The World's Strictest Parents

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The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	33
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Twenty Twenty
Distributor	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC Three
Original release	1 September 2008 (2008-09-01) – 15 December 2011 (2011-12-15)
External links
Website

The World's Strictest Parents (or World's Strictest Parents) is an international television franchise reality series developed by Twenty Twenty with its original broadcast in Britain by BBC Three. 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 locales to have locally produced adaptations include Scandinavia, Turkey, and Poland. The series won an International Emmy Award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment.

Since 2013, the official YouTube channel has been uploading small snippet clips from many of the episodes, largely the UK, US and Australian broadcasts: however, these snippets, in some cases, were just whole episodes broken into smaller notable highlights of an episode. As of 2019, this has been extended to entire episodes, starting with the UK version and then moving to the Australian version. These episodes, in some cases, are not complete re-uploads of the broadcast: for example, the rundown of the teens at the beginning has been cut in some cases, depending on the teens who were broadcast in the episode. In addition, censorship has been done with profanity and surnames of certain people. The censorship has taken the form of either blurring the mouth during swearing and surname (if included) or profanity and names being bleeped in the audio tracks. Alongside these edits, the ending credits sequence is not included.

United Kingdom - Original version[]

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

All series episodes were broadcast on a weekly basis.

Series 1 (2008)[]

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	18 September	Naomi Fisher (16, Brighton), and Ross Torrie (16, Southend)	Mark and Lynn Garnett (A pharmaceutical company worker and part-time teacher) in Alabama, USA	In the first episode, the teenagers, Ross and Naomi, are both the same age. At the charity work, Naomi and Ross get in trouble, Ross for shouting and using profanity and Naomi for asking a homeless man for a cigarette. At a bowling alley, Ross and Naomi sneak to a bar and ask a stranger for a cigarette. When Hunter Garnett catches them and when they get home, Mark Garnett loses his temper and punishes the teens by sending them straight to bed early. (Note: At the end of the episode, the wrong trailer is used by mistake, advertising the next episode that the host family is in Ghana which is actually (episode 3); the next one (episode 2) is in Jamaica). This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E01
2	25 September	Charlotte Hart, (16, Tiptree), and Sam Northage (17, Brighton)	Dave and Sharon Rose (A government driver and householder) in Jamaica	Sam gets sent to bed early after a confrontation with Sharon Rose about church, Charlotte leaves school early on the first day for writing an inappropriate essay and arguing with a teacher about writing the essay, and gets sent to the principal's office. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E02
3	2 October	Lizzie Pol, (17, Birmingham), and Stephan Alvarez, (17, Southend)	Richard and Vida Adega (a part-time pastor and businesswoman) in Ghana	Lizzie gets into trouble in school for falling behind, whilst at the beach she reveals too much skin for Vida's liking. Later that day on the beach, Vida and Lizzie get into a huge feud when Vida sees Lizzie and Stephan doing romantic things together and getting close. Meanwhile, Stephan proves a productive member of the household. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E03
4	9 October	Josh Breslin (18, Tamworth) and Charlotte Abrahams (17, Bristol)	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma (a high court lawyer and a householder) in Jaipur, India	During school, Josh and Charlotte sneak out to McDonald's, get caught by the principal, and receive a grey punishment card. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E04
5	16 October	Lucy Dodds (17, Hornchurch) and Grant Stevens (16, South London)	Hannes and Alma Moolman (a farmer and a householder) in South Africa	Lucy is expelled from school for not complying with the dress code and for smoking on school grounds with her uniform on in front of the people passing by. After realizing how disrespectful Grant is and how he has had no father around for the majority of his childhood, Hannes contacts Grant's mother, Karen. Hannes finds out that Grant is rude to everyone in his family and he has it too strong for too long. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S01E05
6	23 October	N/A	N/A	Changed My Life Catch up with the 10 teenagers featured in the series, looking back over their experiences to see if strict parenting has changed their relationship with their own parents. This episode aired in Australia on Saturday, 7 December 2013	BBC Episode Guide – S01E06

Series 2 (2009)[]

