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SALLY LINDSAY:
'Meet Britain's biggest family.

- '22 kids.'
- Aww, look.

- 'Ten grandkids.'
- She's perfect.

- 'Seven dogs.'
- Oh!

'All growing up fast.'

Whoo!

'And the bigger the kids,
the bigger the problems.'

It's horrible for me,
that situation.

- I'm just not
- BLEEP
- happy.

'From relationship crises...'

She is a bit of a hothead,
and she stresses out quite a bit.

I'm facing life as a single mum.

The worst thing he could is cheat.

- Who's that?
- She's got trust issues.

'..to runaway children.'

Look at this headline.

Oh, my God. Is that her?

'The family face pregnancy panics.'

Her baby's heart rate has shot up.

My God.

'And fame brings
trespasser trouble...'

When it's your house,
it's just not OK.

'..leading
to life-changing decisions.'

- That is stunning!
- Oh, we've bought a house.

'But whatever life throws at them,
the Radfords are there

- 'for family and friends...'
- What's happened?

Cancer's back.

We'd travel to the ends of the Earth
to save her.

'..however big the problem.

'This time,
Tillie needs a major operation.

You can see there's a difference
of three and a half centimetres.

Hi, I'm just ringing
about my daughter.

'But will school bullying
put her off?'

Every day, kids say, "Why do you
limp? Why do you wear odd shoes?"

It's really hard to convince myself
that I want the operation.

What kid should have to suffer
bullying just because they've got

a disability of some kind?

Heidie, you are Daisy's auntie.

'A family tree
produces unusual results.'

Heidie's my auntie.
Yeah, but she's younger than me.

'That gives Sue a novel idea.'

When Sue said
she's got plans to write a book,

I thought she must be bonkers.

It's here!

Whoo!

'But will publication day
elation...'

Noel, it's us. Very proud moment.

'..turn into a book-signing flop?'

Four.

That is not the queue there.
That is not the queue.

'Every family has growing pains...

'..and the Radfords
have had more than many.'

The most noticeable growing pain
we've ever had

is when we tried to expand the
business to another shop in Kendal.

- Yeah.
- And it just went...
- Rapidly downhill fast, didn't it?

Yeah. But it's something that
makes you bigger and stronger,

and, you know,
it's what you learn from, isn't it?

You know, we all make mistakes,
and that's where we learn from.

You learn from 'em, don't you?

'But no-one in the family
has had a trickier time

'than 14-year-old Tillie.'

So, the background to Tillie's leg,
probably when she was about five,

she was stood in front of me,
I thought, oh.

There was a bone that looked like
it was sticking out.

Straight to the doctor's,
and the doctor looked at it,

"That definitely
doesn't look right".

There was a problem with that bone.

'The cause was traced back
to an infection in her leg.'

It obviously has damaged
the growth plate for her femur.

So, they don't know
if that bone will now stop growing.

We just have to hope
that it doesn't, and it's all right.

An absolute nightmare.

If we didn't do anything about it,
this one would just keep growing

and growing, and it'd be eventually
sticking out here somewhere.

Here we go, Tillie.

'Tillie had an operation,
and for nine months afterwards

'had to wear a mechanical device
to stretch her leg.'

The look on Tillie's face.
She just looked so down and upset,

and that's not what you want
for your kids, is it?

You're doing all right. No rush.

- I bet a snail would go
as fast as me.
- Well, maybe.

'But even after it was removed,
it left her with scars.'

'Even now,
four years on from her surgery,

'Tillie's leg troubles
are still not behind her.'

My leg isn't growing,
and I'm very lop-sided.

If I don't go on my tip toe,
then I go like this.

One leg will be shorter
than the other one,

and it's really uncomfortable
to walk on.

I'll walk around for a few minutes,
and then I'll instantly have

a lot of pain in like, my ankle,
and then my hip.

'And it seems to be getting worse.'

We've noticed a massive change
in her limp,

especially
if she stands in front of you.

You've got the hips, and there's
a big difference in the two sides.

She walks on her tiptoes
on one foot.

On my first operation
with the cage on my leg,

it was very painful.

Trying to walk on it,
I just couldn't do it

because the pain was unbearable.

I told my dad I really hated
the look of looking at it.

I wasn't happy.

'Tillie's short leg
can likely be lengthened,

'but it would involve
further surgery...

'..and that is an issue for her.'

