The World's Strictest Parents

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC BBC Three
Release	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) – 16 January 2014

The World's Strictest Parents (or World's Strictest Parents) is an international television franchise reality series developed by TwentyTwenty Television with its original broadcast in Britain by the BBC. The success of the program led to many overseas versions being created including in the Americas (broadcast by CMT) (part of MTV Networks) the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV. There are also many other international foreign versions (listed below) including an Australian version, a New Zealand version and a German (German language)-version titled "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt" (The strictest Parents of the World). As well other countries to have locally produced adaptations including Scandinavia, Turkey and Poland.

The series won an International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment. The concept is that two unruly teenagers are sent to live with a strict host family either locally or abroad for a week in an attempt to change their attitudes, outlooks and behaviours in general. During the week they receive an impact letter from their real parents with a list of issues they should try to resolve.

United Kingdom - Original version

Unruly British teenagers are sent to live with strict families in an experiment to try to change their behaviour. Generally they spend 10 days, later 7 days with their host parents trying to live by the latter's rules.

All series episodes were broadcast on a weekly basis.

Series 1 (2008)

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	18 September	Naomi Fisher (16) and Ross Torrie (16)	Mark and Lynn Garnett (A pharmaceutical company worker and part-time teacher) in Alabama, USA	In the first episode, the teenagers, Ross and Naomi, are both the same age. At the charity work Naomi and Ross got in trouble, Ross got in trouble for using profanity and Naomi got in trouble for asking a homeless man for a cigarette, while at a bowling alley Ross and Naomi snuck to a bar and asked a stranger for a cigarette, when Hunter Garnett caught them and when they got home Mark Garnett lost his temper and punished the teens by sending them to bed early. (Note: At the end of the episode, the wrong trailer is used by mistake, advertising the next episode that the host family is in Ghana which is actually (episode 3) the next one (episode 2) is in Jamaica).	BBC Episode Guide – S01E01
2	25 September	Charlotte Hart (16) and Sam Northaide (17)	Dave and Sharon Rose (A government driver and homemaker) in Jamaica	Sam gets sent to bed early after a confrontation with Sharon Rose about church, Charlotte left early on the first day of school for writing an inappropriate essay and arguing with a teacher about writing the essay and got sent to the principal's office.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E02
3	2 October	Lizzie Pol and Stephan Alvarez	Richard and Vida Adega (a part-time pastor and businesswoman) in Ghana	Lizzie gets into trouble in school for falling behind, whilst at the beach she reveals too much for Vida's liking. Meanwhile, Stephan proves a productive member of the household.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E03
4	9 October	Josh Breslin and Charlotte Abrahams	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma (a high court lawyer and a homemaker) in Jaipur,India	During school, Josh and Charlotte sneak out to go to McDonald's and they get caught by the principal and receive a grey punishment card.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E04
5	16 October	Lucy Dodds and Grant Stevens	Hannes and Alma Moolman (a farmer and a homemaker) in South Africa	Lucy was expelled from school for not complying with the dress code.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E05
6	23 October	—	—	Changed My Life Catch up with the 10 teenagers featured in the series, looking back over their experiences to see if strict parenting has changed the relationship they have with their own parents. This episode aired in Australia on Saturday, 7 December 2013	BBC Episode Guide – S01E06

Series 2 (2009)

Series two premiered on BBC Three on 15 October 2009 and ran to 17 December.

