After the Holiday Snow, Sex & Suspicious Parents

This programme contains some strong language

Six young people gathered their mates

and headed to the ski and party capitals of Europe

to join the action on the slopes and off it.

CHEERING

SHE SINGS LOUDLY

Where's the girls? Get the girls.

But on these trips there were a few uninvited guests.

SHE GASPS

Hope he's got his helmet on.

Their parents, who were secretly watching everything.

-No.

-Half a bottle.

Unbeknown to these ski bunnies,

Mum and Dad saw every snog,

every stack...

..and every shot.

I hope that has not been the tale of previous holidays.

Now the holiday is over.

We're reuniting our young skiers...

How are you?

..and their snooping parents...

-I'm not angry.

-I'm disappointed.

..to see how the experience has changed their relationships.

This is hard.

Maybe now it's time to spend some more time with the boy.

Mum is now a friend of mine on Facebook.

And for the first time ever,

we turn the tables and let the kids spy on Mum and Dad.

Oh, my God, that's three.

Oh, he's a quick mover, isn't he?

Tonight, we'll be looking back at a season of hard skiing.

And even harder partying.

Our six ski wannabes and their mates descended upon

the Alpine resorts of Val d'Isere and Tignes.

Now back home in England we gave them the chance to see

their parents' Alpine activities before they were broadcast.

They may be Oliver's.

I wouldn't want to pick them up.

And that's mine!

And it's the kids' chance to discuss what they've

seen for the first time.

You was doing shots.

Val d'Isere is the winter hotspot for serious young skiers.

And serious young ravers.

Known for its wild nightlife and apres ski, alcohol and skiing

go hand-in-hand as ski resort workers know only too well.

The finest thing I've

seen this season is a girl shout across the road, drunk as hell,

"I shags you, I buys you chips, what more do you want?"

A lot of people tend to get drunk and then

flash the flesh, definitely.

They probably regret it

when they have a frostbitten willy in the morning.

And about half past eight on a February morning

there's a guy sat on the main lift queues completely naked...

frying himself an egg for his breakfast..

I shat myself having a piss once.

That was about three weeks ago.

There are a few people who play drinking games,

but mainly the game is drinking and that's it.

And coming into those games were

a hedonistic gang of Newcastle students.

And the resort was about to meet its match.

THEY SING INDISTINCTLY

The friends are all part of uni snow sports societies

and have regular raucous ski holidays.

I don't really know what happened.

This isn't good.

As a group we generally like to take our clothes off in clubs,

um, like to drinks lots.

This trip, though, would be different,

as two of their mums were secretly spying.

If only they knew.

21-year-old Jake is the group's ringleader.

When I'm out, my friends would probably describe me

as an instigator.

I'm the person that tries to make sure everyone else is having fun.

His nurse mum Libby frets about his uni lifestyle.

Jake, don't be drinking to excess so that you're puking and stuff

cos that's quite gross.

-All right, I'll speak to you later.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Hope he still loves me afterwards.

Muscle-bound Ollie was raised by doting single mum, Fiona,

who has no idea what he gets up to now he's left home.

The reason he doesn't like me to see anything on his Facebook

is because I think an awful lot of it is to do with drinking.

-Bye, Mum.

-See you.

Ollie, Jake and their gang bought the party to the Alps.

We've already spent more money on booze than food,

but that was always going to happen, wasn't it?

And the boys' mums weren't far behind.

Hi, I'm Fiona, nice to meet you.

-Hi, I'm Libby.

-Hello, Libby, I'm Margaret.

-Hi.

Before their behaviour was broadcast to the nation

the roles were reversed,

as Jake and Ollie get to spy on their families'

reactions to their trip.

Oh, I hope I haven't been too much of a dick.

For the snooping parents

the group's first night made memorable viewing.

-I

-am Spartacus.

-No,

-I

-am Spartacus.

-No,

-I

-am Spartacus.

Come on, girl, oh!

Put me down.

CHEERING

Mate, there's pasta everywhere!

It seems to be all about, you know, drinking as much as you can

and as fast as you can.

To get as wasted as you can.

To get as wasted as you can.

Oh, no, I don't like that.

There was no sick in it, there was no mayonnaise.

I hate mayonnaise, no ketchup. Like, it was just like...

nice alcohol.

-There was a hell of a lot of alcohol in that bowl, wasn't there?

-Hm.

I'm sure she drinks cocktails. Sorry, I'm getting angry.

CHEERING

Look at her face.

He doesn't look well, Jake.

I'm going to have bloods done on him when he gets back.

She's such a nurse.

You're going to have what?

Have his bloods taken.

To see what he's doing to his body.

"I'm going to have his bloods taken." Has she?

No. She suggested it.

She does worry being a nurse and seeing people come in

like they do, like drink too much.

Yeah, she seemed genuinely quite concerned,

so maybe it's something we should think about.

Not until the next holiday.

Yes, after the next holiday.

Drinking and skiing is a dangerous mix.

And Brits abroad are well known for their antics under the influence.

WHOOPING AND CHEERING

This Scottish guy, after clubbing, he went,

he just climb on a lift pylon

and he jump on a chair

and sleep there, and we have to ask

for the Fire Brigade to take him down.

I think 90% of the Brits that I meet are crazy.

We know them to be heavy drinkers.

Alcohol makes nice people into pillocks, really.

I actually hate Brits abroad.

Er, I've lived here for ten years

and I can't stand a lot of people who come out here.

Absolutely, the Brits drink a lot more than any other nationality.

We're proud of it, aren't we?

By the time you're having a pint of vodka in the morning,

it's not easy to manage.

Cheers!

