22 Kids and Counting has a new episode airing Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 8:00pm. Series 9, Episode 5 titled "Two Kids & Counting" will be broadcast on 5.

Chloe 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.

Programme Information

Channel: 5
Status: Running
Genre(s): Drama
Runtime: 60 minutes
Rating: N/A/10
Official Site: 22 Kids and Counting

Main Cast

Sally Lindsay as Narrator

Episode Details

Series: 9
Episode: 5
Episode Title: Two Kids & Counting
Air Date: Sunday, October 11, 2026
Air Time: 8:00pm
Runtime: 60 minutes

Coming Up Next

S9E6: 22 Lessons About Parenting
Airs: Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 8:00pm

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.

Previous Episode

S1E1: Episode 1
Aired: Monday, February 22, 2021

In the opening edition, Sue is about to give birth to their 22nd child just as the nation goes into lockdown and when the latest addition arrives home, everyone else in the house must muck in.

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