TheKennedysisamulti-generationfamilycomedylooselybasedonEmma’smemoirsTheTent,TheBucketAndMe.EachepisodeisintroducedbyEmmaKennedyplayedbyLucyHutchinson,a10year-oldStarWarsobsessedtomboywhoishappytotagalongwithhermuch-lovedparents,BrendaandTonyKennedyplayedbyKatherineParkinsonandDanSkinner.TheKennedyfamilyhasjustmovedintoanewestateinStevenage,NewTown,wheretheyfindaconcretemazeofidenticalhouses.Delightedandenthusedbythefacttheyarenowonthecuspofbeingconsideredmiddleclass,theyquicklyembracethecommunityspiritandorganiseactivitiesforthewholeneighbourhoodtogetinvolvedwith.Ineachepisode,TheKennedyspursueeveryopportunitytheycantoclimbthesocialladder,fromorganisingan‘OpportunityKnocks’styletalentshowtohostingtheestate’sfirsteverdinnerparty.TheKennedysbestfriendsareanunmarriedcouple:Timthe70salpha-male(playedbyHarryPeacock)andtheyoungyettraditionalJenny(playedbyEmmaPierson).SholaAdewusiandCliveRowealsofeatureintheseriesandplayTheKennedysunassumingandoftenconfusedneighbours,DeeandDavid.TheKennedys(6x30’)wascommissionedbyCharlotteMoore,ControllerofBBCOneandShaneAllen,ControllerofComedyCommissioning.TheseriesiswrittenbyEmmaKennedyandwillbeproducedbyEmmaStrain(Miranda),directedbyChristineGernon(Gavin&Stacey)andexecutiveproducedbyMyfanwyMooreandRichardWebb.