Yep, it was clever, only partially scripted with a lot of improvisation (and lots of takes and editing, perhaps?). As the kids grew up over the years they kind of kept it in a bit, though I suppose they didn't have to. It kind of seems more real with the children being 'random' like this and the adults reacting to their peculiar logic. It makes for a unique show, for sure.
The same writers made a film from the same idea of letting kids improvise, it's called "What We Did On Our Holiday" and I'd recommend it, very funny and charming
The kids where scripted but only partially scripted Jakes was more scripted than the other kids as he’s older and he could do longer on Set since older I watched a behind the scenes episode once also because this episode the kids have got to be scripted since the boy says about red striped larger and other stuff that he wouldn’t know about unless scripted and Jake was obviously scripted by how he knew to get the phone and the conversation to hold when he was talking to the grandad who had phoned up and Ben saying about Aunty Angela and how the mum turns creepy when Aunty Angela turns up so as previously said some of the kids stuff is actually scripted
Fun fact, the actors who play the parents were both married to different people when they filmed the series. Years after the series ended they divorced their wife/husband and are now actually together in real life!
Yeah they got together in 2017 so it was years after but strange too since I wouldn’t think I get on with my work colleagues so let’s get together as partners
In my school one day we found a dead pigeon and hid it in a a teachers bag. She reached in and pulled it out and started screaming and was off school for a few months. We were right little bastards 😂
Oh definitely, one of the kids in my school got chased around the building by police after assaulting a teacher. They also created a fighting arena made of two goal posts to have organised battles. Most people do drugs. The badger thing seems almost normal.
What I love about how they filmed these early episodes is everything happens in 3 rooms. There was one shot of Hugh Dennis coming home but the rest was all in the house. So simple, but so effective!
@@eleanorrose04 First of all, I'll have you know Ramona's character's name is Kylie and how do I know that? Because I used to watch this series when I was a kid, and I know all of the characters so please get her name right in the future, and, second of all, the only thing you're doing right now is dissing my autistic friend who likes YUNGBLUD, whose name is, obviously, Karen.
First of all, I'll have you know her name is Kylie and how do I know that? Because I used to watch this series when I was a kid, and I know all of the characters so please get her name right in the future, and, second of all, the only thing you're doing right now is dissing my autistic friend who likes YUNGBLUD, whose name is, obviously, Karen.
As a British teacher, the telling the kid to tell grandpa he lives with him makes me laugh - school places are allocated by proximity and pretending kids live close to what is thought of as 'the better school' when they don't, is a regular scam. Mmm, with Covid, sending your children off to ANY school just now is a parental dream, LOL.
The thing about "tax fraud" - it's not tax fraud, what he's talking about is that in the UK, which state school you go to is determined by where you live. If a school is full then the priority goes to people living nearer the school, and this can go right down to even adjacent streets going to different schools. The problem is that state schools are very different in quality, so he's talking about claiming Jake lives with his grandfather so he can go to a better secondary school which is nearer his Grandad's house.
The girl who played Karen is the youngest to get a comedy award, it's semi improved so they tell the children to talk about a subject and they just role with it
The girl who plays Karen was discovered at a dinner party lol Did you know the whole show was ad libbed.? The children were told what the scene was about then they went into the room. Adults had little or no idea. Genius.
@@raphaelperry8159 Andy & Guy would sit down with the kids and go through the gist of each scene but then let the kids run with it! Great idea & no school play acting 👍🏻
The first series was 6 episodes but aired over 3 consecutive nights for 2 weeks. Very unorthodox for the time. It's crazy seeing Karen now. All tatted up, makes me feel old!
that’s like my younger brother now 😭 one week he’s asking for something, the next week one of us has bought it for him and he apparently has always hated it
They didnt commit tax fraid they said their kids lived at their grandad cus he lives closer to the noce school so is in the catchment area. Schools prioritise kids with siblings at the school, those in care and those that live close when deciding who gets to go
Did you know that the children don’t have a script! The producers of the show got them to say what they want, and when it came to them filming for a scene, they told them the subject and they can say whatever came to their heads, the parents had to go along with it, even if it was nonsense.