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	15 October	Bex Keene and Chezden Dundee	David and Wanda Kimbrough (a pastor and school administrator) in Atlanta, USA	This episode was aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead. The Kimbroughs are a Christian African American family. Bex and Chezden got a scolding from Wanda after Ditching Sunday School. Bex also got in trouble in school for walking out of class and talking back to the Headmaster. Chezden spent a couple hours out of the house for having an angry outburst over David being considered his father. The song that's featured in this episode is "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E01
2	22 October	Peter Wrigley and Jocelyn Harris	Unni and Madhu Unnikrishnan (a factory CEO and a homemaker) in India	During the show, Peter gets a tattoo from an unlicensed parlour, thus putting him at risk of contracting HIV. The production staff intervene, fearing for his safety. Peter is very unhappy after being forced to leave the parlour with a half-finished tattoo which was, ironically, to say "Wisdom" in Hindi.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E02
3	29 October	Hannah Moorehead and Leigh Sturge	Michael and Marianyana (a military man and a nurse) Selelo in Botswana	This episode was aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E03
4	5 November	Hannah Thorpe and James Gowing	Spencer and Nicholeen Peck (a plumber and home-school teacher) in Utah, USA	The Peck family are devoted Mormons. This is the first episode that features a teen who is a young parent (Hannah). This was the most viewed episode on this show. This episode aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E04
5	12 November	Gemma Lyons and Jack Travers	David and Tzippi Schechet (a lawyer and a writer) in Israel	Gemma and Jack are introduced to the Schechet (pronounced as "Shekay") family, an Orthodox Jewish American family who are from Los Angeles but moved to Israel to live a more religious life. The teens at first throw tantrums and disregard rules, but are humbled by their enjoyment of the work, and a meeting with two elderly Holocaust survivors. However, Gemma becomes jealous when attention is turned to Jack, and resumes her old behavior and Gemma is caught sunbathing in a bikini in the front lawn of the Schechet's home, disobeying the community dress code after which she is asked to leave. After she spends a night in a Tel Aviv hotel, the Schechets decide to give her another chance and invite her back to join them for lunch in Jerusalem, after which they visit the Western Wall. This episode was aired as an Australian Episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E05
6	19 November	Debbie McQueen and Daniel Drinkwater	Abdulsalam and Iman Hajjar in Lebanon	For a week they must live under the strict rules of the Hajjars, a liberal Sunni Muslim family.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E06
7	3 December	Calvin Kirlew and Rosie Harley	Earl and Rosie Perez in Belize		BBC Episode Guide – S02E07
8	10 December	Kaya Elliot and Jay Birch	Stacey and Shannon White in Oklahoma, US	Kaya becomes the first teenager to fail to complete the week in the show's history. Kaya was picked by the police for running away from the Whites, After being rushed to hospital, it was revealed that she was faking an illness. Meanwhile, Jay struggles with motivational issues ever since the death of his four-year-old niece, Molly. This episode was aired as an Australian Episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E08
9	17 December	—	—	Update The programme catches up with ten teenagers featured in the series. The episodes that were represented were Atlanta, India, Botswana, Utah and Lebanon. The teens recall their experiences and promises, answering whether or not the programme changed their life.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E09

Series 3 (2010)

Series three premiered on BBC Three on 11 October 2010, the show returned for an 11-episode run. Whilst not formally announced, it appears the teens now spend a week with their adopted families rather than the 10 days in the two previous series. Each episode aired at 9:00pm on BBC Three and was repeated at various times over the following week. It was also moved to a Monday.

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	10 October	Wesley and Tamsin	Joe Leveille and Scott Loper in New Jersey	The first time one of the training parents (Scott), has gone to the home of one of the British teens, as well as the first time that the parents have been same-sex, the second time one of the teens was a teen parent (Wesley) and the first time one of the teenagers stayed longer than planned (Tamsin).	BBC Episode Guide – S03E01
2	18 October	Nicole and Nathan	Kenrick and Andrea Harris (an IT Consultant and primary school teacher) in Barbados	Nathan spends two nights out of the Harris home the first night he stayed in a motel for not handing over his cigarettes and the third night for not apologizing for leaving school. Both teens ran off on the school grounds and had Kenrick driving all over Barbados looking for them. In this episode after a verbal confrontation between Andrea and Nicole, Andrea loses her temper and shouts at Nicole in which she runs out into the street but returns after a couple of hours.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E02
3	25 October	Nicki and Jerri	Brindley and Mandy De Zylva (a finance company owner and advetiser) in Sri Lanka	For the first time ever on the show, the teenagers were both girls, instead of having one girl and one boy. The reasons for this are unknown.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E03
4	1 November	Eden and Anastasia	Linzey and Jeanie Armstrong (professional modelers) in Florida	The Armstrongs are an interracial family. Both one of the parents (Linzey) and one of the teens (Eden) are biracial. During the show, Eden and Anastasia got in trouble at the thrift shop for refusing to complete their tasks which Linzey had to come pick them up.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E04
5	8 November	Rosie and Nick	Ed and Marta Hill in Puerto Rico		Rosie Had A 12 Hour Standoff With Ed Hill.||BBC Episode Guide – S03E05
6	15 November	Scott and Billie	Dickson and Faith Mugaza (manager of the city's environmental health department and homemaker) in Kenya	Billie spends one night on their grandmother's farm as The Mugazas punishment for smoking as a minor and misbehaving in the community and arguing and embarrassing Faith over the school uniform policy. Scott is kicked out of school for refusing to shave his beard.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E06
7	22 November	Sevda and Andrew	Randy and Rozanne Frazee (a pastor and homemaker) in San Antonio, Texas	Sevda leaves the house for a couple of hours after throwing a tantrum about not being allowed a cigarette.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E07
8	29 November	Forrest and Daniel	Jan and Liesbeth Van Berkel (a middle manager and community worker) in the Netherlands	After Daniel smokes cannabis, he spends a night in a hotel. Both teens repeatedly broke the "trust rule" of their hosts.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E08
9	6 December	Nadia and Aron	Nalini Nanjundayya (a businesswoman) in India	Mrs Nanjundayy is a single mother following the death of her husband fifteen years previous. However, she is assisted by uncles Pradeep and Mukesh. Aaron and Nadia were kicked out of school on their first day for fighting and smoking.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E09
10	13 December	Dina and Alex	DeWayne and Vanessa Davis in Chicago	Alex is kicked out of the Davis's house for a while after he smokes outside their house, but after a while, a guilt ridden Alex apologizes to Dewayne and is allowed back in the house. This episode also aired in Australia on 1 March 2015.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E10
11	20 December	N/A	N/A	Update The programme catches up with 10 British teenagers from the series six months after they lived with families all over the globe. It reveals the lessons they learned and the inside story of their journeys, including father-to-be Wesley McGillian and Rosie Hynd who met her match in Puerto Rico. Five of the episodes were represented – those being New Jersey, Barbados, Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico and Texas. All teens involved had made a marked change in their attitudes and behaviour.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E11