And party-mad students

Jake and Ollie lived up to the Brits' reputation of skiing...

MAN: Yeeesssss!

..and drinking,

as Ollie celebrated his 21st birthday on the slopes.

MUSIC POUNDS

Yes! Champagne.

Oh, my glory.

No wonder they like going there.

Aren't they jealous they're not there!

I am having the best, best time of my life ever.

Mum Fiona and gran Margaret got to see more of Ollie

and his friends than they might have expected.

Oh, he's not?

He will, I bet he does.

ALL EXCLAIM AND LAUGH

What's she doing?

# There were six naked people on the bus, on the bus

# There were six naked people on the bus, on the bus

# There were six naked people six naked people

# Six naked people on the bus. #

Fuck me!

He went one, two and then walked

and then the boot went.

The hotelier wasn't very happy.

I wouldn't expect Oliver to go round trashing other people's properties.

That's not the way I've brought him up.

And the group's drunken behaviour also proved

a real shock for Jake's nurse mum Libby.

I don't think anyone really understands the medical implications

to the amount of drinking that everybody is doing, and the effects.

But I would like Jacob to take on board

a little bit more seriously where it can end up.

MUSIC POUNDS

I don't think I was naive before coming out,

but on reflection I think I probably have been quite naive.

I think she's feeling sometimes that she hasn't brought...

Jake up properly.

Yeah.

Aw!

Why hasn't she?

Hearing Mum say that she doesn't think she's brought me up properly

is quite upsetting cos...

She was nearly...she had tears.

I know, there's nothing more Mum could have done. She's been...

-There's been so much she's done.

-Yeah.

She's done no wrong by me at all.

So it's upsetting that she thinks she has done.

I wouldn't change my mum for the world or anything that she's done.

I wouldn't change any of it.

I'm glad I've seen how much he drinks

because now it is, it's something we can talk about together.

Rather than me being a nag, I can be more realistic about it.

But Jake's capacity for booze wasn't the only thing his mum

learned about him on the trip.

-Yeah.

-I think there is potential for me saying

-I've tried uni, I've enjoyed it, I've made my mark.

-Yeah.

I would now like to go and get a job without a degree...

Oh, that's such a relief to hear.

..if I was being paid, and apologise to my dad and my mum and my...

He doesn't need to apologise to me.

It was quite emotional for me to hear him say that

because that was just totally not expected.

I was hammered at the time.

-So you're not upset or...?

-No.

-No.

Not at all. As long as he's not lounging around cos I wouldn't...

I wouldn't put up with that.

And he has been put under pressure, not by me, to get a degree.

I don't have a definite plan about uni.

And when she was saying she thinks I'm being put under pressure to do the course, I haven't.

My parents would be happy whatever I do.

-Hm.

-So that's not true. So I need to tell her that.

I think the future for Jake is, he needs to take things slowly,

he needs to take opportunities as they come.

There are things he needs to work at and little plans he has to make,

because opportunities aren't going to come knocking on your door.

My plan at the moment is to have a plan, so I've got, like, four

weeks to sort of make a decision on if I'm going to stay on at uni next

year, er, and if I'm not staying on then to find something else to do.

So cold. So cold.

Snooping on their sons' ski trip brought these students' mums

plenty of surprises.

It's me next.

It's dead exciting. I'm like... pooing my pants.

LAUGHTER

I have to admit it was brilliant.

It was naughty.

And sometimes it's nice to be naughty.

If only they knew.

But one particular spy mission will live long in all their memories.

Let's go, quick.

I'm not looking forward to this, I'm not looking forward to this.

Nothing could have prepared Libby

and Fiona for what they found in Jake and Ollie's chalets.

Oh, God.

Oh, are they Oliver's? I think they may be Oliver's.

I wouldn't want to pick them up.

Put them back where you found them.

Oh, for God's sake, it's dire, isn't it?

It's not dire, there's two plates on the table.

Are they using the dishwasher?

No.

No.

Yeah, but they're like 80, I don't want to live like that.

THEY GASP

She definitely thinks they're for something...

There's some bondage going on in here.

Oh, it stinks, doesn't it?

Oh, what's that? It looks like a Durex.

Oh, Fiona.

TLC Lube.

That's naughty.

That is naughty.

I went in his wallet and found a packet of lube.

Um, which...

Oh, dear.

That is not on.

Oh, God, I'll tell you what, he's well set up, isn't he?

Yeah, well, that is not on.

No, it's bad, think about it,

she's found my boxers and she's picked them up.

-Katherine's handcuffs, Katherine's moustache.

-Oh, I forgot about that.

What, the handcuffs? They do not go well together, do they?

I think the lube story will definitely be something

that'll get brought up at my wedding in the future, something

I'm going to have to tell the kids and my granny will tell my kids,

and I don't think it'll be... I don't think it'll get off lightly.

-I think he was slightly embarrassed, Oliver.

-I think he was.

-Hm.

-Ever so slightly.

-Yeah.

I'm more disappointed that she did that, rather than angry, I guess.

-I'm not angry.

-I'm disappointed.

This wasn't the only awkward moment for Ollie's mum and gran.

Oh, he's nibbling her ear and her neck.

They also caught him

getting intimate with fellow student Katherine.

Oh, no, that's creepy.

-Oh he's looking at her very adoringly, isn't he?

-He is.

The me and Katherine thing.

I don't know if there's anything going to happen between him

and Katherine, you know. I mean I know they had a bit of a...

a kiss in the nightclub there.

That's typical Oliver. He doesn't want to get involved.

He likes the girls.

-Yeah.

-But he's not, beyond that I'm not sure.

What is so funny?

