Twenty Twenty Television are planning to come to India  to make a television programme for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) called ‘World’s Strictest Parents’.  This programme is part of the third series of a very successful factual entertainment series for the BBC on teenagers, parenting and discipline. In each one-hour programme, two British teenagers (usually aged 16) are sent to live with one family abroad and attend their children's school and church; to experience life in another country under their authority. In the last series, the BBC sent teenagers from the UK to live with role model families all over the world, from Jamaica to America, and Ghana to South Africa.  We’ve actually made two episodes in the past – one in Jaipur in the first series and one in Pune in the last series.

We are now looking for conservative, educated, disciplined and loving host families in India – and would very much like to focus on Delhi this time. The right family would need to be willing to accommodate both the British teenagers for one week and instil in them the values and morality they demand of their own children. The British teens would be expected to attend school, complete homework assignments, help with household chores and join in the activities of the household; they will not be guests in the house but new members of the family. The host family needs to have teenagers of their own aged between 13 - 18 years, and both of the parents would need to speak English. 

The first and second series were a huge success as both the host families and British teenagers found the experience extremely rewarding - some even found it life changing. Parenting is a difficult job and opinions on the best way to do it differ wildly - we think this series gets to the heart of this important and topical issue and allows us to explore different parenting techniques and family values around the world.