After the Holiday Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

This programme contains strong language

We're looking back on another summer of partying...

I got molested by a girl. That's the only way I can put it - molested.

..where Mediterranean resorts were overrun by crazy kids on their first holiday with their mates.

But their snooping parents went along too to spy on what

their teenagers got up to.

Oh, she's sauntering, she's wearing black, can you see that?

The drinking.

The snogging.

And the shacking up.

The shag tally.

They saw the lot.

For the parents, it was the chance of a lifetime.

Secretly watching...

Eh, the dirty pigs, that's disgusting.

-..sneakily spying...

-Oh, my God.

..and outrageously hiding. All to see if their kids could the handle

the responsibility of being independent.

Oh, God.

-But, did it make the bond stronger...

-What!

-..or drive a wedge between them?

-Oh, no.

-And I did not realise how much you drink.

I never ever, ever, ever want to see your boobs again.

But now the parents have revealed themselves to their kids

and the holidays are over.

I cannot believe...

It's time to see what's changed and what they all learnt.

I'd say I'm a different person.

I would like to think that they've watched it back

and they'll reflect on it and think, "Oh, my God,

"when I drink so much I just do the stupidest of things."

I don't have a limit and I just can't stop.

I just keep drinking, don't I?

And I keep drinking until I just collapse.

I don't know how one of us didn't, like, get onto it.

I didn't really expect them to actually get up and walk out

and say, "I think we need five minutes". I mean, that really

got to me, the thought I'd really let my mum and dad down, yeah.

It's a weird thing, spying on your children.

Heading out on his first ever lads' holiday was Bolton mummy's boy Tom, and he was a man on a mission.

Yeah, I've only ever slept with one girl, er, right now,

but erm, hopefully I'll be able to make it a list on this holiday.

The girls in Napa won't stand a chance.

Mum Kim and stepdad Dave were desperate to get to know what

Tom was like away from the family home.

I think our expectations were just the whole experience.

The opportunity to see Tom in the wild, if you like.

And it was wild, wasn't it?

But after bringing up Tom alone for 15 years,

cutting the apron strings was going to be hard for Kim.

He's just... He's growing up, isn't he? Yeah, he's flying the nest.

Yeah, it's emotional. He's my baby.

It's just the first step in him leaving home.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Tom spent his first trip away in Ayia Napa,

the party capital of Cyprus...

..where thousands of Brits head for an unforgettable clubbing holiday.

This is Ayia Napa.

But Kim and Dave barely had time to check up on Tom.

Not long after landing, their trip came to a dramatic halt.

The first full day was spent in hospital, because I had a fall the night before

and Dave had an angina attack and he ended up in coronary care, across the corridor from the room that I was in.

I think the whole programme may have been more of a giggle following Kim and I around, actually.

She's gone on at me for being irresponsible,

she needs to watch what she's doing. You know what I mean? Oh, it just... Oh, don't be so clumsy.

Kim decided not to worry her son and went ahead with spying on him, whilst Tom focused on his goal.

I think the boys thought it were brilliant that, er,

all the girls were following them around and wanting to kiss them

and flash their boobs and flash their bottoms, even!

Tom was getting up close to the opposite sex,

but not as up close and personal as he'd have liked.

I laid aside a shagging bed and it didn't get used.

That is where the magic happens.

A designated shagging bed, not been used yet.

Oh, he means the sleeping's magical.

I don't think he quite means that, Kim.

I think they were very relieved that no action happened in that bed,

knowing that we were watching them all week.

But it seems Tom's been more successful on English soil.

Since I've got back from Napa, I've slept with two girls since then.

So, er, I mean, it is a list now.

Yeah, still waiting, unfortunately,

but I'm going to make a list and it's going to be massive, you watch.

It wasn't Tom trying to woo the women that upset

overprotective mum Kim, though - it was the Ayia Napa drinking culture.

Down it! Down it!

Oh.

Get off, you big bully!

-Oh.

-Bloody hell.

-I don't need to ask how you feel about that.

Big bullies, get off him!

The hardest bit for me was watching the playback, er, where they

were forcing all... Well, not forcing, but pouring drinks down their neck.

When you're in a situation like that you've got two options -

you either sit on the sidelines or you actually join in.

At this point in time, I'm not happy with that, I think it's bullying.