Well,
the last time we met the consultant,

Tillie was just, "No,
I don't want another operation."

She was happy
just to have an orthopaedic shoe,

carry on with life like that,
but I don't think

Tillie realises she'll get
the hip problems later on in life.

'Noel and Sue are concerned

'that if Tillie
doesn't have the operation now,

'she will be storing up hip and
knee issues for when she's older.'

I mean, he did explain to you
why it would be more positive

- to have it done...
- Mm.
- ..when you're older.

- Just the health issues it'll bring
you if you don't have it done.
- Yeah.

- You know, it's your leg.
- Mm.
- I think
you're old enough now to decide.

Like when I first got that surgery,
I came out of it,

and I was just...
never wanted to look at it.

- The whole frame?
- How it all looked, yeah.

I do remember you wouldn't take
the bed covers off,

because you didn't want
anyone to see it.

- It was a lot bigger
than what you thought.
- Yeah.

- It was quite traumatising,
wasn't it, to see?
- Mm.

'Tillie is worried that another
operation means many months

'with another cage around her leg.'

I've got to think about what
kids would say as well, every day.

Some kids say, "Why do you limp?
Why do you wear odd shoes?"

They'll find any way
to talk about it.

It's just not right, is it?

- That's bullying.
- I just really don't know

if I can go through that again,
like that whole thing.

What kid should have to suffer
bullying

just because they've got
a disability of some kind?

It's quite sick, isn't it?

'The bullying has made Tillie
reluctant to have the operation.'

Come on.

'But the problem with her leg
is getting worse.'

Before she had the operation
the first time,

it was maybe half an inch.

I would say now it's getting on
towards two inches' difference.

So it's massive.

So, yeah, she's got to have it done.

'Coming up...
Tillie's problems get worse.'

- Hi, Soph, are you all right?
- 'But can sister Sophie help?'

I was bullied quite badly in school.

Don't let it affect you
the way that it did me.

Oh, my gosh.

'And Sue's massive family
sparks an idea.'

I've come to realise
that actually it's an amazing story,

and I feel that it should be shared.

'It's 3:30.'

SCHOOL BELL

'School's out,

'and the troops are returning home.'

In this house, we're not
walking to school with you.

Oh, hang on.

Home time in this house,
it is absolute chaos.

It's drinks, snacks.

'But before play time,
the homework's got to be done.

'But Sue doesn't believe
she's much help.'

I'm definitely not strong
with academic stuff.

If the kids have got, like,

an algebra question
and stuff like that,

it's like... Way over our heads.

'Today's after-school club
is bolstered by three additions.

'Grandkids Leo, April,
and homework-heavy Daisy.'

What sort of project?

'Sue may not have belief
in her maths ability,

'but surely family history
is right up her street.'

Well, that'll be interesting.
I'll come and help you.

'Most family trees could be sketched
out without too much trouble.'

OK. Right.

'The Radfords', however,
might be a bit more tricky.'

If any of your friends
are doing a family tree like this,

they'll probably only have,
like, three siblings,

and it wouldn't be anywhere near
like as big, would it?

'The family tree starts
with the most important branch.'

So, we're going to put me
and Grandpops,

and then 22 kids.

- Chris...
- Sophie, Chloe.
- Jack.

'A shedload of kids later,
and we're on to the grandkids.'

Daisy, April and Leo.

'Lots of names.

'But does Daisy know
who connects who?'

So what is Mila to you?

Niece?

No.

'If it's confusing now, Daisy,
it's only going to get worse.'

Maybe 50 grandkids
in another 30 year.

- Jeez, how many great grandkids?
- There'll be lots.

There'll probably be hundreds.

'The complexity
of such a large family...'

This is where
it gets complicated.

Really confusing now, isn't it?

'..can lead
to some unusual results.'

Heidie, do you know,
you are Daisy's auntie?

Heidie's my auntie.
Yeah, but she's younger than me.

- Oh, I'd never thought about that
actually.
- Oh, that's really weird.

So, really, Daisy should call you
"Auntie Heidie".

Wait, how does it work?

'When Heidie was born,
Daisy was already seven years old.

'But Daisy's mum Sophie
is also Heidie's sister,

'which means
that technically at least,

'Daisy should be calling her
"Auntie Heidie".'

I know.
It's very confusing, isn't it?

You wouldn't normally have
an auntie or an uncle

- that was younger than you, would
you?
- Can I call you Auntie Heidie?

