The World's Strictest Parents
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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 of 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.
Generally they spend 10 days with their adopted parents trying to live within their rules.
Three
on the 11th 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 is repeated at various times over the following week.
Unlike the original series, the teenagers remained in their own country and another difference was that their own parents came for them and evaluated the stay with the host family. This was likely due to various federal laws and cost effectiveness reasons.
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 July 14, 2010, with two British episodes featuring Whitehead's narration. The third episode is notable for Christian getting drunk late at night and then he is heard the following morning yelling: "GET OUT OF MY FACE!".
As of Thursday, September 9, 2010, the show was moved to Thursday nights at 8:30pm but attaining the PG rating. Due to The Amazing Race commencing on Thursday, September 30, 2010, the show was again moved to 7Two
airing on Sunday nights at 8:30pm.
Repeats are currently airing on 7Two and Seven at random times throughout its schedule.
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
.
Due to poor ratings, no new episodes have been commissioned by the Seven Network
.
Six weeks after the end of the show, Jono was arrested after a night of heavy drinking.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. America's CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
(part of MTV Networks
MTV Networks
MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
) and Australia's Channel Seven
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
have both created localised versions of the programme, with the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. There is also a German version called "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt" (The strictest Parents of 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.
Series 1
| Episode | First Aired | Teenagers | Family | Notes | BBC Episode Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday 18 September 2008 | Naomi Fisher & Ross Torry | Mark & Lynn Garnett in Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S... , Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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 | Thursday 25 September 2008 | Sam North & Charlotte Hart | Sharon & Dave Rose in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... |
BBC Episode Guide - S01E02 | |
| 3 | Thursday 2 October 2008 | Lizzie Pol & Stefan Alvarez | Richard & Vida Adega family in Ghana Ghana Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south... |
BBC Episode Guide - S01E03 | |
| 4 | Thursday 9 October 2008 | Josh Breslin and Charlotte Abrahams | Sharma family in Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
BBC Episode Guide - S01E04 | |
| 5 | Thursday 16 October 2008 | Grant Stevens and Lucy Dodds | Hannes & Alma Moolman in South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
BBC Episode Guide - S01E05 | |
| 6 | Thursday 23 October 2008 | 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
| Episode | First Aired | Teenagers | Family | Notes | BBC Episode Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday 15 October 2009 | Bex Keene & Chezden Dundee | David & Wanda Kimbrough Atlanta, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
BBC Episode Guide - S02E01 | |
| 2 | Thursday 22 October 2009 | Peter Wrigley & Jocelyn Harris | Unni & Madhu Unnikrishnan in Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
During the show Peter gets a tattoo from an unlicensed parlour, thus putting him at risk of contracting HIV HIV Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive... . 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 | Thursday 29 October 2009 | Hannah Moorehead & Leigh Sturge | Michael & Marianyana Selelo in Botswana Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966... |
BBC Episode Guide - S02E03 | |
| 4 | Thursday 5 November 2009 | Hannah Thorpe and James Gowing | Spencer & Nicholeen Peck in Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
The Peck family are devoted Mormons Mormon The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity... . This is the first episode that features a teen who has a daughter (Hannah). |
BBC Episode Guide - S02E04 |
| 5 | Thursday 12 November 2009 | Gemma Lyons & Jack Travers | David & Tzippi Shaked in Nof Ayalon Nof Ayalon Nof Ayalon is a communal settlement in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley near Sha'alvim, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 2,500.... , Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
Featuring an openly bisexual teenager for the first time (Jack). Gemma and Jack are introduced to the Shaked family who are Orthodox Jewish Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and... 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 Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... 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 Western Wall The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount... . |
BBC Episode Guide - S02E05 |
| 6 | Thursday 19 November 2009 | Debbie McQueen & Daniel Drinkwater | Abdulsalam & Iman Hajja in Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... , Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... |
For a week they must live under the strict rules of the Hajjars, a liberal Sunni Muslim family. | BBC Episode Guide - S02E06 |
| 7 | Thursday 3 December 2009 | Calvin Kirlew & Rosie Harley | Rosie & Earl Perez in Belmopan Belmopan Belmopan , estimated population 20,000 is the capital city of Belize.Belmopan is located at , at an altitude of 76 metres above sea level. Belmopan was constructed just to the east of Belize River, inland from the former capital, the port of Belize City, after that city's near destruction by... , Belize Belize Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official... |
BBC Episode Guide - S02E07 | |
| 8 | Thursday 10 December 2009 | Kaya Elliot & Jay Birch | Stacey & Shannon White in Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Kaya becomes the first teenager to fail to complete the week in the show's history. After being rushed to hospital it is revealed she was faking an illness. Dad Stacey is the local chief of police and mum Shannon is a deputy. They have five children, four of whom are adopted. | BBC Episode Guide - S02E08 |
| 9 | Thursday 17 December 2009 | 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
Series three premiered on BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
on the 11th 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
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
and is repeated at various times over the following week.
