Tidings We Bring" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons, James Hendrie and Ian Brown | 24 December 2004 (2004-12-24) | 8.91 | ||||||
* | S | "Comic Relief Special" | Dewi Humphreys | Fred Barron, Ian Brown and James Hendrie | 11 March 2005 (2005-03-11) | N/A | ||||||
65 | S | "...And I'll Cry If I Want to" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 25 December 2005 (2005-12-25) | 5.85 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [13] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [12] | ||||||
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66 | 1 | "Bliss for Idiots" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 10 March 2006 (2006-03-10) | 7.17 | ||||||
67 | 2 | "The Spokes Person" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson, Paul Minett,Bert Tyler-Moore, George Jeffrie and Tess Morris | 17 March 2006 (2006-03-17) | 7.42 | ||||||
68 | 3 | "Dentally Unstable" | Dewi Humphreys | Andrea Solomons | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 6.41 | ||||||
69 | 4 | "Living the Dream" | Dewi Humphreys | Tom Leopold | 7 April 2006 (2006-04-07) | 6.28 | ||||||
70 | 5 | "An Embarrassment of Susans" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 14 April 2006 (2006-04-14) | 6.10 | ||||||
71 | 6 | "And Other Animals" | Dewi Humphreys | Tom Leopold | 21 April 2006 (2006-04-21) | 6.17 | ||||||
72 | 7 | "The Art of Being Susan" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 28 April 2006 (2006-04-28) | 6.22 | ||||||
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73 | S | "The Heart of Christmas" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 25 December 2006 (2006-12-25) | 5.09 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [15] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [14] | ||||||
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74 | 1 | "The Ego Has Landed" | Dewi Humphreys | Tom Anderson | 6 April 2007 (2007-04-06) | 6.65 | ||||||
75 | 2 | "Four Affairs and a Funeral" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 13 April 2007 (2007-04-13) | 5.58 | ||||||
76 | 3 | "Once More With Feeling" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 20 April 2007 (2007-04-20) | 5.64 | ||||||
77 | 4 | "Dutch Art and Dutch Courage" | Dewi Humphreys | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 27 April 2007 (2007-04-27) | 5.72 | ||||||
78 | 5 | "Susan of Troy" | Dewi Humphreys | Ed Dyson | 4 May 2007 (2007-05-04) | 6.48 | ||||||
79 | 6 | "One of the Boys" | Dewi Humphreys | David Cantor | 11 May 2007 (2007-05-11) | 6.76 | ||||||
80 | 7 | "Abi Ever After" | Dewi Humphreys | George Jeffrie andBert Tyler-Moore | 18 May 2007 (2007-05-18) | 5.86 | ||||||
81 | 8 | "Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do" | Dewi Humphreys | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 25 May 2007 (2007-05-25) | 5.57 | ||||||
82 | 9 | "Life Begins at Fifty" | Dewi Humphreys | George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore | 8 June 2007 (2007-06-08) | 4.84 | ||||||
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83 | S | "Ho Ho No" | Baz Taylor | Tom Anderson | 26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) | 6.14 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [17] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [16] | ||||||
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84 | 1 | "The Parent Trap" | Baz Taylor | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 11 April 2008 (2008-04-11) | 5.56 | ||||||
85 | 2 | "Let's Not Be Heisty" | Baz Taylor | Ed Dyson | 18 April 2008 (2008-04-18) | 5.43 | ||||||
86 | 3 | "Cards on the Table" | Baz Taylor | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 25 April 2008 (2008-04-25) | 5.23 | ||||||
87 | 4 | "The Wax Job" | Baz Taylor | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 2 May 2008 (2008-05-02) | 5.13 | ||||||
88 | 5 | "Neighbour Wars" | Baz Taylor | Darin Henry | 9 May 2008 (2008-05-09) | 5.02 | ||||||
89 | 6 | "Can't Get No Satisfaction" | Nic Phillips | David Cantor | 16 May 2008 (2008-05-16) | 4.89 | ||||||
90 | 7 | "The Abi Habit" | Nic Phillips | Tom Anderson | 23 May 2008 (2008-05-23) | 4.74 | ||||||
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91 | S | "Have a Unhappy Christmas" | Nic Phillips | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 24 December 2008 (2008-12-24) | 7.12 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [19] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [18] | ||||||