- No!
- What?!

'So, what has everybody learnt
about their family tree?'

Are you better understanding
of your family?

- Yeah.
- Are you?
- No.

Bonnie,
how are you related to Daisy?

My family is very complicated,
and I can't name any of them.

'The realisation of the scale of the
family's ignorance has shocked Sue.'

Blimey. I worry about that,

because if down the generations,
they don't keep up

- with how it all came about
and things, then...
- Oh, right, yeah.

..it could get lost in those years,
couldn't it?

- What, in, like,
a few generations down?
- Mm.

- Yeah, I suppose.
- I think I need to document it,

preserve our family story
once and for all.

'Daytime on a school day
is as quiet as the house ever gets.'

DOG YAPPING

All right, Josh.

'It's just after lunch time...

'..and there's
an unexpected arrival.'

- Who was that?
- Tillie.

And what's she doing home now?

'Tillie should be at school,

'but not for the first time,
she's come home early.'

One time, she ended up ringing us,
did Tillie, didn't she?

- Yeah.
- And in floods of tears, like,

so hysterical that she could
hardly even get her words out.

That was probably the third time...

- At least I would say, yeah.
- ..this year.

I've come home early,

kids have said something really,
really bad that made me come home.

Because I couldn't get through the
day with dealing with all of that.

- Can you remember
the things they said?
- Yeah.

One of the kids said, "If I chuck
this pencil at your head,

"will it put a hole in your head?

"Oh, never mind, you've already
got holes in your leg."

And that one... sounds stupid,
but it really made me upset.

They don't really know
what affect it could have on you

and how deep they can go.

I don't like the look of my leg.
I don't like talking about it.

I can hardly look at it.

'Tillie could have an operation

'that would in time lengthen
her shorter leg.

'But she's concerned about
the frame that would be fitted,

'leading to more bullying.'

I just don't want a repeat
of how that was.

Like,
not wanting to look at my leg,

not wanting what goes on in school
to keep going on.

It's really hard to try and convince
myself that I want the operation.

- Tillie, she's not looking at the
bigger picture down the line.
- No.

You know, when she's in her 30s,
40s, whatever,

the problems that it will cause,

if she doesn't have an operation,
that's the thing.

Hi, I'm just ringing
about my daughter, Tillie.

- 'Whilst Noel rings the school...'
- Hi, Soph, are you all right?

'..Sue makes a different call.'

I could really do with a favour
if you've got time.

'With Tillie still upset, it's time
for some big sisterly advice.'

I think it would help
if Tillie maybe spoke to Sophie.

She's had similar sort of issues,
you know,

obviously not
with the scarred leg and everything,

but any advice that they can offer
and how to deal with things.

'When this young girl's down,
there's only one type of therapy

'that's sure to work. Retail.'

I'm doing a bit of shopping today,

because we need to get something
nice and get you feeling nice.

- That's quite nice.
- That is nice actually, yeah.

It's quite difficult
when things get on top of you.

You end up getting yourself
in a little bit of a rut.

Yeah, I wanted
to get Tillie out with big sis,

a bit of a change of scenery.

Oh, no. They're cardigans.
That's mum's kind of thing.

- What about something like that?
- Yeah.

I think that'd look really nice.
So, let's have a look.

Yeah?

'Whilst Tillie's loving
the trousers and tops...'

- I quite like that set, though.
- It's not my kind of thing, that.

'..she's not so keen
on the shorts and skirts.'

No, I wouldn't wear them.
Like, that type of shorts.

Three-quarter leggings
or anything like that, no?

- Nah.
- No?
- Nah.

She's sort of into clothes that,
like, fully cover you up,

quite dark clothing.
Not really into her colours

or anything like that.

Yeah.

I've noticed while we were shopping

that you're not quite into
your skirts, your dresses,

shorts, any more.

Since I got
into secondary school,

I don't really like wearing skirts.

I've got so many skirts in,
like, my wardrobe,

but I just never really wear them,

and when I do,
it's always in the house.

I never go out in them.

- Is it because of people
in school, then?
- Yeah.

It's important to tell Tillie
my experience of being bullied

and my regrets on how I should
have handled it back then.

I was bullied quite badly in school.

I remember waking up
and crying to Mum,

saying that I'm not going to school,

and I didn't actually
sit my GCSEs because of it.