To be fair, though, Mum is probably right about...98% of the time,

but some of the things were a bit overreacting,

but she's just looking out for me at t'end of t'day.

Tom will now look more of a man to me than he did do when we came away.

It was nice to see David sticking up for me cos, obviously,

I've never been that close to him.

It was a breakthrough for Kim as she started to realise Tom was no longer her baby boy.

Watching Tom, it was just like seeing a totally different person.

It was like, yeah, this person had suddenly grown up.

Bye.

Since I've come back from holiday, I've been teaching him

how to iron, how to use the washing machine.

Oh, he's learnt how to fry an egg.

By the end of the holiday, mum Kim and stepdad Dave

began to see Tom in a new light.

Hello, I hear the Bolton boys are in town.

But unfortunately for Dave, when they all got back home,

his new-found pride in Tom began to disappear.

After coming back from Ayia Napa, he's just slipped back

into pyjamas all day, in his bedroom all day

for the majority of three month, and I think that is such a shame,

that he had such a great time, he could have... I really had

hoped he'd develop that and do more with the time off he had.

-I wish I had three months' holiday!

-Sometimes, living with David

and Tom, it's like living with two five-year-olds.

I don't know why my relationship with Dave hasn't progressed

since the holiday, because... I mean, he was proud of me and stuff when he was watching it.

Since then, it's just gone a bit downhill - the closer I got

to leaving uni, it's like he can't wait to get rid of me.

It is a completely different way of life to what we ever did when we were 18, isn't it, babe?

Yeah, but he wants to be a journalist.

What's he going to write about? "Things that happened in my bedroom"?

-Don't be nasty.

-If you want to be a journalist, you want to be out

and about seeing things, seeing the world and, er, whatever.

"A strange thing happened on the way from the bedroom to the to the bathroom today".

You know, that isn't journalism, babe.

And on her return, Kim was hoping she could come to terms with

Tom leaving home for his new life.

Letting Tom go to uni, it's been quite heartbreaking.

This first week has been really hard.

The holiday helped a lot, and once I get over this little blip,

I'll be fine.

I've been at uni a week now. It's freshers' week,

so it's been like, oh, like the best week of my life.

Er, apart from Napa, obviously.

You're a great son, put it there. Aww.

I've no regrets about the experience. Have you, David?

-No, I have no regrets about the experience.

-It's all good, it's all good.

19-year-old Jemma from Burnley loved to party.

I the wild one in the group, when I'm out drinking I just... I do a lot of stupid things.

As far as stepdad Sean and mum Marie were concerned, there were three very important rules.

Before she went, the key rules that we sent her with was,

not getting naked...

not being promiscuous...

-and don't get too drunk.

-Hm.

-See you later.

-OK, be careful.

-Time to break the rules.

The Spanish island of Majorca is home to the no-holds-barred resort of Magaluf.

It's a major destination for holidaymakers to party, drink and shed their inhibitions.

One of the rules to not get naked or get my body out,

but I broke it on the first night, near enough.

Now this is what's going to happen. I am...

Oh, are they naked? It's just uncomfortable to see this...

-Yeah.

-..because we shouldn't be watching this. Yeah.

There were a part of me made me wish that I actually hadn't put that there saying

"don't get your boobs out", because it were like it were a challenge to her then.

What Jemma didn't realise was that her mum

and stepdad were closer than she could ever imagine.

It feels sneaky.

-Is that Jemma on t'podium?

-I think it might be.

I didn't expect them to be anywhere near that like, they was like not...

-They was actually there, weren't they?

-Yeah.

-Whilst we were on t'podium.

-Literally just behind us, watching.

-Oh.

And the worst thing I could have been doing while we were there was near enough naked, and I was.

To watch that, I was embarrassed in myself and it makes me angry,

so I can understand how my mum and Sean felt.

Can we have a picture?

-Growl.

-Yeah...

-Yeah.

-I was really upset on that first night.

That's the one thing that we said we didn't want to see, isn't it?

At the time, it was a bit of a shock because just not supposed to

see her like it and hopefully they will mature a little bit from it.

They certainly won't stop partying, that's for sure.

I don't think I'll change my ways, cos the first night at uni, I was running round naked.

-Exactly!

-Well, at least my mum's not watching it.

-Yeah.

With one rule not so much broken as smashed to pieces,

how would Jemma do with the second one - promiscuity?

