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Series 2, Episode 4

Pete and Sue find themselves in every parent's ultimate nightmare - trapped in a foreign airport with three bored young children (and an increasingly bewildered Grandad).

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Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Frank (Grandad) (David Ryall), Ben (Daniel Roche), Sue (Claire Skinner), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey), Pete (Hugh Dennis). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Pete and Sue find themselves in every parent's ultimate nightmare - trapped in a foreign airport with three bored young children (and an increasingly bewildered Grandad).

Six-year-old Karen grills her Dad about al-Qaeda, and security staff grill eight-year-old Ben about the worrying objects in his bag.

How many hours will it take them all to run the gauntlet of delays, security checks and endless games of I-Spy? How many times will they lose Grandad? Will they end up in Guantanamo Bay? Will Ben find the Spanish for "Can I play with your machine gun?" and what idiot let the kids drink double espressos?

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 6th December 2008
Time
9:10pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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Saturday 8th August 2009 9:20pm BBC1
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Tuesday 16th June 2015 1:20am Gold
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Saturday 2nd July 2016 8:20pm W
Sunday 3rd July 2016 7:20pm W
Friday 15th July 2016 7:00am Gold
Friday 15th July 2016 12:20pm Gold
Saturday 3rd September 2016 7:00pm W
Sunday 4th September 2016 5:20pm W
Sunday 15th January 2017 6:00pm W
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Sunday 11th June 2017 5:20pm W
Sunday 27th August 2017 6:00pm W
Saturday 25th November 2017 6:00pm W
Sunday 26th November 2017 12:50pm W
Saturday 28th July 2018 7:00pm W
Sunday 29th July 2018 5:20pm W
Wednesday 5th September 2018 11:40pm W
Thursday 6th September 2018 11:00pm W
Saturday 20th October 2018 6:40pm W
Sunday 21st October 2018 4:40pm W
Saturday 22nd June 2019 7:00pm W
Sunday 23rd June 2019 5:00pm W
Sunday 1st September 2019 9:20pm Drama
Saturday 28th September 2019 7:40pm W
Sunday 29th September 2019 5:40pm W
Saturday 6th June 2020 6:00pm W
Sunday 7th June 2020 5:00pm W
Saturday 15th August 2020 6:40pm W
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Saturday 10th July 2021 6:00pm W
Sunday 11th July 2021 5:00pm W
Saturday 18th September 2021 7:00pm W
Sunday 19th September 2021 4:20pm W
Wednesday 21st September 2022 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 21st September 2022 1:20pm Gold
Tuesday 27th December 2022 2:40pm W
Tuesday 28th February 2023 8:40am Gold
Tuesday 28th February 2023 12:40pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Hugh Dennis Pete
Claire Skinner Sue
Tyger Drew-Honey Jake
Daniel Roche Ben
Ramona Marquez Karen
David Ryall Frank (Grandad)
Guest cast
Liz Crowther Alice (Injured Woman)
Paul Clarkson Check-in Attendant
Marit Kile Ticket Checker
Tony Portacio Baggage Inspector
David Ricardo-Pearce Passport Official
Writing team
Guy Jenkin Writer
Andy Hamilton Writer
Production team
Guy Jenkin Director
Andy Hamilton Director
Guy Jenkin Producer
Andy Hamilton Producer
Jimmy Mulville Executive Producer
Nigel Williams Editor
Mark Davis Editor
Graeme Story Production Designer
Philip Pope Composer

Video

The family are at the airport

Mum and Dad try to negotiate the living hell that is being trapped in a foreign airport with young children.

Featuring: Hugh Dennis (Pete), Tyger Drew-Honey (Jake), Ramona Marquez (Karen), Daniel Roche (Ben) & Claire Skinner (Sue).

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