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The World's Strictest Parents
GenreReality TV
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) –
present

The World's Strictest Parents (or World's Strictest Parents) is a television series developed by TwentyTwenty Television, originally broadcast in Britain by the BBC. America's CMT (part of MTV Networks) and Australia's Channel Seven have both created localised versions of the programme, with the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV. There is also a German version called "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt" (The strictest Parents in the World).

The concept is that two so-called "unruly" teenagers are sent to live abroad with a strict host family for a week in an attempt to change their behaviour. During the week they receive an impact letter from their real parents with a list of issues they should try to fix.

United Kingdom

Unruly British teenagers are sent abroad to live with strict families in an experiment to find out the right way to bring up a child. Generally they spend 10 days with their adopted parents trying to live within their rules.
The first series was broadcast on a Thursday.

Series 1 (2008)

Episode First Aired Teenagers Family Notes BBC Episode Guide
1 18 September Naomi and Ross Garnett family in Alabama At the end of the episode, the wrong trailer as used by mistake, advertising the episode in Ghana (episode 3) rather than the one in Jamaica (the next episode). BBC Episode Guide – S01E01
2 25 September Charlotte and Sam Rose family in Jamaica BBC Episode Guide – S01E02
3 2 October Lizzie and Stefan Adega family in Ghana BBC Episode Guide – S01E03
4 9 October Josh and Charlotte Sharma family in India BBC Episode Guide – S01E04
5 16 October Lucy and Grant Moolman family in South Africa BBC Episode Guide – S01E05
6 23 October N/A N/A Changed My Life Catchup with the 10 teenagers features in the series, looking back over their experiences to see if strict parenting has changed the relationship they have with their own parents BBC Episode Guide – S01E06

Series 2 (2009)

Series two premiered on BBC Three on 15 October 2009. Like the last series, it was broadcast on a Thursday.

Episode First Aired Teenagers Family Notes BBC Episode Guide
1 15 October Bex and Chezden Kimbrough family in Atlanta BBC Episode Guide – S02E01
2 22 October Peter and Jocelyn Unnikrishnan family 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. But Peter was 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 and Leigh Selelo family in Botswana BBC Episode Guide – S02E03
4 5 November Hannah and James Peck family in Utah 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. BBC Episode Guide – S02E04
5 12 November Gemma and Jack Schechet family in Israel Featuring an openly bisexual teenager for the first time (Jack). Gemma and Jack are introduced to the Shaked family who are Orthodox Jewish 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, after which she is asked to leave. After she spends a night in a Tel Aviv hotel, the Shaked family decides to give her another chance and invite her back to join them for lunch in Jerusalem, after which they visit the Western Wall.[1] BBC Episode Guide – S02E05
6 19 November Debbie and Daniel Hajjar family 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 and Rosie Perez family in Belize BBC Episode Guide – S02E07
8 10 December Kaya and Jay White family in Oklahoma Kaya becomes the first teenager to fail to complete the week in the show's history. After being rushed to hospital it was revealed that she was faking an illness. BBC Episode Guide – S02E08
9 17 December N/A N/A Update The programme catches up with the sixteen teenagers featured in the series. 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 a 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 Loperleveille family in New Jersey The first time one of the training parents, has gone to the home of one of the British teens, as well as the first time that the parents have been same-sex and the first time one of the teenagers stayed longer than planned. BBC Episode Guide – S03E01
2 18 October Nicole and Nathan Harris family in Barbados The first time one of the teenagers (Nathan) has failed to complete the first night after not handing over his cigarettes. Nathan returns in the morning after realizing his faults. In this episode after a verbal confrontation between Andrea and Nicole, Andrea loses her temper and shouts at Nicole in which Nicole runs out of the street but returns after a couple of hours BBC Episode Guide – S03E02
3 25 October Nicki and Jerri De Zylva family 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 Armstrong family in Florida BBC Episode Guide – S03E04
5 8 November Rosie and Nick Hill family in Puerto Rico BBC Episode Guide – S03E05
6 15 November Scott and Billie Mugaza family in Kenya Party animals Bille and Scott are sent to the Mugaza family in Kenya where they receive a much needed reality check. BBC Episode Guide – S03E06
7 22 November Sevda and Andrew Frazee family in Texas BBC Episode Guide – S03E07
8 29 November Forrest and Daniel Van Berkel family in Holland 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 Nanjundayya family 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 BBC Episode Guide – S03E09
10 13 December Dina and Alex Davis family in Chicago Alex was kicked out of the Davis's house for a while after he smoked outside their house, but after a while he apologises to Dewayne and is allowed back in the house. 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 learnt 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. It was also moved back to a Thursday.