The amount of people we snogged that first day, it's just like everyone was snogging each other.

You were just walking around, like, snogging, snogging, snogging.

-And it just don't make sense.

-No, I'd say...

-Maybe 100. Between us all, I think.

-All four of us.

-I'd say over a 100 between us all.

-Do you reckon?

-Yeah.

-That's disgusting.

She may have snogged dozens of guys, but Jemma found her limit.

I was tricked into the booze cruise sex position game.

-Jemma is vulnerable...

-Yeah.

-We know that, don't we?

-Yeah.

Well, some guy come round with a paper and said,

"Do you want to be in a game?" I said, "Do you have to get your clothes off?"

He said "No, no." I said, "Right, I'll do it, then."

And then when it comes to it, he said "Right, take your bra off."

She puts on a facade sometimes that she's a wild sort of...a wild cat.

-Yeah.

-But she's not.

All right, so, get yourselves down on your knees, sweetheart, OK.

Get ready to give it a little suck, all right?

You're all right, sweetheart, it's booze cruise!

Number one, go on, then.

Then its number two...69.

They gotta win for this.

-Oh, that's disgusting, that is. That is gross.

-She's doing the same thing, look at her.

She really don't want to, she's like "No!"

The thing that I notice with Jemma was that, you know, there was

something she was asked to do and she said "No, no, I'm not doing it."

I think the blow job bit was disgusting,

I wouldn't give a blow job on me own, never mind

in front of 200 people and... Oh! That guy's penis knocked me sick.

And I thought, well done, well done.

You know, all them people egging her on to do it

and she still stood by what she believed in and said no.

It was a temporary sigh of relief for Sean and Marie,

as there was no limits when it came to rule number three, drinking.

I don't have a limit, I just can't stop, I just keep drinking don't I?

And I keep drinking until I just collapse.

That's the thing that we did learn from her.

Yeah. To be a little bit more understanding of...

-..kids and what they get up to.

-Yeah.

-And I think there has to be a little bit more compromise there.

I would like to think that they've watched it back and they'll reflect on it and think, "Oh, my God,

"when I drink so much I just do the stupidest of things."

I hate feeling hungover but I am glad I drank.

-I could drink all night, every night.

-Yeah.

Surprisingly, with most of the rules broken,

it made the family unit stronger.

Before Sean come into our family, we was really separated.

I didn't... In my eyes, I don't think I was that close with my mum.

Oh, my God, I'm going to cry.

Stepdad of three years Sean got to hear what Jemma thought of their relationship.

It's more like a stable family now. And doing real stuff together and...

-That's beautiful.

-It's much better.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

It was nice for me, personally, that Jemma actually realised

how much I do actually think about them and...

-Hm.

-I try and treat them as me own.

After all they've been through, Sean and Marie couldn't wait to confront their party-loving daughter.

Hello, madam. We've been watching you all week.

I never ever, ever, ever want to see your boobs again or see some bloke's dick that far from your face.

I think for me, personally, my favourite moment was when we were doing the final interview.

And sort of just that general bonding.

And you mean the world to us. You know you do, don't you?

If I was to have a biological daughter, I would want her to be just like you.

I'm nearly crying.

-Because you have been an absolute star.

-You have.

I've no regrets, I loved every second of it, yeah.

I've made a lot of mistakes. Now I'm growing up, I want her to be proud of me.

I've gone to university

and I'm trying to make them happy and proud their daughter.

That's the thing I would notice with Jemma -

she really does learn from the mistakes that she makes,

she takes them onboard and she does learn from them. I loved it.

I think a few things were brought out into the open and that was all for the best, I think...

18-year-old attention seeker Kieran headed off on his first ever lads' summer holiday.

I just like it when everything revolves around me.

If I don't get attention, then I'll find a way to get it.

And for this mollycoddled teen, independence wasn't something that came naturally.

Why do something for myself when my mum can just do it for me? It's easier.

Mum Kate may have put up with his lazy ways at home,

but there is one thing she would not tolerate.

-Darling, there's just one rule.

-I know, yeah, OK.

Not to disrespect women, Kieran.

Mum and Gran jumped at the chance to spy on Kieran in Zante.

See you later, mother.

I never thought my mum would be that sneaky. I didn't even think my mum had a passport!