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

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	15 October	Bex Keene (16, Walton on Thames) and Chezden Dundee (16, Bolton)	David and Wanda Kimbrough (a pastor and school administrator) in Atlanta, USA	The Kimbroughs are a Christian African American family. Bex and Chezden get a scolding from Wanda after ditching Sunday School. Bex also gets in trouble at school for walking out of class, talking back to the principal, and using Facebook. Chezden spends a couple hours out of the house for having an angry outburst over David being considered his father. The song that's featured in this episode is "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E01
2	22 October	Peter Wrigley (16, Dorset) and Jocelyn Harris (17, East Sussex)	M. S. "Unni" and Madhu Unnikrishnan (a factory CEO and a householder) in Pune, India	During the show, Peter gets severely reprimanded by Unni for getting tattooed from an unlicensed parlour, thus putting him at risk of contracting HIV. The production staff intervene, fearing for his safety. Peter is very unhappy after being forced to leave the parlour with a half-finished tattoo which was, ironically, to say "Wisdom" in Hindi.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E02
3	29 October	Hannah Moorehead (17, Worthing) and Leigh Sturge (17, King's Lynn)	Michael and Marianyana (career army and a nurse) Selelo in Botswana	This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E03
4	5 November	Hannah Thorpe (16, Liverpool) and James Gowing (17, Leicester)	Spencer and Nicholeen Peck (a plumber and home-school teacher) in Utah, USA	The Peck family are devoted Mormons. This is the first episode that features a teen who is a young parent (Hannah). This was the most viewed episode on this show. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E04
5	12 November	Gemma Lyons (17, Farnborough) and Jack Travers (18, Winchester)	David and Tzippi Schechet (an attorney and a writer) in Israel	Gemma and Jack are introduced to the Schechet (pronounced "Shekay") family, an Orthodox Jewish family from Los Angeles, who relocated 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, 'reverts to her couldn't-care-less attitude', and is caught sunbathing in a bikini on the front lawn of the Schechet's home by Tzippi, 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 also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead.[1]	BBC Episode Guide – S02E05
6	19 November	Debbie McQueen (17, Carlisle) and Daniel Drinkwater (17, Leeds)	Abdulsalam and Iman Hajjar (police officer and nurse) in Lebanon	For a week they must live under the strict rules of the Hajjars, a liberal Sunni Islamic family.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E06
7	3 December	Calvin Kirlew (16, Nottingham) and Rosie Harley (16, Brighton)	Earl and Rosie Perez (lumberyard manager and school administrator) in Belize	Earl and Rosie apparently whip their children when badly behaved.	BBC Episode Guide – S02E07
8	10 December	Kaya Elliot (16, Manchester) and Jay Birch (17, Sturry)	Stacey and Shannon White (police officers) in Oklahoma, US	Kaya (a Beauty Queen) was picked by the police for running away from the Whites. After being rushed to hospital, it was revealed that she faked an illness, then refuses to stay after her scheme is uncovered. Meanwhile, Jay struggles with motivational issues ever since the death of his four-year-old niece, Molly, which are gradually resolved over the week with Stacey's help. This episode was also aired as an Australian episode and narrated by Axle Whitehead. NOTE- Kaya Elliot becomes the first teen to fail the "program" and go home before the week was over. Her parents were left questioning how her life will end up if she continues this path.	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	11 October	Wesley McGillian (19, Manchester) and Tamsin Carruthers-Cole (16, Brighton)	Joe Leveille and Scott Loper in New Jersey	The first time one of the training parents (Scott), has gone to the home of one of the British teens, as well as the first time that the parents have been same-sex, the second time one of the teens was a teen parent (Wesley), and the first time one of the teenagers stayed longer than planned (Tamsin).	BBC Episode Guide – S03E01
2	18 October	Nicole Benham (17, Devon) and Nathan Ballance (16, Leeds)	Kenrick and Andrea Harris (an IT Consultant and primary school teacher) in Barbados	Nathan spends two nights out of the Harris home: the first night in a motel for not handing over his cigarettes, and the second night for not apologizing for leaving school. Both teens ran off on the school grounds and had Kenrick driving all over Barbados looking for them. In this episode, after a verbal confrontation between Andrea and Nicole, Andrea loses her temper and shouts at Nicole, who runs out into the street but returns after a couple of hours. In the scene when the teens arrive at the Harris household, Andrea interrogates Nathan for his smoking habits which he tries to justify, causing her to angrily respond with "You are not in the UK, you are in Barbados" while clapping her hands thrice. The quote became an internet meme among fans and non-fans of the show.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E02
3	25 October	Nicki Stygall (17, Staines) and Jerri MacVeigh (18, Romford)	Brindley and Mandy De Zylva (a finance company owner and advertiser) in Colombo, 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 Lelliott-Moore (16, Colchester) and Anastasia Jones (18, Hale, Greater Manchester)	Linzey and Jeanie Armstrong (professional modelers) in Florida	The Armstrongs are an interracial family. Both one of the parents (Linzey) and one of the teens (Eden) are biracial. During the show, Eden and Anastasia get in trouble at the thrift shop for refusing to complete their tasks, for which Linzey had to come pick them up.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E04
5	8 November	Rosie Hynd (16, Hassocks) and Nick Barrientos (18, Beckenham)	Ed and Marta Hill (lawyer and householder) in Puerto Rico	The teens get expelled from school for cutting math class, and are banned from getting their education at their school ever again. After that, Rosie Has a 12-Hour Standoff With Ed Hill. Both teens apologized to Ed and they were allowed back in the next day.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E05
6	15 November	Scott Collinson (18, Southend) and Billie Spencer (17, Croydon)	Dickson and Faith Mugaza (manager of the city's environmental health department and householder) in Kenya	Billie spends one night on their grandmother's farm as The Mugazas' punishment for smoking as a minor and misbehaving in the community and arguing and embarrassing Faith over the school uniform policy. Scott is kicked out of school for refusing to shave his beard.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E06
7	22 November	Sevda Hussein (17, Hackney) and Andrew Harwood (17, Chichester)	Randy and Rozanne Frazee (a pastor and householder) in San Antonio, Texas	Sevda leaves the house for a couple of hours after throwing a tantrum about not being allowed a cigarette, whereas Andrew didn't cause much of a fuss.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E07
8	29 November	Forrest Talbot (17, Blackpool) and Daniel Eyre (16, Southend)	Jan and Lisbeth van Berkel (a middle manager and community worker) in the Netherlands	After Daniel evades the production crew in Amsterdam to smoke 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 Traboulsi (17, Chelmsford) and Aron Shave (16, South London)	Nalini Nanjundayya (a businesswoman) in Bangalore, India	Mrs Nanjundayya is a single mother of three, following the death of her husband 15 years ago. She is assisted by uncles Pradeep and Mukesh. Aron and Nadia were kicked out of school on their first day for fighting and smoking.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E09
10	13 December	Dina Darweish (16, Portsmouth), and Alex Miles (16, Bristol)	DeWayne and Vanessa Davis in Chicago	Alex is kicked out of the Davis's house for a while after he smokes outside their house, but after a while, a guilt-ridden Alex apologizes to Dewayne and is allowed back in the house. This episode also aired in Australia on 1 March 2015.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E10
11	20 December	N/A	N/A	Update The programme catches up with 10 British teenagers from the series six months after they lived with families all over the globe. It reveals the lessons they learned and the inside story of their journeys, including father-to-be Wesley McGillian and Rosie Hynd who met her match in Puerto Rico. Five of the episodes were represented – those being New Jersey, Barbados, Sri Lanka, Puerto Rico and Texas. All teens involved had made a marked change in their attitudes and behaviour.	BBC Episode Guide – S03E11

Series 4 (2011)[]

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

Episode	First Aired	Teenagers	Family	Notes	BBC Episode Guide
1	3 November	Remzi Tomlin (17, Romford) and Bryony Harris (16, Crawley)	Gonzalo and Guadalupe Bustamante (an advertiser and householder) in Argentina	Features for the first time ever, a teenager (Bryony) with a learning disability, A.D.H.D. and is mentally ill, which means she has anger management issues. Remzi and Bryony are kicked out from school on their first day, after Bryony refused to pay attention in the English class, been removed from the classroom by the head teacher (Marissa), returned to ask Remzi for a cigarette, used profanity in the classroom, threatened to punch Marissa and pushed Marissa right out of the way and Remzi for being lazy, lagging behind on his work, and giving Bryony a cigarette when Bryony asked him for one, after which both teens smoked on the school grounds. Later the same night, Gonzalo and Guadalupe Bustamante's younger son, Santiago, backed up Guadalupe when she grounded Bryony and when Bryony threatened to punch Guadalupe. After Bryony's outburst at school and at home, Guadalupe calls Bryony's father. That's when it's revealed she had A.D.H.D. (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) This is also the first time the series began with an episode that takes place in Latin/South America.	BBC Episode Guide – S04E01
2	10 November	Charlie Denny (17, Haywards Heath) and Hamzah Wali (17, Woking)	Anna-Marie de Vos and Suzanne Du Toit (a barrister and artist) in South Africa	The second time that the training parents have been the same-sex.	BBC Episode Guide – S04E02
3	17 November	Shola Bruce-Coker (17, North London) and Joiee Birch (18, Wye Valley)	Ashwani and Rashmi Virk (a real estate agent and householder) in Gurgaon, 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 with Ashwani when he asks her to wear an Indian outfit for his deceased father's memorial service. After a few minutes Rashmi steps out to speak to Shola, and she later apologizes to Rashmi and is allowed back in the flat.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E03
4	24 November	Jade Bare (18, East London) and Connor Jones (17, Swindon)	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 gives birth (Connor).	BBC Episode Guide- S04E04
5	1 December	Georgie Weare (17, Essex) and Callum Watson (17, Manchester)	Benjamin and Shasha Li (a lawyer and housewife) in North Carolina	Both coming from single parents, the teens come to live under the guidance of a wealthy Chinese American family. During the show, Callum manages to improve and gets on easily although he has trouble quitting his smoking habits until the Lis help him. Both Callum and Alex (eldest child) form a friendship. However, Georgie, Shasha, and Alex argue over Alex's opinion that Georgie did not do well at the charity work, then Georgie runs out of the house. Benjamin has to negotiate with Georgie in a two-hour standoff to come back in the house but returns and Shasha calls Georgie's mother. After the show, Georgie still refused to apologize to the Lis after her angry outburst during the show.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E05
6	8 December	Hannah Button (17, High Wycombe) and Ritchie Reddey (17, Peterborough)	Ali and Canan Vural (both schoolteachers) in Turkey	Before Ritchie was sent to Turkey, he had a stretched earlobe, a phallic tattoo on his leg, and a bad relationship with his dad, who left him when he was a kid. Ritchie moved in with his mum at the age of 11. Ritchie has been through a lot of detention and he's lacking school. Meanwhile, Mum is struggling with her 17-year-old wild girl Hannah.[2]	BBC Episode Guide- S04E06
7	15 December	N/A	N/A	Update The programme catches up with the British teenagers from the series months after they lived with overseas families. It reveals the lessons they learned and the inside story of their journeys.	BBC Episode Guide- S04E07

