Outnumbered Christmas special will leave fans sobbing as Brockman family rocked by devastating news - and it's close to home for lead star
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The Outnumbered Christmas special promises to be an emotional return for the Brockman family. Dad Pete, played by Hugh Dennis, will reveal he has had a health scare, marking a poignant storyline for the much-loved series. The episode, set to air on Christmas Day, will be the first since 2016.
![[Dad Pete, played by Hugh Dennis, will reveal he has had a health scare, marking a poignant storyline for the much-loved series]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/18/93285681-14206835-image-a-11_1734544945116.jpg)
This marks the first time we see Sue and Pete as grandparents, as they try to bring their extended family together for a traditional Christmas while navigating Pete's cancer diagnosis. But, in classic Outnumbered style, chaos ensues, complete with nosy neighbours, hyenas and a bus replacement service.
![[This marks the first time we see Sue and Pete as grandparents, as they try to bring their extended family together for a traditional Christmas while navigating Pete's cancer diagnosis]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93285733-14206835-This_marks_the_first_time_we_see_Sue_and_Pete_as_grandparents_as-a-1_1734567414165.jpg)
The Outnumbered Christmas special promises to be an emotional return for the Brockman family. Dad Pete, played by Hugh Dennis, will reveal he has had a health scare, marking a poignant storyline for the much-loved series. This marks the first time we see Sue and Pete as grandparents, as they try to bring their extended family together for a traditional Christmas while navigating Pete's cancer diagnosis.
![[But, in classic Outnumbered style, chaos ensues, complete with nosy neighbours, hyenas and a bus replacement service]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93285737-14206835-But_in_classic_Outnumbered_style_chaos_ensues_complete_with_nosy-a-2_1734567414166.jpg)
Reflecting on the storyline, Dennis, 62, said: 'Every family pretty much has had experience of that kind of stuff. 'And we've had, not within my nuclear family, but my dad had cancer at 66 and survived until he was 88 having been through that. It has touched people.
![[Daniel Roche (Ben) and Ramona Marquez (Karen) shared the three kids have a whatsapp group together. Roche, 25, said: 'For a couple of months, Mona and I had been following what we thought were Hugh and Claire on Instagram because they followed us. But they were absolutely just incompetent Instagram pages. Really minimal activity']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93285743-14206835-Daniel_Roche_Ben_and_Ramona_Marquez_Karen_shared_the_three_kids_-a-3_1734567414168.jpg)
'It's touched everyone, really. And I'm pleased to have done it actually. Partially because I got nabbed once by Prostate Cancer UK, and I'm now one of the faces of "go and get your prostate cancer self-check.". ‘As well as it being a story which resonates, I'm sort of delighted if it means that anybody goes and gets a check. That's a sort of little victory, isn't it?.
![[As a child, Roche repeatedly tried to tell Marquez that Father Christmas wasn’t real during improvised arguments, forcing the directors to cut the scenes in time]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/00/93285747-14206835-As_a_child_Roche_repeatedly_tried_to_tell_Marquez_that_Father_Ch-a-4_1734567414170.jpg)