So I actually left school
with no GCSEs whatsoever,

and now with a job
that I'm wanting to get,

which would change my life,
I can't actually get,

because I left school early
because of being bullied.

So, what I'm trying to say to you

is don't let it affect you
the way that it did me,

because that has
not only held me back in school,

but it's held me back
on progressing in my future as well.

- Do you know how I want to be
an ice skater?
- Yeah.

That's something
I really want to do,

but obviously it's kind of hard
to actually do,

because of like the looks I'll get,
or what people will say.

Just keep doing you.

If you really want something,

you will do anything
to make that happen.

So...

By you going through
this operation,

you could potentially become
an ice skater when you're older.

- Yeah.
- Because it does get
in the way, being bullied,

and sometimes, that's all you focus
on, that's all you worry about.

And don't let anything hold you
back, just focus on your future.

- Yeah.
- Mm. Aww, thank you so much.

Thank you.

- Remember that.
- Yeah.

It makes me quite sad, actually,

that she feels like she can't do
her dreams because of the bullies

and how she feels about herself.

You know, she's gone through a lot,

and she's been so brave
to get those scars.

She's a very special person, and
she's absolutely perfect as she is.

So, I think she just
really needs to realise that,

and it'd be good
for her to see what we all see.

I'm hoping
that's going to gradually come.

It's just one step at a time,
I suppose, isn't it?

Oh, my gosh!

"Miss Watson of Cambridge
gave birth to 25 children,

"including three sets of twins,
during the period 1904 to 1931."

'Three days on from helping with
Daisy's family tree homework,

'Sue is doing some research
of her own.'

"Miss McNaught, born 1923,
gave birth to 22 children."

'She's looking into other
large families born in Britain.'

Oh, my goodness.

'And what she's found
has surprised her.'

No-one in this country has had 22
children or more in nearly 75 years.

It does make you realise
that we are unique as a family.

'All the more reason, then,
to make sure future generations

'have the knowledge
of their own mega family.'

I really want
to give the future Radfords

something
that makes them know who we were.

Document memories of mine,
Noel's mum and dad, family.

It is a bit funny, isn't it?

Kids are learning history at school,
and yet we are...

- Living history.
- ..living history, aren't we?

A massive family.

'And Sue intends
to make the most of it.'

I've come to realise
that actually it's an amazing story,

and I feel that it should be shared.

- So, what are you going to do?
- We're going to write a book.

'Coming up...'

It's a million-dollar question...

'..Tillie has a decision to make.'

She's thinking,
"If I have the operation,

"then I may get more bullying
because of the way I look."

'And there's trouble
writing the book.'

I think the midwife thought
that my waters had gone,

and she was like,
"You can start pushing."

The water's just exploded
all in the midwife's face.

How am I supposed to get a book
written with you guys on my knee?

'Sue's wish that the future
generations of the Radfords

'know all about their story
has taken a twist.'

When Sue said
she's got plans to write a book,

I thought she must be bonkers.

What's there to read about?

Moving to Morecambe.
Is that interesting?

Losing the business.
I mean, where do you even start?

I know what I want
to put in the book,

but I don't think I will be able
to write a book myself.

Would anybody even be interested
in that, though?

I think that's why we decided
to use a ghost writer.

'Sue's invited an experienced
journalist to give his view

'on whether this was a story
he wants to be involved in.'

So, Paddy is the ghost writer
of our book.

'Or so you hope.'

I'm really hoping
that he's going to turn this

into a book that people
will absolutely love reading,

and they won't want
to put the book down.

Hello, Sue. How are you doing?

Right.

We're just taking you back
from the very start.

So this will get everything
in perspective

for the reader of the book.

'There aren't many sessions
with Paddy,

'so they need to get
to the good stuff, and fast!'

If you could take me through,
"Remember when so-and-so

"was eight years old, and
they did this, and they did that."

Or, "They came out with an amazingly
funny thing when they were six."

Can you remember
some of the things they said to you?

I can't remember.

No, it was that long ago.

No.

Righty-ho.

'Not a good start.'

Your mind just goes blank.

We did worry
that Paddy might have turned round

and said something like, "I'm sorry,
but you're just too boring."

'Faced with a blank notepad,
Paddy goes for the jugular.'

Right. Delicate part.

You found out,
"Oh, my God, I'm pregnant,"

and, Sue, we'll start with you,
your first reaction.