| Episode | First Aired | Teenagers | Family | Notes | BBC Episode Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday 11 October 2010 | Wesley McGillian & Tamsin Carruthers-Cole | Joe & Scott Loperleveille in Cape May Cape May, New Jersey Cape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the country's oldest vacation resort destinations. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States... New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
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 | Monday 18 October 2010 | Nicole Benham & Nathan Ballance | Kenrick & Andrea Harris in Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint... |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E02 | |
| 3 | Monday 25 October 2010 | Nicki Stygall & Jerri MacVeigh | Brindley & Mandy De Zylva in Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo... , Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... |
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 | Monday 1 November 2010 | Anastasia Jones & Eden Lelliott Moore | Linzey & Jeanie Armstrong in Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E04 | |
| 5 | Monday 8 November 2010 | Rosie Hynd & Nick Barrientos | Ed & Marta Hill in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E05 | |
| 6 | Monday 15 November 2010 | Billie Spencer & Scott Collison | Dickson & Faith Mugaza family in Mombasa Mombasa Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry.... , Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... |
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 | Monday 22 November 2010 | Sevda Huseyin & Andrew Harwood | Randy & Rozanne Frazee in San Antonio, Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E07 | |
| 8 | Monday 29 November 2010 | Daniel Eyre & Forrest Talbott | Jan & Liesbeth Van Berkel in Holland | After Daniel smokes Cannabis Cannabis (drug) Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana... , he spends a night in a hotel. Both teens repeatedly broke the "trust rule" of their hosts. |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E08 |
| 9 | Monday 6 December 2010 | Aron Shave & Nadia Traboulsi | The Nanjundayya family in Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
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 | Monday 13 December 2010 | Alex Miles & Dina Darweish | The Davis Family in Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... , Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
BBC Episode Guide - S03E10 | |
| 11 | Monday 20 December 2010 | 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
Series 4 premiered on 3 November and will feature 12 teenagers.| Episode | First Aired | Teenagers | Family | Notes | BBC Episode Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday 3 November 2011 | Remzi Tomlin & Bryony Harris | Guadalupe & Gonzalo Bustamante in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
Remzi and Bryony are kicked out from school on their first day, after Bryony used profanity in the classroom, threatening and pushing the headteacher and Remzi for lacking behind on his work and being lazy. | BBC Episode Guide - S04E01 |
| 2 | Thursday 10 November 2011 | Hamzah Wali & Charlie Denny | Anna-Marie & Suzanne Du Toit De Vos in Western Cape Western Cape The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
The second time that the training parents have been the same-sex | BBC Episode Guide - S04E02 |
| 3 | Thursday 17 November 2011 | Joiee Birch & Shola Bruce-Coker | Ashwani & Rashmi Virk in Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... , India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
Shola is kicked out of the Virk's flat for a short while after Shola began being disrespectful to Ashwani and his deceased father and using profanity in the flat. She later apologises and is allowed back in the flat, 30 minutes after the incident. | BBC Episode Guide- S04E03 |