Episode First Aired Teenagers Family Notes BBC Episode Guide
1 3 November Remzi and Bryony Bustamante family in Argentina Remzi and Bryony were kicked out from school on their first day, after Bryony used profanity in the classroom, threatening and pushing the head teacher, Remzi for lacking behind on his work and being lazy and both teens smoking on the school grounds. BBC Episode Guide – S04E01
2 10 November Charlie and Hamzah Du Toit de Vos family 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 Virk family in India The teens were 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 was kicked out of the Virks' flat for a short while after using profanity in the flat and pushing and hitting Ashwani. She later apologises and is allowed back in the flat. BBC Episode Guide- S04E03
4 24 November Jade and Connor Smith Irwin family in Seattle This is the first time one of the host parents are disabled (Denise) and the second time that one of the teenagers has a baby (Connor)

BBC Episode Guide- S04E04

5 1 December Georgie and Callum Li family in North Carolina After the show Georgie still refused to apologise to the Li's after her angry outburst during the show and to this day she is still upset about them.

BBC Episode Guide- S04E05

6 8 December Hannah and Ritchie Vural family in Turkey Before Hannah was sent to Turkey she got kicked out her house after losing her job, but after she sent an apology letter to her mother while she was in Turkey she was allowed back into her house when she returned from Turkey. When Ritchie gives Ali his (>5 cm) piercing, Ali was not impressed with the hole in Ritchie's ear lobe and he decided to give the piercing back to Ritchie. BBC Episode Guide- S04E06
7 15 December N/A N/A Update BBC Episode Guide- S04E07

United States

The World's Strictest Parents
GenreReality TV
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time1 Hour
Original release
NetworkCMT
Release18 April 2009
CMT – series

Season 1
Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Brittani and Ivan Vinton Family in California[2]
2 Reed and Jessica Hatcher Family in Tennessee[2]
3 Ricky and Katie McCuin Family in Tennessee[2]
4 Whitney and Stephen Helton Family in Tennessee[2]
5 Julie and Sebastian Cork Family in Georgia[2]
6 Adelle and Garrett Morrison Family in Georgia[2]
7 Desiree and Brian Rutherford Family in Nevada[2] Brian left during the show, while Desiree stayed.
8 Arielle and Tyler Forsyth Family in Arkansas[2]
9 Aja and Alex Bolton family in California[2]
10 Jennifer and Chad Bilben Family in Minnesota[2]
11 Sadie and Nick Wright Family in Tennessee[2]
12 Audrey and Brent Manning Family in Oregon[2]
13 Jackie and Spencer Knight Family in Tennessee[2]
14 Mackenzie and Ian Bouldin Family in North Carolina[2]
15 Cristiana and Ronnie Gentrup Family in Arizona[2]
16 Karli and Zach McCormick Family in Iowa[2]
17 Ariel and Mark Call Family in Utah[2]
18 Sierra and Anthony Smidt Family in Idaho[2]
19 Lilly and Matt Ballard Family in Ohio[2]
20 Samantha and Nick Combes Family in Ohio[2]
21 Shauna and Megan Brown Family in Virginia[2]
22 Victoria and Caleb Cooper Family in Maryland[2]
23 Mary and Wyatt Carroll Family in Virginia[2]
24 Danielle and Chris Sheffield Family in Texas[2]
25 Antonia and Myles Robinson Family in Georgia[2]
26 Stephanie and Matt Wilcox Family in Florida[2]
27 Angela and Jay Toscano Family in Florida[2]
28 Megan and Paul Souza Family in California[2]
29 & 30 Daniel and Miles Vanderbilt family in Florida[2] 2 hours: Daniel was sent home after a physical altercation with Brian Vanderbilt and Miles. Miles who was found guilty of causing the fight, was arrested.