United States[]

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Narrated by	Mocean Melvin
Composers	Ian Christian Nickus Jeremy Sweet Chaz DaBat Kkoshi Tom Strahle Matthew Richard Harris
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	38
Production
Executive producers	Dan Peirson Jeff Cvengors Nick Emmerson Jennifer O'Connell
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Shed Media US
Release
Original network	CMT
Original release	18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) – 17 December 2010 (2010-12-17)
External links
Website

The program shows two troubled teens are sent to live with strict host families within one week in order to attempt to change their attitudes, outlooks, and behaviors in general. The teens will follow the house rules such as dress code policy, no-smoking zone, coarse swearing, and attitudes by the strict host parents within one week. The strict host parents will confiscate the box of cigarettes or cigarettes, alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, and vodka, and electronic devices such as iPods and cellphones from two teenagers before entering the house. The teens will break the house rules including backtalk to the strict parents, using profanity towards to the children and parents, smoking cigarettes, and not following the house rules, they will face the consequences such as dip on the pond, walking around by carrying a water slosh-pipe, push-ups, cutting a red-painted stump, running around the cones, cleaning the manure, extra chores, boot camp, staying outside of the porch on cold weather and other numerous punishments by the strict host parents. During the week they receive an impact letter from their real parents with a list of issues they should try to resolve.

Unlike the original British series, in which teenagers were usually sent to live abroad, the American series had the teenagers remain within the parts of the United States for five days, 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 at the end of every episode.

Syndication[]

The success of the program led to many overseas versions being created including in the Americas (broadcast by CMT) (part of MTV Networks) the CMT episodes frequently rebroadcasting on MTV.

Seasons[]

Season 1 (2009-2010)[]