Series 4 (2011)

Series 4 premiered on 3 November 2011 and featured 12 teenagers. The series ran until 15 December.

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	3 November	Remzi and Bryony	Gonzalo and Guadalupe Bustamante (an advertiser and homemaker) in Argentina	Features for the first time a teenager (Bryony) with a learning disability, ADHD and is mentally ill, which means she has anger management issues. Remzi and Bryony were kicked out from school on their first day, after Bryony asked Remzi for a cigarette, then used a lot of profanity in the classroom, threatened to punch the head teacher (Marissa) and pushing Marissa out of the way and Remzi for being lazy, lacking behind on his work and giving Bryony a cigarette, after which both teens smoked on the school grounds. It's also the first time the series began with an episode that takes place in Latin / South America, rather than in North America.	BBC Episode Guide – S04E01
2	10 November	Charlie and Hamzah	Anna-Marie De Vos and Suzanne Du Toit (a barrister and artist) in South Africa	The second time that the training parents have been the same-sex.	BBC Episode Guide – S04E02
3	17 November	Shola and Joiee	Ashwani and Rashmi Virk (an estate agent and homemaker) in India	The teens are kicked out of school after an incident where security are called and Joiee refuses to let them search his bag, for fear of his gin being discovered. Shola is kicked out of the Virks' flat for a short while after using profanity in the flat and pushing and hitting Ashwani when he asks her to wear an Indian outfit for his deceased father's memorial service. She later apologizes and is allowed back in the flat.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E03
4	24 November	Jade and Connor	Rob and Denise Smith Irwin in Seattle	This is the first time one of the host parents are disabled (Denise) and the third time that one of the teenagers has a baby (Connor)	BBC Episode Guide- S04E04
5	1 December	Georgie and Callum	Benjamin and Shasha Li in North Carolina	The teens have to live under the guidance of a wealthy Chinese American family. During the show Georgie, Shasha and Alex had an argument over Alex's opinion that Georgie did not do well at the charity work, then Georgie ran out of the house. Benjamin had to negotiate with Georgie in a 2-hour standoff to come back in the house but returns and Shasha called Georgie's mother. After the show Georgie still refused to apologize to the Lis after her angry outburst during the show.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E05
6	8 December	Hannah and Ritchie	Ali and Canan Vural in Turkey	Before Ritchie was sent to Turkey he had two ear piercings. He had a bad relationship with his dad, who left him when he was a kid. Ritchie moved in with his mum at the age of 11. Ritchie has been through a lot of detention and he's lacking school. Meanwhile, Mum is struggling with her 17-year-old wild girl Hanna.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E06
7	15 December	N/A	N/A	Update	BBC Episode Guide- S04E07

United States

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	1 Hour (40 episodes)
Original release
Network	CMT
Release	18 April 2009 – 29 October 2010

