0:00:02 > 0:00:09This programme contains strong language.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12The freedom of your first ever holiday with your mates.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17Where everyone's up for it, and anything goes. Cheap booze...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21..dirty dancing...
0:00:21 > 0:00:24..and that all-important independence.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25GLASS SMASHES
0:00:25 > 0:00:28A chance to get away from Mum and Dad.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Sorry, Dad.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32If my mum saw me right now, she'd be like, "What?!"
0:00:32 > 0:00:37But on this holiday, the parents are coming too.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Secretly watching.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Sophie!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- Sneakily spying. - I can't stand it.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44And outrageously hiding.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Get down! - DRUNKEN GIGGLING
0:00:47 > 0:00:50All to see if their kids can stand on their own two feet.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55- EXCITED SCREAMING - Well, I think we're pretty disgusted.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57She's gone for a vajazzle.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59This is not what a mum wants to see.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- Sorry, stop filming.- But will it bring them closer together...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I love that boy so much.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06..or drive them further apart?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08- You're nicked. - Oh, my God!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Coming up...
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- SCREAMING - ..it's sun...- Oh, my God!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18..sex and excess...
0:01:18 > 0:01:20..on the Greek island of Zante...
0:01:21 > 0:01:27..as 19-year-old party animal Alex escapes the step-dad she can't stand.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29He's just the man that my mother married.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32If I do anything, I'm the biggest outlaw in the land.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35But can she find the acceptance she's been looking for?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I feel like I've lost a mother.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39DRUNKEN GIGGLING
0:01:39 > 0:01:43And 18-year-old Sophie heads off for a wild time...
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I'm drunk, but not half as much as I can be.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50..and revels in the chance to get away from her religious parents.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55I'm hoping there are certain activities, sleeping around, drugs, that she just has nothing to do with.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- But as the parents spy on their kids' every move...- Sophie! - FATHER LAUGHS
0:02:00 > 0:02:03..what will they make of the resort?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05It looks like hell on earth.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Well, I think it's pretty disgusting.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Can a Christian mum relive her forgotten youth?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Er...hammered. Absolutely hammered.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15And will a strict dad cope with his daughter's drunken antics?
0:02:15 > 0:02:20I don't think Christianity's uppermost in Sophie's mind at the minute.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24All before giving Sophie and Alex the shock of their lives.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- Hello, Alex!- Oh, no! - HER FRIEND LAUGHS
0:02:31 > 0:02:33KNOCK AT DOOR
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- What?- Do you want a drink or anything?- No, I'm all right.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40In Newcastle, 19-year-old beauty student Alex
0:02:40 > 0:02:45is about to leave behind her mum, Julia, and step-dad, Mike.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48So you can't really tell me what to do, can you?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- I don't tell you what to do. - You try.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- Well, your mum doesn't tell you what to do, does she?- Cos I'm 19 years old.- Oh, don't start.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Brought up by single mum Julia,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01when Alex was 10, her mum began a relationship with Mike.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I think she found it really, really hard.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Her perception is that I stick up for Mike over her.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12In my eyes, anyway, it always ends up that my mum sides with him.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Well, if you're 19 years of age...
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- ..act 19.- I do.- Not like a child of two.- That's why I'm moving out in September.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22If I do anything, I'm the biggest outlaw in the land,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24if Alex does anything, well, it's Alex.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I'm sick of being piggy in the middle between the two of them.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32The only man in Alex's life is boyfriend Darren, who's currently working abroad.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37I love my boyfriend, Darren, absolutely to pieces. I'm completely head over heels for him.
0:03:37 > 0:03:44Alex's relationship with Darren is another of the many things her and her parents don't see eye to eye on.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Your mum is worried about what's going to happen on holiday.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Now, being on this type of holiday,
0:03:50 > 0:03:56I had no intention whatsoever of cheating on my girlfriend, but I can assure you, I did.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- As if I'm going to cheat on him. - It happens.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Yes, that's you, though, that's not me.- It happens.
0:04:01 > 0:04:07- Yeah, but it's you, not me. - All right.- All right, just calm down, the two of you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11So Alex is looking forward to escaping the family battles.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I've never been away with my friends before, and I can't wait to just...party on.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21Joining Alex in holiday hedonism is best friend, hairdresser Dominic.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Get on it like a car bonnet, as the Geordies say.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25And party girl Katie.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28I do tend to pull when I go out, like, every time I go out.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33I can see us literally getting off the plane, going straight to the shop, buying a bottle of vodka.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Drinking it all, then heading out.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Sante!- Sante!- Woo!
0:04:38 > 0:04:42But on this holiday, Alex isn't going to get everything as she wants.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Mum and step-dad are secretly coming along, too,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49in the hope they can rebuild their fragile relationship with Alex.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50I do feel shut out.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54When she was younger, we were very, very close, very close.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I'd love to get that back one day, I really would.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I'd like us to be more like a family very, very much,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04because I don't like living in this atmosphere.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Right Alex, have a lovely time. Bye-bye.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Be careful.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Little does she know she'll be seeing us
0:05:15 > 0:05:18much sooner than she thinks.