Episode title	Teenagers	Parents	Notes	Original airdate
The Vinton Family	17-year-old Brittani from Santa Clarita, California and 15-year-old Ivan from Queens, New York	Scott and Lisa Vinton in Murrieta, California[3]	The host family is a blended family. The Vinton's' eldest daughter is Scott's stepdaughter. When Lisa and Scott noticed that there was a cigarette, Lisa and Scott found out about Brittani and Ivan bringing cigarettes in the house. Lisa identified that Ivan and Brittani were lying. However, Lisa and Scott went to the room to search for Ivan's cellphone and cigarettes that he had. Lisa demanded Ivan to give a lighter to her, but he threatened to burn the house down.	18 April 2009
The Hatcher Family	16-year-old Reed from Mesa, Arizona and 16-year-old Jessica from Phoenix, Arizona	Charlie and Sharon Hatcher (farmers) in College Grove, Tennessee[3]	Reed and Jessica were two 16-year-olds, both from Phoenix metropolitan area. After Reed drove the Hatchers' pick-up truck with Jessica joining him, both teens were punished by cleaning the cow manure off the concrete in the barn. After that, Sharon decided to search the rooms of both teens, finding nothing in Reed's room, but cigarettes in Jessica's room. Jessica cursed Sharon out after hearing Sharon say that she would rip her cigarettes apart.	25 April 2009
The McCuin Family	18-year-old Ricky from Laguna Beach, California and 16-year-old Katie from Mesa, Arizona	Steve and Angie McCuin in Portland, Tennessee[3]	Ricky is seen repeatedly breaking the "no lying" rule in the episode. Ricky removed his pants in the bowling alley in front of Katie and the McCuins' children. This being against the dress code, Steve punished Ricky by ordering him to paint the whole chapel. A year after the episode aired, Steve and Angie divorced and Steve remarried a woman named Michelle.[4]	2 May 2009
The Helton Family	16-year-old Whitney from Redington Beach, Florida and 16-year-old Stephen from Clearwater, Florida	Paul and Dana Helton in Medina, Tennessee[3]	The first U.S. episode where two teens did not bring any prohibited items to be confiscated. Whitney and Stephen are 16-year-olds, both from Tampa Bay area. Paul tried to wake Stephen up in the morning, and Stephen can't get himself up out of bed. Paul and Dana make Stephen and Whitney do their yard work, Stephen argues with Paul for doing all of his work and the weekly chores. Paul confronted Stephen to step down with his attitude over chores and he needed to be honest. After Paul made a statement about Whitney's family being confused, she started yelling at him.	9 May 2009
The Cork Family	16-year-old Julie from Tulsa, Oklahoma and 16-year-old Sebastian from Jenks, Oklahoma	David and Dana Cork in Statesboro, Georgia[3]	The first U.S. episode with a Mormon family and the first U.S. episode with teens who do not get along. Julie and Sebastian are two 16-year-olds, both from Tulsa metropolitan area. Julie asked Sebastian to continue working in the yard, she swore at Sebastian. David heard Julie swear at Sebastian, David gave a chores jar to Julie and punished her by making her pick up the straws. Secondly, Julie also swears in front of the Corks' children, Dana gave a chores jar to Julie and punished her by cleaning up the toilet bowl. Also, Julie wears inapplicable outfits, but Dana cannot tolerate the dress code. Sebastian died in 2013 after getting shot while working.[5]	16 May 2009
The Morrison Family	16-year-old Adelle from Richmond, Texas and 17-year-old Garrett from Orting, Washington	Daniel and Andrea Morrison (owners of a teen club) in McDonough, Georgia[3]	This was the first U.S. episode where one of the host parents (Andrea) was African American. Andrea was apprehended that Adele was smoking a cigarette and she was lying, Andrea took her cigarette away from her for smoking. While Andrea and Daniel went out after Adele and Garrett told them to clean up in the teen club, Adele and Garrett were lazy and do nothing to clean up the teen club. Also, Adele cursed Andrea out in front of the 6-year-old of the family. After that, she apologized to both Andrea and her 6-year-old.	23 May 2009
The Rutherford Family	18-year-old Desiree from Glendale, Arizona and 15-year-old Brian Brockette from Grand Rapids, Michigan	Adam and Pamela Rutherford in Spanish Springs, Nevada[3]	Brian and Desiree went out of the house without permission by Adam and Pamela. After they headed back to the house, Brian and Desiree were talking while Adam and Pamela ignore them during lunch with Rutherford's children. Brian left during the show, while Desiree threatened to leave in the same manner and eventually stayed until the end. Brian died in 2014 from a drug poisoning.[6] In addition, one of the Rutherford children, Dylan, died due to medical complications from a suicide attempt in 2017.[7]	30 May 2009
The Forsyth Family	15-year-old Arielle from Los Angeles, California and 18-year-old Tyler from Des Moines, Iowa	Terry and Roxanne Forsyth in Combs, Arkansas[3]	Tyler wanted to be a chef when he grew up, so Terry put him to the test to see if he was chef ready by having him cook dinner. The whole family liked his food. One of the Forsyth children, Austin, who would marry Joy-Anna Duggar and later appeared in the reality show Counting On.	6 June 2009
The Bolton Family	17-year-old Aja from Pasadena, California and 17-year-old Alex from Alhambra, California	Cliff and Lisa Bolton (coaches) in Bakersfield, California[3]	Aja and Alex are two 17-year-olds, both from Greater Los Angeles area. The Boltons use push-ups for discipline when their kids break rules. Alex had to do a total of 10 all for complaining about yard work. Aja had to do a total of 120 push-ups all for swearing (once for challenging the clothing rule, and three times for throwing fits, one fit over a closed-up piercing, one for defying the Boltons, and the third for being given 80 push-ups to do).	10 October 2009
The Bilben Family	17-year-old Jennifer from Brooksville, Florida and 18-year-old Chad from El Cajon, California	Gary and Theresa Bilben (restaurant owners) in Walker, Minnesota[3]	This is the first U.S. episode where one of the wayward teens (Chad) lives with his grandparents rather than his own parents, and the first episode where the host parents asked the truck to go to their place of work instead of the house. Chad is seen breaking the "no smoking" rule. He got caught once by Gary, and so Chad had to clean empty garbage cans as punishment. After Jennifer read her letter, Theresa tried explaining to Jennifer how she could improve her life. However, Jennifer felt attacked by Theresa's honesty with the statement "you people make me feel like crap" Theresa was furious by that statement.	17 October 2009
The Wright Family	16-year-old Sadie from Westport, Massachusetts and 18-year-old Nick from Baltimore, Maryland	Sam and Amy Wright in Murfreesboro, Tennessee[3]	When Sam and Amy confiscate their belongings away from Nick's luggage and Sadie's luggage, Nick admitted that he was lying about his cell phone in his pocket. Amy deals with Nick to have consequences for lying. Despite, Nick wanted his belongings back from Sam and Amy, he threatened them that he wanted to kill someone, but Sam cannot grant Nick that he won't get his belongings back.	24 October 2009
The Manning Family	17-year-old Audrey from Verona, New Jersey and 16-year-old Brent from Bloomington, Indiana	Mark and Tammy Manning in Long Creek, Oregon[3]	The Mannings right away confiscate the teen's bags of everything except toiletries and clothing for the next day. When Brent swears, Mark and Tammy punished him by making him move a stack of hay. Brent then loses his mattress after challenging the Mannings' rule on pants. Also, Audrey swore and Mark punished her by making her move a stack of hay. Brent then swears 20 times during the hangout with Audrey and Mannings' children and Tammy punished Brent by making him move a stack of hay. Both teens earn everything back as the week goes on.	31 October 2009
