The World’s Strictest Parents – the show that takes some of Britain’s most obnoxious, materialistic, drug using, education shunning, drink fuelled hedonistic British teenagers abroad, to give them a dose of good old fashioned, traditional parenting, returns to BBC Three.
Hot off the back of the International EMMY Committee honoring the format with a 2011 nomination for Best Non Scripted Entertainment, the new series begins on Thursday 3rd November at 9pm.
This season takes its best mix of British teens yet to stay with strict parents in six new destinations. From a self made advertising executive in Argentina to a Muslim family in Turkey, and pair of gay mums in South Africa to a first generation Chinese American ‘Tiger Mother’, the parents in this series are as determined as ever to change the ways of these lost British teens.
And what teens they are! One of the twelve kids this year is Hamzah. A British born son of a Pakistani family , he is struggling to walk the line between his contemporary experiences of Britain and the traditional views of his family. He stays with a pair of mums in South Africa, the first Lesbian couple to adopt children in that country. They challenge his confusion and negativity and teach him the value of family ties and working hard for the future.
Meanwhile, another teen in need came in the form of Bryony. She suffers from ADHD, and the anger and frustration generated by her condition is leading her down a destructive spiral of school exclusions and family conflict. In Argentina, the Bustamante family's approach to life starts to give her a new perspective on her condition, and how she might be able to live with it.
In Seattle the deeply religious Smith Irwin family got to grips with hopeless teen Dad, Connor. Though his son is eight months old Connor has only seen him a handful of times and preferred to spend his time and money on marijuana. But staying with the Smith Irwins, whose motto is WWJD (what would Jesus do), Connor opened his eyes to the joys of fatherhood and quit his drug habit.