| 4 | Thursday 24 November 2011 | Jade Bare & Connor Jones | Denise & Rod Smith Irwin Family in Seattle, USA | BBC Episode Guide- S04E04 |
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| 5 | Thursday 1 December 2011 | Georgie Weare & Callum Watson | Benjamin & ShaSha Li in North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , USA |
BBC Episode Guide- S04E05 |
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| 6 | Thursday 8 December 2011 | Ritchie Reddey & Hannah Button | Ali & Canan Vural in Silifke Silifke -Antiquity:Located a few miles from the mouth of the Calycadnus River, Seleucia was founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the early 3rd century BCE, one of several cities he named after himself. It is probable that there were already towns called Olbia and Hyria and that Seleucus I merely united them... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
BBC Episode Guide- S04E06 |
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| 7 | Thursday 15 December 2011 | N/A | N/A | Update |
United States
| Episode | |Family | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Teenagers | Family | Notes |
| 1 | Kelsey and Zach Cronk | Allen Family in Georgia | |
| 2 | Taylor Cunningham and Gina Granauro | Malone Family in Ohio | |
| 3 | Chloie Cheney and Kody Argento | Smith Family in Ohio | |
| 4 | Ashley Chandalai and James Beck | Pavoni Family in Illinois | |
| 5 | Sarah Sowards and Peyton Harrison | Bledsoe Family in Nebraska | |
| 6 | Sierrah and Gavin | Moyer Family in Indiana | |
| 7 | Christine Farnsworth and Jesse Hildenbrand | Tilley Family in South Carolina | |
| 8 | Jacob and Tyler | Hughes Family in Florida | |
| 9 | Sebastian Gonzalez and Bekki | Illig Family in Tennessee | |
| 10 | Amber Komski and Stephanie | Fisher Family in Tennessee |
Unlike the original series, the teenagers remained in their own country and another difference was that their own parents came for them and evaluated the stay with the host family. This was likely due to various federal laws and cost effectiveness reasons.
Australia
The Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
also created their own series of The World's Strictest Parents, hosted by singer and actor Axle Whitehead
Axle Whitehead
Axle Whitehead is a former Australian Video Hits TV host and current singer, musician, and actor. In 2008, he released his first studio album Losing Sleep which debuted outside of the ARIA top 50...
. 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 July 14, 2010, with two British episodes featuring Whitehead's narration. The third episode is notable for Christian getting drunk late at night and then he is heard the following morning yelling: "GET OUT OF MY FACE!".
As of Thursday, September 9, 2010, the show was moved to Thursday nights at 8:30pm but attaining the PG rating. Due to The Amazing Race commencing on Thursday, September 30, 2010, the show was again moved to 7Two
7Two
7TWO is an Australian free-to-air standard definition digital television channel which was launched by the Seven Network on Sunday 1 November 2009 at 12pm....
airing on Sunday nights at 8:30pm.
Repeats are currently airing on 7Two and Seven at random times throughout its schedule.
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
The X Factor (Australia season 3)
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The 2011 season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011 and...
, 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
2011 Brownlow Medal
The Brownlow Medal is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football. The award was presented on Monday, 26 September, in the week before the 2011 AFL Grand Final.-Leading votegetters:...
.
Due to poor ratings, no new episodes have been commissioned by the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
.
