Outnumbered Xmas special

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BBC1 9:40 pm. Who’s watching?!

Prostrate cancer isn't Christmassy imho

Crap. So disappointing. Why are they doing it in November, hardly feels Christmassy?!

Why didn't they bring it back with all the kids having had children? At least then they could have reignited some of that comedy that they used to with the children being mainly unscripted.

It's ok...

The blonde woman - who came back after staying 9 months - is a bad actress.

Pleasant to have on in the background, but dull IMO. Very disappointing. Had no energy to it at all. In fact quite depressing.

What a disappointment.

It started off pretty well I thought but the last half wasn't great.

That was disappointing which is a real shame as the original series were so good.

didnt enjoy at all- didn’t work. The mum seemed different in character.

I wondered if the adults were acting badly so they didn’t outshine the ‘children’. The thing with the kids is that they weren’t really actors in the first place I guess.

Absolute boring rubbish. Embarrassing for them really. And no ending or anything. Who on earth commissioned that

I don't agree. I thought tonight's episode was great. I loved it. I also loved how the children were the same but grown up and they all seemed very natural still

It was ok. The magic of Outnumbered was lost when the kids got older, so I'm not surprised much of the humour was gone. I agree with a PP that it would've worked better had they brought in a few more grandchildren and played off the improv aspect again.

Not impressed.

Yes I liked the decorations

It was ok but a bit underwhelming

Nah, I'm 30 minutes in and I'm bailing.

It's crap.

Is it still billed as a 'comedy' ???

Oh no. That was weirdly unbalanced. Hugh Dennis actually looked ill, which made it impossible to find anything funny - if there had been any good jokes, which there weren't. The only time I even cracked a smile was when he started throwing the boxes over the fence.

Feel quite odd now.

I think comedy is escapism so I'm not sure why cancer is creeping into all comedy and death??

Forgot about it then switched it on to discover a convo about possible cancer. Switched right back off. Not expecting to see next Christmas due to cancer so not something I need to watch.

No real story - Wierd

The cancer theme was a downer, the storyline was flat and the acting was mostly crap. What a shame.

I suppose it’s to make people think and get themselves checked but for me who has cancer, I struggle with it and not festive comedy in my eyes

Oh so comedy is now east enders public information broadcast. With alcohol issues and sex attacks.

It was okay.

Was Jane a new character for this episode? I haven't watched the series in yonks.

Never seemed to get going. Far too forced and just not funny. None of the 'kids' can act.