From the word go, when we found
out that we were pregnant,

we knew that we were gonna keep it,
didn't we?

- Yeah. And try our best to fight
our corner, didn't we?
- Yeah.

We didn't want to be pressured
into getting rid of him

- or having him adopted out
or anything like that. So...
- No.

- ..we were gonna fight,
no matter what.
- Yeah.

You know,
when you're writing about your life,

it's definitely
not all hearts and roses, is it?

- We were very lucky.
- There's also the downsides

and the difficult times we have,
but that's what makes us who we are

and makes our family what it is.

Because after we lost Alfie,
I think we were quite...

we're not having any more.

It just felt like we just
couldn't go through that again.

- Yeah.
- And pregnancy for me
after I'd had Alfie was just...

awful.

'Really, really emotional,
talking about Alfie.'

But we kind of think
that if Alfie's story

helps other people that
are going through the same thing,

then we want to tell Alfie's story,
don't we?

I think you kind of just realise

just how much
you took it for granted

that you were gonna get
to take a healthy baby home when...

in actual fact, so many...
so many people just don't.

'Noel and Sue
may have had doubts about

'how interesting their story is,
but what does Paddy think?'

I think it's a fascinating story.

People all over the country

would be fascinated to know
as much as they can

about the lives of a man
and a woman who have had 22 kids.

Noel and Sue are a lovely,
down-to-Earth couple.

So I think people would love

the book
on Britain's biggest family.

It's just incredible.

'Well, that's good news.'

When we got the go-ahead
that it was gonna happen,

that we were actually gonna
be bringing a book out was...

Oh, we were elated, weren't we?

'It started off as a family tree,

'but in typical Radford fashion,
it will now be a story

'that everyone can read.'

- Happy days. Right, well...
- Brilliant. Enjoyed that.

Thanks again. See you now.

'It's 3am, but Tillie can't sleep.

'In the morning,
she'll be heading to the hospital

'to make a big decision
on her future.'

Obviously, she's worried.

I think she's just mulling it
all over, isn't she?

She's got a decision to make,
you know.

She's thinking,
"If I have the operation,

"then I may get more bullying,
because of the way I look.

"A frame on my leg, more scars."

And then she might be thinking,
"Well, if I don't have it done,

"possibly in the future,
I may have more health problems

"with my hips
and my knees and things."

Like arthritis and things like that.

'Tillie's appointment is in
Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.

'So the journey allows for
some last-minute deliberations.'

- So, in the meeting, Tillie...
- Yeah?

..your options are, you put up
with it the way it is...

- And have a built-up shoe
for the rest of your life.
- Yeah.

Mm.

Or you do go ahead
with the operation, don't you?

What is it, the one thing
that you don't want him to say?

I don't want him to say, like...

- there's nothing, like,
other than the operation.
- Yeah.

I don't want him to say
that's the last option,

and there's
nothing they can do after that.

Like, I don't want him to say that.

Tillie may be trying to put it off
a little bit longer.

"I'll leave it this time, and then
another six months, you know,

"I'll think about it then,"
which could cause her problems

where if she keeps doing that,
it may come to the stage

where it's just too late to have
an operation to make it better.

I feel, like, a bit nervous.

At the end of the day, it's Tillie's
decision what happens now, you know.

- We feel like she's old enough
to choose herself.
- Mm.

- Hello.
- Hi, guys.

Grab a seat,
make yourselves comfortable.

- How have you been, Tillie?
- I've been good.

You've grown a bit
since I've last seen you.

Dr James looks after Tillie.

Right, so how is that leg behaving?

Is it the leg, the knee?
So, at the top end, the bottom end?

So, round by the knee bit.

So, when I saw Tillie,

- we said that there was a difference
between the leg lengths.
- Mm.

But also the shape of the joint
wasn't quite right.

So, I guess today would be
to sort of try and finalise

if we were going to do anything.

Yeah. OK. Perfect.

'Dr James needs to examine Tillie

'to see if the difference

'between the lengths of her legs
has narrowed.

'If it has,
she may not need the operation.'

If you climb up for me. So,
you're going to lie on your back.

Lie flat.

And just bend this leg a bit.

So, as you can see,

there's a difference
of three and a half centimetres.

So the majority of the difference
is between this segment here.

We want both legs to be even.

So, that's the final goal.

'It's not good news.'

OK, so lift that leg up.

'The gap has widened.'