0:05:23 > 0:05:2818-year-old Sophie has been brought up in Brighton
0:05:28 > 0:05:32by her strict dad, Ray, and protective mum, Donna.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36My Christian faith, to me, I call it the bedrock of my life.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39We're really hoping that Sophie has a moral compass
0:05:39 > 0:05:41that she can use for herself.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43She's definitely a mummy's girl.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45She was brought up very much in a Christian family.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48We've instilled good morals into her, I hope.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52You still like your cuddles, don't you?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56But daughter Sophie doesn't quite share her parents' Christian values.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I'm definitely the one who gets drunk the most.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02We always end up naked for some reason.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07We know if we're drunk, it's just, clothes straight off.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08It's just naked time!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- How much will you be drinking when you're away?- A lot.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13I still don't think that's a good thing.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15He doesn't really like drinking.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19If he had his way, there would be curfews and things at that.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22If, after two litres of vodka, you're not alive,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24do you think that's the right way to experiment?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27You know I'm not going to listen, and do my own thing.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Yeah, and pay for it later.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32You're going to be the stroppy teenager!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Unfortunately for dad, downing the drinks
0:06:35 > 0:06:39isn't the only thing Sophie has planned for her trip abroad.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42There will definitely be a lot of snogging on holiday.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Girlie snogging as well.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I have absolute trust that when boys are staying over,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49there's a group of them in there
0:06:49 > 0:06:51and they're just going to sleep after a good night out.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54My dad definitely thinks when I've got a boy staying over,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58they sleep on the floor but they don't, they sleep in my bed.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59For ladette Sophie,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03this is her last holiday with her mates before heading to uni.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Joining her for wild times are best friend
0:07:07 > 0:07:09and party animal, Claire.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I'll be crazy and probably very messy.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Extrovert, Hayley.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Sex!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18And Jack the Lad, George.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Getting smashed, that's pretty much the main idea, yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Sophie has no idea that mum and dad will be coming, too.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27If she doesn't have to think for herself, she won't.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I think it would be nice to see that she has the confidence
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and the ability to look after herself abroad on her own
0:07:35 > 0:07:36and be independent of me.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42I'm hoping there are certain activities, sleeping around, drugs,
0:07:42 > 0:07:43she has nothing to do with.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44See you later.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Be good, won't you?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Bye, girls, be good.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Bye, love you! Bye!
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I guess we'll see them there!
0:07:58 > 0:08:01The Greek island of Zante.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Many come for the stunning scenery,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06beautiful beaches and historic culture.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12But each year, tens of thousands of young British tourists
0:08:12 > 0:08:15descend on the resort of Laganas
0:08:15 > 0:08:19to drink, dance and party till dawn.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22And arriving to join the fun is Sophie and her friends,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Claire, Hayley and George.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Oh, that's amazing.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I'm feeling like I need to get drunk.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Buzzing!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Oh, we have a balcony!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I'm living on a balcony.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- There's an ashtray in the room, you know what that means?- Smoking!
0:08:42 > 0:08:46With the accommodation sorted,
0:08:46 > 0:08:51the Brighton gang get the party started early at the hotel bar.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55These are called head buckers and they have five spirits in them.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Real absinthe - 80%.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Oh, my God, feel how actually hot it is.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Parent-free Alex and her mates have just touched down
0:09:07 > 0:09:09and are ready to party.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I just want a vodka now.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Bring me a Sex on the Beach!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Alex, Dom and Katie are sharing a room
0:09:16 > 0:09:19close to the Laganas main strip.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23There isn't a bath.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Agh! Aagh!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31What is it, what is that? It was on my bed!
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Is that a spider?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Is that actually a spider?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38It's tiny.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I'm sorry, I have an actual phobia of spiders.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47It'll be fine, I'll shake all the covers for you before you go to bed.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Across town, the party spirit has already kicked off
0:09:56 > 0:09:59and Sophie is getting acquainted with the local boys.
0:09:59 > 0:10:04- Where you from?- Italy.- Really? That's where my great-aunty lives.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05She loves Italians.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- How old are you?- 19. How old are you?- 23.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12We just got followed by these Italians
0:10:12 > 0:10:15who took this into a corner of the pool so we couldn't get out.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20We tried to steal this one guy's li-lo and he just stayed in it. We don't want to share.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22We went to tip him off and he just wouldn't get off.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25One of them was, like, "Come to my room." No. Not coming!
0:10:25 > 0:10:30That would have made my holiday if they did. Italians! Oh!
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I looked at the size of their dicks, and thought, "Um..."
0:10:32 > 0:10:34They were, like, this big.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I love the way they wear their speedos, like...
0:10:37 > 0:10:38No. What is wrong with you?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41As Sophie swoons over the Italian eye candy,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44she is completely unaware that her mum, Donna,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48has just arrived in Zante.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Dad, Ray, is on business and will join her tomorrow.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Donna is meeting up with Alex's mum, Julia, and stepdad, Mike,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58before their spying adventure begins.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03- Hello.- Hi. I'm Julia.- I'm Donna.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Hello. Donna.- This is Mike. - Mike. Pleased to meet you.- Mike.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- Are you worried?- Yes. You?- Yes.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12About what the children are up to.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Let's hope nothing awful happens.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Alex and I don't get on.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I'd love to think that something like this
0:11:20 > 0:11:22would improve our relationship.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I'm worried about with Sophie
0:11:24 > 0:11:27that she's going to end up too drunk and make a fool of herself
0:11:27 > 0:11:32and I'm worried about... the men.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35She's not one for the boys and... I don't know.
0:11:35 > 0:11:36I just think she's...
0:11:36 > 0:11:40I don't know that she can handle herself with older boys or not.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Sophie and friends have hit the strip.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I want to get so drunk tonight. It's our first night.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53You haven't seen anything yet!
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Glamazon Alex is getting her first taste of the Laganas nightlife.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14As the teenagers go large on the strip,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17their parents are heading straight for them.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Ray would hate this sort of road. He would hate it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I am wondering where Alex is right now.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I'd like to see what she's up to.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30The parents are getting closer.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34If any of the teenagers spot them, it's game over.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Behind the bar doing jager bombs. I'll ask everyone if they want one.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41As Alex chats to some new friends, the van approaches.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Pulling up now.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- They've got two guys talking to them.- Oh yeah.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Oh, right.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52I lost my fags!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54They were down there, somewhere!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Sophie's partying at the other end of the strip,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59oblivious to her mum's presence.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I'd love to go stop outside and watch them for a little bit.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05There's no danger of getting caught
0:13:05 > 0:13:07as Sophie's mind is elsewhere.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I spat so much over Sophie's face,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I don't know how we won.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- I was laughing while I was doing it. - All the drink is down my boobs.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16I'm keeping it for later.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Just poked my head out the window and saw Sophie and all her friends.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22She looks as if she's drunk already.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Excited at seeing her daughter, Julie risks a call to Alex.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29'Hi Alex. It's just me.'
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I just wanted to check that you got there safely.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Jules, why are you panicking?
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'I'm not panicking.'
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- You having a nice time?- 'Yes.'
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Well, I've literally just started having a nice time
0:13:42 > 0:13:45and then you're ringing me to check up on me.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46I'm not checking up on you,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I'm just making sure that you're there safely.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51You are(!)