Sue-Fortunately the Dragon who came to stay it was friendly. Ben-unfortunately, The Dragon who came to stay had diarrhoea. Sue-Uuh🙄😒 😂🤣 gets me every time!😂
Ha! Good series, Hugh Dennis was in my town of masham back in the summer digging up vikings, was all on tv just the other night! Lockdown greetings to you all!
Thank you for your reaction! 🙌🏻 Outnumbered is one of my favourite UK sitcoms and by far one of the most realistic shows about family life I've ever seen. Did you know the show was semi-improvised? That's one reason why it's so realistic. That and ofcourse the very talented actors. Karen is the best! 🥰 There's better episodes to come so I'm looking forward to your next reaction video! 👍🏻
The older the 2 little ones get the better this becomes. They made this show say what everyone is thinking yet no one can say anything really as they are kids hehe
That really is a brilliantly written show and those children are absolutely brilliant in it all credit to those children how good they are. A specially that little girl.
@@taffe316 Working class in UK tend to live in rented or council accommodation and do blue collar jobs...middle classes usually own their own homes and work in white collar professions ...stereotypically of course for the purpose of drama, in reality it's more complicated than that.
@@lynnhamps7052 Indeed, there's upper class, lower upper class, upper middle class, middle class, lower middle class, upper lower class and lower class. Technically there's also lower lower class (unemployed) but I can't remember if upper upper class exists (royalty and some very wealthy nobles) or if they're all rolled into the upper class category (as opposed to the lower upper class category).
@@taffe316 Working class means you call lunch dinner and dinner tea, you don't own your house and you work at manual labour or similar. My working class mother (a nurse) became middle class on marrying my father (RAF and later police officer). I am a weird mix of middle and working class, but identify as middle class despite working in retail.
@@raphaelperry8159 no there's Lower class (unemployed) Working class (blue collar) Middle class (white collar) - higher or lower depends on earnings Upper class (Rich People)
Still loved when tiger was doing a Saturday morning show and it was a Mother’s Day special and they had all their mothers on, some of the parents talked about their jobs linzi drew didn’t.
I mean, when this was made, arguably they were lower upper working class, but ever since 2010 (for some reason…) they are considered middle class as everyone has got poorer. Wonder why
The good thing about outnumbered is the kids weren’t given a script, so what they say is natural, can’t think of another show which done this
Yep, it was clever, only partially scripted with a lot of improvisation (and lots of takes and editing, perhaps?). As the kids grew up over the years they kind of kept it in a bit, though I suppose they didn't have to. It kind of seems more real with the children being 'random' like this and the adults reacting to their peculiar logic. It makes for a unique show, for sure.
The same writers made a film from the same idea of letting kids improvise, it's called "What We Did On Our Holiday" and I'd recommend it, very funny and charming
@@raeburnoliver6334 is that the one when the grandpa died and they made a raft and put him on it then he floated out to sea
Yeah
The kids where scripted but only partially scripted Jakes was more scripted than the other kids as he’s older and he could do longer on Set since older I watched a behind the scenes episode once also because this episode the kids have got to be scripted since the boy says about red striped larger and other stuff that he wouldn’t know about unless scripted and Jake was obviously scripted by how he knew to get the phone and the conversation to hold when he was talking to the grandad who had phoned up and Ben saying about Aunty Angela and how the mum turns creepy when Aunty Angela turns up so as previously said some of the kids stuff is actually scripted
Fun fact, the actors who play the parents were both married to different people when they filmed the series. Years after the series ended they divorced their wife/husband and are now actually together in real life!
They make a good couple....
Yeah they got together in 2017 so it was years after but strange too since I wouldn’t think I get on with my work colleagues so let’s get together as partners
As a Muslim myself, I gotta say that Ramadan joke was hilarious and something I used to say as well after I first watched this episode lol.