You could see like the full extent
of how short her leg actually was,

I didn't really realise
it was that bad, did we?

No.
When she stands in front of us,

you can see the hips are different.

But there's a massive difference.

Obviously, it's putting a lot
of pressure on her body as well.

'It's too late now to do nothing.'

So, options are we try and get it
to look the way it should be,

which is a bit involved.

- Right.
- It would mean
correcting this deformity here. OK.

- You had a frame on before, didn't
you?
- Yeah.
- You had a frame on.

When I first got it, Dad asked
me, "Do you want to see it?"

And I said immediately no.

When I had no choice but to see it,

I felt like I was gonna cry
looking at it. I just hated it.

It's important to do it now,

because we minimise
the risk of you getting arthritis.

So, the million-dollar question
is...

Our hearts sunk
when Tillie's sort of saying,

"I don't want to have it done."

'But Dr James has another idea.'

My suggestion would be
that it's wide enough

that we can get one of the new
internal lengthening nails.

As opposed to having something
on the outside.

Right.

- It takes about five or six months.
- Yeah.

- SUE:
- But at least she's not gonna
have the frame on the outside.

It's gonna be inside.
That'll be much better.

- It is chalk and cheese.
- Right, OK.

For the patient, the benefits
are significantly better.

'It sounds good,
but will that swing it for Tillie?'

- Yeah?
- I think that'd work well, actually.

- Great. Thank you very much.
- Perfect.

'Tillie's agreed.

'This could be the solution
everyone has been looking for.'

Whereas her old operation
had all the cage on the outside,

this would be the complete opposite,

where it's just a few bits of
metal fixed underneath the skin,

to the bone, and it's all
remotely operated by the app.

You've got to be, I think,
of a certain age or your bones

have to be of a certain diameter,
so they can actually fix this thing.

'The magic of science and
technology all working together.'

The aim is to, like,
have the operation,

then everything's just from there
all slowly getting better.

'The operation will be months away,

'but Tillie has made a decision that
potentially may change her life.'

- It'll be worth it in the end.
- Mm.

'There are only six weeks to go
until the publication

'of Noel and Sue's first-ever book.'

- Are you not going to sit down?
- Noel's gonna walk out.

LAUGHTER

'And ghost writer Paddy is back
with a final raft of questions.'

So, this is the chapter, Sue,
which is called

"Sue, having 22 kids,
what every woman wants to know

"but is afraid to ask."

Did your waters ever break
when you were out and about?

- That was really funny, though,
you've got to admit.
- Well, yeah.

When I was having Millie,
just laying on the bed,

and I think the midwife thought
that my waters had gone,

and she was just like, "Yeah,
you can start pushing now."

So I started pushing,
the waters just exploded

all in the midwife's face.

She was absolutely covered.

I was laughing in absolute agony,
pushing this baby out.

The midwife stood there
absolutely dripping wet,

and this other midwife ended up
coming in the door,

and she looked at her, "Oh,
do you need to go and get changed?"

- She was like, "Mm".
- We didn't see
her again.
- Didn't see her again.

PADDY LAUGHS

Somebody would like to know,

"Is your sex life today
just the same as it ever was?"

- I think we prefer sleep now,
don't we?
- Yeah.

That's a great story, that.

'It's not just stories
Paddy is here for.'

Yeah, these are all of Aimee.

'Choosing the photographs
is a family affair...'

Oh, my gosh.

My dress on this picture.

'..and a reminder
that the book began life

'as a means of chronicling
the story for future generations.'

- Is that Ellie?
- Yeah, that's Ellie.

I think it's really important
that we've got the book.

Passing that down in generations
is a great idea.

Just for, like,
my kids' kids' kids' all to think,

"Wow, I've come from them,
how amazing it is."

Look at me and Aimee there.

Look, that's cute!

- We've always got the same outfit on.
- Look at that outfit.

I would remember, we would always
go round to Asda with Mum,

"Aww, are these two twins?" No.

Oh, my God, there's going to be
hundreds of Radfords.

Everyone's going to know
the original family.

It was really nice
the kids all coming together

and choosing the photos that
they wanted to go in the book.

It was lovely that, wasn't it?

We got a whole blueprint
of the whole family, haven't we?

- Yeah.
- You know, how it's all
come together and everything.

It's not just our story.
It's their story as well.

Here we go.
It's got to be you laughing.

'But it's not just
about old family photos.

'The book needs a cover shot...'