0:13:51 > 0:13:54All right, well enjoy yourself and be careful.
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Bye!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I was, like, "Jules, you're panicking." She was, "I'm not."
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I just wanted to make sure you had a nice flight!
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Sophie is making the most of being parent free,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08but mum, Donna, decides to have some fun of her own.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Hello. You all right? 'It's your mum.'
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Hello!
0:14:14 > 0:14:15How's your holiday?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18It is really good so far, actually. Pretty good.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20What are you doing now, then?
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Just chilling, like looking around,
0:14:23 > 0:14:26checking out the night birds and all that shit.
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Oh, right!
0:14:27 > 0:14:30How are you doing at home? How are you doing? Are you bored?
0:14:30 > 0:14:32No, it's lovely and peaceful.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I'm going to go to sleep now.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36You're going to sleep now, are you?
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- I'm not drunk.- All right, fine.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Bye. Love you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42I love you, I love you.
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Going to bed(!)
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I said to my mum, "I'm not drunk", because I'm not!
0:14:51 > 0:14:55I'm drunk, but not half as much as I can be.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Ray is much stricter than I am and he won't like...
0:14:58 > 0:15:00The stage she's at now, he'd be fine with.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03He won't mind her being a little bit tiddly which is what she is.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07But he won't like to see her absolutely plastered.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Whilst the parents head to their hotel...
0:15:12 > 0:15:17Sophie's hitting to grips with a gobsmacking local drinking ritual.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22These girls are going to pass ingredients of Sex on the Beach from your mouth,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25to your mouth to your mouth into the boy's mouth.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33We are just drinking alcohol, not water. Don't you worry.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38But, by 2am, the Brighton bunch have had one too many.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Basically, a good time, we're all really fucked.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- Can you give me your lighter? - Yeah, yeah.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49And it's time to call it a night.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The Geordies are getting on it like a car bonnet.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55ALL SCREAM
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Party on, brother!
0:16:02 > 0:16:07And Alex and Katie are getting acquainted with the local bar staff.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10If this ruins my make-up, I'm going to be very upset.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19One hand on top.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
0:16:21 > 0:16:22One hand on the bottom.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24- Go on, girl!- No!
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Shake it!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I'm a bit confused.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I'm not sure that I know what to say, right now.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Shall we go in here?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03The Geordie gang head to a bar belonging to a friend of Dominic's
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and Alex and Katie decide to head behind the bar.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- No, no!- It's his birthday, too.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16No, you've got that one, this one's mine.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23You what? I want his top?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25He won't give it to me. He said, "Err, I don't...
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Fuck you!
0:17:26 > 0:17:30But best friend, Dom, is less than impressed.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37I am being respectful, I've come this side of the bar.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04But things soon escalate into a full blown row.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Katie's still behind the bar. She's not getting told off. I'm getting the shit.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12I wasn't giving you shit. Do you know what, you said to me,
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- "Who's in the wrong, me, who, her, who...- I went, if I was...
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- I said, "Do you know what? Me. I'm in the wrong."- I know.
0:18:19 > 0:18:25No, Dominic, I said, "If I'm in the wrong..." I said, "If I'm in the wrong, I'll take the blame."
0:18:25 > 0:18:27No!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Yeah, because Katie's your fucking friend, and I'm not.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Right now, all I want to do...
0:18:33 > 0:18:37is see my boyfriend.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41He's the only person, in the world...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I've felt like I can tell anyone anything.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Anything to...
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Without being judged.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54More than anything...
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I wish Darren was here,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00because I know that he wouldn't leave me.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I know that he wouldn't pick anyone else over me.
0:19:05 > 0:19:10I know... No matter what I did, he wouldn't leave me like other people have done.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Everyone's just fucking up...
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Things are going to be OK.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I've had enough drink. I know I've had enough alcohol.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19In an emotional state, and feeling rejected,
0:19:19 > 0:19:26Alex's thoughts quickly turn to her troubles at home with Mum and stepdad, Mike.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I'm not going to say that he didn't try, because he did try. He tried very hard.
0:19:30 > 0:19:37But the fact is, that she never says to me, "Do you want to do this today,
0:19:37 > 0:19:42"Do you maybe want to go out shopping" or "Do you want to go to the beach?"
0:19:42 > 0:19:45She just assumes I don't want to do things with her.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Friends and Darren are the only ones there for me
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and I would love it if she was there for me.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58I feel like I've lost more than a friend. I feel like I've lost a mother.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02I feel like I live in a house with two people I don't know.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10I don't want anybody to be upset.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14I want it to be like having fun.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17I'm honestly fine.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Like stuff has got me, but I'm fine... Honestly.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Do you want me to hug you?
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Come on.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38Sophie's dad, Ray, has arrived in Zante, just in time.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43The parents are about to see footage of Alex and Sophie's holiday so far.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Sophie does have Christian values.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Whenever you drink too much, there's an absence of control. We'll see how she handles that with her friends.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Alex's mum, Julia, is expecting the worst.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Possibly going back to the hotel and being sick drunk.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- That's what I'm expecting. - I hope not.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04It'll be interesting to see if it's any different now from when we were young.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05- Ready?- Come on.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- I'm Ray.- This is Julia. - Hello, Ray. Lovely to meet you. - And you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- This is Mike.- Hello, Mike.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18Trusting parents, Donna and Ray, know very little about Sophie's secret life.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21She loves the Italians.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- OK, so I was wrong about her with boys.- Yeah.
0:21:24 > 0:21:29If I'm drunk and I feel like an Italian, I might go back there.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32No, you won't, Soph. No, you won't.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34I was looking at the size of their dicks, really.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Oh!
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Sophie!
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- I couldn't believe she said that. - Yeah.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43Give me some Aggie.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It's a pretty hefty start.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51It's ridiculous, isn't it? They just drink alcohol, to drink it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53They're just downing it, aren't they?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Once you've finished the last one...
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Oh, that's disgusting!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Oh, God, that is horrible. - Oh, no!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- I don't like that. - That's horrible.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07For a Christian father, from what I saw of Sophie last night, for me, there was too much drinking.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Julia and Mike are next to watch their daughter's antics.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13They pour drink in...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Oh, my God! What is he going to do?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- This has made Sophie's little fairytale...- Look where the other hand's going.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Oh!
