The Reality Show That Started it All

People first became aware of the Radford family when they appeared on a UK Channel 4 documentary called 15 Kids and Counting. “We turned it down because we didn’t really want the children in that kind of spotlight,” Sue said in a 2013 interview with the blog Pinkoddy. “But then after them pestering us again to do it, we decided that we would. But not without asking the children first.”

They would subsequently continue to appear every year on the program, though they had to change the name every year. You see, the show turned into 16 Kids and Counting, then 17 Kids and Counting, and so on. Apparently, fans just couldn’t get enough of this loving family, getting comfortable on their couches as they tuned in to find out how much their kids have grown.