Tbh as a kid who's British and goes to secondary school, the whole badger thing is pretty realistic but either way nice video I enjoyed
It was certainly possible at my school 😆 was as rough as a dog's arse 😂
In my school one day we found a dead pigeon and hid it in a a teachers bag. She reached in and pulled it out and started screaming and was off school for a few months. We were right little bastards 😂
@@sargonsblackgrandfather2072 British school kids are nightmares haha
We had a dead fox at ours :))
Oh definitely, one of the kids in my school got chased around the building by police after assaulting a teacher. They also created a fighting arena made of two goal posts to have organised battles. Most people do drugs. The badger thing seems almost normal.
Outnumbered is one of the most underrated British comedies!
What I love about how they filmed these early episodes is everything happens in 3 rooms. There was one shot of Hugh Dennis coming home but the rest was all in the house. So simple, but so effective!
"How many buckets of water does it take to fill an elephant and would it take longer with custard" sounds like an interview question.
🤣🤣🤣
Yeah it's a little bit like a Fermi problem.
The girl who plays Karen, Ramona Marquez, turned 20 like 2 days ago I think. That’s a bit mad.
NOOOOOO!!!!
Oh I wish she would stay this age 😂
She's in my year at my uni, it's mad rewatching episodes where she's like 8
she’s 18
@@user-in4cs5iz7p she’s 20, she posted about it on Instagram
@@eleanorrose04 First of all, I'll have you know Ramona's character's name is Kylie and how do I know that? Because I used to watch this series when I was a kid, and I know all of the characters so please get her name right in the future, and, second of all, the only thing you're doing right now is dissing my autistic friend who likes YUNGBLUD, whose name is, obviously, Karen.
Karen is adorable and also by far the smartest, often smarter than her parents.
First of all, I'll have you know her name is Kylie and how do I know that? Because I used to watch this series when I was a kid, and I know all of the characters so please get her name right in the future, and, second of all, the only thing you're doing right now is dissing my autistic friend who likes YUNGBLUD, whose name is, obviously, Karen.
That phone is NEVER where it should be....a lot like at my house 🤣
I LOVE the outnumbered reactions ! True British gem!
As a British teacher, the telling the kid to tell grandpa he lives with him makes me laugh - school places are allocated by proximity and pretending kids live close to what is thought of as 'the better school' when they don't, is a regular scam.
Mmm, with Covid, sending your children off to ANY school just now is a parental dream, LOL.
The thing about "tax fraud" - it's not tax fraud, what he's talking about is that in the UK, which state school you go to is determined by where you live. If a school is full then the priority goes to people living nearer the school, and this can go right down to even adjacent streets going to different schools. The problem is that state schools are very different in quality, so he's talking about claiming Jake lives with his grandfather so he can go to a better secondary school which is nearer his Grandad's house.
The girl who played Karen is the youngest to get a comedy award, it's semi improved so they tell the children to talk about a subject and they just role with it
Improvised?
Whatever
Oh yes, the second Outnumbered reaction - What a great way to start the day!
Outnumbered and Gavin & Stacey in a week. I'm dreaming
Where is the gavin an stacey one please
@@pearlkelly6337 he posted it on dailymotion
@@tpfootballanalysis6752 thank you very much
The point of this show is to represent a classic British family. Brilliant and sooo relatable for us brits 😃
Fun fact it was filmed in my aunties house in London
Outnumbered is brilliant - and Karen is the star, seriously!
The girl who plays Karen was discovered at a dinner party lol
Did you know the whole show was ad libbed.? The children were told what the scene was about then they went into the room. Adults had little or no idea. Genius.
You've got to love Andy Hamilton's comedy writing.
Although some of the scenes with the children were improvised.
The genius of this idea is in some of the stuff he didn't write, oddly enough.