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I don't know what this game is, but I've never played it before.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33- Well... - Well, it was pretty disgusting.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- I don't think it was that bad. - I did.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- I mean, he didn't get it out. - He didn't get anything out, we didn't see anything.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42You mean, did he get his willy out? No.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46We saw what he was doing with it, with the cocktail shaker.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Now, Dominic, I said...
0:22:47 > 0:22:49She's getting ratty now.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- I said, "If I'm in the wrong..." - Do you know what?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Dear me...
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Mike, I never took to him... - She's talking about me.- Shh!
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I'm not going to say that he didn't try, because he did try.
0:23:01 > 0:23:07He tried very hard to try and be a good figure in my life.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Oh, Alex...
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Like I try and tell her stuff, I do, I really try.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I feel like I've lost a mother.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- I feel like I live in a house... - Oh, bless her.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21With two people I don't know.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Oh...
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Dear me.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27And she's so wrong.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30You know...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32She really is so wrong.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- There's nothing in the world I'd like MORE than to be her best friend.- Mmm.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41At ten years of age, I wouldn't have wanted another man
0:23:41 > 0:23:44coming into my life with my mum.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47But I did try my damn best and I think you'd agree there.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Maybe she'll come to understand how I really do feel about her.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I don't know.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56She seems set in her mind, though, that I'm the enemy.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02After last night's emotional outpouring,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Alex's thoughts are still focussed on her life at home.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09With regards to, like, my mother, she either doesn't listen,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12which is why I don't tell her anything any more unless I have to.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17Like, I can imagine her coming and giving me a hug
0:24:17 > 0:24:20and be, "I didn't know you felt that way." I find it uncomfortable to hug her.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25I wouldn't want it to change now, because it's been that way for so long. I'm used to it.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I'm independent now and I don't need her.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Sophie's organising some water sports for her friends,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40in the hope of seeing more of the island.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42This is for the water sports.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44This is the flight I told you, it's like the UFO.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Is it scary?- No, it's not scary.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52As she suffers dyslexia, Sophie usually relies on her parents to arrange everything,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55but, today, she's doing it herself.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- And this is the water park? - Yeah, the water park.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- I think we'll do this one.- Yeah. - It looks better.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08Donna and Ray are keen to see how Sophie is coping on her own.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- I look ridiculous.- Absolutely!
0:25:11 > 0:25:16So, they've decided to go incognito in the hopes of catching a glimpse of their daughter.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Do you think Sophie will recognise me in a blonde wig?
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Mum and Dad are hiding in a nearby beach bar.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Is that them out there? - What, on the jetty?- Yeah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28I'm pretty scared too.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Oh, yeah, Sophie is. I'm not too bad.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31There they go.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35SCREAMING
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Oh, ho, ho, ho...
0:25:39 > 0:25:43We shouldn't be doing it, but it's really exciting to be spying on them.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Sophie's being dragged along. - I can see.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46SCREAMING
0:25:46 > 0:25:51I like to see them, as a group, bonding together while they're not under the influence of alcohol.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58There she goes. Oh, no, no... Yeah, yeah.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00That was amazing, absolutely amazing.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- At one point we nearly tipped over. - I really nearly wet myself. I was so scared.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Sophie is quite clingy to me at home so it is really nice.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12You can think you've done a good job as a mum when they can go off and be independent.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15She's one of those ones that I have wondered about
0:26:15 > 0:26:17but she has got the confidence to do those things.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22It's great, yeah. It's good. It is liberating to see her do it.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Right, so we'll go here.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Right, so we need vodka, something to mix vodka with, tabs...
0:26:28 > 0:26:35Alex, Dom and Katie are stacking up on booze for their second big night.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Which, is just as well, as stepdad, Mike, and mum, Julia
0:26:38 > 0:26:41are having a good old nose around their room.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- It's tiny, isn't it?- It's tiny.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49They're keen to see how Alex will cope when she moves into her own student flat.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- What's that?- That's hair.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- The reason they haven't hung their clothes up, Mike... - Nowhere to hang it.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03There's a little wardrobe behind you but, apart from that, there doesn't seem to be a lot else.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05That's no excuse. There's nothing in the wardrobe.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Look at it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08LAUGHTER
0:27:08 > 0:27:10No, don't put it in, Mike.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12We're not supposed to have been here.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15He wouldn't make a very good detective, would he?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Right, come on, come on.
0:27:25 > 0:27:32It's 7pm and, at her hotel, Sophie's revelling in life away from her religious parents.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Now, I'm 18, I'm an adult.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38So, they have no control over me any more.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42But those parents are about to eavesdrop on her conversation
0:27:42 > 0:27:44from the room next door.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- My dad doesn't drink. - What? At all?- No.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50- Even on New Year's...? - He's a priest.- Yeah.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52LAUGHTER
0:27:52 > 0:27:56They're talking about Dad not drinking. They can't believe it. Even on New Year's, they're saying.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58He's training to be a priest.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Or, near as.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- He is a priest.- When I'm drunk I try and get my point across.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11I don't think Christianity is uppermost in Sophie's mind at the minute.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Particularly, as she's had a few drinks, by the look of her
0:28:14 > 0:28:16and they're planning to have a whole lot more.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21- When you're drunk, like I do, you go on and on...- My God, you do.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- Do you worry about her?- Yeah, I do.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27There's a chance she could be split up from them and she could drown in her own vomit.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30When she's sick somewhere, with the rest of them drunk.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33She's very, very strong willed, she's like you, isn't she?
0:28:33 > 0:28:39- You two are very similar, which is why you come to a head a lot, don't you?- Mm-hm.
0:28:39 > 0:28:47Sophie has her own opinion, so we tend to disagree and don't find any common ground.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- Claire!- We're going in!
0:28:51 > 0:28:52As the teenagers hit the strip,
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Donna and Ray have decided to come too, anxious to see
0:28:56 > 0:28:59more of the Sophie they don't know.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03They've hidden in a car park at the back of the club.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06I was very much like Sophie as a teenager.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I did like to club and dance.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- Do you want to go in there? - I'll give it a go.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Keen to relive her own teen years,
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Donna risks blowing her cover and sneaks in for a cheeky rave.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- That was great fun!- Yeah. - It was great fun.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Our kids'd kill us, but it was great fun.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46Can we have two of the strongest drinks possible?