The Knight Family	15-year-old Jackie from Lansdale, Pennsylvania and 17-year-old Spencer from Kansas City, Missouri	Scott and Penny Knight (juvenile probation officers) in Morristown, Tennessee[3]	Spencer loses his bedroom door for refusing a pat-down. He also talks to someone from the military after challenging the (sir/ma'am) rule. Penny is a juvenile probation officer so she decided to take Spencer and Jackie to spend an hour at the juvenile facility where Penny works in order to show them where they may end up if they continue their rebellious behavior. After an hour like jury inmates, Spencer and Jackie were miserable and were woken to put an end to their rebellious ways.	7 November 2009
The Bouldin Family	15-year-old Mackenzie and 15-year-old Ian both from Omaha, Nebraska	Blake and Angie Bouldin (a pastor and householder) in Indian Trail, North Carolina[3]	Ian was caught hiding cigarettes by Angie. After she finds the cigarettes, he swears at her. The teens also make a run for it in front of Angie, who threatens both of them with more consequences if they didn't stop where they were. Mackenzie did as she was told whereas Ian disobeyed, smoking during the runaway. Also, Angie found another cigarette from Ian's pocket. Angie punished Ian by doing his yard work. Ultimately, Blake heard from Angie, and he was agitated and disappointed with Mackenzie and Ian for swearing in front of Angie and smoking cigarettes three times. However, Blake found a box of cigarettes from Mackenzie's luggage, Blake punished Ian and Mackenzie by carrying the tree logs out of the yard.	14 November 2009
The Gentrup Family	16-year-old Cristiana from El Segundo, California and 17-year-old Ronnie from Cumming, Georgia	Jim and Janee Gentrup in Gilbert, Arizona[3]	Ronnie and Cristiana talk back to Jim and Janee, then they were acting like adults in front of Gentrup's children, Jim punished Ronnie by doing 10 push-ups for backtalking and Janee demands Cristiana to sit outside in the driveway on the hot sun for backtalking. While Jim, Janee, and the Gentrup's children were playing basketball with Ronnie and Cristiana, she talks back again to Janee. Janee punished her by doing 10 push-ups for backtalking. Ronnie falsely stated that the Gentrups had better chances than his own parents which made Janee fume at him.	21 November 2009
The McCormick Family	17-year-old Karli from Glendale, Arizona and 18-year-old Zach from Louisville, Kentucky	Sean and Irene McCormick (a police officer and personal trainer) in Huxley, Iowa[3]	When Karli and Zach vandalized the wall, Sean was saddened when they painted the whole wall.	28 November 2009
The Call Family	16-year-old Ariel from Peachtree City, Georgia and 16-year-old Mark from O'Fallon, Missouri	Russ and Kim Call in Moab, Utah[3]	Both teens were the same age. Mark was seen breaking rules one by one the minute Kim stated them. He also attempted to make a run for it when the rules became too much for him. At that point, Mark was forced to clean the toilet bowl after using the toilet by Kim. Ariel had to do all of Kim's jobs after she made a statement (Kim's job is not as hard as Mark's) that rubbed Kim the wrong way.	5 December 2009
The Smidt Family	16-year-old Sierra from St. Paul Park, Minnesota and 18-year-old Anthony from White House, Tennessee	Jim and Sherene Smidt in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho[3]	Sierra had a standoff all day one day for refusing to clean up after the Smidts' horses as punishment for cursing.	12 December 2009
The Ballard Family	15-year-old Lilly from San Diego, California and 17-year-old Matt from Tustin, California	Dick and Denise Ballard in Ross, Ohio[3]	Both teens are from Southern California. Matt was caught texting by Dick, which made both parents realize that they still had their cell phones on them (breaking the "no cell phone" rule). Lily was also seen blowing up at Denise after being prompted and scolded for taking too long and sassing back.	15 May 2010
The Combes Family	16-year-old Samantha from Mukilteo, Washington and 17-year-old Nick from Levittown, Pennsylvania	Mike and Karen Combes (Health-plex owners) in Cincinnati, Ohio[3]	Nick blew up at Mike when he had enough of his punishment (cleaning off the racquetball court) for not following directions when he was first asked to follow them. Karen found cigarettes, Samantha admitted that she was bringing cigarettes. Eventually, Nick infuriates Mike after Karen took a cigarette from him. Nick was completely upset with Mike, while Karen escorts the host family's daughter Julia inside the house.	22 May 2010
The Brown Family	16-year-old Shauna from Moreno Valley, California and 17-year-old Megan from Louisville, Kentucky	Mike and Pam Brown in Richmond, Virginia[3]	First U.S. episode with two girls. When Shauna refused to say "yes, ma'am" to Pam, she punished Shauna by shovel the snow off from the yard.	29 May 2010
The Cooper Family	16-year-old Victoria (Vicki) from Orlando, Florida and 18-year-old Caleb from DeSoto, Missouri	Ken and Sue Cooper in Ellicott City, Maryland[3]	If the teens did not comply to the Coopers' house rules, their consequence was to sleep outside.	5 June 2010
The Carroll Family	16-year-old Mary from Hudson, Florida and 17-year-old Wyatt from Riverside, California	Tom and Shonnie Carroll in Bumpass, Virginia[3]	Subsequent, Mary cannot handle the chores, Mary left out of the house to smoke a cigarette in her hand while Shonnie follows her. After her refusal to do her chore in the bathroom as a punishment for cursing, Mary got her bathroom privileges confiscated, and her ability to go to the bathroom was limited to the Port-a-potty. During this episode, the footage shows their old house was burned down.	12 June 2010
The Sheffield Family	15-year-old Danielle from Orlando, Florida and 17-year-old Chris from Westminster, California	Larry and Christy Sheffield in Spurger, Texas[3]	Larry and Christy confiscate their belongings from Danielle's luggage and Chris's luggage, they found liquors and beer bottles in Chris's luggage, and also found inappropriate clothing in Danielle's luggage.	19 June 2010
The Robinson Family	17-year-old Antonia from Runnemede, New Jersey and 16-year-old Myles from Weston, Florida	Jeff and Yvonne Robinson in McDonough, Georgia[3]	Yvonne notices Myles and Antonia seem to have good behavior.	26 June 2010
The Wilcox Family	15-year-old Stephanie from Lancaster, California and 16-year-old Matt from Rochelle Park, New Jersey	Jack and Patty Wilcox (teachers) in Jacksonville, Florida[3]	Jack asked Matt to wear protective safety gear before going to the skate park, but Matt was upset and swears for wearing protective safety gear because he tried to skate for a few attempts.	3 July 2010
The Toscano Family	17-year-old Angela from Phoenix, Arizona and 17-year-old Jay from South Pasadena, California	Tommy and Toni Toscano (restaurant owners) in Orlando, Florida[3]	Angela and Jay are the same age. After Tommy and Toni confiscated their belongings from Jay's luggage and Angela's luggage, Jay argues to Tommy for confiscating his belongings from his luggage, and he was disrespecting Tommy. Eventually, Tommy, a former New York City Police Department police officer, he found cannabis behind the picture frame on the bathroom wall and he decided to call the police. Jay admitted that he was hiding cannabis from Tommy. Tommy investigates Jay that he will take out the cannabis and cigarettes. Therefore, Jay lied and Tommy forced Jay to put the cannabis in the toilet. Also, Jay confronts Toni for cleaning up the toilet bowl.	10 July 2010
The Souza Family	17-year-old Megan from Phoenix, Arizona and 16-year-old Paul from Encinitas, California	Mike and Cynthia Souza in Tracy, California[3]	Cynthia found cigarettes in a tampon case, Megan admitted that she was lying about the cigarettes. Mike decided Megan to put cigarettes in a wheelbarrow, but she refused to put a cigarette in a wheelbarrow. Mike won't back down until Megan finally to put cigarettes away, she had to scoop out the horse poop. Cynthia helped Megan to clean up the toilet bowl, she refused to clean the toilet bowl. Also, Megan disrespected Cynthia for sweeping the floor with a broom and dustpan. Mike and Cynthia asked Megan to have consequences by scooping out the horse poop, but she refused to scoop out the horse poop. Mike and Cynthia had no choice, Megan was punished by sleeping on the porch all day and night.	17 July 2010