Your gran, spot on.

Katherine's a really nice girl,

got to know her quite well on the holiday.

Me and her got quite close and that's quite nice.

Katherine was gorgeous and I wouldn't blame Oliver for...

how shall I put it?

The relationship's blossoming.

With their alpine adventures over, there was one big surprise

waiting at the end of Jake and Ollie's holiday...

There we go, it's...

OLIVER!

I've been watching you all week.

..as the snooping relatives revealed themselves.

Now everybody has watched what everybody's done...

TLC Lube.

Hiya.

..they're being reunited for the first time to be honest

about what they've seen.

I kind of feel like you've been partying for quite a few years now.

No, it's not a constant thing. It's just

on select holidays.

Yeah. You know, you're 22 this year.

Jake has got to know what is

and what isn't acceptable or appropriate.

So I've stopped being a bit of a nag and getting on at him.

What I'm going to try and do more of is be a support.

I think there is potential for me saying,

-I've tried uni, I've enjoyed it, I've made my mark.

-Yeah.

I would now like to go and get a job.

You said you thought I was under pressure to stay at uni.

Which I'm not. No-one's put me under pressure

to get a degree or anything.

You said you didn't want me or your dad to be pissed off with you.

Not at wasting time, not doing the degree,

like pissed off at the fact that

I didn't want you thinking I was just there for...for the heck of it.

-Mm-hm.

-I went there with the right intentions.

If you, you know, don't decide to go back next year or you can't

go back cos you've not passed your year,

what you need to be doing is, you do still need a goal

because you can quite easily just sort of end up not doing anything.

I know whatever I choose to do

you're going to be supporting me whatever I choose.

And I love you.

I love you too.

Student Ollie likes to keep his family in the dark

about his uni lifestyle.

Now his mum and gran have seen his boozy escapades for themselves.

Have you got over your holiday?

Um, yeah, have you got over what you saw?

Well, now, there's a question.

We were genuinely concerned about the amount that...

The amount of alcohol, not you drinking, the amount that you drink.

What was in the bowl that you were drinking?

It just had a bit of vodka, a bit of rum, a bit of beer,

wine with some other spirit.

But you need to try it cos it was really nice.

Had you ever really stopped to think about how much you were drinking

or were you just doing it because it's what everybody does and...?

Yeah, I mean I have stopped and thought about how much we drink,

but it is, it is the norm for people at uni.

My mum was most angry about how we drink. I've explained to her

that I'm going to sort of review that and kind of cut down on

how much I drink and she's really happy with my decision for that.

So that's really good.

I've thought about things a lot since we came back off this holiday.

And I think if anything, it's perhaps made our relationship

even better because you can be more open with me, you know. I mean

for example, you know you have me as your friend on Facebook now.

Since coming back from the holiday,

I think Oliver and I's relationship has been better.

I think that Oliver feels he can confide in me a lot more.

Mum is now a friend of mine on Facebook.

She's thrilled with this and I just don't understand why it means so much to her.

If I see something on Facebook I feel now that I can

chat to you about it, and it gives us something else to talk about.

She doesn't know that I've actually changed

some of the settings on my privacy,

so that she can't see certain pictures

that get put up by certain friends.

And she can't see certain statuses, so that's all right.

Val d'Isere was also the destination of choice

for confident South Londoner, Chase...

..who'd never set foot on the slopes before.

I reckon I'll be good - why not?

I play literally football, rugby, basketball -

skiing, it's just a different sport.

One of four siblings,

the budding model was full of confidence,

but he did have one concern.

I am a risk taker, but when it comes to injuring my face,

I'm not taking that risk.

When you're good-looking, you don't want to injure your face.

Basically, I got a couple of nicknames in Croydon.

Either Yummy Yummy Chocolate Man or Fresh Prince Of Croydon.

The Fresh Prince Of Croydon thought he was headed for freedom

on his first ever lads' holiday.

But his strict single mum, Sharon, had just one thing on her mind.

What about your condoms?

Er, I...I'm...I'm a Catholic. Sex after marriage innit?

I do not have a clue about Chase's sex life.

So far, so good - I'm not a grandma yet.

All right, Mum, see you, I'm off now.

See you, Chase. See you on the slopes, bye.

Also heading for the slopes with his mates

was skiing first-timer, 20-year-old metrosexual Ben.

I'd say looks are important to me. I like to look after myself.

Hurry up, Ben, I need a shit, you've been in there ages.

I won't be long, I'm getting ready, I'm doing my hair.

The PA lives at home with dad James and his partner Kelly, in Dover.

But his head is in the stars.

I think I'm a bit obsessed with celebrities.

I don't know why, I just love their whole lifestyle.

I think about them - they just all seem so perfect.

Joey Essex is a personal favourite.

Unlike most young lads headed to the Alps,

Ben has no intention of hitting the ale.

I think one of the reasons why I don't drink

is because I want to look my best.

I was overweight when I was younger.

I didn't think that people had a good opinion, being overweight

and just not being, er...very sociable and stuff.

And dad James wanted to check his teetotal son

is living life to the full.

He should have fun while he's young. He should have a drink,

have a laugh with his mates.

Just have a good time.

Bye.

Enjoy yourself, have fun.

See you sooner than you think and we'll be watching every move.

The boys and their mates touch down in the Alps.

Yes! Nice sun. It ain't like England.

We're here then, boys -

the sun's shining, time to have some fun.

Unaware that Chase's mum Sharon, her friend Marie...

I'm Chase's mum.

..Ben's dad James and his partner Kelly

were following behind.

Hello.

Cocksure Chase couldn't wait to hit the slopes hard.