0:29:46 > 0:29:483, 2, 1...go!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50What's she doing? What is she doing?
0:29:50 > 0:29:51THEY CHEER
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Oh, Sophie's hammered!
0:29:54 > 0:29:55They're...
0:29:55 > 0:29:57hammered, absolutely hammmered.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01Bad move with the strongest drink possible, bad move.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07I don't think binge drinking's a good idea, wherever you do it.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10The writing was on the wall when they were getting ready.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I feel it's a shame for her that she's ruined her evening
0:30:13 > 0:30:15with whatever she's had.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18You know, she's gone a little bit too far.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23THEY SING ALONG
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Geordie dancing queens Katie and Dom are having a ball.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Me and Katie are getting on awesome.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Katie's been dancing around.
0:30:32 > 0:30:33She's all over the place.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38But just like last night, Alex is feeling left out.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Come on!
0:30:44 > 0:30:48They're not listening. Well, I...I'm going.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Determined to have fun of her own,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Alex heads off to make some new friends.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Tonight she's been very off-ish with us,
0:31:02 > 0:31:07and it's not a good thing. You don't want that with your friend.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Back at the hotel, yet another row breaks out between
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Alex and best friend Dom, who wants to know
0:31:13 > 0:31:16what happened with her and one of the DJs.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20They were like, "Oh, we saw you talking to the DJ."
0:31:20 > 0:31:22They just went, "What happened? What happened?"
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Fed of up Dom's accusations,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Alex makes up a story to get her own back.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Maybe whether it was a personal joke...
0:31:35 > 0:31:40I don't like to argue, and yet...
0:31:40 > 0:31:43it seems to be me and her, probably because,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46like I say, I don't put up with shit.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Obviously nothing happened. I just danced with the DJ, so I don't see
0:31:49 > 0:31:53why that has to be that anything's happened.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55If that's the way she feels...
0:31:55 > 0:31:56crack on, love.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I feel...
0:31:59 > 0:32:01he hasn't known Katie as long as me
0:32:01 > 0:32:05and I feel replaced by Katie, so it's a bit shit.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16At their hotel, the parents are anxious to see footage
0:32:16 > 0:32:19of what Alex and Sophie got up to yesterday.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- Let's see what happens now.- What's in store for us this time?- Exactly.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26With regards to my mother,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29she either doesn't listen...
0:32:29 > 0:32:30and doesn't know me at all,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33so I don't tell her anything any more unless I have to.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34No, you don't.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Like...I can imagine her coming and giving me a hug and being like,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41"I didn't know you felt that way,"
0:32:41 > 0:32:43and I find it uncomfortable to hug her.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47- Oh, dear.- That's a typical teenage thing to say, though, isn't it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Yeah.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52When I give her a hug, it does, it feels uncomfortable.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- It's gone so far, you find it difficult to...- Yeah.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59What she probably doesn't realise is, it's exactly the same for me!
0:32:59 > 0:33:01They never do. Yeah.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05For a long, long time, Alex and I have not been close,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09and she's lived in our house,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12but she refers to herself as a lodger in her own house,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14and she feels like a lodger, really, doesn't she?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17I often feel like a lodger in the house.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20You know...I do, and I've said that often to you.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23As I've said, in the past, on many occasions,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26once again, I'm piggy in the middle.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30That was the strongest drink I've ever taken in my life.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33'I can't see right now.'
0:33:33 > 0:33:36When we saw them in the club, they all seemed fine. Really pleased.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40They had that drink...the evening then took a different turn.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42That was just heavy drinking.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Yeah, I don't want to annoy you, cos I'm so drunk I've got to go home,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48but I don't want you to go home because of us.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Good for her.- They're arguing...
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- Sophie wants to go home, is it? - One of them's...
0:33:52 > 0:33:54They're talking about going home.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56But with each other, not splitting up.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59One's not well. They say they'll take them home.
0:33:59 > 0:34:00Meg! Meg!
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I got no...my tits are out.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04The fact she's then recognised
0:34:04 > 0:34:06she's had enough and wants to go back...
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Good for her, yeah. That's good.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10Which one's better?
0:34:10 > 0:34:14If you want more excitement, that one.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Sophie's actually organised that herself. I'm impressed.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21And she's said what the lady said to her.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23- She's remembered it.- Yeah.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- She's made a decision, Ray! - Yeah. It's great.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Sophie to organise something, with her dyslexia,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30typically is quite difficult.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35- Oh, I see.- It's been quite tough bringing her up because she's...
0:34:37 > 0:34:41- And now she's showing us that she can do it.- She's all right.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46She has to go out into the world and do her thing without me,
0:34:46 > 0:34:51and somehow, she's going to have to work out a way to do that.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53We can safely back off now
0:34:53 > 0:34:57and let her move on to uni quite happily.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06In a bid to clear the air after several nights of arguing,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Dom and Katie have arranged a surprise for horse-mad Alex.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13SHE SCREAMS
0:35:13 > 0:35:16But Katie's having a last-minute wobble.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19I've never felt comfortable being round horses.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- You all right? - No, I'm not. I can't do it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- You're not going to do it? - That's all right.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- I'm not comfortable at all. - At least you tried.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- They can be scary-looking. - Yeah, definitely.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32So if you don't want to do it, that's cool.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Come on, quick, quick.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Alex won't be the only one enjoying the ride.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Step-dad Mike and mum Julia are on the beach.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42You got your binoculars?