Episode guide
| Episode | |Family | All episodes, Seven Network homepage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bailey and Jono | Bethe Family in South Africa | arrested for heavy drinking |
| 3 | Emily and Harry | Coleman Family in Ireland | |
| 4 | Naomi and Ross | Garnett Family in Alabama, USA | 1st British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead |
| 5 | Memphis and Zaine | Chua Family in Singapore | |
| 6 | Lucy and Grant | Moolman Family in South Africa | 5th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead |
| 7 | Charlotte and Sam | Roses Family in Jamaica | 2nd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead |
| 8 | Stacey and Micah | Davies Family in Tennessee, USA | |
| 9 | Lizzie and Stefan | Adega Family in Ghana | 3rd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead |
| 10 | Josh and Charlotte | Sharma Family in lndia | 4th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead |
Six weeks after the end of the show, Jono was arrested after a night of heavy drinking.
| Episode | |Family | South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... | |
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| 2 | Brooke and Mark | Wallenskog family in Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
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| 3 | Liam and Rylee | Godfrey family in New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
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| 4 | Celeste and Kai | Lytle family in North Carolina, USA | |
| 5 | Nick and Rosie | Hill family in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
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 |
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| 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.EWLINE
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| 1 | Jonas and Ditte | Datnow family in South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
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| 2 | Dennis and Line | Dieckmann on the Danish island of Taasinge | |
| 3 | Robin and Natascha | Elgaard Thorsager in Denmark | |
| 4 | Frederik and Karen | Pattisson family in the United States | |
| 5 | Michelle and Lennard | Kristensen family in Denmark | |
| 6 | Simone and Sarah | ? Family in the United Kingdom | First time with female partipants only |
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 | |
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| 1 | Sarah and Thomas | Waldner Family in Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... Folgen, Kabel Eins (In German) |
8 | Dustin and Jeffrey | Tejada family in Peru | |||
| 2 | Fabian and Julia | ? family in Namibia | 9 | Anna and Michael | Urbanskis family in South Africa | |||
| 3 | Kay and Nicole | Brunner family in Switzerland | 10 | Recap of all families | ||||
| 4 | Michael and Jennifer | Urbanski family in South Africa | 11 | Lilli and Stanislav | Fedorenko family in Siberia Siberia Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th... |
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| 5 | Anna and Pisei Agnes and Stephen |
? family in Montana ? family in Morocco |
12 | Yvonne and Michel | ? family in Greece | |||
| 6 | Caroline and Vivien | Akorli family in Ghana | 13 | Louis and Sarah | Krämer family in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| 7 | Jaqueline and Mandy | ? family in Patagonia Patagonia Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean... |
14 | Justin and ? | ? |
Series 2 (2010)
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| 1 | Dennis and Jenny | Calista and Jotty in Namibia Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... Folgen, Kabel Eins (In German) |
6 | Daria and Michele | ? family in Nepal | ||
| 2 | Michaela and Timo | ? family in Romania | 7 | Marco and Aylin | ? family in Kenya | ||
| 3 | Alicia and Dominic | ? family in Ukraine | 8 | Soner and Laura | ? family in Finland | ||
| 4 | Robin and Vivien | ? family in United States | 9 | Shiva and Nico | ? family in Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 5 | Vivien and Marcel | ? family in New Zealand | 10 | Anna and Laura | ? family in Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,... |
Series 3 (2011)
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| 1 | Jessika and Basti | ? family in Senegal Senegal Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north... Folgen, Kabel Eins (In German) |
7 | Sascha and Janine | ? family in Siberia Siberia Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th... |
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| 2 | Laura and Marlon | ? family in India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... |
8 | Michelle and Dennis | ? family in Etiopia | ||
| 3 | Max and Antonia | ? family in Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... |
9 | Dennis and Janet | ? family in Mongolia Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest... |
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| 4 | Dominik and Kalica | ? family in Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
10 | Maurice and Angelina | ? family in Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
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| 5 | Michele and Daria | ? in Nepal Nepal Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India... |
11 | Danny and Jasmin | ? family in Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... |
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| 6 | Samer and Dana | ? in Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
12 | Marta and Fabian | ? family in Madagascar Madagascar The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa... |
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External links
- 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
- http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=1451362#Comment760059 List of all cars used in the show (Currently still adding cars)