Here you go. Smiling, guys.

'..which means getting
the whole family together.

'As publication draws near,
cracks are beginning to show.'

Seriously, though,
is anyone interested in this?

All this minutiae
about your pregnancies.

It's not exactly rock and roll.

'Belief, Noel. Belief!

'Tillie may have agreed
to her operation,

'but now Noel and Sue want to see

'if she's ready
to take another step forward.'

Bullying has definitely made
Tillie body-conscious,

and it's also making her think
that she can't fulfil her dream.

Not told you
where we're going today,

but I've known for a long time
you've wanted to go ice skating.

So I've actually managed
to book you a private lesson.

We weren't sure
how Tillie would react,

because I'm not sure
how she would think,

if people are going to look at her
leg, and just be staring at her.

'Tillie loves ice skating.'

I want to do figure skating
when I'm older. That is my dream.

I really love
how you can just jump and do spins

and just glide on the ice.
It just looks really nice.

'But does she believe
that she can do it herself?'

Oh, my. She's good.

I have a massive phobia
of being embarrassed

when there's other people around.

There's a lot of days where I take
a break from walking on my tiptoe,

and I was just walking
and other people staring.

I get funny looks or whispering
behind their hands about it,

and it's just...
it does get me down,

because I think... I don't think
I'm capable of anything.

Despite Tillie's disability,

we just want Tillie
to get on the ice

and dance like an ice skater.

'Tillie's waited years to ice skate,
and the moment has finally arrived.

- 'Giving Tillie her first lesson...'
- Come on. Give me the hand,

come on, don't worry.
Just step there.

- I don't know how to skate fully,
though.
- Step, step, step. Good.

- ..is coach Alexei.
- OK.

Just walk, walk, walk, be careful,
yes. Keep your arms, well done.

She was thinking as long as she
can get around the ice on her own

on the skates, by the end of the
session, she'll be happy with that.

Yeah, be careful, careful, careful.
Don't worry, don't worry, OK.

We just want her to achieve what
she wants to do, bad leg or not.

Come on, come on, come on, come on.
Don't rush.

You're going to turn this way, yeah?

Careful.

If we come home today, and she's,

"It wasn't what I thought it was,
Dad, I don't want to do it again,"

that's fair enough,
but, you know, in life,

if she wants to try it,
you've got to try it, haven't you?

'Believe in yourself, Tillie.'

- Are you going to try yourself?
- Er, I don't know.

- 'If she can skate by herself...'
- Come on.

'..Tillie's dream
will have come true.'

Put both legs, yes, yes, yeah.
Try to do. Just try to push.

The instructor's left her
to try and skate on her own.

And she's actually doing it.

And she's got a smile on her face,
so that says it all, doesn't it?

To see her do something like this,
immensely proud of Tillie.

- Good.
- Well done.

I'm dead proud of you,
and you actually skated.

- I did.
- Unassisted on your own.

Like, wow.

What was it like when you put
your first foot on the ice?

- Wow.
- Was it?
- Yeah.

I put my feet on the ice,
and I thought,

"I'm not going to be able
to do this," and then I went...

- I think you did absolutely
fantastic, so...
- Thank you.

- ..well done to you.
Do you want to come back?
- Yeah.

- High five to that one.
- Whoo!

I'm not gonna let my disability
get in the way of what I want to do.

Once I'm on the ice,
I think everything's just gone.

All my worries about my leg
is just gone.

'Tillie's beating the bullies,

'and now she's the ice queen,

'with one eye on her future.'

All throughout, I just thought
"This is what I want to do.

"This is exactly what I want to do
when I'm older."

Well done. Good girl.

- 'Coming up...'
- It's here!

- Ooh!
- 'Sue's book is released!'

My kids' kids will have
something to look back on

and know that my mum
was a mum with 22 kids.

'A book signing is lined up.'

Well, it's just around that corner.

'But will anyone show up?'

- That is not the queue there.
- BLEEP
- Nora.

'It's Saturday,
but not just any old Saturday.'

I'm really nervous excited.

This is the first time ever
we're gonna see our book.

And I'm just trying to keep myself
busy to pass time quickly.

'The book is released today,
and their parcel will be arriving

'at any time.'

- Exciting!
- Look out the window,
Heidie, see if he's here.

Is he here? No?

'Sue may have faith
in the book's success.

'Noel is not so certain.'