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Concerned with how upset her daughter has been,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Julia wants to get a closer look.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- Oh, here they are. Right, I've got them.- Have you?- Yeah.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Wow.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- That is beautiful. - That is such a lush view.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57Wow.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- It's Alex in front, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02She looks really, really good.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I love this.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06It's fun.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08For the last few days, relations at home
0:36:08 > 0:36:11have never been far from Alex's thoughts,
0:36:11 > 0:36:15and riding a horse reminds her of her childhood with her mum.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20When I got my first pony, Charlie, I was 10,
0:36:20 > 0:36:24and yeah, that was a time when we were really close.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27She started going out with Mike a few years later,
0:36:27 > 0:36:31and she didn't really have the time any more.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33She looks very relaxed.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I wish I was with her.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37And for Julia, it's also brought back memories
0:36:37 > 0:36:39of their past relationship.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Alex and I were very, very close when she was young,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47and we used to get a lot of pleasure in doing horsey things together.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52Yeah, it was great fun, and yeah, I miss it. I miss it.
0:36:52 > 0:36:57So I hope at the end of this experience that she might
0:36:57 > 0:36:59think differently, maybe,
0:36:59 > 0:37:04and she might realise that whatever she thinks,
0:37:04 > 0:37:07I actually do love her very much.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Where is my bronzer?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Across town, Sophie's also thinking about the distance
0:37:14 > 0:37:16that's grown between her and her father.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19No, I don't get on with my dad.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22We just don't talk to each other.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Even if I've had a massive fight, if I'm going out,
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I'll always be, like, "Bye, love you."
0:37:26 > 0:37:28And I wait for him to say it back.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30And I know it's forced for him to say it.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34I think me and my dad would get on better if he actually spoke to me.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Cos we shout and we just never sort it out.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Oh, Myie!- Oh, baby!
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I just feel sad.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42Oh, Myie.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44It's all right, I'll be your daddy.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Thanks, baby girl.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53On the strip, the party's in full swing for Alex.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00And tonight, a couple of other ravers are joining her.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Last time in a nightclub?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- It'd be in the '70s, wouldn't it?- '70s.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Got to be the '70s.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Julia and Mike are hiding in the manager's office,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11spying on Alex's every move.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15I was worried the other day because she'd obviously fallen out.
0:38:15 > 0:38:20Now they seem to have made up. They seem to be getting on very well now.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Somebody's got a chainsaw or something.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29He's going to set her on fire, she's standing right behind him!
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Oh, God.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And we say,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Feed the! Feed the! Feed the fucking pigeons!
0:38:35 > 0:38:39(CROWD) Feed the! Feed the! Feed the fucking pigeons!
0:38:39 > 0:38:43For 57-year-old Julia and 65-year-old Mike,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45it's a bewildering experience.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48I thought they're saying something about pigeons?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50What does it mean?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54How anyone can listen to that and think it's music,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56God only knows.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01When I was a teenager, it was Elvis Presley, Tommy Steele
0:39:01 > 0:39:04and then we graduated to The Beatles.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I think it looks like hell on earth.
0:39:06 > 0:39:07I really do!
0:39:07 > 0:39:09We must be getting old.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11THEY LAUGH
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Make some noise for yourselves!
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Not quite to Julia and Mike's cup of tea,
0:39:16 > 0:39:20after just an hour's clubbing, they call it a night.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- That was great to see, wasn't it? - Yeah, it was.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25She looked as if she was having a really good time.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29Fucking hell, I'm knackered, love. Me back's killing me.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Into bed and I'll be straight to sleep.- Yeah.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34For the first time since they arrived,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37the Geordie gang have managed to stay argument-free,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39and the excitement's gone to their head.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43- There's been a bit of tashing on tonight.- Don't even say that!
0:39:43 > 0:39:49Katie, Dominic and Ally are rolling in mortal drunk to their apartment.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Oh, I found a penny!
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Ooh!
0:39:53 > 0:39:54(Fuck.)
0:39:54 > 0:39:57THEY LAUGH
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Well, here's me actually falling over.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04My bum feels like it's got pine needles stuck in it.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05I'm like a porcupine.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- I'm going to wee myself! - And in a bush again.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I've got pine cones stuck on my bum!
0:40:16 > 0:40:19As their time on the island of Zante draws to an end,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23the teenagers are reflecting on their holiday so far.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I'm so glad we had this chance to go away with each other,
0:40:26 > 0:40:29because, especially Hayley's going, obviously, to Australia,
0:40:29 > 0:40:31so it's nice that... after this holiday,
0:40:31 > 0:40:36I think it's going to be impossible to ever lose contact with her,
0:40:36 > 0:40:38whereas before, everyone drifts.
0:40:38 > 0:40:43But I think because we've had this week together, I just love her more.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48And despite the recent arguments, spirits are high at Alex's hotel.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52I actually expected, after the first couple of nights,
0:40:52 > 0:40:54maybe this holiday was going to drive us apart.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58It's nice to see her feeling relaxed enough
0:40:58 > 0:41:00with us that she can be herself,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02and she's growing up a little bit
0:41:02 > 0:41:05and realising she doesn't have to put on a front.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Oh, no!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Doing the surprise for her, taking her horse riding,
0:41:11 > 0:41:13made her really, really happy,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15and I think it made her realise we are her friends.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17THEY LAUGH
0:41:17 > 0:41:22Yesterday I felt really valued and it put me in a really good mood.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25So, good times.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I wonder what we'll see today.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- It's really very interesting. - What they got up to last night.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- Could go either way, couldn't it?- Yeah.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36The parents are hoping to catch up on what they missed yesterday.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Generally, for me, seeing Sophie binge drinking is a concern.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Over time, I hope that the whole group of them
0:41:42 > 0:41:45are going to learn to regulate their use of alcohol,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48and that binge drinking doesn't become a factor in
0:41:48 > 0:41:49what for them is a good night out.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56That is the strongest drink I've honestly ever had in my life,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58and I would never, ever do that ever again.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00Yeah, good for you, Sophie.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03My mum, if she saw me in that state, she would just be like,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05"No, that's not cool.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08"It's dangerous." It is dangerous as well.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- Oh, she's agreeing it's dangerous. - Yeah.- Good girl.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12All the things we talked about...
0:42:12 > 0:42:14Yeah, she's actually agreeing with.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16She's being quite sensible.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Oh, here we go. Getting ready to go out again.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20If I've had a fight, if I'm going out,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22I'll always be, like, "Bye, love you."
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- And I'll wait for him to say it back.- Yeah.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27And I know it's forced for him to say it, as well.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Oh, it's not, Sophie! Oh, it's not!
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Oh, Myie!