But being a novice skier, he didn't leave the Alps unscathed.

The first day of skiing, like, literally saw the slope

and I was just like..."This is easy, like, it looks so flat."

THEY GROAN

Now back at home, it's Chase and Ben's turn

to spy on their parents spying on them.

Look at the skis.

-He doesn't know what he's doing

-No.

See? He doesn't...he hasn't got a clue.

I ripped my bloody trousers. Look - it's a massive gash, man.

-Chase, Chase, Chase, Chase.

-Oh, oh, oh.

-Oh!

THEY LAUGH

How did I do that?

Despite being an accident-prone beginner...

THEY GASP

..Chase didn't bother with a helmet.

No, I'm not happy with this now, with no hat.

I reckon Chase will..."Well, I don't want no-one

"to see me as a beginner."

And that's why he never wore the helmet.

Didn't want to ruin my hair, really.

Like, I'd had a nice fade from the barber,

so I didn't really want to disappoint the fade.

Inevitably, Chase's gung-ho spirits came back to haunt him.

Today, I've ruined my neck,

like, I can't even move it all the way round...oh!

Yeah, I can't even move it all the way round,

and it's made me think, like, never, never, ever give it chat

unless you can do it.

He realised he's a know-it-all

and he's gotta...you know, it's time to tone it down from that,

cos you don't know everything.

That's something I've always said - I don't know everything.

So has Chase learnt his lesson?

I know for a fact I probably will be cocky next time,

because I've had the experience.

I just need to learn how to stop, cos I cannot stop.

Metrosexual Ben was also a first-time skier.

Oh, he's got no hat.

He's got a woolly hat. He can't even stand up.

THEY LAUGH

Oh, God...

ON VIDEO: I can't get up...!

Ben wasn't concerned about safety equipment either.

Erm, Dad said to me, before I went, he wanted me to wear a helmet,

because obviously, heads are important.

I don't know about this helmet malarkey,

I spent an hour getting ready, doing my hair,

and now I've put a hat on, like...total waste of time.

At least he's sensible.

-Are you two getting helmets?

-No.

-You're not?

-No.

-Well, neither am I, then.

-Yeah, you are.

-No, I'm not.

-You are.

-That's coming off. That's coming off.

Oh, no!

Injury prone first-timers like Ben and Chase

are everywhere on the slopes.

And the resort workers can spot them a mile off.

I think you can tell a first-time skier or snowboarder

generally by their clothes.

You know, with beginners, there's no idea about the mountains.

The most common injury that I've seen in the season

have been knee injuries, and that's, uh...both from skiing

and from drunk people falling in the streets.

Eight broken ribs. Er, detached lung.

Someone had a fractured penis once.

Twisted and torn ligaments, broken ankles, broken legs.

The worst injury I've ever seen is probably my mate Frenchie,

who smashed his head on a rock doing some silly jump,

and they, when they were in hospital, they had to peel his face

off to get to the back of his er, to get to his bones behind his skin.

People have some pretty bad sunburn.

I've got a little bit of bad sunburn on my head.

It gets pretty bad. Use sunscreen.

Ben's vanity meant he shunned the helmet,

but having spent a week with his mates up the mountains,

he's realised there's more to life than maintaining your image.

Worst sunburn ever.

I look like a cherry tomato.

I'm just going to...

-All you need is a green wig and you'll be a fucking Oompa Loompa.

-I know.

'Getting the sunburn, although it was bad for your skin'

and stuff like that,

it probably learnt me a lesson like, because I knew that I couldn't do

anything to improve that situation other than take medication.

Erm, I didn't bother with my hair cos I knew it weren't going to

make me look any better when I had a sunburnt face.

I think Ben's changed since the holiday, he's not so worried

about his looks now as what he was before he went on holiday.

I mean he used to spend ages and ages in front of the mirror,

-but just on his hair, didn't he?

-Just, just literally on his hair.

Now, when I'm at home, like if I'm only popping to the shop

or anything, I won't worry about doing my hair.

Like before, I'd make sure I was properly ready before I even

went out in my car.

-I think he's definitely opened his eyes up and...

-Yeah.

-..and changed the way, the way he feels, isn't it?

-Yep.

Ben might have let go of his vanity,

but he was determined to make this holiday one he'd never forget.

One of Dad's last words to me was that, er, I wasn't to get a tattoo.

Erm, he said that he'd kick me out of the house.

Erm, I hope that he's joking.

Yeah, no tattoos, that's...

Yeah, but I don't think there's any fear of that out here so that's good.

I'm not going to cry.

No. Tattoo shop.

Did you get a tattoo?

I made up the words.

I want to get that tattooed on my wrist now. OK.

On his wrist. What a dick.

Welt.

-I wished he'd looked it up first.

-Yeah.

What does that mean?

It means, amazing, good.

I made it up,

but it does actually have a meaning which I found out once we got home.

I'm not going...

In Scottish, it means penis, erm, and also it's some kind of skin

disease as well, so which is a bit, er...

So, yeah, I just creased up when I found out.

It can be the bottom of a shoe.

Or it's like some massive lump that you can get on your skin

that you can never get rid of.

Well, Welt's my own word, or what I thought was my own word.

It means, like, amazing, good, or, like, anything positive.

-Welt?

-Welt.

-Welt.

-It's welt.

-It's welt. What...?!

-This whole thing's welt.

A T-shirt could be welt or food could be welt.

Or just everything could be welt, so I'm hoping that all my friends

have started using it and I'll keep using it.

And to have it on his wrist as well where he's going to be,

everyone at work can see it, and, yeah, really disappointed in that.

-Now you are a man.