The resort of Laganas is rammed with bars, making it a party

paradise for British teens ready to let loose every summer.

Chug! Chug! Chug!

As soon as Kieran touched down, he launched into some serious

drinking and it wasn't long before he paid the price.

Look at his fucking nose! Look at him, he's a fucking mess.

There it is, chund up, first chunder on the chunder chart.

Get it back down you, boys.

-Shall I do it?

-No. No.

-I'm going to do it.

He's fucking drinking some of it! What...no! Arh!

He drank his actual sick.

My sick was a bit acidic.

It tasted a bit, er, fruity, had a bit of a fruity flavour in it. I think it might have had

a little bit of lettuce from a kebab in it, as well.

The most disgusting thing I've ever seen, by miles.

Yeah, it definitely classed as my five a day, I'd had some fruit-based drinks.

Some wheat. Some lettuce.

Kieran's got that cocky bravado that if somebody says "Drink it",

whatever it is, Kieran will drink it because that's

where he builds his status from. People look up to him

cos he'll do what everybody else wants for a laugh.

And Kieran's intake didn't end with alcohol or his own vomit.

He's gone for a wee!

I was sober enough to ask the barman...

Hey, sensible...

..if he had an STIs or anything harmful.

And having passed the test, the barman served up the special drink.

I want to see you piss in the shot so I know its authentic piss.

Is that your piss?

-I paid a euro for a shot of piss.

-Should have been free.

At what point in my mind I decided I was going to pay for piss, I don't know.

His testosterone hit me and I was like, "I'm going to do the rest of this."

So necked a half pint.

Want to finish the rest of it!

Personally, I mean, I used to be a party animal and I did quite a lot of stuff...

but vomit and urine was never on my radar!

-Piss!

-Nothing could shock me, no.

People say, "Oh, I'd be mortified", but why?

If you look back, we're all the same when we were younger.

Fuck this, we're going home, I'm going home. I'm going.

And we have had chats about that, and he doesn't know why he did it and he is never going to do it

again because it was... I don't understand

men's mentality when they've had that much to drink and the things

that they do and... But no, it's not going to be repeated ever, ever again.

My mum's told me just to calm down a little bit with the drinking, like with drinking alcohol, piss...

-Or what you're drinking.

-..and sick. Everything that I drink, she's told me to calm down a little bit.

Kieran's mum had even bigger concerns about her son's attitude to women.

Girls are coming up, 19 kisses in like a minute.

And that's well "bayed". Well played.

I've now got to go and find one of them 19 to take home...

if I remember who the fuck they was.

Before he went out, they were all planning on playing "pull the pig", which we did have stern words about.

When Mum and Gran witnessed the way he viewed women, they were less than impressed.

I feel like I could... I would pick up a 2/10 and be very happy with it right now.

He was marking girls out of ten and stuff, which I weren't overly happy about.

But then when I spoke to him, and explained to him,

I'd been that teenage girl, and his sister's that teenage girl,

and how he would feel if he heard people talking about us like that?

-I think it made him think a little bit more.

-He realised then, didn't he?

It certainly wasn't on his mind when he sealed the deal.

Shag tally, tick.

I do have respect for girls, but the girls in the clubs didn't really have

much respect for themselves, so it didn't really help me respect them.

If you get what I mean. You get what I mean, don't you?

-Yeah, I do, but you didn't care about that...

-I did!

You're just like, "She's rancid, she's rancid, she'll do!"

And Kieran's approach to getting the ladies?

-There were two pulling techniques out there...

-This one...

..and you could have the very subtle approach,

or there's your approach where you're just so blunt you either

get shot down the first hurdle or make it past a few.

-If you get shot down the first hurdle, you can move on.

-But the first hurdle ones as well...

-Rather than you sitting there for about an hour just staring at like...

-Yeah but the thing is,

the first hurdle ones are usually the sluts, cos they're the ones that are just out to go get some,

but so are you, to be fair. But that's how you're going to go home with STIs and stuff.

But it wasn't just girls Kieran was disrespecting - it was also his best mate.

-You can't call me a 4/10 and expect me to be OK about that.

-Sam, Sam, calm down.

It's a joke! You're on your fucking period!

Out of ten...

My favourite memory of the holiday is Sam on the strip

crying his eyes out like a little girl.