Season 2 (2010)[]

Episode title	Teenagers	Parents	Notes	Original airdate
The Allen Family	17-year-old Kelsey from Hometown, Illinois and 15-year-old Zack from Wilmette, Illinois	Scott and June Allen (farmers) in Cartersville, Georgia[8]	Both teens were from Chicago metropolitan area. When Kelsey needed to relax instead of doing her chores with Zack and the Allens' kids, Scott forced Kelsey to pick up all of the big rocks with her both hands and throw them in a wheelbarrow. Scott sees that Zack had his iPod Nano out, he confiscated Zack's iPod Nano away from him.	15 October 2010
The Malone Family	15-year-old Taylor from Casselberry, Florida and 16-year-old Gina from Newnan, Georgia	Terry and Pam Malone (a former police officer and a teacher) in Chardon, Ohio[8]	Taylor and Gina tossed all of the logs out on the side, Terry identified that Taylor and Gina were lying for tossing logs out. Ultimately, Terry punished Taylor and Gina by doing 20 push-ups for lying. When Pam found a cigarette, she punished Gina by doing a boot camp for smoking. Pam sees the dust on the floor, Taylor was punished by doing 10 push-ups. Also, Taylor and Gina swear during the yard work, Pam punished them by doing 20 push-ups for swearing.	22 October 2010
The Smith Family	16-year-old Chloie from Huntington Beach, California and 16-year-old Kody from Monroe, Washington	Mark and Laura Smith in Findlay, Ohio[8]	Mark and Laura confiscated their belongings from Chloie and Kody, Mark identified that Chloie and Kody were bringing cigarettes with them. Mark was forced Chloie to go to the pond along with Smith's children. When Kody is sleeping in bed, Mark has thrown Kody out of bed. Both teens are the same age.	29 October 2010
The Pavoni Family	17-year-old Ashley from Lake City, Florida and 16-year-old James from Lakewood, California	Dino and Debbie Pavoni (restaurant owners) in Crestwood, Illinois[8]	Ashley was declined to wash a car, Dino punished Ashley by carrying both weights with her arms. Eventually, Ashley was refused by carrying both weights. At one point, Ashley was not during their yard work, while Debbie explained to Ashley about not doing the yard work. One Pavoni family member died from a drug overdose. The Pavoni Family appeared in the reality TV show, The Profit for Simply Slices. Dino and Debbie were seen as being resistant to change. One of the Pavoni children, Derrick, would later compete in the ninth season of American Ninja Warrior.	5 November 2010
The Bledsoe Family	16-year-old Sarah from Anaheim, California and 16-year-old Peyton from Gallatin, Tennessee	Jeff and Maria Bledsoe in Blair, Nebraska[8]	Both teens are the same age. Sarah wears an inappropriate outfit and her makeup but Maria cannot tolerate the dress code in the house. Maria forced Sarah to wear an appropriate outfit and her makeup. Sarah refused to wear her outfit, but Maria does not tolerate Sarah's attitude. Nevertheless, Maria punished Sarah by scooping out the dog poop. Sarah was sleeping on the job during the sweet 16th birthday party, Jeff punished Sarah by picking up the bricks, wood boards, and a pile of sticks and throws them into the weeds, but Sarah had enough. She refused to pick all of them up because of her attitude and her consequences by Jeff. Jeff does not tolerate Sarah's attitude.	12 November 2010
The Moyer Family	16-year-old Sierrah from York, Pennsylvania and 17-year-old Gavin from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Chuck and Tracie Moyer in Camby, Indiana[8]	Both teens were from two different cities in Pennsylvania. Tracie has a "consequence book" she uses on her children. Gavin and Sierrah arrived at the Moyer's family home, Gavin revealed that he found his cigarette in his pocket and lends to Chuck. When Chuck asks Gavin to remove the nose-pierce from his nose, he is forced to remove the nose-pierce by himself. Sierrah said, "Oh, my God" to Tracie, she punished Sierrah by doing push-ups for using vain language. Gavin give up and refused to change his life, he wanted to go home instead. Tracie and her son advise Gavin for taking care to do his chore around the house, Gavin decided to challenge the Moyer's house rules. On day 3, Sierrah took awhile getting ready, and she did her chores effortlessly. Out of Tracie's "consequence book", she had to pick up one dot at a time out of 41 dots hurrying and doing it carefully and meticulously. During the punishment, she tried to evade it by faking an ER situation, but Chuck and Tracie saw that it was straight manipulation.	19 November 2010
The Tilley Family	17-year-old Christine from Quincy, Massachusetts and 17-year-old Jesse from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Eddie and Susan Tilley in North Charleston, South Carolina[8]	When Eddie and Susan confiscated their belongings from Jesse's luggage and Christine's luggage, Eddie found cigarettes and a pornography DVD from Jesse's luggage. Christine had a hard time doing chores, Eddie cannot tolerate Christine's bad attitude. Both teens are the same age.	26 November 2010
The Hughes Family	16-year-old Jacob from Glendale, Arizona and 17-year-old Tyler from Anaheim, California	Pat and Holly Hughes in Christmas, Florida[8]	Jacob got busted for bringing cigarettes from his luggage by Pat and Holly, so Pat punished Jacob by carrying a slosh-pipe to walk around the field. When Tyler and Jacob started digging out the cow manure, Tyler insults Pat and Holly by saying, "Slave worker". Pat and Holly do not appreciate Tyler's attitude. Offended, Pat is tired and he does not tolerate Tyler's backtalk and her attitude, Tyler is punished by carrying a slosh-pipe for two laps because of her offensive attitude. During chores, Jacob and Tyler complained about the garden work, Natalie (one of the host family's children) was eavesdropping, and disrespecting by Tyler and Jacob. Natalie told Holly about Jacob and Tyler's attitude and swearing, she apprehended what they were doing badly. Jacob backtalks Holly, she counts to two and punished Jacob by carrying a slosh-pipe to walk around the field to do two laps for swearing and his negative attitude. Once again, Jacob and Tyler still complaining about the garden work, carrying a slosh-pipe to walk around the field, and disrespecting Holly. Tyler backtalks Holly while Pat just heard Jacob and Tyler's behavior. Pat cannot tolerate Jacob's behavior, he demands Jacob apologize to Holly for what he did. Ultimately, Tyler backtalks and disrespects Pat, he counts to five and punished Tyler by carrying a slosh-pipe to walk around the field to do five laps for swearing and her negative attitude. Pat had enough of Tyler's behavior and asked Tyler to sit on the porch. Pat will not tolerate Jacob's behavior, but Jacob still disrespects Pat again. Pat stern Jacob to sit on a baseball field until he's learned to control his attitude. Finally, Tyler and Jacob have apologized to Pat and Holly afterward. At some point after this episode aired, Pat and Holly got divorced and Pat is now in a relationship with another woman.[9]	3 December 2010
The Illig Family	17-year-old Sebastian from Chatsworth, California and 16-year-old Bekki from Castaic, California	Ken and Mary-Jo Illig in White Bluff, Tennessee[8]	Mary Jo found cigarettes in the room, Bekki admitted that she was bringing cigarettes with her. Ken was upset with Bekki because of her trust issues and dishonesty. Ken punished Bekki by cutting botany filled with red spray paint marked for bringing cigarettes. When Ken told Sebastian to pull his pants up, he refused and ignored the rules. Ken punished Sebastian by making him cutting a botany filled with red spray paint marked for not pulling his pants up. Both teens were from Greater Los Angeles area.	10 December 2010
The Fisher Family	17-year-old Amber from Lakewood, California and 16-year-old Steph from Encinitas, California	Rick and Rose-Mary Fisher in Nashville, Tennessee[8]	Series finale. The second U.S. episode with two girls. Both teens were from two different cities in Southern California. When Amber and Steph arrived at the Fisher's family home, Amber and Steph will follow the "yes sir" rule. Amber, Steph, and the Fisher's children were cleaning up by raking the leaves out of the yard, they broke the "yes sir" rule to Rick. The next day, Rose-Mary and Fisher's children decided to clean chores around the house while Amber is lazy and avoid doing her own chores, but Rose-Mary wants Amber to do some chores. Amber backtalks and disrespects Rose-Mary for doing her chores. Rose-Mary added numerous chores for Amber, but she cursed to Rose-Mary in front of the Fisher's children. Rose-Mary punished Amber by walking around the driveway until she needs to learn her lesson for profanity and her bad attitude. Rick takes Amber, Steph, and the Fisher's children to fix the flooded homes, Amber broke the "yes sir" rule for one time to Rick. Rick punished Amber by running around the traffic cones in the street. Amber had a serious attitude to Rick. Rick does not tolerate Amber's behavior. Once again, Amber broke another "yes sir" rule to Rick, he punished Amber by running around the traffic cones in the street for 6 laps but she refused. Amber had enough because of the "yes sir" rule, and complaining about more punishments by Rick. Eventually, Amber runs around the traffic cones for 6 laps and gives up her negative attitude.	17 December 2010

