Children that are exhausting,exasperating yet exhilarating.....

ianlouisiana

.....Just like the real thing."Outnumbered" is one of the few TV comedies that has actually got funnier as the series progressed.Last night's episode(in what has been advertised as the final series) was quite sublimely funny with Ben giving his performance in "Spartacus - The Musical" a Freudian spin,Jake bemoaning the lack of discipline in his siblings and Karen,now 11 going on 25,displaying even more diva - like behaviour at a school swimming gala. The innocence and subtlety of the comedy showed up even more in contrast to the programme that followed it - "Mrs Brown's Boys"(it's a bloke in a dress for God's sake),which doesn't pretend to be either. Admirers of the two may well be thin on the ground. There are children like this - there are families like this.They're not all miserable cockneys or cheeky scousers on benefits. "Outnumbered" is just offering a balanced riposte to those who think Britain is broken.And surely that can't be all bad?

score 10/10

ianlouisiana 6 February 2014

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