Looking at all the comments to my review of the first episode of this six part mini-series, it seems Outnumbered has certainly found a decent audience despite it being aired rather late – and yet it still feels like our little secret. Which is a good thing. Since that first episode, the show has become a little more traditional (new-age Aunt Angela is much more of a recognisable sit-com character), and a whole lot darker.

Ever since the end of the first episode when we realised that Pete is in some sort of trouble, there has been the niggling feeling that something tragic is going to happen. It seems that Pete has not yet weathered the storm after making an inappropriate (but, as he said, pretty funny) remark at school – but there are other ominous signs, too. Angela doesn’t seem up to looking after her father, despite his assertions that he’d rather be with her than Sue, and the eldest child Jake is hiding bruises on his arms, just at the moment that his dad has been persuaded that he’s making friends. Do make the effort to watch the last three episodes – the children are all too wonderful for words, and you get the feeling that, in this quiet, low-key sit-com, something big is about to happen.