You're a four, mate.

I'm joking!

Basically, it's hilarious to think about it now...

-Yeah.

-..but it was emotional at the time.

He thinks that I can't get with fit girls because I'm that low.

That makes me feel shit.

-We had a little heart-to-heart and I opened up to you.

-I don't remember.

-It was still hilarious, though.

Mate, I've got low confidence levels as it is, and you've just fucking made it worse.

-Sam, I was joking.

-You really have.

-I'm a cocky dickhead because I'm not confident.

I literally overcompensate at everything because I don't...

I am unconfident so I overcompensate at everything.

Don't mug me off any more, mate.. I've had enough fucking... I've literally had enough

-confidence issues in my life to fucking deal with...

-I'm sorry.

I think, although it was a terrible thing for Sam, I think it was

very good for Kieran to see that he is just human, you know.

I told him the reason why I'm so cocky and confident all the time -

because I'm not that confident in myself

so I overcompensate - and to tell him that was a big thing for me,

because I've never told anyone that before.

I think, if I hadn't seen it, I don't think that he would have...

he would have sort of spoke to me about it, would he?

-No, he wouldn't have opened up.

-Because that's something I think he...

He wants to be that big, tough macho with all his mates and things,

and he doesn't like people to see that side of him, does he?

No, he don't like people seeing the soft side of him.

Awww! That's my baby.

They told us that it was an emotional moment seeing me

have a heart-to-heart with Sam and open up to Sam,

and she was proud of me for doing it.

But she wasn't so proud that you got in that position in the first place, was she?

That was really hard.

Cos I think... I think boys sometimes forget that they've got feelings, as well.

That was his problem that he'd caused and he'd put it right.

-He took responsibility and he said sorry... and he meant it.

-And he meant it, I think, every word.

Believe it or not, this has actually brought us closer together.

-Well, yeah, apparently so.

-Yeah, it has. But when you...

You've got to have an ugly friend, haven't you, to make yourself feel better?

After an eventful week, Kieran's mum and gran gave him the surprise of his life.

I think we need words, don't we?

No!

Anything you want to tell me? Cos I've already seen it.

Oh, fuck.

The moment my mum and my nan came out was awkward.

I think he thought that Nan would probably go mental,

but I haven't forgotten when I was young.

I just dropped. I just, like, boom, head down just like a turtle, I was just like hiding, scared.

I was like, "Oh, God this is going to be bad."

With everything out in the open, Kate had some interesting advice for her son.

If people like that cocky Kieran then they don't actually like the real you.

It's much better to have a small group of people that actually

like you than millions of people who like something you pretend to be.

You're right, I know.

I am really proud of Kieran. He has his moments and there's things which I think, "Oh..."

But we all did - I did it when I was a teenager and he's learning,

-he's thought about a lot of stuff which I don't think he would have done before the week, would he?

-No.

Me and my mum spoke about a few things and

I think, even though I'm still just a cocky...laughing around, just messing

around... I have matured a little bit, like I do see sit... Shut up.

I do see situations differently and I do feel like I'm a little bit wiser

than I was before I went on holiday.

Although I still do stupid things.

But me and my mum have talked about things and she's

a little bit less hands-on, I do a little bit more at home,

not too much more, but a little bit more and yeah, so it's a lot better.

I loved every minute of it.

Cos it gave me a special time with Kate and with Kieran.

Body-conscious Dale was venturing away from his all-female home

where he lives with Mum and sister Abbie.

I look after meself, I don't abuse me body,

like, yeah, I'll have the occasional drink.

His lads' holiday would be a complete change for this fitness fanatic.

I'm going to drink excessive.

Mum Lisa thought she knew everything there was to know about her son.

I know 100% what he's like as a person.

98%!

No.

And Auntie Paula wanted her to open her eyes.

I wanted to go with Dale, cos I wanted to see what he got up to

and I wanted to let his mam know what,

and cos she needs to be more firmer with him.

Here we go, have you got your knickers?

The destination, one of Europe's biggest party towns - Malia.

Hoards of youngsters descend on its famous strip weekly,

hoping what happens in Malia, stays in Malia.

Oh, can you feel that heat?

I can't wait to finger some girls.

After just a few hours, Dale hits the strip...

and his strict health routine was out, and booze was in.

He was knocking back a few fishbowls, plenty of Aftershocks.

