The Large Family: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Large Family is based on Jill Murphy's best-selling picture books about a warm-hearted family of elephants. Each episode follows the everyday (and often not so everyday) happenings of family life with Mum, Dad and their four children: Lester, Laura, Luke and baby Lucy. They go to school, play with friends, make trips to the supermarket, go to work, start new hobbies and long for the summer holidays - just like humans.

Elephants they may be, but in every other way the Large Family are just like us. They have big dreams, huge hopes and enormous piles of laundry! Their problems may seem gigantic at first, but they usually turn out to be tiny. And of course, they occasionally make some massive mistakes...

Series details

• Title: The Large Family
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 2007-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-03-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBeebies
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 10 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79072
• IMDb ID: tt1589893
• TVDB ID: 118431

Cast and credited roles

• Jeff Rawle — Mr Larry Large
• Paula Wilcox — Mrs Linda Large
• Tyger Drew-Honey — Lester Large
• Oliver Bee — Lester Large
• Rosie Day — Laura Large
• Thomas Mole — Luke Large

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-10-15; final listed air date 2007-11-19; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 2009-12-23; final listed air date 2010-03-05; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Large Family on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.