Season 1 (2009)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	17-year-old Brittani from Santa Clarita, California and 15-year-old Ivan from Queens, New York	Scott and Lisa Vinton in Murrieta, California
2	16-year-old Reed from Mesa, Arizona and 16-year-old Jessica from Phoenix, Arizona	Charlie and Sharon Hatcher (farmers) in College Grove, Tennessee	Reed and Jessica were two of the 16-year-old teens in exactly the same age from Arizona.
3	18-year-old Ricky from Laguna Beach, California and 16-year-old Katie from Mesa, Arizona	Steve and Angie McCuin in Portland, Tennessee
4	16-year-old Whitney from Redington Beach, Florida and 16-year-old Stephen from Clearwater, Florida	Paul and Dana Helton in Medina, Tennessee	Whitney and Stephen were two of the 16-year-old teens in exactly the same age from Florida.
5	16-year-old Julie from Tulsa, Oklahoma and 16-year-old Sebastian from Jenks, Oklahoma	David and Dana Cork in Statesboro, Georgia	The first U.S. episode with a Mormon family. Julie and Sebastian were two of the 16-year-old teens in exactly the same age from Oklahoma.
6	16-year-old Adelle from Richmond, Texas and 17-year-old Garrett from Orting, Washington	Daniel and Andrea Morrison (owners of a teen club) in McDonough, Georgia
7	18-year-old Desiree from Glendale, Arizona and 15-year-old Brian from Grand Rapids, Michigan	Adam and Pamela Rutherford in Spanish Springs, Nevada	Brian left during the show, while Desiree stayed.
8	15-year-old Arielle from Los Angeles, California and 18-year-old Tyler from Des Moines, Iowa	Terry and Roxanne Forsyth in Combs, Arkansas
9	17-year-old Aja from Pasadena, California and 17-year-old Alex from Alhambra, California	Cliff and Lisa Bolton (coaches) in Bakersfield, California	Aja and Alex were two of the 17-year-old teens in exactly the same age from California.
10	17-year-old Jennifer from Brooksville, Florida and 18-year-old Chad from El Cajon, California	Gary and Theresa Bilben (restaurant owners) in Walker, Minnesota
11	16 year-old Sadie from Westport, Massachusetts and 18-year old Nick from Baltimore, Maryland	Sam and Amy Wright in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
12	17-year old Audrey from Verona, New Jersey and 16-year old Brent from Bloomington, Indiana	Mark and Tammy Manning in Long Creek, Oregon
13	15 year-old Jackie from Lansdale, Pennsylvania and 17 year-old Spencer from Kansas City, Missouri	Scott and Penny Knight (juvenile probation officers) in Morristown, Tennessee
14	Mackenzie from Omaha, Nebraska and 15-year-old Ian from Omaha, Nebraska	Blake and Angie Bouldin (a pastor and homemaker) in Indian Trail, North Carolina	Both teens were from Omaha, Nebraska.
15	16-year old Cristiana from El Segundo, California and 17-year old Ronnie from Cumming, Georgia	Jim and Janee Gentrup in Gilbert, Arizona
16	17-year old Karli from Glendale, Arizona and 18-year old Zach from Louisville, Kentucky	Sean and Irene McCormick (a police officer and personal trainer) in Huxley, Iowa
17	16 year-old Ariel from Peachtree City, Georgia and 16 year-old Mark from O'Fallon, Missouri	Russ and Kim Call in Moab, Utah	Both teens were at the same age from two different cities at two states.
18	16-year old Sierra from St. Paul Park, Minnesota and 18-year old Anthony from White House, Tennessee	Jim and Sherene Smidt in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
19	15-year old Lilly from San Diego, California and 17-year old Matthew from Tustin, California	Dick and Denise Ballard in Ross, Ohio
20	16-year-old Samantha from Mukilteo, Washington and 17-year-old Nick from Levittown, Pennsylvania	Mike and Karen Combes in Cincinnati, Ohio
21	16-year-old Shauna from Moreno Valley, California and 17-year-old Megan from Louisville, Kentucky	Mike and Pam Brown in Richmond, Virginia	The first U.S. episode with two girls.
22	16-year-old Victoria (a.k.a. Vicki) from Orlando, Florida and 18-year-old Caleb from DeSoto, Missouri	Ken and Sue Cooper in Ellicott City, Maryland
23	16-year-old Mary from Hudson, Florida and 17-year-old Wyatt from Riverside, California	Tom and Shonnie Carroll in Bumpass, Virginia
24	15-year-old Danielle from Orlando, Florida and 17-year-old Chris from Westminster, California	Larry and Christy Sheffield in Spurger, Texas
25	17-year-old Antonia from Runnemede, New Jersey and 16-year-old Myles from Weston, Florida	Jeff and Yvonne Robinson in McDonough, Georgia
26	15-year-old Stephanie from Lancaster, California and 16-year-old Matt from Rochelle Park, New Jersey	Jack and Patty Wilcox (educators) in Jacksonville, Florida
27	17-year-old Angela from Phoenix, Arizona and 17-year-old Jay from South Pasadena, California	Tommy and Toni Toscano (restaurant owners) in Orlando, Florida
28	17-year-old Megan from Phoenix, Arizona and 16-year-old Paul from Encinitas, California	Mike and Cynthia Souza in Tracy, California