Obviously Dale says to me he's a lightweight,

he can only handle two pints... and then that's it,

so I was a bit gobsmacked really at what I did see.

When I'm drunk and when I'm sober I'm two different people.

I've watched a bit back on the TV and I think, "Oh, what an embarrassment!"

Not long after arriving in Malia, mum Lisa

and Auntie Paula headed out on a spy mission.

Dale's got no idea whatsoever that his mum

and his auntie are, like, literally on top of him.

I think that's, er, you know, the best bit of it.

We've got our camouflage on as well.

-Definitely.

-We're ready.

And he was just there shouting, you know,

it was like, oh, my God! It was like, oh, I don't know.

And then she was going, "Oh, I need to go."

I was like, "No, don't spoil it."

I was like the cruel one then, weren't I?

-Yeah, Cruella de Vil.

-Cruella, Cruella.

-Can you see him?

-Oh, I can see him!

-Yeah.

-He's on shots, I think, I've just seen his head fly back.

-Yeah!

Oh, drinking.

I don't know how one of us didn't get on to it.

Erm, I think that you took a few risks.

'So why does he need to get drunk?'

I told you he'd be on a binge.

Since we've been home, he's not been out once, you know?

All he's done is training, and running, and things.

Now I'm back, I regret drinking all them days.

I wish I'd got up one day and gone for a run.

Also in Malia that week was Cheshire lad Tom.

He was desperate to prove to mum Pam and dad Alan

that he could stand on his own two feet.

I don't suppose there's any chance of you having a go at this?

-No.

-Too complicated.

I am ready to leave the nest and then go out to uni,

cos this holiday's going to be the perfect example,

so I can prove to them that I can survive on my own.

But unfortunately for Tom, his friends Lee

and Blake's nights often ended in argument...

..after argument...

I walked into the room and punched the wall,

to stop me from hitting Blake.

..after argument.

I just thought, fuck it, I'm here for six days,

so why would I want to stay in? I can stay in when I get home.

I think with the clubbing,

three individuals, rather than coming as a group.

'It was an amazing quality'

to have to be the diplomat, when you've gone on

this amazing holiday, where you think you're going to have

the time of your life, and it all seemed to be crumbling before his eyes.

His downward-spiralling holiday was unbearable for his mum to watch.

Ah, my little boy! He's had a row already.

-That's really difficult to watch.

-Yeah, erm...

I think it was a good lesson for Tom, er, the fact that

sometimes, you can't always take people on face value.

'It takes something like this to make you realise...'

your friendship, your family, that's the most important thing.

It made me realise how much of a good friendship I've got with Lee,

and how much of a good family I've got in my mum and dad,

and it makes you realise these things. It's the best experience you could possibly have.

As Tom was learning to appreciate HIS parents,

Dale was flaunting all the rules his mum had laid out.

He wasn't to go on quad bikes.

Oh, here they go!

He's dead.

He was meant to stick with his mates on a night out.

I don't know where Dale is.

-Hey, hey, Dale...

-Leave me alone.

And no matter what, he wasn't meant to go to the beach drunk.

Got chatting to a few girls and they said, er,

do you want to come to the beach? Goodnight and God bless.

-Oh, I can tell how quiet she is, he's going to...

-Yeah.

-That's upset you, that.

-It pisses me off.

'That's my mum's main thing, not go to the beach at night,

'which is understandable,'

because it is very dangerous.

And anything could have happened,

that's just my one hate, like, drowning in that sea.

Dale may have been in the bad books with his mum,

but it was Tom who was feeling bad.

-How many times have you been sick today?

-Five.

-Five.

-I've been coughing up blood.

-What do you want to do about it,

-do you want to get it checked out?

-Best get it checked out.

I didn't want to ring them and worry them unnecessarily.

Tom didn't need to tell his parents, as they were there to witness

the events first-hand.

Lee and Blake have gone out on a night out, but I don't trust myself.

Definitely feeling lonely tonight.

SHE SOBS

Tom ending up in hospital was really traumatic,

it went against all my motherly instincts.

Yes, he was in the next room, he'd been really ill,

and it was really, really difficult.

But Pam didn't have to wait long before she could give her son

a long-awaited hug.

Oh, my God!

Why are you on my holiday?!