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92 | 1 | "Bully for Ben" | Nic Phillips | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 2 April 2009 (2009-04-02) | 6.72 | ||||||
93 | 2 | "Bringing Up Janey" | Nic Phillips | Amy Shindler | 9 April 2009 (2009-04-09) | 4.93 | ||||||
94 | 3 | "A Very Brief Encounter" | Nic Phillips | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 16 April 2009 (2009-04-16) | 4.69 | ||||||
95 | 4 | "The Psyche of Mikey" | Nic Phillips | Ed Dyson | 19 April 2009 (2009-04-19) | 4.48 | ||||||
96 | 5 | "A Difficult Undertaking" | Nic Phillips | Andrew Kreisberg | 19 April 2009 (2009-04-19) | 4.48 | ||||||
97 | 6 | "Dog Dazed" | Nic Phillips | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 23 April 2009 (2009-04-23) | 5.14 | ||||||
98 | 7 | "It's Training Men" | Nic Phillips | Robyn Taylor | 30 April 2009 (2009-04-30) | 5.15 | ||||||
99 | 8 | "The Guru" | Nic Phillips | Darin Henry | 7 May 2009 (2009-05-07) | 5.24 | ||||||
100 | 9 | "Kenzo's Project" | Nic Phillips | Tom Anderson and Darin Henry | 14 May 2009 (2009-05-14) | 4.91 | ||||||
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101 | S | "2039: A Christmas Oddity" | Ed Bye | Tom Anderson and David Cantor | 24 December 2009 (2009-12-24) | 5.59 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [21] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [20] | ||||||
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102 | 1 | "Wheelie Ben" | Ed Bye | Amy Shindler | 9 July 2010 (2010-07-09) | 4.33 | ||||||
103 | 2 | "The Son'll Come Out" | Ed Bye | Tom Anderson | 16 July 2010 (2010-07-16) | 4.78 | ||||||
104 | 3 | "Desperately Stalking Susan" | Ed Bye | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 23 July 2010 (2010-07-23) | 4.42 | ||||||
105 | 4 | "The Melbourne Identity" | Ed Bye | Brian Leveson and Paul Minett | 30 July 2010 (2010-07-30) | 4.66 | ||||||
106 | 5 | "He's Just Not That into Ben" | Ed Bye | Dan Staley | 6 August 2010 (2010-08-06) | 4.89 | ||||||
107 | 6 | "Slammertime" | Ed Bye | George Jeffrie andBert Tyler-Moore | 13 August 2010 (2010-08-13) | 4.70 | ||||||
108 | 7 | "Ben Behaving Badly" | Ed Bye | Tom Anderson | 27 August 2010 (2010-08-27) | 4.09 | ||||||
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109 | S | "Mary Christmas" | Ed Bye | Brian Leveson, Paul Minett & Darin Henry | 24 December 2010 (2010-12-24) | 6.40 |
No. overall | No. in series | Title [23] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) [22] |
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110 | 1 | "Janey's Choice" | Ed Bye | Andrew Kreisberg | 17 June 2011 (2011-06-17)[a] | 4.37[b] |
111 | 2 | "Labour Pains" | Ed Bye | Darin Henry | 1 July 2011 (2011-07-01) | 4.42 |
112 | 3 | "Accusin' Susan" | Ed Bye | Robin Taylor | 8 July 2011 (2011-07-08) | 3.62 |
113 | 4 | "Germs of Endearment" | Ed Bye | Ed Dyson | 15 July 2011 (2011-07-15) | 3.81 |
114 | 5 | "Harper vs. Harper" | Ed Bye | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 22 July 2011 (2011-07-22)[c] | 4.13[d] |
115 | 6 | "Relationship Happens" | Ed Bye | Ed Dyson | 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29) | 3.83 |
116 | 7 | "Facebooked" | Ed Bye | Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida | 5 August 2011 (2011-08-05) | 4.01 |
117 | 8 | "A Decent Proposal" | Ed Bye | David Cantor | 12 August 2011 (2011-08-12) | 3.79 |
118 | 9 | "Darts All, Folks" | Ed Bye | Darin Henry | 19 August 2011 (2011-08-19) | 3.70 |
119 | 10 | "Susan for a Bruisin'" | Ed Bye | Darin Henry | 26 August 2011 (2011-08-26) | 3.74 |
120 | 11 | "A Night Out" | Ed Bye | David Cantor | 2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) | 3.89 |
A special five-minute sketch, titled "The Erroneous Storm", was included as part ofComic Relief and broadcast on 11 March 2005. The story takes place during a thunderstorm in which, after being scared, Michael and Janey join Ben and Susan in their bedroom. They are soon joined by Nick who, thanks to now being a party reviewer, brings with himAdam Hart-Davis,Anthony Head,Myleene Klass,Nell McAndrew,Dermot Murnaghan,Clive Russell andJamie Theakston. It was directed by Dewi Humphreys and written by James Hendrie and Ian Brown. The short special attracted 10.94 million viewers.[24]