0:42:33 > 0:42:36It's all right, I'll be your daddy.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- "I'll be your daddy," Claire says. - Prepare for a fight then, Claire!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Did you hear what she said? - I didn't.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44She said, "I always say, 'Goodbye, I love you,'
0:42:44 > 0:42:46"when I leave the house, and I'll wait for him
0:42:46 > 0:42:49"to say it back, even though it's difficult for him to say."
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Awww. That's not fair. - Didn't you hear that?
0:42:52 > 0:42:53No, I didn't catch that part.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55I've been very interested to hear Sophie saying
0:42:55 > 0:42:57she'd actually like to talk more.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59If we can find a way of coming round
0:42:59 > 0:43:03to discussion that isn't going to upset one or both of us,
0:43:03 > 0:43:04and make more of an effort between us,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07I think that's... I certainly will be working at that.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12When I got my first pony, Charlie, I was 10.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16Me and my mum used to go to the stables every night after
0:43:16 > 0:43:18school and she stuck around.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21That's a time when we were close
0:43:21 > 0:43:25but also I feel she had time for me.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28After that, she started going out with Mike
0:43:28 > 0:43:32and she didn't have the time any more.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36The time I'm getting was Alex's time.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38So, I can understand.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Yeah, absolutely.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43We were very close, because I was beginning to wonder
0:43:43 > 0:43:46whether I was imagining it.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51There is nothing I would love more than to get close to her
0:43:51 > 0:43:56and have a proper conversation and of course after this experience,
0:43:56 > 0:43:58that's what I will be trying to do.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I just hope she wants the same thing,
0:44:01 > 0:44:04that she is willing to take a step towards me.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Both Alex and Sophie's crews are at the Carnage Pub Crawl.
0:44:12 > 0:44:18The biggest event of the week on The Strip.
0:44:22 > 0:44:24Are we going in here?
0:44:24 > 0:44:28Where do you get stamped?
0:44:28 > 0:44:33In less than 24 hours, the parents will be surprising the teenagers.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37But for tonight, they are teaming up for one final spy mission.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Hiding on the balcony of a bar right above Sophie and Alex.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42It's really exciting!
0:44:42 > 0:44:48And sitting in front of this screen is surreal.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50I was like, "Chuck my fags out, they're weighing me down!"
0:44:50 > 0:44:52There's Sophie!
0:44:52 > 0:44:56She has her hands in the air with a balloon. Careful.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Just in front of the club and there's the girls.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I can see her.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06Oh, wow! Fire eater.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09You felt the heat then, didn't you?
0:45:09 > 0:45:14- I want a go.- I want a go. - Sophie is right below us.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17She is looking in our direction. She doesn't know we're here.
0:45:17 > 0:45:22It is good to see her. She looks good.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Alex and Sophie have had a great time
0:45:25 > 0:45:29but tomorrow their parents will reveal the truth.
0:45:29 > 0:45:34I hope she might see a different side of us as well as us seeing a different side of her.
0:45:34 > 0:45:38I hope it comes to fruition
0:45:38 > 0:45:42what I would like to come to fruition.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Us all getting back and being a happy family
0:45:45 > 0:45:52because she is nothing like the Alex we see in the house.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54She doesn't tell you what she does when she's out clubbing
0:45:54 > 0:45:58because she thinks you will be critical and judgemental and ashamed of her.
0:45:58 > 0:46:03For me, I wanted an insight into the world she hadn't shared with me.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05That, I think, is exactly what I got.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Carnage!
0:46:14 > 0:46:17The moment has come for Julia
0:46:17 > 0:46:21and step-dad Mike to reveal themselves to Alex.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24The nearer it gets to me seeing her
0:46:24 > 0:46:28and meeting her, the more nervous I'm getting.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30I don't know what the reaction will be.
0:46:30 > 0:46:37If it's not fine, then I will have to be grown up about it and take it on the chin.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41Don't worry, love.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44As Alex and Mike are often at loggerheads, Mike has a plan.
0:46:44 > 0:46:50I think you should go ahead on your own
0:46:50 > 0:46:52- and I'll go in afterwards.- Yeah, OK.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55That will be the best way. All the best.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59- Good luck, kid.- Fingers crossed.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Alex and her mates are topping up the tans
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and reliving last night's drunken antics.
0:47:07 > 0:47:12- I wet my knickers laughing. - Knickers?!- Yeah.- What?
0:47:12 > 0:47:16But Alex is about to get the shock of her life.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21As mum Julia is approaching from the swimming pool's back gate.
0:47:22 > 0:47:26- Hello, Alex.- Oh, no!
0:47:28 > 0:47:32You's all a bunch of wankers!
0:47:32 > 0:47:36I have been watching the three of you, the pub crawl last night,
0:47:36 > 0:47:40I've had a look around your room.
0:47:40 > 0:47:45Well, what a waste of 1 euro 50 for a postcard!
0:47:45 > 0:47:50- Mike is here as well. - Oh, for fuck's sake.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54When you did the pole dance, you looked good.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58- Your face is back to normal now. - No, you've been great, Alex.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01We have enjoyed watching you.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03I saw you going out,
0:48:03 > 0:48:08playing that party game on the bar with a cocktail shaker.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10- Damn!- That was interesting.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12I still don't understand how I didn't see you.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15I really don't get that.
0:48:15 > 0:48:20What was worrying me was with loads and loads of kids, all of you with
0:48:20 > 0:48:24a lot to drink, and getting carried away with the partying.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26If you saw me on the first night,
0:48:26 > 0:48:30you should know I am very aware of the fact I've got a boyfriend.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32You handled yourself really well.
0:48:32 > 0:48:37And it's the first time you've been away on your own. Good for you.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42- Yeah, I've had a good time.- Great.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46That's great. So, it was worth it, even with me appearing?
0:48:46 > 0:48:52- Yeah, but I feel I can't shake you off!- That's great.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55Although the surprise went well for Julia,
0:48:55 > 0:48:58step-dad Mike is disappointed by Alex's reaction.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01She was OK with her mother, but as soon as you mention me,
0:49:01 > 0:49:03her face changed.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I'm going to the bar out of the way.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11Whether Mike's opinion of me has changed doesn't make a difference to me.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15My opinion hasn't changed of him. I'm not going to speak to him.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I don't care that he is proud of me or anything.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21It makes no difference.