Australia[]

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Starring	Axle Whitehead
Country of origin	Australia
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	1 hour
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22) – 14 August 2012 (2012-08-14)
External links
Website

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.^[10][11]

The remainder of season three was aired in the middle of 2012.^[12]

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

Season 1 (2009)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jess Hilder and Kyle Sandilands	Jonathan and Cathleen Gibson in Indiana[13]	Debut episode. Reaired 21 April 2013.
2	Baylie Phillips and Jono Denny	Thembile and Portia Bethe in South Africa[13]	Jono got caught by a parent for smoking during the school grounds, while Baylie got herself into detention for leaving the classroom early to go to the canteen. After the show, Jono was arrested for heavy drinking and one of the family members, Thembile, was murdered in a politically motivated shooting in 2009.[14] Portia had flown to Sydney to visit and catch up with Jono and Lyndall (Jono's mum). Reaired 28 April 2013.
3	Emily Cunningham and Harry Clark	John and Mary Coleman (a building company owner and special needs teacher) in Whitechurch, Ireland[13]	On the first day of school, Emily was forced to remove piercings from her face before going which she reluctantly agreed to do so. Harry misbehaved on his first day and had trouble fitting in, in which the parents confiscated his phone and runners. The next day Emily had mentioned nothing about the piercings and was up early to go horse riding with Evelyn. After Harry truanted school, Mary put him in his room for the entire night, then Emily got caught by Mary for hiding alcohol under her mattress. However, as the week progressed, Emily's bond with Evelyn grew fast, one of the five Coleman daughters, and started to help out more with the Coleman's horses. Reaired 2 June 2013. Evelyn had flown to Sydney to visit and catch up with Emily and Leanne (Emily's Mum).
4	Naomi Fisher and Ross Torrie	Mark and Lynn Garnett (a pharmaceutical company worker and part-time teacher) in Alabama[13]	1st British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead.
5	Zaine Edwards and Memphis Fitzgerald	Meng and Ean Chua (a banker and parenting coach) in Singapore[13]	Zaine and Memphis truanted school and went joywalking around Orchard Road, then the teens got grounded. Memphis got caught by Ms Chua for going into her room and taking her house keys attempting to go back to Orchard Road. Reaired 24 December 2020
6	Lucy Dodds and Grant Stevens	Hannes and Alma Moolman in South Africa[13]	5th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead.
7	Charlotte Hart and Sam Northaide	Dave and Sharon Rose (a government driver and homemaker) in Jamaica[13]	2nd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead.
8	Stacey and Micah	Brad and Nise Davies in Tennessee[13]	Nise, the strict mum, who was Miss Tennessee USA 1982 as Nise Levy, competed in Miss USA 1982 and finished as semifinalist (Top 12).
9	Lizzie Pol and Stefan Alvarez	Richard and Vida Adega (a part-time pastor and businesswoman) in Ghana[13]	3rd British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead.
10	Josh Breslin and Charlotte Abrahams	Sanjeev and Meena Sharma in India[13]	4th British episode with narration from Axle Whitehead.

Season 2 (2010)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Bex Keene, 17 and Chezden Dundee, 16	David and Wanda Kimbrough (a preacher and school administrator) in Atlanta, USA[13]	This episode was the 7th British episode aired as an Australian episode with narration from Axle Whitehead The Kimbroughs are a Christian African American family. Bex and Chezden get a scolding from Wanda after ditching Sunday School. Chezden spends a couple hours out of the house for having an angry outburst over David being considered his father. The song that's featured in this episode is "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse. BBC Episode Guide – S02E01
2	Chloe, 16, Brisbane and Christian, 17, Melbourne	Zack and Patty Wirth (ranchers) in Wolf Creek, Montana	Reaired 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 after both teens drank alcohol in the middle of the night.
3	Adriana, 16, Perth and Nathan, 17, Melbourne	Mark and Grace Ironside in Queensland[13]	First episode with the family inside Australia. Reaired 10 June 2013. Adriana and Nathan got caught by Grace for spending time in each other's room with the door closed, then Nathan missed out on his lunch after he refused to do his punishment, then he got in trouble for stealing the family car and Mark called the police but dropped the charges against Nathan afterwards.
4	Thea Hewitt, 16, Nowra, New South Wales and Corie Wojciak, 16, Adelaide	Laval and Jennifer Simons (a special forces soldier and former army nurse) in Port Lavaca, Texas	Corie and Thea were picked up by the police for cutting school and got kicked out of said institution. They were then forced into boot camp which instantly tested Corie's intelligence. Reaired 8 September 2013 and 6 October 2013.
5	Hannah Bentley, 16, Bendigo, Victoria and Dillan Olliver, 16, Adelaide	Andrew and Charnell De Kock (a medical supply business owner and teen counselor) in South Africa	Hannah and Dillan got kicked out of school for smoking and ditching class then Andrew De Kock gave them an ultimatum on either going back to private school or going to a school in the slums of Johannesburg. Reaired 22 September 2013.
6	Aza, 17, Sydney and Troy Davenport, 17, Brisbane	Nathan and Cassandra McDonald (a pastor and music teacher) in Zanesville, Ohio	Reaired 24 March 2013. Cassandra died on 16 November 2017.[15]

Season 3 (2011-12)[]