@@raphaelperry8159 Andy & Guy would sit down with the kids and go through the gist of each scene but then let the kids run with it! Great idea & no school play acting 👍🏻
You should watch the Christmas special from a few years ago they’ve all grown up so much
I think I might need to see that. Saw the series.
They did several interviews later, all grown up. The kid who played Ben is a solid unit and plays rugby
@@stingersplash it’s on netflixx
The first series was 6 episodes but aired over 3 consecutive nights for 2 weeks. Very unorthodox for the time. It's crazy seeing Karen now. All tatted up, makes me feel old!
Ben is like my older sister when we were kids. She would tell our Mum she doesn't eat something and it changed every week.
that’s like my younger brother now 😭 one week he’s asking for something, the next week one of us has bought it for him and he apparently has always hated it
Definitely do more, this were great - I forgot how funny outnumbered was
Dion is a lovely child who needs keeping away from Luke and his corruption. He's so polite and sweet 🤣
do you mean Ben?
You ain’t seen him steamin off the Red Stripe yet
Who’s Luke
I thought dion was spelt deon on this name
I think Karen must have grown up to be a ruthless barrister asking awkward questions cross-examining people in court.
They didnt commit tax fraid they said their kids lived at their grandad cus he lives closer to the noce school so is in the catchment area. Schools prioritise kids with siblings at the school, those in care and those that live close when deciding who gets to go
Did you know that the children don’t have a script! The producers of the show got them to say what they want, and when it came to them filming for a scene, they told them the subject and they can say whatever came to their heads, the parents had to go along with it, even if it was nonsense.
Thank you so much new subscriber here I love outnumbered and I can never find them in order so this is a real treat for me. 😃💯👍
Sue-Fortunately the Dragon who came to stay it was friendly.
Ben-unfortunately, The Dragon who came to stay had diarrhoea.
Sue-Uuh🙄😒
😂🤣 gets me every time!😂
It’s a very good show! So raw yet hilarious as 95% is improvised yet so relatable
Great Ep, hope to see more of this
Aunty Angela played moneypenny in the brosnan James Bond years too!
Love your reactions to Outnumbered!! Please do more!
This was such a funny series. I so want you to react to more. They get better and better as the show goes on.
Yeah the later ones are just as brilliant as this!
Outnumbered is my favorite of your reactions by far 💚
This show really picks up in season 2
Ha! Good series, Hugh Dennis was in my town of masham back in the summer digging up vikings, was all on tv just the other night! Lockdown greetings to you all!
You have a lot of catching up to do. This fantastic series ran from 2007 until 2016 😊🇬🇧
Thank you for your reaction! 🙌🏻 Outnumbered is one of my favourite UK sitcoms and by far one of the most realistic shows about family life I've ever seen. Did you know the show was semi-improvised? That's one reason why it's so realistic. That and ofcourse the very talented actors. Karen is the best! 🥰 There's better episodes to come so I'm looking forward to your next reaction video! 👍🏻
Defo do some more please, great show. Amazing to see the kids as teenagers in the later series.
only complaint i have of this show is that the mom and dad arent more angry at each other. xD
The parents are a couple for real now.
The older the 2 little ones get the better this becomes. They made this show say what everyone is thinking yet no one can say anything really as they are kids hehe
You need to watch ‘two doors down’ it’s dead funny hahahah
Is it possible that for some shows the 1st episodes are Pilots and made by a different production company than the rest of the series?
When he said wow they fight they fight fight I was like that’s not fighting
Ok enjoy this show really enjoying seeing content you putting out
This show is sooo familiar, damn kids!
Red Stripe Lager is mainly associated with the West Indian community in the UK
You are funny love your reactions to our programmes in the uk. I’ve got them all on DVDs
A lot of the scenes with the younger kids are not scripted, they just go with the flow 😊
this show it bacicly Britain in a nutshell
Wasn't expecting a chucky reference in this video awesome 😎😁
love out numbered
i love outnumbered so much! You should react to ackley bridge, its on netflix but season 3 is on all4 for free :)
yesssss! keep them coming!
