

7.029 minSeason 5 • Episode 6
LatestGrandad is ill, which brings Auntie Angela and her new friend over from America.
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
Acting
Ramona Marquez's Karen is a tiny interrogator icon.
Writing
Scripts built around child improvisation—mad genius.
Direction
Controlled chaos letting kids steer the comedy.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The children were never shown full scripts—Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner were genuinely reacting to improvised chaos.
Karen's 'Dad, what's a mortgage?' interrogation became a meme template for exposing adult hypocrisy.