Season 2

Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Kelsey and Zach Allen Family in Georgia[3]
2 Taylor and Gina Malone Family in Ohio[3]
3 Chloie and Kody Smith Family in Ohio[3]
4 Ashley and James Pavoni Family in Illinois[3]
5 Sarah and Peyton Bledsoe Family in Nebraska[3]
6 Sierrah and Gavin Moyer Family in Indiana[3]
7 Christine and Jesse Tilley Family in South Carolina[3]
8 Jacob and Tyler Hughes Family in Florida[3]
9 Sebastian and Bekki Illig Family in Tennessee[3]
10 Amber and Stephanie Fisher Family in Tennessee[3]


Unlike the original series, the teenagers remained 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
GenreReality TV
StarringAxle Whitehead
Country of originAustralia
Production
Running time1 Hour
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release22 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. It 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, with two British episodes featuring Whitehead's narration.

As of Thursday, 9 September 2010, the show was moved to Thursday nights at 8:30pm but attaining the PG rating. Due to The Amazing Race commencing on Thursday, 30 September 2010, the show was again moved to 7Two airing on Sunday nights at 8:30pm.

Season 3 premiered on 10 August 2011, however after just three episodes it was forced to make way for the four night premiere of the third season of The X Factor, which started on Monday 29 August. Season 3 resumed on 21 September 2011 at 7:30pm, one night after the first elimination of The X Factor. The next episode, due to go to air on Wednesday 28 September, aired at the later time of 8:30pm due to The X Factor being bumped back one night due to Seven's broadcast of the 2011 Brownlow Medal.

The remainder of season 3 was shown starting from Tuesday 17 July 2012 at a later time of 9:30pm.[4]

Episode guide

Australian series – season one
Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Jess and Kyle Gibson Family in Indiana[5]
2 Bailey and Jono Bethe Family in South Africa[5] arrested for heavy drinking
3 Emily and Harry Coleman Family in Ireland[5]
4 Naomi and Ross Garnett Family in Alabama[5] 1st British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
5 Zaine and Memphis Chua Family in Singapore[5]
6 Lucy and Grant Moolman Family in South Africa[5] 5th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
7 Charlotte and Sam Rose Family in Jamaica[5] 2nd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
8 Stacey and Micah Davies Family in Tennessee[5]
9 Lizzie and Stefan Adega Family in Ghana[5] 3rd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
10 Josh and Charlotte Sharma Family in India[5] 4th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
Australian series – season two
Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Bex and Chezden Kimbrough family in Atlanta[5] 7th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
2 Chloe and Christian Wirth family in Montana
3 Adriana and Nathan Ironside family in Queensland[5]
4 Thea and Corrie Simons family in Texas
5 Hannah and Dillan De Kock family in South Africa
6 Aza and Troy McDonald family in Ohio
Australian series – season three
Episode First Aired Teenagers Family Notes
1 Tuesday 17 July 2012 Euni and Sam Bachew family in Trinidad[5]
2 Wednesday 10 August 2011 Breianna and Chris Myeza family in South Africa
3 Wednesday 17 August 2011 Brooke and Mark Wallenskog family in Sweden[5]
4 Wednesday 24 August 2011 Liam and Rylee Godfrey family in New Zealand
5 Wednesday 21 September 2011 Celeste and Kaih Lytle family in North Carolina
6 Tuesday 7 August 2012 Madeleine and Lewis Saxena family in India
7 Tuesday 14 August 2012 George and Henry Woods family in New York
8 Tuesday 24 July 2012 Eva and Gabriel Burney family in Florida