-It looks really good. I really like it.

I feel like a man, I didn't cry.

His disapproving dad might never consider Ben's body art to be welt

but since they've got home, he's come to terms with the tat.

He's a growing lad, nearly a man, erm,

and made his own decision and he's the one that's gotta stick by it.

Welt's not caught on yet, but I'm hoping it will.

The apres ski nightlife is high on the agenda for any young skier.

But it was one thing Chase's mum, Sharon, wasn't looking forward to.

I wouldn't like to see Chase paralytic drunk.

No.

He's really not going to down the whole bottle?

Huh!

-No.

-No.

-No.

Half a bottle.

On his first night, Chase also hit the spirits.

Oh, my goodness.

He was putting it down my throat yeah, er, er, and there was

-a bit more. I was like ergh.

-HE FEIGNS CHOKING

No.

No way.

Oh, mate, I gagged in the morning after that, man.

Next, Chase hit on the girls using that old chestnut -

pretending to be famous.

Rizzle Kicks, nice to meet you.

Rizzle Kicks, quality.

Yeah, hi, I want to hug Rizzle.

Basically, like, I always get called Rizzle Kicks wherever I go,

like if I'm in Croydon, "Rizzle Kicks, Rizzle Kicks."

I'm like, "Yeah, mate, have a look."

Claiming to be a chart-topping rapper,

did it just get Chase attention and free drinks?

When they told me to perform on stage cos I said

I was Rizzle Kicks like, I was just like, "No!"

# Listen, I'm not an MP3... #

THEY LAUGH

And I just started saying these dead bars like,

some things that didn't even rhyme,

I think I just made up my own language.

# He's got a... #

INCOHERENT

Reno, Reno, Reno, Reno...

Sadly, the fake famous rapper soon fell victim to

the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

-Walk in.

-No, we can't, it's closed.

Oh, no way.

Back home, sober and upright, Chase has no regrets.

..these two beautiful people...

It was my first night, I went out, drank, drank...

-Yeah, and drank more.

-And drank more.

But the boys weren't the only ones enjoying the apres ski

in the resorts.

Is that four? My mum don't drink.

-Cheers.

-Ready to down, who's going to down this?

All in one, ready?

Another one?

Oh, my God!

And my mum's having a go at ME about drinking!

They've drunk more drunk... drinks than me!

-Oh, my God.

-That's three.

# Get down on it... #

Was that fun?

THEY GIGGLE HYSTERICALLY

And it seems that a cocktail of high altitude and shots

were a little too much for Sharon and Marie.

Oh, my days.

I've never seen her cracking, cracking up like that.

I had so much fun.

SHE LAUGHS

Oh, my gosh, I'm cringing. My mum don't drink, innit?

-Oh, my God.

-Oh, my God.

I feel like a hypocrite, I feel like a hypocrite.

Yes.

Meanwhile, body-conscious Ben

didn't share the parents', Chase's or his mates' interest in booze.

-I've had two drinks, a Diet Coke and a water.

-Oh!

I'm pretty sure they're drinking, so that's the main thing.

I don't know, I am a bit jealous of the fun they're having

getting a drink straight down and drinking competitions,

-seeing who can beat each other.

-Well, it's good he hasn't had a drink,

but I think he would relax if he had a drink

and mixed in with the lads a bit better.

-Did you not drink the whole of the holiday, then?

-I had one beer

and one glass of champagne.

But I hadn't drunk for 125 days or something before.

-Phew!

-I've done some stupid things when I've been drinking.

-Oh!

-And like, the lads' holidays were just crazy.

SHE GASPS

When you see him sitting back when the others are up enjoying themselves...

You'd like to see him up there with them, with the rest of them.

I wasn't bored on the holiday,

but when it gets to three or four in the morning,

then I certainly struggled.

Single and sober,

Ben also ignored his mates' demands that he go on the pull.

That girl tried to chat to Ben and he told her to fuck...

-What one?

-This one right here.

Fuck off!

LAUGHTER

He needs to man up a bit, talk to some girls.

If you ain't drinking, you're not going to enjoy as much.

Before the trip, Ben and single dad James

didn't have a classic father/son relationship.

At home we have no ground rules at all, erm,

basically he can come and go as he pleases and drink if he wants.

Spying on Ben opened up James's eyes to problems he'd missed.

I've never had the confidence to go and speak to new people.

Erm, probably with the whole confidence thing of being overweight,

erm, not really enjoying myself as a teenager,

so it's difficult but hopefully now I'm coming to a point where

I can try and get over that.

What about your dad? And do your family know?

Erm...

This is hard.

Do you mind if I...

Me and dad wasn't that close at all, like, we had a relationship

but it was more like friends rather than father and son.

It's heartbreaking to hear Ben sit and talk,

obviously it's something we don't do at home.

There's several things he said this week which makes me feel

as if I've failed in certain ways,

-even though other people think I haven't.

-No.

Oh, that's made me feel really bad

to like, to hear dad say that he thinks he's let me down.

Like, definitely hasn't let me down,

just, I don't think I could have talked to him anyway at some points.

Like, you need that time on your own.

That was hard, seeing that.

Since returning, both Ben and James have been taking positive steps

to improve their communication.

I think we've learnt that we need to talk more,

and we need to try and find something to do,

whether it's, I don't know, fishing or...

We have talked about a couple of things we want to do.

Since I've got back, I feel a lot more confident in myself.

Me and dad get on more, do more together,

like, we've done nothing before.

So that's, like, the one positive thing.

But my sunburn looked well bad.

You was crisping up.

Whilst Chase was busy on the slopes,

he had some uninvited invaders in his holiday palace.

