


Season 8 • Episode 6
LatestAfter all the panic about what may happen at the millennium, Bill is determined that the night will be a memorable one for all the family.
They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom.
Writing
Marshall's scripts layer wordplay so dense you'll catch new jokes years later.
Acting
Gary Olsen's Ben: pure elastic-limbed chaos in a cardigan.
Creator
Andrew Marshall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title refers to the average UK family size—2.4 children—making the Porters statistically typical yet utterly unhinged.
Creator Andrew Marshall later admitted he wrote Bill as his own anxiety-ridden alter ego, explaining why she keeps imagining her own death.