Outnumbered child star Tyger Drew-Honey looked worlds away from the BBC sitcom as he transformed for a new Sky drama-documentary. 

The actor, 28, sH๏τ to fame as Jake on the BBC sitcom Outnumbered, which followed the Brockman family through their daily lives with hilarious consequences.

The show ran from 2007 to 2014 before a surprise Christmas episode in 2019, and after a five-year hiatus the Brockmans are reuniting once more for another festive special. 

But he looked a far cry from Jake in first look snaps for a new show about infamous serial killer Jack The Ripper and how journalism sensationalised him and possible helped him evade justice.  

Playing a journalist reporting on the murders, Tyger adopts a more prim and proper look as he sports a pair of tiny spectacles balances on his nose. 

His character is seen wearing a striped shirt with a cravat and a khaki tweed waistcoat, while his brunette hair is slicked into a period style. 

Outnumbered child star Tyger Drew-Honey looked worlds away from the BBC sitcom as he transformed for a new Sky drama-documentary

Tyger looked a far cry from Jake in first look snaps for a new show about infamous serial killer Jack The Ripper and how journalism sensationalised him and possible helped him evade justice

Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood dives into the journalism and social panic that cemented the killer’s notoriety.

The three-part drama-documentary explores the infamous Whitechapel murders of 1888 from an entirely new angle as it recreates the reporting of the case that left Victorian London gripped with fear. 

It looks at how a team of reporters from local newspaper, The Star, created and fuelled the legend of Jack The Ripper and in so doing, contributed to a serial killer evading justice.

Hayley Reynolds, Director of Documentaries and Factual at Sky said: ‘This series offers audiences a startlingly contemporary lens through which to view the Jack the Ripper story.

‘The perspectives of contributors who have personal experience of this world provide insight like never before, re-framing the story for Sky HISTORY’s audiences.’   

Outnumbered returned to screens after years for a Christmas special, and Tyger opened up about navigating child fame at the time.

During a discussion about the latest instalment of the much-loved show, Tyger and his castmates Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez, who played Ben and Karen, revealed what it had been like growing up as child stars. 

This Morning hosts Alison Hammond, 49, and Dermot O’Leary, 51, quizzed the trio about whether they had found it difficult to transition from child stars to adults and Tyger explained that he had struggled at times. 

The actor, 28, sH๏τ to fame as Jake on the BBC sitcom Outnumbered, which followed the Brockman family through their daily lives with hilarious consequences

Playing a journalist reporting on the murders, Tyger adopts a more prim and proper look 

The three-part drama-documentary explores the infamous Whitechapel murders of 1888 from an entirely new angle as it recreates the reporting of the case that left Victorian London gripped with fear

The Cuckoo star confessed that he had sometimes found it hard to live a normal life and act like a regular teenager. 

He revealed: ‘I found it difficult at times – and I wasn’t a crazy teenager – but wanting to have a drink at 17.

‘And you couldn’t do that in public – people would take pH๏τos, but overall it was positive. But people taking pictures when I didn’t want them to was, yeah…’

Tyger added that he still gets recognised and during the height of the show’s fame that could happen quite often. 

And while he’s appreciative of the support now, he sometimes found it all too much.

‘I get recognised sometimes, but less frequently now,’ he said. ‘I do appreciate it when it happens, but back in the day it was a lot.’

Daniel also confessed that he had struggled with being recognised at times growing up, but said that that after he shaved off his hair it didn’t happen as often.

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Outnumbered follows the Brockman family through their daily lives with hilarious consequences and ran from 2007 to 2014 before a surprise Christmas episode in 2019

He explained: ‘I shaved my head for a lot of my teens, so it went down then.’

But the trio, who first starred on the show aged ten, eight and six, have made sure to always be there for each other and revealed that they make time to meet up at least once a year. 

Ramona said: ‘We try to make an effort to meet once a year – apart from Covid.

‘And our mums are very close and when we were younger they would make sure we would all meet up.’

The star also revealed that they keep up with each other on their Whatsapp group chat called Outnumbered family – which doesn’t include their mothers.