Sue and Noel Radford worry as one daughter in hospital dash and another ‘missing’ in new series of 22 Kids and Counting
THE Radfords will return to our screens this Sunday for the third series of 22 Kids and Counting – and there’s even more drama than last season.
Sue and Noel Radford shot to fame in 2012 as the parents of Britain’s largest brood, landing a brand new series with Channel 5 in 2021.
They have been raising children for over 30 years (including their 14 grandchildren) in Lancashire’s coastal town of Morecambe, which is also home to the Fury family.
They currently live in a 10-bedroom former care home which Sue, 48, and Noel, 53, bought for £240,000 back in 2004.
And after giving cameras access to their home once again, here’s what’s in store for the first episode of their docu-series’ third season.
Millie’s Third Baby
Sue and Noel’s seventh daughter, 22-year-old Millie, welcomed her third child last year – and the lead up to her birth was captured by cameras.
In Sunday’s episode, Sue takes Millie to the hospital for a routine scan, but things aren’t looking too good when the nurse notices the baby’s heart rate is faster than it should be.
Millie is rushed to hospital as she is told she may have to have an emergency caesarean.
Fortunately, she announced the safe arrival of her daughter Elodie-Jade, weighing 7lb 10z, in September.
Katie goes AWOL
As if the worry of Millie’s pregnancy wasn’t enough, daughter Ellie, 18, lets Sue and Noel know that big sister Katie has secretly followed boyfriend Connor on a lads trip to Zante.
The Radford’s eighth child, 21, has growing concerns over his loyalty.
When Sue and Noel don’t hear from her for three days as her mobile phone has been switched off, their worry turns to panic and they take a trip to Zante to find her themselves.
Will Noel and Sue be able to find Katie on the bustling party island?
Big Sis, Little Sis
When Sue and Noel are away, the kids will play.
Chaos reigns at the Radford residence when oldest siblings Aimee, 17, and Josh, 16, are in charge.
The two have to work together to keep the house in order… but it might prove too much for them.
Who are the Radfords?
Sue became pregnant for the first time in 1989 at just 14-years-old but was sure she wanted to keep the baby, her firstborn, Chris.
She married Noel four years later, and before long they were expecting their second child, Sophie.
A year after that, the Radfords learned they were expecting a third child, Chloe, and more babies have followed in quick succession ever since.
Noel underwent a vasectomy while Sue was pregnant with their ninth baby, but soon had the surgery reversed to father 13 more children.
Their other children are Jack, Daniel, Luke, Millie, Katie, James, Ellie, Aimee, Josh, Max, Tillie, Oscar, Casper, Hallie, Phoebe, Archie, Bonnie, and youngest daughter Heidie.
Tragically, Alfie, who was the couple’s 17th baby, was stillborn on July 6, 2014.