Without a shadow of a doubt, the show which generated the most comments on this site has been Outnumbered. And who would have predicted that? Not me, that’s for sure. I was very interested in it, because the writers Guy Jenkins and Andy Hamilton created Drop The Dead Donkey, and I like Hugh Dennis, but I can’t say I was expecting too much. But as absolutely anyone who watched the first series of Outnumbered will tell you, it was a gem – there really was something special about it. And so it my very great pleasure to tell you that filming of the second series is now under way.

That little bit of magic that made this show about middle-class family life really shine was the fact that, while the adults had a script to follow, the three children just responded naturally. And they had comic timing, a genius way with words, and were all thoroughly endearing.

For a perfect taster of this sublime comedy, take a look at this…

If you’ve never seen it before, you were sat there open mouthed at how great those children are, right? And if you did see it, I bet watching that clip again has made you even more eager for the second series to air. After the bizarre nightly scheduling of the first series, I’m hoping that it will get a rather better time-slot this time round. The BBC press pack says that it’s going to be on BBC Two, so maybe it’ll find its rightful place within the Thursdays Are Funny strand? Let’s hope so, and let’s hope it’s soon.