TV ShowEnded

Big Kids

6.0 / 10
2000
1 season
13 episodes
DramaComedy

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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Performance by Hypnotist

    27-09-2000

    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 child...

  • Ep 2

    2.Kate Avoids Friends

    04-10-2000

    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 a...

  • Videotaping Mom & Dad

    3.Videotaping Mom & Dad

    11-10-2000

    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 an...

  • Ep 4

    4.Library/Shopping

    18-10-2000

    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 l...

  • Ep 5

    5.Restaurant

    25-10-2000

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.New Car/Concert

    01-11-2000

    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 M...

  • Ep 7

    7.Museum

    08-11-2000

    It's a holiday, and the last place Simon and Kate want to spend is in a stuffy museum looking at a boring rare music manuscript. But Mom insists, and off they go. It promises to be...

  • Ep 8

    8.Aunt Muriel

    15-11-2000

    Oh no, it's a visit from crabby Great Aunt Muriel! And she will simply not stand for childishness at the dinner table -- especially when it comes from grownups. But after Great Aun...

  • Ep 9

    9.Chicken Pox

    22-11-2000

    Kate has chicken pox but Simon has something worse: exams. If he doesn't pass, he can forget the big family vacation: but when dad turns into a kid on the way to deliver a baby, Si...

  • Ep 10

    10.Puppy

    29-11-2000

    While Simon and Dad watch the football game, Kate and Mom are off to the pet shop. Mission: Fresh straw for Sammy the hamster. What Kate really wants, though, is a puppy. Only, the...

  • Ep 11

    11.Simon Pursues Melanie

    06-12-2000

    Simon wants to ask Melanie to the dance. But there's one thing standing in the way: Melanie's boyfriend Karl. Meanwhile, Mom and Dad have turned into teenagers and are about to hav...

  • Ep 12

    12.Trigger Revealed

    13-12-2000

    They've got it! Simon and Kate Have figured out what the trigger is for their parents shenanigans! The trouble is, they don't know how to cure it. And with parent-teacher confrence...

  • Ep 13

    13.Finding Hypnotist

    20-12-2000

    Kate and Simon had better hurry. If they don't want to spend their entire lives keeping Mom and Dad from turning everything upside down, they'll have to find Ming the Hypnotist......

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