Season 2 (2010)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	17-year-old Kelsey from Hometown, Illinois and 15-year-old Zack from Wilmette, Illinois	Scott and June Allen (farmers) in Cartersville, Georgia	Both teens were from two different cities in Illinois.
2	15-year-old Taylor from Casselberry, Florida and 16-year-old Gina from Newnan, Georgia	Terry and Pam Malone (a police officer and teacher) in Chardon, Ohio
3	16-year-old Chloie from Huntington Beach, California and 16-year-old Kody from Monroe, Washington	Mark and Laura Smith in Findlay, Ohio	Mark forces the teens to go into the pond to prove they're not hiding anything.
4	17-year-old Ashley from Lake City, Florida and 16-year-old James from Lakewood, California	Dino and Debbie Pavoni (restaurant owners) in Crestwood, Illinois
5	16-year-old Sarah from Anaheim, California and 16-year-old Peyton from Gallatin, Tennessee	Jeff and Maria Bledsoe in Blair, Nebraska
6	16-year-old Sierrah from York, Pennsylvania and 17-year-old Gavin from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Chuck and Tracie Moyer in Camby, Indiana	Both teens were from two different cities in Pennsylvania.
7	17-year-old Christine from Quincy, Massachusetts and 17-year-old Jesse from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Eddie and Susan Tilley in North Charleston, South Carolina
8	16-year-old Jacob from Glendale, Arizona and 17-year-old Tyler from Anaheim, California	Pat and Holly Hughes in Christmas, Florida
9	17-year-old Sebastian from Chatsworth, California and 16-year-old Bekki from Castaic, California	Ken and Mary-Jo Illig in White Bluff, Tennessee	Sebastian and Bekki are two teens who live in different cities from California.
10	17-year-old Amber from Lakewood, California and 16-year-old Steph from Encinitas, California	Rick and Rose-Mary Fisher in Nashville, Tennessee	The second, but last U.S. episode with two girls, and they were from two different cities in California.

Unlike the original British series, in which teenagers were sent to live abroad, the US series had the teenagers remain within The United States, as the program was produced with a reduced cable network budget rather than that of a national broadcast network, and law and passport concerns as some episodes would likely feature subjects which would not meet passport regulations. Another difference was that their own parents came for them and evaluated the stay with the host family.

Australia

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Starring	Axle Whitehead
Country of origin	Australia
Production
Running time	1 hour
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	22 July 2009 – 14 August 2012

The Seven Network also created their own series of The World's Strictest Parents, hosted by singer and actor Axle Whitehead. The first season debuted in Australia on 22 July 2009. However, a sneak peek was shown on 24 June 2009 and was the top watched show of the week, with 1.875 million people tuning in. Whitehead's song Way Home was featured in the advertisements. The show is classified PG.

A second season went to air on 14 July 2010, starting with two British episodes featuring Whitehead's narration.

Season 3 premiered on 10 August 2011, however the series was continually interrupted due to the airing of the third season of The X Factor Australia.

The remainder of season three was aired in the middle of 2012.

The show did not return for a fourth season in 2013, due to poor ratings. Repeats of old episodes are currently being aired on Sunday afternoons.

