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Big Kids

  • 2000
  • Ended
  • Drama · Comedy
  • ~27m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.5/10

Two children's parents mentally regress back to childhood, usually at the most inconvenient of times. Big Kids was a family drama show which aired on CBBC on BBC One, from September 27th to December 20th 2000. Although only thirteen episodes were ever made, the show is one of CBBC's most repeated series, due to its popularity.

Latest: Season 1 · 2000

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  1. E1. Performance by Hypnotist

    Sep 27, 2000

    Parents are parents and kids are kids -- that's how it's supposed to be. That's how it was in Kate and Simon's Family -- until their parents begin having mysterious spells of childishness. Even worse, when they snap out of it, they blame the messes they've made on their kids! What on Earth is happening?

  2. E2. Kate Avoids Friends

    Oct 4, 2000

    Mom and her piano student are watching cartoons. Dad keeps laughing at his patients. And Kate and Simon don't DARE have friends over. How can they live normal kid lives when they always have to act like their parents' parents?

  3. E3. Videotaping Mom & Dad

    Oct 11, 2000

    Poor Kate and Simon not only get the blame for the trouble their parents make, they also get grounded, and their sleepover party is cancelled. Then they hit on a way to show Mom and Dad who is really behind all the mess. It's a foolproof plan -- that is, until Simon's friend Jake gets involved...

  4. E4. Library/Shopping

    Oct 18, 2000

    Saturday afternoon, and they're off to town. Kate and her friend Becky go shopping for some hot threads. Simon and Jake have plans of their own. Meanwhile, Mom and Dad search the library for clues for their problem. Hey -- isn't the library a place for quiet, civilized behavior?

  5. E5. Restaurant

    Oct 25, 2000

    Can they behave themselves in a restaurant? No, not the kids -- Mom and Dad! Simon is especially worried, because Melanie is sitting on the other side eating with her family... and guess who has a big crush on her?! If Mom and Dad can just manage to hold on...

  6. E6. New Car/Concert

    Nov 1, 2000

    It's not fair! Simon gets to go to the concert, but Kate has to stay home because she's too young and a girl! Parents can be so unreasonable! When they're grownups, that is. Once Mom and Dad morph into teenagers, it's a different story, though. Kate just might get her night out after all...

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