Reception

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

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

Denmark

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

Season 1
Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Morten and Anastasia Coleman Family in Ireland [6]
2 Frederik and Karen Pattison Family in Louisiana [6]
3 Morten and Sasha Hammeken family in Greenland [6]
4 Trine and Kodjo Grønbech family in Denmark [6]
5 Michelle and Malou Margit and Jørgen in Denmark [6] First time with female participants only
6 Henriette and Kim Sørensen family in Denmark [6]
Season 2
Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Jonas and Ditte Datnow family in South Africa [6]
2 Dennis and Line Dieckmann on the Danish island of Taasinge[6]
3 Robin and Natascha Elgaard Thorsager family in Denmark [6]
4 Frederik and Amalie Gray family in Tennessee [6]
5 Michelle and Lennard Kristensen family in Denmark [6]
6 Simone and Sarah ? Family in the United Kingdom [6] Second time with female participants only

Germany

Series 1 (2009)

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

Episode Teenagers Family Notes Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Sarah and Thomas Waldner Family in Canada [7] 8 Dustin and Jeffrey Tejada family in Peru[7]
2 Fabian and Julia ? family in Namibia [7] 9 Anna and Michael Urbanskis family in South Africa[7]
3 Kay and Nicole Brunner family in Switzerland [7] 10 Recap of all families [7]
4 Michael and Jennifer Urbanski family in South Africa [7] 11 Lilli and Stanislav Fedorenko family in Siberia [7]
5 Anna and Pisei
Stephen and Agnes		 Dahl family in Montana
Friedrich family in Morocco [7]		 12 Yvonne and Michel Liebich family in Greece[7]
6 Caroline and Vivien Akorli family in Ghana [7] 13 Louis and Sarah Krämer family in Germany [7]
7 Jaqueline and Mandy ? family in Patagonia [7] 14 Justin and Nadine ? family in Teneriffa [7]

Series 2 (2010)

Episode Teenagers Family Notes Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Jenny and Dennis Tjazerua-Auala family in Namibia [7] 6 Michele and Daria Pokarel family in Nepal[7]
2 Michaela and Tino Carloanta family in Romania [7] 7 Aylin and Markus Sairua family in Kenya[7]
3 Dominic and Alicia Maksymyuk family in Ukraine [7] 8 Soner and Laura Ross family in Finland [7]
4 Robin and Vivien Lengenberg family in Seattle [7] 9 Shiva and Nico ? family in Spain [7]
5 Vivien and Marcel Spence-Blackwell family in New Zealand [7] 10 Anna and Laura Dahl family in Montana[7]

Series 3 (2011)

Episode Teenagers Family Notes Episode Teenagers Family Notes
1 Jessika and Basti Dieme family in Senegal [7] 7 Sascha and Janine Miguras family in Siberia [7]
2 Laura and Marlon Bishnoi family in India [7] 8 Dennis and Michelle Aduna-Haru family in Etiopia [7]
3 Antonia and Max Machaca family in Peru [7] 9 Dennis and Janet Bozjigon family in Mongolia [7]
4 Dominik and Kalica Erdal family in Turkey [7] 10 Maurice and Angelina Pataxó family in Brazil [7]
5 Michele and Daria Pokarel family in Nepal [7] 11 Danny and Jasmin Lundberg family in Iceland [7]
6 Samer and Dana Marika family in Australia [7] 12 Marta and Fabian ? family in Madagascar [7]
13 Timmy and Anne Lopes family in Cape Verde [7]

Unlike the original series, the teenagers don`t know they are going to different parents; they 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 then 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 broadcasted by TVN.

References

  1. ^ Meet the BBC's strictest mom – an Israeli, by Sharon Kanon, Israel21c, 2 July 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac All episodes, CMT homepage
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j || All episodes, CMT homepage
  4. ^ Returning: World's Strictest Parents | TV Tonight
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n All episodes, Seven Network homepage
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Verdens strengeste forældre, On TV (In Danish)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Folgen, Kabel Eins (In German)

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