The World's Strictest Parents

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Three
Original run	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) – 15th December 2011

The World's Strictest Parents (or World's Strictest Parents) is a television reality series developed by TwentyTwenty Television with its original origin and broadcast in Britain by the BBC. The success of the program lead to many international versions being created including in the America's (broadcast by CMT) (part of MTV Networks) and Australia by the Channel Seven, the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV. There is also many other international foreign versions (listed below) including a German (German language)-version titled "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 attitudes and behaviours. 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 abroad to live with strict families in an experiment to try to change their behaviour. 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	Mark and Lynn Garnett 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 . 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 and Sam	Dave and Sharon Rose in Jamaica	Sam Gets Sent To Bed Early After A Confrontation With Sharon Rose About Church,Charlotte Left School Early the first day for writing an inappropriate essay	BBC Episode Guide – S01E02
3	2 October	Lizzie and Stephan	Richard and Vida Adega in Ghana		BBC Episode Guide – S01E03
4	9 October	Josh and Charlotte	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma in India		BBC Episode Guide – S01E04
5	16 October	Lucy and Grant	Hannes and Alma Moolman 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. 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. 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	David and Wanda Kimbrough in Atlanta, USA	This episode was aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead. Bex And Chezden got a scolding from Wanda after running away from Sunday School, Bex also got in trouble in school for walking out of class and talking back to the Headmaster, Chez spent a couple hours out of the house for having an angry outburst over David Kimbrough being considered his father.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E01
2	22 October	Peter and Jocelyn	Unni and Madhu Unnikrishnan 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	Michael and Marianyana Selelo in Botswana	This episode was aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E03
4	5 November	Hannah and James	Spencer and Nicholeen Peck 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 and Jack	David and Tzippi Schechet 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.[1]	BBC Episode Guide – S02E05
6	19 November	Debbie and Daniel	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 and Rosie	Earl and Rosie Perez in Belize		BBC Episode Guide – S02E07
8	10 December	Kaya and Jay	Stacey and Shannon White in Oklahoma, USA	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 White Family House, 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	N/A	N/A	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, 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 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 Nicole And Nathan ran off school grounds and had Mr Harris 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. Nathan spends one night out of the house for not apologizing for leaving school.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E02
3	25 October	Nicki and Jerri	Brindley and Mandy De Zylva 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 in Florida		BBC Episode Guide – S03E04
5	8 November	Rosie and Nick	Ed and Marta Hill in Puerto Rico		BBC Episode Guide – S03E05
6	15 November	Scott and Billie	Dickson and Faith Mugaza in Kenya	Billie Spends one night on their grandmothers farm as The Mugazas Punishment for smoking as a minor and misbehaving in the community and arguing and embarssing faith mugaza over the school uniform policy, Scott gets kicked out of school. 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 in 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 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 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 there 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 apologises 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 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	Gonzalo and Guadalupe Bustamante in Argentina	Features for the first time a teenager with a learning disability (Bryony) 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 used a profanity in the classroom, threatening and pushing the head teacher, Remzi for lacking behind on his work, being lazy 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 South America, rather than North America.	BBC Episode Guide – S04E01
2	10 November	Charlie and Hamzah	Anna-Marie De Vos and Suzanne Du Toit 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 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 a saree 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 Li 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 Li had to negotiate with Georgie in a 2hr 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 and to this day she is still upset about them.	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. Ritche moved in with his mum at the age of 11. Ritche 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
Broadcast
Original channel	CMT
Original run	18 April 2009 – 29 October 2010