I'm not impressed with it. Look at that, skid mark on the toilet.

-Oh, dirty!

-That was Andy and Adrian, one of them.

Oh, we've got chocolate croissant.

-Cheers, Chase.

-What? That's mine!

Why she eating my food, man?

Mate, my mum robbed the food

and then Adrian was all like, "Chase, I know it was you!

"You're so greedy in the group. Like, I know you'll eat anything,

"you're a pig, you eat nasty, I know you ate it."

I was like, "Adrian, man, I'm not going to rob your croissants, man."

Do you want to be a fam, or you want to...

Why is my mum saying "fam"?

This one here?

-Do you want the bottle, famo?

-Give me the bottle.

It's freezing!

I don't know why my mum says "fam" and "famo", like.

I tell her, like, don't say that.

Cos it's the Croydon thing,

isn't it? She's trying to talk like a rude boy.

Still gutted about that croissant, though, man.

She owes me two euros.

And the embarrassment didn't end there for 20-year-old Chase,

as his mum caught him in a compromising position

-on a night-time spying mission.

-There he is!

We're in the kitchen.

Mama's in the kitchen!

Cringing.

He's a quick mover, isn't he?

He has to lie. Know what I mean? Why doesn't he say his age?

That was an invite for Chase, wasn't it?

-That was quick. He didn't have to do anything.

-That was fast work.

-Was that the Rizzle Kicks line that got you that?

-No, not even that.

She just like, she liked what she saw!

No, but that was all right.

She was a nice girl, though. Well, lady.

Old enough lady!

After a week spying in the snow,

it was time for Ben and Chase's parents to come clean.

Don't have all of them...

Oh, my gosh!

Oh, God!

And now it's the kids' chance

to confront the adults about what they've seen for the first time.

So, you was doing shots.

You was doing shots.

Like you said, "I feel like a hypocrite now."

I just wanted to see what it was like,

cos all you lot were doing it. I thought, "Let's go for it."

I'm not really a drinker.

That's what I said. That's apple juice, isn't it?

Before I watched it, I was like, "Oh, my gosh."

-I didn't embarrass you?

-No, you didn't embarrass me at all.

I was a bit worried there, but I thought, "Well, I didn't..."

I don't act bad when I'm out anyway.

Do you want a beer, fam?

Or you want a JB?

No, I'll have a vodka.

Yeah, man!

Why did you say "famo" and "fam"?

-Where did you get this from?

-You!

-Like, I think you're going...

-No.

-You've been going on my Facebook looking at, like, 2009, innit?

-No.

"Famo, oh! Fam!"

"Vodka, yeah!" I was just like...

What the hell, man? I know we're from Croydon,

but we ain't that ghetto, man!

We can talk for life.

I was proud how you represented yourself and your family

and your beliefs and where you come from, so...

It's not like I got a tattoo.

'I think Chase has learnt from this experience to listen'

and we'll talk. And I'll listen to him

cos I don't have to talk to the back of his head no more.

20-year-old Ben struggled with his confidence as a teenager,

and revealed on the trip he didn't feel that he could confide

in his dad, James.

-Oh! That was weird.

-What's that?

-Walking out the back.

Was it good?

Yeah, but it's so weird that you were, like, right there

and I didn't even know.

I've never had the confidence to go and speak to new people.

Erm, probably with the whole confidence thing of being overweight,

erm, not really enjoying myself as a teenager.

I've never seen Dad get upset before really.

Erm, he's always been a strong character

and strong throughout our lives.

There's several things he said this week which makes me

feel as if I've failed in certain ways.

Watching some of it was difficult, like, at one point you said

that you thought you'd, like, failed us and stuff.

Well, I don't think... You definitely haven't.

But it was just hard at that time

when you was obviously working a lot and I was at school

and we didn't have a lot of time to spend together.

It was difficult for me, as well, cos, obviously,

-cos we hadn't spoke like that at home.

-Yeah.

-And then to see it on camera.

-Hmm.

-And it's hard to deal with cos you think...

-Yeah.

-..you're doing everything for the best.

-Hmm.

-And you don't realise that, you know, somewhere along the line, there's issues that...

-Yeah.

..that we didn't know about.

It gives you the chance to open up, cos obviously I wouldn't come down and speak to you like that.

-No.

-So I knew it was kind of an opportunity to,

to tell you kind of how I felt and how I have felt.

-Which is good cos now...

-Yeah.

-..we've learnt from it...

-Yeah.

-..and we can move forward and do things different.

-Exactly.

I think what I've learnt is work's not everything.

Maybe now it's time to spend some more time

with the boys before they're too old and left home and, erm,

and really just to sit and talk and...

-Quality time.

-A bit of quality time with them, yeah.

Now I know that if I need to speak to him, he's going to be there.

-I'm really proud of you, Ben.

-No...

You're growing into a decent young lad, really.

Tignes, another favourite destination for Brits on the piste.

And headed there was 20-year-old fashion student

and rugby player, Daryl.

When we go out, we have our phrase - "Go hard or go home."

And basically it's just drink till you drop.

While Daryl larges it in Manchester with her uni mates...

How's that slutty?

Where's the...where's the bottom half of it?

..back home, parents, Derek and Jackie,

are left in the dark about her lifestyle.

She doesn't tell us anything.

I was going to say, no. I don't even know if she's got a boyfriend.

-I don't think she has.

-No.

-She wouldn't talk to me about it anyway.

-We ain't got a bloody clue.

-Clue.

So it was time to get clued up.

As unbeknown to Daryl and team-mates, Robyn and Rosa...

-Skiing!

-Skiing!

