BBC Outnumbered fans left concerned over one star ahead of dramatic Christmas special
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The Brockmans face some difficult news in the upcoming Outnumbered Christmas special. The episode, which airs on Boxing Day sees dad Peter revealing he has prostate cancer. In the return of the much-loved BBC sitcom, the family come to terms with the diagnosis as they gather for a festive meal. Back after eight years, the early-anticipated new episode will revisit the Brockmans as Peter (Hugh Dennis) and Sue (Claire Skinner), wait for their three grown-up children to return home. Trying to find the right moment to give them the cancer news, it’s dealt with in the touching and heartwarming way fans have come to love the series for.
Speaking at a screening this week, Hugh, 62, a patron of Prostate Cancer UK, said: "Every family pretty much has had experience of that kind of stuff. My dad had cancer at 66 and survived until he was 88. It's touched everyone. As well as it being a story which resonates, I'm sort of delighted if anybody goes and gets checked out, that's a sort of little victory, isn't it.”.
In the Boxing Day show, fans will see Peter deliver the news to kids Jake, Ben and Karen. Tyger Drew-Honey, 28, Daniel Roche, 25, and Ramona Marquez, 23, reprise their roles as the couple's now-fully-grown children. Reassuring them the prognosis is good and how he’ll undergo a routine operation, he delivers a poignant speech at the end of episode.