Episode	Air date	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Wednesday 10 August 2011	Breianna Madgwick, 17 and Chris Lowden, 16	Nicholas and Mpume Myeza in Isipingo, South Africa	At the Isipingo community church, one of the cameramen are shown on the far left when Brei shouted at Nicholas. Mpume consficated Brei's make up and earlier in the episode, grounded Brei because of her behaviour, then she was forced to come back to school by Mrs. Cogan which she agreed to do so. Reaired 8 March 2015 and 15 March 2015.
2	Wednesday 17 August 2011	Brooke Connor and Mark Phillips	Peter and Annika Wallenskog (a part-time homeguard captain and economic analyst) in Sweden[13]	First episode where one of the teens (Mark) had only one kidney. Both teens smoked at school and Mark got punished by losing his room and Annika confiscated Brooke's makeup and Brooke threatened Annika that she would take something of hers. Reaired 22 March 2015.
3	Wednesday 24 August 2011	Liam Stocking and Rylee Carr	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. Reaired November or December 2015 on 7TWO.
4	Wednesday 21 September 2011	Celeste Butler, 16, and Kai Anderson, 16, Sydney	Mark and Becky Lytle (an equine specialist and homemaker) in Marion, North Carolina	Both teens vandalized a cabin for a disabled member of the Lytle family, spray painted a sheep recovering from an illness, threw bouncy balls at Becky Lytle, destroyed the letterbox and the police were called alongside a private security firm. Reaired 5 April 2015.
5	Tuesday 17 July 2012	Euni and Sam	Omar and Kumarie Bachew in Lavantille, Trinidad[13]	Both teens are from Brisbane.
6	Tuesday 24 July 2012	Eva and Gabriel Laklak	Buck and LeaNan Burney in Keystone Heights, Florida	.
7	Tuesday 7 August 2012	Madeleine and Lewis	Nishith and Sangeeta Saxena in India	Both Madeleine and Lewis refused to give up their cigarettes on the first day, and were given an ultimatum by Nishith to either give up the cigarettes or sleep in bed next to the adult sons. Both Madeleine and Lewis gave up their cigarettes but had come up with a plan to steal them back, and successfully did, however, the adult sons later let Sangeeeta know, and after a heated argument between Madeleine and Sangeeta, both teens were sent to work at a labor camp. Reaired 27 December 2015 on 7TWO
8	Tuesday 14 August 2012	George Holt, 18 and Henry Holt, 16	Kenneth and Sylvia Woods (a restaurant owner and real estate agent) in Mount Vernon, New York	First episode where both teens were boys and were also brothers. Henry was grounded after a late-night adventure in which he walked all the way from Mount Vernon to Times Square in the heart of New York City, with the show's camera crew following along for the entire journey. Reaired 27 December 2015 on 7TWO.

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

Turkey[]

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	Turkey
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	1 Hour
Release
Original network	One
Original release	1 October 2010 (2010-10-01) – 11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)
External links
Website

Season 1 (2010)[]

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

Season 2 (2011)[]

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

New Zealand[]

The World's Strictest Parents
Genre	Reality TV
Country of origin	New Zealand
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	1 Hour
Release
Original network	TVNZ
Original release	1 March (2012-03-01) – 5 April 2012 (2012-04-05)
External links
Website

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

Season 1 (2012)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Location
1	Arden Haar and Jasper Hamlet	Bangalore, India
2	Adam Ellington and Britney Gibson	Zanesville, Ohio
3	Riley Beare and Emerald	Wolf Creek, Montana
4	Jack and Carlene	Port Lavaca, Texas

Reception[]

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

Denmark[]

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

Season 1 (2011)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Morten and Anastasia	John and Mary Coleman (a building company owner and special needs teacher) in Ireland[16]
2	Frederik and Karen	Joel and Kim Pattison in Louisiana[16]
3	Morten and Sasha	Ole-Jørgen and Ann Hammeken in Greenland[16]
4	Trine and Kodjo	Michael and Mette Grønbech in Denmark[16]
5	Michelle and Malou	Jørgen and Margit in Denmark[16]	First time with female participants only
6	Henriette and Kim	Henrik and Annette Sørensen in Denmark[16]

Season 2 (2012)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jonas and Ditte	Datnow family in South Africa[16]
2	Dennis and Line	Dieckmann on the Danish island of Taasinge[16]
3	Robin and Natascha	Elgaard Thorsager family in Denmark[16]
4	Frederik and Amalie	Randy and Phebe Gray in Tennessee[16]
5	Michelle and Lennard	Morten and Ida Kristensen in Denmark[16]
6	Simone and Sarah	? Family in the United Kingdom[16]	Second time with female participants only

Germany[]

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

Series 1 (2009)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Sarah and Thomas	Waldner Family in Canada[17]
2	Fabian and Julia	Uwe and Anke Nicolaus family in Namibia[17]
3	Kay and Nicole	Roland and Bernadette Brunner in Switzerland[17]
4	Michael and Jennifer	Dario and Carmen Urbanski in South Africa[17]
5	Anna and Pisei Stephen and Agnes	Toby and Jody Dahl in Montana Thomas and Jamila Friedrich in Morocco[17]
6	Caroline and Vivien	Isaac and Grace Akorli in Ghana[17]
7	Jaqueline and Mandy	Franz and Marie Krämer family in Patagonia[17]
8	Dustin and Jeffrey	Olger and Tania Tejada in Peru[17]
9	Anna and Michael	Dario and Carmen Urbanski in South Africa[17]
10	Recap of all families
11	Lilli and Stanislav	Fedja and Ludmilla Fedorenko in Siberia[17]
12	Yvonne and Michel	Ianis and Ioanna Liebich in Greece[17]
13	Louis and Sarah	Roland and Edith Krämer in Germany[17]
14	Justin and Nadine	Reimhard and Michelle Stemmann in Teneriffa[17]

Series 2 (2010)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jenny and Dennis	Jotty Auala and Calista Tjazerua family in Namibia[17]
2	Michaela and Tino	Dumitru and Lucretia Carloanta in Romania[17]
3	Dominic and Alicia	Vasyl and Vasylina Maksymyuk in Ukraine[17]
4	Robin and Vivien	Uli and Jean Lengenberg in Seattle[17]
5	Vivien and Marcel	John Blackwell and Christina Spence in New Zealand[17]
6	Michele and Daria	Bishow and Indira Pokarel in Nepal[17]
7	Aylin and Markus	Ole Sairua, Nasali and Noretit in Kenya[17]
8	Soner and Laura	Philip and Mira Ross in Finland[17]
9	Shiva and Nico	Michael and Sabine Wesseln in Spain[17]
10	Anna and Laura	Dahl family in Montana[17]

Series 3 (2011)[]

Episode	Teenagers	Family	Notes
1	Jessika and Basti	Bernard and Adele Dieme in Senegal[17]
2	Laura and Marlon	Shanker-Lal and Poonam Bishnoi in India[17]
3	Antonia and Max	Elias and Andrea Machaca in Peru[17]
4	Dominik and Kalica	Mehmet and Kezban Erdal in Turkey[17]
5	Michele and Daria	Bishow and Indira Pokarel in Nepal[17]
6	Samer and Dana	Laklak and Dhwarwar Marika in Australia[17]
7	Sascha and Janine	Mikhail and Marina Miguras in Siberia[17]
8	Dennis and Michelle	Haru and Shitaye Muluneh in Ethiopia[17]
9	Dennis and Janet	Chucka and Tserendolgor Bozjigon in Mongolia[17]
10	Maurice and Angelina	Aderno, Jandaia, Nitinaua and Nayara Pataxó in Brazil[17]
11	Danny and Jasmin	Julius and Kristin Lundberg in Iceland[17]
12	Marta and Fabian	Laurant and Maari Botrasoa in Madagascar[17]
13	Timmy and Anne	Emerson and Andrea Lopes in Cape Verde[17]

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.

References[]

Related shows[]

• Teen Trouble
• Beyond Scared Straight
• The Principal's Office
• Sleeping with the Family

External links[]

• The World's Strictest Parents at BBC Online
• About the show on the homepage of TwentyTwenty television
• World Strictest parents, Country Music Television
• Ross survived with the world's strictest parents, Echo News, 1 September 2008
• List of all cars used in the show (Currently still adding cars)