..Derek and Jackie will be joining the rugby girls on tour.

-Breakfast and a pint.

-Yeah.

-There better be a Wetherspoon's at Manchester airport.

-Yeah.

-Mum?

-Yeah?

-I need help with my folding.

When are you going to learn to pack on your own?

Also headed to Tignes with his mates was 19-year-old club promoter, Max.

I generally drink wine, champagne and vodka. My spirit's vodka.

So, I suppose I do have more luxurious taste. Definitely.

But away from the nightlife, in Hemel Hempstead with his mum and sister,

Max enjoys his home comforts.

If Max could have somebody dress him, he would have me dress him.

Because that boy will do as little as possible.

The part-time ski instructor and mates, Matt and Josh,

are no strangers to the slopes.

But domestic life comes a little less naturally.

You've just scrunched all your pants up.

She's more of a servant than a slave, my mum.

I did try.

You did try. You're very trying, actually, love.

-Bye, Mum.

-Bye.

Mum, Suzanne, was desperate to see how her boy

really copes when she's not around.

Right then, that's the boy.

Better go and get my skis on.

The two gangs landed in the Alps

and headed straight for their party resort.

Francais, we're here! Wa-hey!

But there were four uninvited guests following behind them.

-Hello.

-Hello there. How we going?

-I'm Suzanne.

-Nice to meet you.

Daryl's parents, Max's mum, and her friend, Hilary.

Their mission - to spy on their kids' ski trips.

-Hello, you all right?

-How are you?

-I'm good, thanks.

Now, back on home soil,

Daryl and Max have an assignment of their own -

discovering exactly what their parents saw.

-You ready?

-Scared.

-Is there anything you'd be cross with?

-Yes, one thing.

If she got pregnant, that would really freak me.

Oh, my God.

So what happens if she brings a boy back, will that shock you?

If she did, I'd bloody kill her.

THEY LAUGH

From the moment she arrived, Daryl made an impact.

THEY LAUGH

-Oh!

-Jesus Christ. That's before she's had a drink.

Bar's open!

And like all good rugby players, the girls started downing booze

as soon as they arrived in their chalet.

Oh, here she goes.

Basically, the idea is to get drunk as quickly as possible,

as cheap as possible.

Let's drink together, go.

"Let's drink together," look!

-How does that work?

-That doesn't work.

Jesus Christ.

I don't think they understand it fully, like,

cos they're obviously not involved and like they're old and frail now.

The fashion design student's first night

was a real eye opener for her parents.

Oh, no!

There we are, she's met up with somebody already.

Oh!

You said to us, "Oh, you know, she won't be interested in boys."

All right, OK, let me, let me rephr...

Let me put a bigger pic...

She weren't necking the geezer or anything like that.

We all did pull when we was out there.

The one thing my dad said he didn't want me to do was get pregnant

which I succeeded in - I didn't do it.

Daryl's dad was right to be worried,

as all that mountain air can prove to be somewhat of an aphrodisiac.

The most number of people I've shagged in the ski season could be,

but not if my mum's watching, could be 23.

100% of the people that come to Val d'Isere...

Definitely have a shag.

I think people come out here to try and pull ski instructors.

-That's the big one.

-Yeah. If you pull a ski instructor...

-You're gold.

..you've won.

What's the difference between God and a ski instructor?

-God doesn't think he's a ski instructor?

-That's correct.

It's pretty easy to get laid out here, everyone's always up for it.

About 97% of people get laid on the season.

-Er, the other 3% are...

-Pussies.

I would say losers.

The weirdest thing we find in the apartments was, erm,

actually a sex toy in one of the bedside tables.

But a really big, big sex toy.

I believe there's a challenge actually up the road where

the idea is to pull a girl and

to have sex with her in the chairlift before you get to the top.

When I first came out here, I certainly didn't expect to find love,

but, erm, here we are, a year and a half later,

and, erm, still as smitten as we were when we first came out here.

What the fuck?! It's tiny.

On their first night, Max and his mates were supping something

a lot less lethal than the girls' choice of poison.

The biscuit doesn't even fit in the cup.

THEY LAUGH

Max had no idea Mum was watching as he demonstrated

his lack of domestic skills.

Does anyone know what this is?

Oh, that is so typical.

Cheers, Mum.

I'd never walk up to someone and be like, "Yes, I'm a mummy's boy,"

but I probably am.

You put the pillow...

-Oh, is that like a...?

-Hang on a minute.

No, it's like a bag.

Typical boy.

Last time I made my own bed like this? Never.

He's so useless.

This is a foreign bed.

And I've never...never learnt how to make a foreign bed.

You get... It's complex. I won't go into it.

We had a sheet and then a qui... Oh, it was just so confusing.

It's nothing that I'm used to at home.

-You're used to just getting into bed and getting out of bed.

-Yeah!

To check out Max's domestic skills for herself...

Oh, my God. It stinks.

..Suzanne and her friend Hilary snuck into the chalet

when the boys were out.

At least it's nice and tidy.

-Look at the state of it.

-I know.

Ew.

I think the room was in a pretty untidy state.

The bin was overflowing with everything.

You know I said Max's job is to do the bins on a Thursday night.

It's not Thursday yet, is it? No, so he hasn't done that.

Max doesn't know how to wash up.

You don't know how to make a bed and you don't know how to wash up?

I think most children and probably quite, like, a lot of boys,

if somebody else, you know, will do it for them, they will let them.

If push came to shove, I could take care of myself

if my mum wasn't around.

But I suppose I still just cling on a little bit

and I like to have stuff done for me.

It wasn't just mess that Max's mum witnessed on the trip.