CMT – series

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]
2	16 year-old Reed from Mesa, Arizona and 16 year-old Jessica from Cave Creek, Arizona	Charlie and Sharon Hatcher in College Grove, Tennessee[2]	Reed and Jessica were two of the 16-year old teens in exactly the same age from Arizona.
3	16 year-old Ricky from Laguna Beach, California and 16 year-old Katie from Mesa, Arizona	Steve and Angie McCuin in Portland, Tennessee[2]
4	16 year-old Whitney from Redington Beach, Florida and 16 year-old Stephen from Clearwater, Florida	Paul and Dana Helton in Medina, Tennessee[2]	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[2]	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	Adelle and Garrett	Daniel and Andrea Morrison in Georgia[2]
7	Desiree and Brian	Adam and Pamela Rutherford in Reno, Nevada[2]	Brian left during the show, while Desiree stayed.
8	Arielle and Tyler	Terry and Roxanne Forsyth in Arkansas[2]
9	Aja and Alex	Cliff and Lisa Bolton in California[2]
10	Jennifer and Chad	Gary and Theresa Bilben in Minnesota[2]
11	Sadie and Nick	Sam and Amy Wright in Tennessee[2]
12	Audrey and Brent	Mark and Tammy Manning in Oregon[2]
13	Jackie and Spencer	Scott and Penny Knight in Tennessee[2]
14	Mackenzie from Omaha, Nebraska and 15 year-old Ian from Omaha, Nebraska	Blake and Angie Bouldin in North Carolina[2]	Both teens were from Omaha, Nebraska.
15	Cristiana and Ronnie	Jim and Janee Gentrup in Arizona[2]
16	Karli and Zach	Sean and Irene McCormick in Iowa[2]
17	Ariel and Mark	Russ and Kim Call in Utah[2]
18	Sierra and Anthony	Jim and Sherene Smidt in Idaho[2]
19	Lilly and Matt	Dick and Denise Ballard in Ohio[2]
20	16 year-old Samantha from Mukilteo, Washington and 17 year-old Nick from Levittown, Pennsylvania	Mike and Karen Combes in Cincinnati, Ohio[2]
21	Shauna and Megan	Mike and Pam Brown in Virginia[2]	The first US episode with two girls.
22	Victoria and Caleb	Ken and Sue Cooper in Maryland[2]
23	Mary and Wyatt	Tom and Shonnie Carroll in Virginia[2]
24	Danielle and Chris	Larry and Christy Sheffield in Texas[2]
25	Antonia and Myles	Jeff and Yvonne Robinson in Georgia[2]
26	Stephanie and Matt	Jack and Patty Wilcox in Florida[2]
27	Angela and Jay	Tommy and Toni Toscano in Florida[2]
28	Megan and Paul	Mike and Cynthia Souza in California[2]
29 & 30	Daniel and Miles	The 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. The first US episode with two boys.

Season 2

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Kelsey and Zach	Scott and June Allen in Cartersville, Georgia[3]
2	Taylor and Gina	Terry and Pam Malone in Chardon, Ohio[3]
3	Chloie and Kody	Mark and Laura Smith in Findlay, Ohio[3]
4	Ashley and James	Dino and Debbie Pavoni in Crestwood, Illinois[3]
5	Sarah and Peyton	Jeff and Maria Bledsoe in Blair, Nebraska[3]
6	Sierrah and Gavin	Chuck and Tracie Moyer in Camby, Indiana[3]
7	Christine and Jesse	Eddie and Susan Tilley in North Charleston, South Carolina[3]
8	Jacob and Tyler	Pat and Holly Hughes in Christmas, Florida[3]
9	Sebastian and Bekki	Ken and Mary-Jo Illig in White Bluff, Tennessee[3]
10	Amber and Steph	Rick and Rose-Mary Fisher in Nashville, Tennessee[3]

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
Broadcast
Original channel	Seven Network
Original run	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.^[4][5]

The remainder of season three was aired in the middle of 2012.^[6]

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.

