Genre Reality Running time 60 minutes | Country of origin United Kingdom Original network BBC
BBC Three | |
Original 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 oversea's 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.
Contents
- United Kingdom Original version
- Series 2 2009
- Series 3 2010
- Series 4 2011
- Season 2 2010
- Australia
- Reception
- New Zealand
- Denmark
- Germany
- Series 3 2011
- Series 1 2012
- References
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 adopted parents trying to live within their rules.
Series 2 (2009)
Series two premiered on BBC Three on 15 October 2009 and ran to 17 December.
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.
Series 4 (2011)
Series 4 premiered on 3 November 2011 and featured 12 teenagers. The series ran until 15 December.
Season 2 (2010)
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 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.
Reception
The first episode attracted an audience of 1.54 million, and was the second most watched show of the night.
New Zealand
A New Zealand adaptation of The World's Strictest Parents aired in 2012 on TV One. Only one series was made.
Denmark
In Denmark the show is called "Verdens strengeste forældre" and it is broadcast by TV3.
Germany
In Germany the show is called "Die strengsten Eltern der Welt". It is broadcast by Kabel Eins.
Series 3 (2011)
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.
Series 1 (2012)
In Poland the show is called "Surowi Rodzice"(strict parents). It is broadcast by TVN.