Outnumbered (UK TV series) as supporting characters throughout the five series. Samantha Bond has appeared in all series as Auntie Angela, Sue's sister. David Ryall has appeared as Grandad, Sue and Angela's father in series 1 and 2 as well as the Christmas Specials in 2009 and 2011. Rosalind Ayres has appeared as Gran, Pete's mother in series 3, series 4 and the Christmas Special in 2012. Hattie Morahan has appeared in series 1 and 2, as well as the Christmas Specials as Jane. In June 2012, "Outnumbered" was recommissioned for a Christmas special in 2012. A fifth and final series was commissioned and
Ben Elton regular slot on "Saturday Live" – later moved and renamed "Friday Night Live " – which was seen as a UK version of the US's "Saturday Night Live", he became the host of the programme. In 1990 he starred in his own stand-up comedy and sketch series, "", which had a second series in 1994. (The title plays on "The Man from UNCLE"; "Auntie" is a nickname for the BBC). In 1989 Elton won the Royal Television Society Writers' Award. "The Ben Elton Show" (1998) followed a format similar to "The Man from Auntie" and featured Ronnie Corbett, a comedian