Season 1 (2009)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jess and Kyle	Jonathan and Cathleen Gibson in Indiana	Debut episode. Re-aired 21 April 2013
2	Bailey and Jono	Thembile and Portia Bethe in South Africa	After the show, Jono was arrested for heavy drinking and one of the family members, Thembile, was murdered in a politically motivated shooting. Re-aired 28 April 2013.
3	Emily and Harry	John and Mary Coleman (a building company owner and special needs teacher) in Whitechurch, Ireland	After Harry left school, Mary put him in his room for the entire night. Harry also misbehaved on his first day of school and had trouble fitting in, in which the parents confiscated his phone and runners, while Emily was forced to remove piercings from her face before going which she reluctantly agreed to, then Emily got caught by Mary for hiding alcohol under her mattress. Re-aired 2 June 2013
4	Naomi and Ross	Mark and Lynn Garnett (a pharmaceutical company worker and part-time teacher) in Alabama	1st British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
5	Zaine and Memphis	Meng and Ean Chua (a banker and parenting coach) in Singapore	Zaine and Memphis ditched school and went joywalking around Orchard Road, then the teens got grounded. Memphis got caught by Ms Chua for going into her room and taking her house keys attempting to go back to Orchard Road .
6	Lucy and Grant	Hannes and Alma Moolman in South Africa	5th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
7	Charlotte and Sam	Dave and Sharon Rose (a government driver and homemaker) in Jamaica	2nd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
8	Stacey and Micah	Brad and Nise Davies in Tennessee
9	Lizzie and Stefan	Richard and Vida Adega (a part-time pastor and businesswoman) in Ghana	3rd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
10	Josh and Charlotte	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma in India	4th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead

Season 2 (2010)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Bex and Chezdan	David and Wanda Kimbrough (a preacher and school administrator) in Atlanta	7th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
2	Chloe and Christian	Zack and Patty Wirth (ranchers) in Wolf Creek, Montana	Re-aired 1 September 2013. Chloe and Christian headed for the main road but Zack stopped them with a horse and they were separated at night until the teens headed home.
3	Adriana and Nathan	Mark and Grace Ironside in Queensland	First episode with the family inside Australia. Re-aired 10 June 2013. Adriana and Nathan got caught by Grace for spending time in each other's room with the door closed, then Nathan got in trouble for stealing the family car and Mark called the police.
4	Thea and Corie	Laval and Jennifer Simons (a special forces soldier and former army nurse) in Port Lavaca, Texas	Corie and Thea were picked up by the police for cutting school and got kicked out of said institution. They were then forced into boot camp which instantly tested Corie's intelligence. Re-aired 8 September 2013 and 6 October 2013
5	Hannah and Dillan	Andrew and Charnell De Kock (a medical supply business owner and teen counselor) in South Africa	Hannah and Dillan got kicked out of school for smoking and ditching class then Andrew De Kock gave them an ultimatum on either going back to private school or going to a school in the slums of Johannesburg. Re-aired 22 September 2013
6	Aza and Troy	Nathan and Cassandra McDonald (a pastor and music teacher) in Zanesville, Ohio	Re-aired 24 March 2013.

Season 3 (2011-12)

Episode	Air date	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Tuesday 17 July 2012	Euni and Sam	Omar and Kumarie Bachew in Trinidad	Both teens are from Brisbane.
2	Wednesday 10 August 2011	Breianna and Chris	Nicholas and Mpume Myeza in South Africa	at the Isipingo community church, one of the cameramen are shown on the far left when Brei shouted at Nicholas. Mpume consficated Brei's make up and earlier in the episode, grounded Brei because of her behaviour. Re-aired 8 March 2015 and 15 March 2015
3	Wednesday 17 August 2011	Brooke and Mark	Peter and Annika Wallenskog (a part-time homeguard captain and economic analyst) in Sweden	First episode where one of the teens (Mark) had only one kidney. Both teens smoked at school and Mark got punished by losing his room and Annika confiscated Brooke's makeup and Brooke threatened Annika that she would take something of hers. Re-aired 22 March 2015
4	Wednesday 24 August 2011	Liam and Rylee	Simon and Yvonne Godfrey in Albany, New Zealand	Liam was kicked out of the house for going out twice and threatening Yvonne. He was allowed back in the next day. Re-aired November or December 2015 on 7TWO.
5	Wednesday 21 September 2011	Celeste and Kai	Mark and Becky Lytle (an equine specialist and homemaker) in North Carolina	Both teens vandalized a cabin for a disabled member of the Lytle family, spray painted a disabled sick sheep, threw bouncy balls at Becky Lytle, destroyed the letterbox and the police were called. Then Mark gave Kai a choice to fix the damages with his own money which he refused and Mark brought him to a group of prisoners doing Community Service to teach him a lesson. Re-aired 5 April 2015.
6	Tuesday 7 August 2012	Madeleine and Lewis	Nishith and Sangeeta Saxena in India	Re-aired 27 December 2015 on 7TWO
7	Tuesday 14 August 2012	George and Henry	Kenneth and Sylvia Woods in New York	First episode where both teens were boys and were also brothers. Re-aired 27 December 2015 on 7TWO
8	Tuesday 24 July 2012	Eva and Gabriel	Buck and LeaNan Burney in Florida

Reception

The first episode attracted an audience of 1.54 million, and was the second most watched show of the night.