Oh, look they're spraying all the champagne - look.

Eavesdropping on her son

and his mates showed Suzanne a side of him she wouldn't see at home.

-I'm either up there or I'm at the bottom.

-Yeah.

It's going to be either or for me.

-One year, I might earn £4 million. The next year, a grand.

-Yeah.

Do you know what I mean? I'd love to go into corporate hospitality

and organise events for companies where

they come to you with a budget and you organise the whole thing.

Cos I know I'm good at that.

-I'm good at socialising, I'm good at organising.

-Yeah.

I'd love to do that. But can I ask you a question?

-Yeah.

-Out of all our mates that we've got, who would you say

is the most likely to succeed?

I wouldn't put you at the top of anyone else. No, no way.

-You don't think?

-Not at all. Not a single chance, no.

I know everyone thinks they've got a spark and they're going to do it.

But I really do think, from what I've been through

and from what I understand about life, that I've got this

spark inside of me that's going to carry me the rest of the way.

19-year-old Max lost his dad three years ago,

leaving mum Suzanne to raise him and his sister alone.

The main thought that pops into my head all the time is probably

what I'm going to do with my future and how life's going to pan out.

Cos I've had to grow up quick,

I mean, obviously my dad died three years ago and it just made me

think, like, you don't live for ever and you do only have one life.

It makes me really proud to think that he, you know, has come

through that. It's probably made him a stronger person.

It's probably made him certainly want to strive,

you know, for things in his life.

I do care about my future and I want to be somewhere.

I want to be someone.

Oh! Now you really want to hug him.

I know. I really want to see him now.

I just want to feel his big bear hug around me

because, you know, I've missed that.

Sorry.

-Oh!

-Oh!

My mum didn't tell me she cried on telly.

And it doesn't matter how old your children get,

they're always your babies.

Ah! That gave me goose bumps.

It's so easy for people

who have been through what I have been through to go off the rails.

But my mum has been there, like, through the lows

and through the highs as well, so it's down to her, like,

the person I've turned out to be now.

I've realised that not many people are close

to their mum as I am to mine.

I think, probably, you know, what's happening to him, you know,

losing his dad, there is a special bond with us

and he doesn't want that to go away.

He doesn't want to lose that.

-Zig-a-zig, ah.

-Zi...

Student Daryl and her rugby mates donned their best fancy dress

for another night on the town...

We do what we want, what we really, really want.

..giving Daryl's dad Derek

the perfect opportunity to gate-crash her holiday.

Ooh! Get off.

Oh, no.

HE CHUCKLES

Spice girls! Spice up your life!

I am an independent girl.

-Oh, you bastard!

-Robyn, stop thinking with your fanny.

Daryl's love of dressing up seemed to be a family trait.

Here we go.

Do you know what? There's a snowman over there. Look at this.

Look at this. Look at this, man.

So you had no idea?

I had no idea.

With your little furry face.

-Oh!

-That's funny, that.

They were talking to me

and I'm thinking, "Oh, I can't not say nothing,"

so I, I was just sort of, like...

HE GRUNTS ..grunting through the thing, like.

I thought, "OK, I've been here long enough.

"I better just side exit, stage left."

So... Well, actually it was stage right cos I went right.

Daryl was totally oblivious

to the true identity of the furry interloper.

She's didn't have a clue.

Look. I'm shaking.

This was his prime opportunity to shine and to embarrass me.

-And to get one over on me.

-I don't think that that's embarrassing.

I think it's funny. It's not my dad, it's your dad.

-Exactly.

-So I just think it's funny.

-If it was somebody else's dad I'd find it funny as well.

-Yeah.

It was just an absolute buzz, man.

Nipples.

But little did Daryl or Max know that their parents were there

watching, all along.

So what was it you wanted, boys?

SHE LAUGHS

All right?

THEY LAUGH

Now that everyone knows what everyone's seen,

honesty is the best policy.

On his trip, Max's messy chalet did not impress mum, Suzanne.

-Oh, my God. It stinks.

-I told you it would.

-Ew.

-Ew.

I know you don't really do much around the house, but...

-It's not like I don't do anything, though.

-No, I know, but...

As soon as you stick a iron in my hand or, like, a Hoover

it's like there's nothing I'd rather...

I'd rather sit in a room in silence and just look at a clock.

He is quite the man in our house

and he's had to assume that role from quite a young age.

I should have, like, modern values.

But I've got, like, the traditional. Like man mows grass, man cooks meat.

He plays up to it, saying he's a mummy's boy.

He's not really, deep down.

When push comes to shove, he is, you know, a real alpha male.

I've realised, probably,

that I don't maybe do enough around the house.

I should probably put some elbow grease in.

I'm really proud at what you've achieved in life

and how you've coped with things in life.

And I do think you're going to be happy and successful

because you do deserve it. I think you really deserve it.

-Thanks, Mum.

-And you do make me proud.

-Glad to hear it.

-Especially if you look after me in my old age.

-Yeah, I will.

-Will you? Promise?

-Yeah.

Rugby girl Daryl's parents got a rare glimpse into her life

now she's left home

and were left impressed...

I've learnt that you are OK to look after yourself.

I should hope so. I've been at uni two years.

..even if the feeling wasn't mutual.

What about...? HE HUMS TUNE

-The Honey Monster?

-Yes.

Furry face.

I love that!

-I think that's just the top of the whole thing.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

-I was really buzzing, man. I loved that.

As long as you don't turn up

at my wedding day as the Honey Monster, it'll be cool.

The Daryl we saw out there was the Daryl we knew.

It's the way she's been since she was five or six years old.

Without the drinking, obviously!

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