Yeah if you're going to do the full series, then do the episodes in order.
Nice video!
MORE!
:D I’ve been waiting for this
Little suggestion here I just want to say can you do American reacts to death in paradise
MOREEEE!!!
my childhood!!!!
Hugh and Clare have since got together and I believe are now married having divorced
i dong think they are as they got together in 2016/17 and said in oct 2020 they were happy and that seems to be the last update
Not anymore check on the internet
Cannot believe you haven’t done I’m Alan Partridge yet!
Please do more on this show
You have to watch it in order as the children tend to get older.
Life on Mars is so good
That really is a brilliantly written show and those children are absolutely brilliant in it all credit to those children how good they are. A specially that little girl.
Me and my Mom or mum Watch this show every night!
You should totally react to “Still Game” it’s a Scottish show
Nope - I didn't get ANY of your 105 second preamble to this video ...because UA-cam blocked it.
lol
please watch more !!
Yh I've been saying you should watch this
Please react to this again next week make it a weekly thing.
They’re not working class, they’re middle class
That's always been the same thing in my eyes tbh. There's probably a difference but I've always seen it as the same thing.
@@taffe316 Working class in UK tend to live in rented or council accommodation and do blue collar jobs...middle classes usually own their own homes and work in white collar professions ...stereotypically of course for the purpose of drama, in reality it's more complicated than that.
@@lynnhamps7052 Indeed, there's upper class, lower upper class, upper middle class, middle class, lower middle class, upper lower class and lower class. Technically there's also lower lower class (unemployed) but I can't remember if upper upper class exists (royalty and some very wealthy nobles) or if they're all rolled into the upper class category (as opposed to the lower upper class category).
@@taffe316 Working class means you call lunch dinner and dinner tea, you don't own your house and you work at manual labour or similar. My working class mother (a nurse) became middle class on marrying my father (RAF and later police officer). I am a weird mix of middle and working class, but identify as middle class despite working in retail.
@@raphaelperry8159 no there's
Lower class (unemployed)
Working class (blue collar)
Middle class (white collar) - higher or lower depends on earnings
Upper class (Rich People)
Sounds like you are getting really very random issues with music when uploading certain platforms. Thanks for uploading this.
Music?
its funny i have a special fork lol
I have a special spoon which I pilfered from an Army Camp when I was in cadets. It is THE BEST spoon in the world.
Trivia: Claire Skinner and Samantha Bond were both voice actors in a 2004 animated film called Strings.
These brats deserve punishment.
Are you my Mummy?
That might have been a crib from the Doctor Who (ecclestone) re-boot
Would we call them working class?
Middle Class.
@@highpath4776 Yeah that fits better.
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@@oonaghmacleod6061 ... Eh?
There the same thing
Number 3
This is a good Christian channel so I suggest that people do not look up the parents of actor who plays Jake
I’m going to google it brb
oh LMAO well I assumed something along those lines
I'm shocked...but I'm not surprised....😂 Now we know why he's getting bullied. Too many jokes to be had to just let that go 😂😂
Still loved when tiger was doing a Saturday morning show and it was a Mother’s Day special and they had all their mothers on, some of the parents talked about their jobs linzi drew didn’t.
Ben Dover??? My mind is blown!
Definitely middle class
I mean, when this was made, arguably they were lower upper working class, but ever since 2010 (for some reason…) they are considered middle class as everyone has got poorer. Wonder why
Please react to Friday night dinner
I have, twice.
I watched but stopped because I found somthing sue said was offencive
What was it ?
well it was probably once abs scripted i would give it another chance
this is what counts for comedy these days?
It’s a great show, what’s the issue?
@@ben9DB I was taking the piss out of the post modern family. they made that comment about the inbetweeners
@@dannydorko7075 oh shit, my bad 😂. I don’t like them either.
I love modern family
Sorry I find your constant remarks irritating.
I do not care.
it’s a reaction channel mate? just watch the show if u don’t want to hear his thoughts