0:49:22 > 0:49:27As far as she's concerned, the situation is exactly the same as the day she left.
0:49:27 > 0:49:32I said something positive before she said what she did.
0:49:32 > 0:49:38Yes, but Mike, you can't change 10 years in a minute.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40It's back to square one.
0:49:40 > 0:49:45It will take a lot of work on both parts, the three of us
0:49:45 > 0:49:49are going to have to work to have a better relationship with each other.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56Sophie and her mates are in one of their favourite bars
0:49:56 > 0:49:58- playing a risque game.- Yes, yes!
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Sophie has no idea her parents
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Donna and Ray are on their way to surprise her.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Yeah, it's exciting and nerve wracking.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13I can't wait to see her face.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17As a Christian, I should be feeling guilty about sneaking around
0:50:17 > 0:50:20behind Sophie's back and spying on her. It's been great fun.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23To Sophie!
0:50:23 > 0:50:28As a Christian mum, Sophie might say to me, hang on a minute,
0:50:28 > 0:50:31where's the integrity in what you've been doing all week?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I can't wait to see her face.
0:50:34 > 0:50:39As the drinking games are hotting up...
0:50:39 > 0:50:43the parents have arrived and are hiding by the side door.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46I'm really excited. I've got adrenaline pumping through my body as well.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49I just want to get on with it and surprise her.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51On the count of three, one, two, three.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Donna and Ray make their move.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05Sophie! Sophie!
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Come down!
0:51:08 > 0:51:09No way! Claire!
0:51:13 > 0:51:16No way!
0:51:16 > 0:51:20Hello, Sophie. We have been watching your every move.
0:51:20 > 0:51:24Every move. We saw your foam party, that looked all right.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28We saw you binge drinking. That didn't look all right.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- Did you see that drink I took? - We did, Sophie.
0:51:32 > 0:51:37- Have you been at the Copse?- Yes. That didn't look all right.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41We were hiding in a hut. I had a blonde wig on and a straw hat.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Did you see me tip over? That wasn't safe.
0:51:44 > 0:51:49I'm surprised at her response. She's a little bit in shock.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52I don't think she is impressed or amused at the moment.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56She has her head in her hands.
0:51:56 > 0:52:01They are saying how proud they are of me, I can't look them in the eye.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05I'm too shocked. I need to go home, remember what I've done,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07and think have I been all right?
0:52:07 > 0:52:11I think I've been all right. I wasn't bad, to be fair.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13No, we didn't think you were either. We're proud of you.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I thought you might understand and you would be furious.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I cried, when you organised that trip and I feel more
0:52:21 > 0:52:26confident about uni now because you can be independent, can't you?
0:52:26 > 0:52:31- You can sort yourself out.- Yeah, but it's easier when you do it!
0:52:31 > 0:52:36You are quite capable. Honestly.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43The next day, Alex is still not ready to meet with stepdad Mike.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47But mum Julia catches up with her for a heart to heart.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49All I want is World War III to stop.
0:52:49 > 0:52:54Because for years and years I've been piggy in the middle
0:52:54 > 0:53:00and it really makes my life misery.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Mike is going to have to adjust his behaviour.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06I'm going to have to adjust mine. You will have to adjust yours.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11It just went from spending time... You used to stick around
0:53:11 > 0:53:16from when Mike came on the scene to now.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18We are all in our separate rooms.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22I just feel like a stranger in my house.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25I really am sorry if you felt like that.
0:53:25 > 0:53:31We have 10, 11 years of a lot of closeness.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36Well, that just doesn't go away.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40Which is why I got so annoyed when Mike came on the scene and took it away.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43I didn't realise I was shutting you out.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46And I really didn't want to. That wasn't my intention.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Maybe we should think about you and I
0:53:50 > 0:53:52having a weekend away or something together, the two of us.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55That might be a start.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58Yeah, that would be good.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02- But not somewhere like the Strip!- OK.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07I was pleased when she said she wanted to spend more time with me.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12I am sure if we do that we will be able to build our relationship so we are back to where it was.
0:54:12 > 0:54:16I do really want to start over with Mum.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20Let's forget the past and what's happened
0:54:20 > 0:54:24and all the tenseness
0:54:24 > 0:54:28and just go back to the beginning and remember the good times,
0:54:28 > 0:54:32get a bit closer. It will be good, a good thing.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43After a week of spying on Sophie, dad Ray is keen to make
0:54:43 > 0:54:46a start on improving his relationship with his daughter.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50What I was surprised was is how little you felt I was loving you.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53That wasn't the way I saw it.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56Do you sometimes...
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I wind Dad up. I don't get any other reaction from you,
0:54:59 > 0:55:05any affection, so me shouting and screaming is a cry for attention.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09- Did you hear that? - Yes.- She wants it to come from you.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11I was just answering that very question.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14I wanted to make sure you realised what she had said to you.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18It would be nice if you don't say I love you as being so forceful.
0:55:18 > 0:55:24- The last time she said it, you just went, "Yeah". - That's surprising.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Dad, I want it to come from you rather than me all the time.
0:55:26 > 0:55:31I love you, Sophie. That's me first. I do love you.
0:55:31 > 0:55:36Really. I may not say it as much as you want to hear, but I do.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Sophie wants me to be more expressive
0:55:40 > 0:55:44and that's not necessarily in my nature.
0:55:44 > 0:55:49On the other hand, I do love her. I just need to let her know it a bit more.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53After this holiday, the way he's acted and he's not ashamed,
0:55:53 > 0:55:59we have turned over a new leaf and it's starting again.
0:55:59 > 0:56:06I feel when I go home it will be so fresh and we can laugh and joke about this experience.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08And he will understand more about me.
0:56:08 > 0:56:14Next time, the truth comes out about what went down and what happened next.
0:56:14 > 0:56:15They were a metre away from me!
0:56:15 > 0:56:18She was absolutely smashed.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20What's the word? Masturbating.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Oh, God!
0:56:22 > 0:56:25- Our lives are never going to be the same again.- Never!
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