Series synopsis
Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents is a British documentary reality television series that premiered on BBC Three on January 4, 2011. It ended on July 7, 2015. It stars Russell Tovey.
Teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who are secretly watching everything that unfolds.
Premise
Teenagers take their first summer holiday abroad without their parents, who are secretly watching everything that unfolds.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Russell Tovey as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | June 23, 2015 | June 23, 2015 |
| Season 1 | 7 | January 4, 2011 | February 10, 2011 |
| Season 2 | 7 | January 25, 2012 | March 7, 2012 |
| Season 3 | 8 | January 8, 2013 | February 26, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 7 | January 13, 2014 | February 23, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 2 | June 30, 2015 | July 7, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Freshers, Sex & Suspicious Parents: Cleo and Joe Nineteen-year-old Cleo has had a Christian upbringing in Bedford with single mum Charity. Now Cleo's off to uni in Sheffield with her best friend Rose and it seems there are a few secrets she keeps from her strict mum. Namely, boys. Charity's hoping her daughter can stay true to her upbringing when she's away from the family home, so she's spying on Cleo's first week at uni. Eighteen-year-old Joe from Northumberland is also going to Sheffield to study history. Joe is mollycoddled by his mum and dad, who get tears in their eyes just thinking about their first child leaving home. They're convinced he can't even boil an egg without their help, so they want to see for themselves how he really copes on his own. |
June 23, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Malia In Malia, Joe and his pals get up to all sorts and Millie lets loose with her girlfriends. |
January 4, 2011 |
| 2 |
Ibiza In Ibiza, Rob escapes for a pre-university blowout and Hollie starts attracting the lads. |
January 11, 2011 |
| 3 |
Ayia Napa Ladies man David and rugby lad Greg party hard with their mates in Ayia Napa. |
January 18, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kos Two teens from very different backgrounds head to the party island of Kos. 18-year-old Sophie from Sussex is leaving behind her strict Jehovah's Witness parents for her first holiday without them, while in Kent 19-year-old exhibitionist and mummy's boy Ronnie is also looking forward to the freedom of his first lads' holiday. |
January 25, 2012 |
| 2 |
Malia Kent lad Andy and Lancashire wild child Adina holiday in the party town of Malia. |
February 1, 2012 |
| 3 |
Kavos Asher's group fight with fire extinguishers and Charlie's group ends up in the hospital. |
February 8, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Magaluf Jemma from Burnley and Ashley from Cardiff head to Mallorca for a no-holds-barred holiday in Magaluf. |
January 8, 2013 |
| 2 |
Malia A 19-year-old fitness fanatic and an 18-year-old trave to the party resort of Malia for a holiday with friends, unaware that their parents are watching everything that they get up to. |
January 15, 2013 |
| 3 |
Zante An 18-year-old from Norwich and a 19-year-old from Southend travel to Zante for a holiday with friends, unaware that their parents are watching everything that they get up to. |
January 22, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Koh Samui It is buckets of booze, ladyboys, pole-dancers and 'tactical vomiting' for two very different groups of mates on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand's original party destination. |
January 13, 2014 |
| 2 |
Koh Phangan (1) Unsuspecting young people fly over 6,000 miles away from home for the holiday of a lifetime in Thailand, little knowing that their parents will be following them and watching their every move. It's a baptism of fire for our kids as they fly long haul to the Thai island of Koh Phangan, famous for its wild full-moon parties. |
January 21, 2014 |
| 3 |
Koh Phangan (2) Unsuspecting young people fly over 6,000 miles away from home for the holiday of a lifetime in Thailand, little knowing that their parents will be following them and watching their every move. Two groups of boys join the 25,000 party goers that head to Koh Phangan's famous Full Moon Party. |
January 28, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bulgaria Our unsuspecting young people head to Sunny Beach, Bulgaria's most popular resort, where thousands of teenagers party hard each year. Little do they know that their parents will be following them, watching their every move. |
June 30, 2015 |
| 2 |
Malia Two twentysomethings head to Malia, on the Greek island of Crete, where thousands of Brits flock to party all night long. |
July 7, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC Three |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 4, 2011 |
| Last aired | July 7, 2015 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 21:00:00 |