At the end of the day, you handled it all really well, mate,

-very proud of you.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. And you never had to call us, did you?

-I didn't want to.

I know you didn't want to, we know that, yeah.

Can I have a hug?

Basically, I'm going to uni soon,

I'm going to start a new life in Liverpool.

This holiday has set me up perfectly for going off to uni

-and being independent.

-He's budgeting his money a lot better,

he's sorting his finances out, before he goes off to university.

It was something I'll never forget, I had an amazing time.

Lisa wasn't quite as placid

when she came face to face with her fun-loving son.

'I would have just loved to have gone and thrown my arms round him

'and give him a love, but obviously, I couldn't because...'

I had to tell him what he'd done, when I'd asked him not to do it.

To watch you go against my word, Dale!

-And then you sit there laughing. It's funny, isn't it?

-Oh, no!

You look a bit gobsmacked, Dale.

When I first seen her face and my auntie's face, I was thinking, wow!

That was a weird experience. I'll never have that feeling again.

You can't set me up again now!

Er, well, I'm sorry for the bad stuff that I've done.

Can I have a cuddle?

I'm glad to see you, I've been wondering every day.

'I think that it's brought us closer together,'

so that's a good thing.

Daddy's girl Katy was getting ready to leave Basildon

for her first parent-free holiday.

Without Basildon, I had an amazing time,

I didn't want to come back home.

But little did she know her concerned parents,

mum Sue and dad Terry, were set to follow her.

-We always say goodnight to each other...

-Yeah.

-..by text.

-Oh!

-Shut up, Mum!

'It was a bit scary, at the time.'

She's always been away with us.

Kavos, on the Greek island of Corfu. Rammed with bars and clubs.

Thousands of hedonists descend on the Strip every week.

Before they let Katy leave Basildon,

Mum and Dad had some crucial advice.

Woo!

-The key things we told her was not to get drunk so much.

-Yeah.

But did Katy listen?

Of course not!

THEY SHOUT

-We got in such a state.

-It was the watermelon.

-The melon.

-Oh, it was just like amnesia in a fruit bowl.

-Oh, it was really,

-really strong.

-We forgot what happened from there.

Her parents certainly wouldn't forget seeing Katy's

first night out, where she was a little worse for wear.

-Oh.

-Oh, dear.

-RETCHING

-Oh, dear, oh, dear.

-Oh, no, no, no.

-Oh, no.

-That's horrible, yeah. In the gutter as well.

-Oh.

-I told her, I said that, didn't I?

-Oh.

-Yeah.

When she was poorly, it was horrible to see that you couldn't help her

-and give her that little hug.

-Not so much a hug, you just want to say,

-"What the bloody hell you doing?"

-Yeah.

-I bet he thought it was going to get worse, didn't he?

-Yeah.

I bet he thought it was going to be terrible. They probably wish

-they'd never done it...

-Yeah.

-..when they saw that.

So has Katy learnt her lesson?

-She thinks she has learnt not to drink as much now.

-Yeah.

I've drank every weekend since I've come back,

-so, no, the holiday's not going to put us off.

-No.

If anything, I want to go back and do it all over again.

There was one thing she did get her fill of.

Have you seen my tattoo?

'I think we had a willy a day!'

THEY LAUGH

'It's not like, hello,'

how are you? Shake your hand. It's, hello,

have a look at that and, er, it...

I think my dad was quite worried about boys before I came away.

That's his foreplay, isn't it?

But as the week went on,

did indecent exposure turn into an indecent proposal?

'Oh, oh, oh...'

It's tattoo boy, isn't it?

We knew he was the one that got that out the first day

they were there, it was a bit, a bit...

-A bit of a worry.

-Mmm.

-Oh, he's in her bed.

-She's got all her clothes on.

Katy, however, has her own version of events.

It wasn't in the same bed, we didn't share a bed.

-You're making this sound worse.

-Danny slept in Lacey's bed,

which was next to my bed, and there was drawers in the middle.

-Perhaps I'll have a word with her about that.

-Yeah.

-Try and get that straight.

I explained it all to him and he was fine.

He's still a little bit sort of, a bit like, hmm!

# You're my wonderwall... #

'We spoke to her about it and the impression we've got'

-is that he's just a mate.

-Yeah. And we trust her.

-Well, that's all we can...

-We trust her.