I think my biggest fear,
in a couple of weeks' time,

you walk into Poundland
or everywhere,

somewhere like that, and there's
your book in the bin for a quid.

You'd just be so disheartened
to see that.

Noel!

BARKING

It's here!

Ooh!

- Let's have a look!
- Do you want to open it?

You open it, go on.

'Sue believed writing the book
would inform future Radfords

'of the heritage
of their unique family.'

- Oh!
- Oh!

Oh, my word. Noel, it's us!

That is actually our book.

They smell nice as well.

- Bonnie, where's you?
- None of our kids, I don't think,

are going to have a family
the size of ours, are they?

- No. I don't think so.
- Nobody's going to do that.

So it's just nice to...
we can document how it is now,

living in this huge,
chaotic, busy family.

Who's that?

- Josh.
- Josh? That's me.

- Very proud moment.
- There's one for you, Tillie.

'They have ordered 35 copies.

'One for each of the kids
and for their kids' kids.'

Daisy.

I think it's good that my kids' kids
will have something to look back on

and know that my mum
was the mum of 22 kids.

So, I think
it's something amazing to look at.

Right, Sue, come on.
We'd better get going.

'Release day means that Noel and Sue
have another engagement to attend.'

Can't believe that we've been asked
to do book signings.

- I'm thinking, "Oh, my God."
- Yeah. You're thinking,

- "Will anybody even turn up to do
the book signings?"
- Exactly that.

That was the thing.

- Four.
- Might be more than four.

Maybe a dozen, 20 maybe?

Nah. Nah. Definitely not.

Hopefully, people will turn up.

I hope so. That'll be embarrassing.

'Two bacon rolls, five podcasts
and 130 miles later,

'they're in Birmingham.'

For us, it's a bit crazy to think

that people want
to come and meet us.

I find it really odd that it's just

little old Noel and Sue
from Morecambe.

You know, we're just
a normal family on a bigger scale.

But it's just around that corner,

there'll either be somebody
or nobody.

- Feeling a bit nervous?
- Bit nervous now, yeah.

'It's the big moment.'

Oh, where is it? Where is it?

HEARTBEAT POUNDING

That is not the queue there?
That is not the queue.

- BLEEP
- Nora. Oh, my God!

'The queue is huge!'

Oh, my word!

Didn't think
anyone was going to be there.

- Hi!
- Hello. All right?

Oh, no. Let us in!

'The hundreds who have come
prepare to meet

'the mum and dad
of Britain's biggest family.'

- Are you OK?
- Yeah.
- Are you not shattered?

Yeah. Yeah.

'I'm a huge fan of the Radfords.'

They're just a really lovely family
and really down to Earth,

and you can really relate to them.

- Where have you come from?
Aww.
- Take care.

I tell you what we did get
a few times was,

"Well, you're much smaller
in real life, aren't you?"

I love how many kids they've got,
and I think it's fantastic.

I'm adopted as well,
so, I think it's wonderful.

- Of course you can, yeah.
- What's one more?

We wouldn't even notice you,
would we?

The book manager of the store
did say

it's one of the busiest
book signings for a long time.

'Hours and hundreds
of signatures later, it's all over.'

Never written so much
since I've left school.

Wow.
That was so, so lovely, wasn't it?

It was amazing
getting to meet everybody.

High five.
Really lovely, isn't it?

There's a lot of lovely people
out there

that like following our family.

"I handle pressure well."

Oh, that's a difficult one, that.

'With the book in the bag

'and Tillie prepped
and ready for surgery,

'the last few months have left
a few marks on the Radfords.'

Are you nominating yourself?

'But they wouldn't have it
any other way.'

Every family's got a few scars and
a few stretch marks here and there.

I nearly cut my finger off once
in the bakery, you know.

Yeah, but you know what?
I wouldn't change it for the world.

- Our scars remind us of who we are.
- Yeah, I know,

but I don't want reminding
of nearly cutting my finger off.

You always have to spoil it,
don't you?

'Next time...'

Because she's our last,
she'll always be the baby.

'Heidie leaves nursery,
but is Sue ready for it?'

That'll be so weird, won't it?

You aren't actually going to have
any of the kids at home.

- 'Noel is troubled...'
- My dad doesn't seem his self.

'..by a meeting
with his birth mother.'

'I don't think I realised how
much emotion maybe was involved.'

'And a summer holiday ends
with an explosive surprise.'