PARENTS-OF-22 Sue and Noel Radford have revealed their latest ‘exciting’ project – and it’s set to keep them very ‘busy’.
After a snowy weekend away in their £40k motorhome, Sue, 49, and Noel, 54, who previously opened up on “feeling the pinch” financially, are now cracking on with work.
The parents of Britain’s Biggest Family recently celebrated their daughter Millie’s wedding to boyfriend Harley Passmore and saw the arrival of their latest grandchild, Katie Radford’s son Ronnie Hudson Carter, but as of today, they have started a major project that fans can expect to see in a month’s time.
The couple, who are from Morecambe, Lancashire, and star in Channel 5’s 22 Kids and Counting, took to their social media to announce the news.
After telling their life story in their book The Radfords: Making Life Count, back in 2024, the couple are now recording an audio version.
Posting to their Instagram stories, Sue gave her fans a close-up look behind-the-scenes as she and Noel sat in a recording studio.
The family’s matriarch then said: “Well, as you can probably tell, we’re somewhere very different today.
“Today, we are doing the audio version of our book.”
As Sue gave her 539,000 followers a look inside the recording studio, she continued: “So yeah, we’re doing that today.
“I think it’s going to be available in February time.
“But the paperback is coming out in February time as well, so very exciting.”
Sue then switched the camera to show Noel, who owns his own pie business, The Radford’s Pie Company, as she added: “Noel is just reading through his.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Millie Radford who had first baby at 19 says mum Sue is crazy for having 22 kids & insists she’ll stop at three” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6366853309112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]But it appears that the couple’s book, which previously hit number two on the Sunday Times bestseller list, is mainly told by Sue, who had her first child at the age of 14, when Noel was 18.
Sue, who tied the knot when she was 17 and Noel was 21, also explained: “I’ve just looked through and quite a lot of it looks like it’s me at the minute, but anyway.
[boxout headline=”How many people are in the Radford family? ” featured-image=”32697834″]Sue and Noel Radford have 22 children and 11 grandchildren.
- Noel – Born December 24, 1970
- Sue – Born March 22, 1975
- Chris – Born May 7, 1989 – married to Nicole Spencer and have three children: Maisie (June 3, 2017), Jacob (July 31, 2019), and Oaklyn, September 21, 2021). He is a stepdad to Nicole’s four kids
- Sophie – Born December 13, 1993– married to Joe Broadley and have three children: Daisy (August 27, 2012), Ayprill (October 13, 2014) and Leo, (December 24, 2015)
- Chloe – Born July 31, 1995– dating Jake Wallace and have one child: Mila (July 23, 2022), and due to have baby number two in 2025
- Jack – Born April 9, 1997
- Daniel – Born March 3, 1999
- Luke – Born October 1, 2000
- Millie – Born August 29, 2001 – married to Harley Passmore and have three children: Ophelia (September 12, 2020), Chester (February 20, 2022), and Elodie (September 19, 2023)
- Katie – Born November 14, 2002 – dating Connor Carter and have baby Ronnie (October 8, 2024)
- James – Born October 17, 2003
- Ellie – Born May 6, 2005
- Aimee – Born April 21, 2006
- Josh – Born July 3, 2007
- Max – Born December 11, 2008
- Tillie – Born May 2, 2010
- Oscar – Born October 22, 2011
- Casper – Born October 3, 2012
- Alfie – Stillborn July 6, 2014
- Hallie – Born June 3, 2015
- Phoebe – Born July 24, 2016
- Archie – Born September 18, 2017
- Bonnie – Born November 6, 2018
- Heidie – Born April 3, 2020
“Yeah, so we’ve got a very busy few days recording this. But very exciting.”
Sue, 49, and Noel, 54, are parents to Chris, 35, Sophie, 31, Chloe, 29, Jack, 27, Daniel, 25, Luke, 24, Millie, 23, Katie, 22, James, 21, Ellie, 19, Aimee, 18, Josh, 17, Max, 16, Tillie, 14, Oscar, 13, Casper, 12, Haillie, nine, Phoebe, eight, Archie, seven, Bonnie, six, and Heidi, four.
Sadly the couple’s 17th child Alfie was still born on July 6, 2014.
Noel and Sue famously don’t rely on benefits for their bumper brood and live off their pie shop for income.
They also revealed they make money from brand partnerships on social media and are estimated to make £5,000 per episode of their show.
Andy Barr told the Daily Mail: “The typical fee per episode is going to be in the thousands rather than the tens or hundreds of thousands that people often think is the case with TV shows of this nature.
“If they continue to get commissioned for a fourth or fifth season, then they are going to be able to command a higher fee.”