Episode No.	Airdate	Ratings (in millions)	Nightly Rank	Weekly Rank
1	22 July 2009	1.541	2nd	8th
2	29 July 2009	1.595	2nd	5th
3	5 August 2009	1.499	3rd	8th
4	12 August 2009	1.453	2nd	8th
5	19 August 2009	1.521	1st	6th
6	26 August 2009	1.302	5th	13th
7	2 September 2009	1.307	5th	15th
8	9 September 2009	1.395	3rd	6th
9	16 September 2009	1.407	2nd	TBA

Turkey

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	Turkey
Production
Running time	1 Hour
Original release
Network	One
Release	1 October 2010 – 11 March 2011

Season 1 (2010)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Air date	Notes
1	Jessie and Timmy	Jasons family in Philippines	1 October 2010
2	Erika and Vern	Ruttern family in Kentucky	8 October 2010	Vern was sent home for drugs.
3	Waneta and Dante	Mellen family in Queensland	15 October 2010
4	Arie and Timmy	Flom family in France	22 October 2010	Timmy spent one night in a police station.
5	Rosita and Efrain	Barrs family in Tokyo	29 October 2010
6	Mary and Greg	Mathers family in California	5 November 2010	Greg and Mary got in a fight and Greg was sent home for causing the fight.
7	Lorri and Quentin	Mast family in Italy	12 November 2010
8	Ilda and Lyman	Gribbie family in Oregon	19 November 2010
9	Hilaria and Donald	Texato family in Mexico	26 November 2010
10	Rosella and Waylon	Jennison family in Canada	3 December 2010	Waylon was arrested for fighting and spent one night at the police station.

Season 2 (2011)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Air date	Notes
1	Hilaria and Moises	Halliwell family in North Carolina	7 January 2011
2	Shira and Clayton	Simser family in Russia	14 January 2011	Clayton was sent home after running away.
3	Toya and Erlene	Prechitt family in Maryland	21 January 2011	The first episode to feature two teenagers who are trans.
4	Carmela and Hugo	Eastham family in the United Kingdom	28 January 2011	First episode to be within the UK
5	Misti and Merle	Dorgan family in Texas	4 February 2011
6	Jerri and Buck	Coulson family in New South Wales	11 February 2011
7	Justina and Genardo	Outland family in New Zealand	18 February 2011
8	Lila and Blaine	Leaman family in New York	25 February 2011
9	Cortney and Letitia	Banas family in South Africa	4 March 2011	Second episode to feature two teenagers of the same sex
10	Hellen and Jeese	Tadeos family in Washington D.C.	11 March 2011	Series finale.

New Zealand

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Running time	1 Hour
Original release
Network	TVNZ
Release	1 March – 5 April 2012

A New Zealand adaptation of The World's Strictest Parents aired in 2012 on TV One. Only one series was made.

Season 1 (2012)

Episode	Teenagers	Location
1		Bangalore,India
2	Adam and Brittany	Zanesville, Ohio
3
4
5
6

Reception

Episode No.	Airdate	Viewers	Time-shifted Ratings	Time-shifted Rank
1	1 March 2012	332,740	6,400	16th
2	8 March 2012	277,000	N/A	N/A
3	15 March 2012	277,930	15,090	8th
4	22 March 2012	344,820	12,290	9th
5	29 March 2012	341,850	9,590	10th
6	5 April 2012	285,800	17,710	6th

Denmark

In Denmark the show is called "Verdens strengeste forældre" and it is broadcast by TV3.

