He's teased us with talk like this before, but Outnumbered star Hugh Dennis is still sticking to his belief that we will definitely be seeing more from the Brockmans... some day.

It's been more than 10 years since the series premiered – and four since it ended – but the 2016 Christmas special proved that there's still plenty of interest in the lives of Pete, Sue, Jake, Ben and Karen.

So much so, in fact, that Hugh is predicting that we'll get another one-off special at some point.

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"I don't know," he replied on Sunday Brunch today (April 1) when asked if we'll get another series of the hit BBC show. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was another special at some point."

And as for what that special could be about, Hugh joked that the state of today's economy and property market means that the Brockman kids could still be causing trouble at home for some time yet.

"As I've said before, kids don't leave home until they're about 35, so we can ... we've got years. Years and years," he added.

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For now, though, Hugh is busy working with Lee Mack on another hit comedy series, Not Going Out, which continues on Thursday (April 5).

"That's the fantastic thing about it, it's just full of jokes," he added about the show. "It's always seemed to me that it's the sort of link between the old-style comedy that you grew up with and you loved and modern stuff.

"[Lee is] sort of the like the brilliant bridge, I think."

Sunday Brunch continues on Channel 4 next Sunday (April 8) at 9.30am.

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