Episode guide

Australian series – season one

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jess and Kyle	Jonathan and Cathleen Gibson in Indiana[7]	Debut episode. Re-aired 21 April 2013
2	Bailey and Jono	Thembile and Portia Bethe in South Africa[7]	Jono was arrested for heavy drinking and after the show, one of the family members, Thembele, was murdered in a politically motivated shooting. Re-aired 28 April 2013.
3	Emily and Harry	John and Mary Coleman in Whitechurch, Ireland[7]	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, 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; the parents confiscated Harry's phone and runners. Re-aired 2 June 2013
4	Naomi and Ross	Mark and Lynn Garnett in Alabama[7]	1st British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
5	Zaine and Memphis	Meng and Ean Chua in Singapore[7]	Zaine and Memphis ditched school and went joywalking around Singapore, then grounded Memphis got caught by Ms Chua for going into her room and taking her house keys attempting to go joyriding
6	Lucy and Grant	Hannes and Alma Moolman in South Africa[7]	5th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
7	Charlotte and Sam	Dave and Sharon Rose in Jamaica[7]	2nd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
8	Stacey and Micah	Brad and Nise Davies in Tennessee[7]
9	Lizzie and Stefan	Richard and Vida Adega in Ghana[7]	3rd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
10	Josh and Charlotte	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma in India[7]	4th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead

Australian series – season two

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Bex and Chezdan	David and Wanda Kimbrough in Atlanta[7]	7th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead
2	Chloe and Christian	Zack and Patty Wirth in 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[7]	First episode with the family inside Australia. Re-aired 10 June 2013. Nathan got in trouble for stealing the family car and Mark called the police.
4	Thea and Corie	Laval and Jennifer Simons 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 in South Africa	Re-aired 22 September 2013
6	Aza and Troy	Nathan and Cassandra McDonald in Ohio	Re-aired 24 March 2013.

Australian series – season three

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Tuesday 17 July 2012	Euni and Sam	Omar and Kumarie Bachew in Trinidad[7]
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. Re-aired 15 March 2015
3	Wednesday 17 August 2011	Brooke and Mark	Peter and Annika Wallenskog in Sweden[7]	First episode where one of the teens (Mark) had only one kidney. 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. During Rylee's speech on her last day in New Zealand, it is indicated that she was most likely raped by an older man that she ran away with when she was 15 years old.
5	Wednesday 21 September 2011	Celeste and Kaih	Mark and Becky Lytle in North Carolina	Both teens vandalised a cabin for a disabled member of the Lytle family, spray painted a disabled sick sheep then destroyed the letterbox and the police were called. Re-aired 5 April 2015.
6	Tuesday 7 August 2012	Madeleine and Lewis	Nishith and Sangeeta Saxena in India
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
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
Broadcast
Original channel	One
Original run	1 October 2010 – 11 March 2011

Episode Guide

Season 1

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

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
Broadcast
Original channel	TVNZ
Original run	1 March 2012 – 5 April 2012

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

Episode guide

New Zealand Series

Episode	Teenagers	Location
1
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	NA	NA
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 Episode Teenagers Family Notes 1 Morten and Anastasia John and Mary Coleman in Ireland [8] 2 Frederik and Karen Joel and Kim Pattison in Louisiana [8] 3 Morten and Sasha Ole-Jørgen and Ann Hammeken in Greenland [8] 4 Trine and Kodjo Michael and Mette Grønbech in Denmark [8] 5 Michelle and Malou Jørgen and Margit in Denmark [8] First time with female participants only 6 Henriette and Kim Henrik and Annette Sørensen in Denmark [8]

Season 2 Episode Teenagers Family Notes 1 Jonas and Ditte Datnow family in South Africa [8] 2 Dennis and Line Dieckmann on the Danish island of Taasinge[8] 3 Robin and Natascha Elgaard Thorsager family in Denmark [8] 4 Frederik and Amalie Randy and Phoebe Gray in Tennessee [8] 5 Michelle and Lennard Morten and Ida Kristensen in Denmark [8] 6 Simone and Sarah ? Family in the United Kingdom [8] Second time with female participants only

Germany

Series 1 (2009)

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

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

Series 2 (2010)

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

Series 3 (2011)

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

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.

References

External links

• The World's Strictest Parents at BBC Programmes
• 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)

International Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Scripted Entertainment 2003 — 2009 Without Prejudice? (2003) Brat Camp (2004) Top Gear (2005) Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (2006) How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (2007) The Big Donor Show (2008) The Phone (2009) 2010 — present Caiga Quien Caiga (2010) The World's Strictest Parents (2011) The Amazing Race Australia (2012) Go Back to Where You Came From (2013) Educating Yorkshire (2014)