Season 1 (2011)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Morten and Anastasia	John and Mary Coleman (a building company owner and special needs teacher) in Ireland
2	Frederik and Karen	Joel and Kim Pattison in Louisiana
3	Morten and Sasha	Ole-Jørgen and Ann Hammeken in Greenland
4	Trine and Kodjo	Michael and Mette Grønbech in Denmark
5	Michelle and Malou	Jørgen and Margit in Denmark	First time with female participants only
6	Henriette and Kim	Henrik and Annette Sørensen in Denmark

Season 2 (2012)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jonas and Ditte	Datnow family in South Africa
2	Dennis and Line	Dieckmann on the Danish island of Taasinge
3	Robin and Natascha	Elgaard Thorsager family in Denmark
4	Frederik and Amalie	Randy and Phoebe Gray in Tennessee
5	Michelle and Lennard	Morten and Ida Kristensen in Denmark
6	Simone and Sarah	? Family in the United Kingdom	Second time with female participants only

Germany

In Germany the show is called "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt". It is broadcast by Kabel Eins.

Series 1 (2009)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Sarah and Thomas	Waldner Family in Canada
2	Fabian and Julia	Uwe and Anke Nicolaus family in Namibia
3	Kay and Nicole	Roland and Bernadette Brunner in Switzerland
4	Michael and Jennifer	Dario and Carmen Urbanski in South Africa
5	Anna and Pisei Stephen and Agnes	Toby and Jody Dahl in Montana Thomas and Jamila Friedrich in Morocco
6	Caroline and Vivien	Isaac and Grace Akorli in Ghana
7	Jaqueline and Mandy	Franz and Marie Krämer family in Patagonia
8	Dustin and Jeffrey	Olger and Tania Tejada in Peru
9	Anna and Michael	Dario and Carmen Urbanski in South Africa
10	Recap of all families
11	Lilli and Stanislav	Fedja and Ludmilla Fedorenko in Siberia
12	Yvonne and Michel	Ianis and Ioanna Liebich in Greece
13	Louis and Sarah	Roland and Edith Krämer in Germany
14	Justin and Nadine	Reimhard and Michelle Stemmann in Teneriffa

Series 2 (2010)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jenny and Dennis	Jotty Auala and Calista Tjazerua family in Namibia
2	Michaela and Tino	Dumitru and Lucretia Carloanta in Romania
3	Dominic and Alicia	Vasyl and Vasylina Maksymyuk in Ukraine
4	Robin and Vivien	Uli and Jean Lengenberg in Seattle
5	Vivien and Marcel	John Blackwell and Christina Spence in New Zealand
6	Michele and Daria	Bishow and Indira Pokarel in Nepal
7	Aylin and Markus	Ole Sairua, Nasali and Noretit in Kenya
8	Soner and Laura	Philip and Mira Ross in Finland
9	Shiva and Nico	Michael and Sabine Wesseln in Spain
10	Anna and Laura	Dahl family in Montana

Series 3 (2011)

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jessika and Basti	Bernard and Adele Dieme in Senegal
2	Laura and Marlon	Shanker-Lal and Poonam Bishnoi in India
3	Antonia and Max	Elias and Andrea Machaca in Peru
4	Dominik and Kalica	Mehmet and Kezban Erdal in Turkey
5	Michele and Daria	Bishow and Indira Pokarel in Nepal
6	Samer and Dana	Laklak and Dhwarwar Marika in Australia
7	Sascha and Janine	Mikhail and Marina Miguras in Siberia
8	Dennis and Michelle	Haru and Shitaye Muluneh in Ethiopia
9	Dennis and Janet	Chucka and Tserendolgor Bozjigon in Mongolia
10	Maurice and Angelina	Aderno, Jandaia, Nitinaua and Nayara Pataxó in Brazil
11	Danny and Jasmin	Julius and Kristin Lundberg in Iceland
12	Marta and Fabian	Laurant and Maari Botrasoa in Madagascar
13	Timmy and Anne	Emerson and Andrea Lopes in Cape Verde

Unlike the original series, the teenagers don`t know they are going to different parents and think it's a holiday trip. The new family usually does not speak German and the teenagers likewise usually don't speak any other language than German so they can only talk through translators. Therefore, they do not have long conversation or are given advice as in the original series.

Poland

Series 1 (2012)

In Poland the show is called "Surowi Rodzice" (strict parents). It is broadcast by TVN.

External links

• The World's Strictest Parents at BBC Online
• About the show on the homepage of TwentyTwenty television
• World Strictest parents, Country Music Television
• Tough lessons from The World's Strictest Parents, by Keith Watson, Metro.co.uk, 18 September 2008
• Ross survived with the world's strictest parents, Echo News, 1 September 2008
• List of all cars used in the show (Currently still adding cars)
• DRGNetwork TV on YouTube