
22 Kids and Counting
2021– · 5 · 60 min · 9 seasons
S09E06 · 22 Lessons About Parenting
Mon, 19 Oct, 6:00 am
In this special programme, Noel and Sue Radford share the 22 most important lessons they've learnt about raising a happy family, while their children reveal what it is like to grow up in such an unusually large household. Noel and Sue talks about how to cope with family fallouts, what happens when the trust you put in your kids comes back to haunt you and how to deal with the chlidren playing their parents off against each other.
About
Series following Noel and Sue Radford as they cope with their supersized family, as well as grandchildren, dogs, teenage parties and home-schooling.
Episodes
- E01
Promises
Mon, 14 Sept· 60 minReturn of the documentary following supersized family the Radfords, with Sue agreeing to spend World Book Day dressed as a grasshopper, including going on the school run, a shopping trip and a pie delivery round. Meanwhile, Noel and his brother Ian deal with the news that their stepfather Clive changed his will and they get nothing, not even their mum's ashes and possessions.
- E02
Putting Yourself Out There
Mon, 21 Sept· 60 minSue Radford finally has the chance to focus on herself and embarks on a dramatic weight-loss transformation that gives her a confidence she has never had before, but an online backlash and endless speculation about how she lost the weight threaten to overshadow her achievement. Meanwhile, eldest daughter Sophie is determined to take back control of her life and stop herself slipping into a downward spiral, so commits to a gruelling endurance challenge that will push her to her physical and emotional limits.
- E03
Tough Love
Mon, 28 Sept· 60 minMillie Radford is determined to prove that she can cope alone after kicking out her husband Harley, while also hoping he will see the error of his ways. Meanwhile, Chloe has been appointed family archivist and has the task of collating what is possibly the world's biggest family photo album. As she becomes snowed under by thousands upon thousands of images, one thing quickly becomes clear - there isn't a single photograph of the entire family together.
- E04
Welcome Distractions
Mon, 5 Oct· 60 minNoel Radford joins his friend Jamie Walker ON an emotional journey of friendship, grief and hope as he sets out to climb Ben More on the Isle of Mull as a tribute to his daughter Sophie, who died of cancer almost two years ago. Back in Morecambe, Sue takes on the family's taxi duties alone and tries to teach her son Max to drive.
- E05
Two Kids & Counting
Mon, 12 Oct· 60 minChloe Radford and her partner Jake welcome their second child, and insist it will be their last, but the baby cries constantly, day and night, for six relentless weeks, leaving Chloe, Jake and four-year-old Mila exhausted. Meanwhile, Noel and Sue set off on a camping trip with just five of their youngest children, the smallest Radford family holiday they've had in more than 25 years.
- E06
22 Lessons About Parenting
Mon, 19 Oct· 60 minIn this special programme, Noel and Sue Radford share the 22 most important lessons they've learnt about raising a happy family, while their children reveal what it is like to grow up in such an unusually large household. Noel and Sue talks about how to cope with family fallouts, what happens when the trust you put in your kids comes back to haunt you and how to deal with the chlidren playing their parents off against each other.
Cast

Sally Lindsay
Narrator