If she says it, that's what we've got to go by, but...

After a week of seeing her secret party lifestyle,

Terry and Sue couldn't wait to surprise their daughter.

'I think they were a little bit angry,

'cos I'd obviously thrown up and...

'made a tit of myself.'

As Terry and Sue finally sat down to talk to Katy,

it seemed the holiday had been a much-needed wakeup call.

We're really proud of you,

when we've seen what you've done and achieved over the week.

-Yeah, we are, definitely.

-We are really proud of you.

She's that little bit older now and she doesn't need

-Mum and Dad telling her...

-No.

-..what to do.

Sometimes, I think, am I over, er...

-It made us think, didn't it, Tel?

-..over-protective of you?

They've got better since the holiday and, like...

I think I have changed a little bit on that side, have I?

-Have you?

-Oh, I think I have, yeah. A little bit.

-Oh.

-Yeah, I still need him for, like, money... No!

-Car insurance!

-Car!

I'm really glad they did it, I think it's done us some good.

Liverpudlian lad Phil was Mummy's little angel.

-Are these going in?

-Yeah. Pair of boxys.

My mum, she's had me being this... this wonderful son

that she has, as all mums do.

But that was about to change,

as him and his mates were off to Zante.

Can't wait to get out there,

get some sun, get some nice girls, and chill.

For Phil's traditionally-minded parents, Wendy and Bob,

seeing their son on holiday opened their eyes.

Before we left, I was not prepared at all.

No, I wasn't either,

I didn't expect there to be such a huge gap that there obviously is.

-Are you going to behave?

-I'm going to be a typical lad, aren't I?

Somewhere along the line, the instruction manual was changed.

There's definitely a generation gap

between me and my parents.

And the gap was never wider than when Phil packed certain items.

-So I've got two packs of 30...

-60?

-I'll be on the safe side, yeah.

-60?

-Yeah.

What are you, Superman?!

I brought 60 condoms back with me, 60 was pretty wishful thinking!

Especially as Mum had set one important rule.

Just make sure that you treat girls out there with the same respect

that you would treat girls at home. Just cos you're on holiday...

-Yeah, but... That's the thing, we're on holiday.

-It doesn't matter.

Be good, be careful.

Bob and Wendy were about to see a whole different side to their son.

Just buzzing to get out there, mate, just get all fanny.

Phil went to Laganas, on the Greek island of Zante.

I'd say the holiday overall was just fantastic and I would do it again,

but I'd probably change some of the things that, if I went back and

did it again, I'd probably change some of the things that I'd done.

Maybe what happened on the first night,

as Phil and his mates hit the Strip.

Two shots of Sambuca.

It's boss, it's boss, I tell you, it's beers all round.

Three, two, one...

'I was quite shocked at how much they could drink.'

You don't see that at home.

Oh...

I can't stand up properly, I need to sit down, lads.

A little bit too much to drink! "I need to sit down."

'They were actually walking a very thin line. On one side,'

you could have had alcoholic poisoning,

on the other side, you could go into an alcoholic coma,

yet they managed to stay upright most of the time, I think.

When you saw half the things me and the lads were doing,

they were really shocked and you thought, God, this is bad.

But it was about to get worse,

as Phil and the boys boarded a boat party.

Just look around, dead sound...

On the sea, on a boat. House music.

Ale. Birds.

Leaving Wendy ashore, Bob boarded a boat of his own.

Having a fine old time, and somewhere amongst that lot, there's my son.

It's a weird thing, spying on your children, and to see him

that close and him not know we were there.

Watching that back, it was funny, my dad thinks he's back in the Navy,

spying on enemy ships, or something. Hilarious.

He's sitting there, with his little daft hat on.

The cocky so-and-so, the way he was carrying on, it was funny.

Five minutes later, his whole view changes about it.

I was that drunk, I can't remember actually, like, going for it,

and it actually happening, so I watched it back and I was just thinking to myself,

what was I playing at? That's not me at all. But that's what alcohol

can do to you, and I suppose now, I'll be a bit more aware of myself.

But for Phil's parents, seeing their son's drunken antics

became increasingly difficult.

-Up the fanny!

-Oh!

-Hey, Phil, what did you do?

-I fingered her.

When we saw it, it was like, bang!

I fingered that bird's gash...

I'm going to have words with you, lad!

It was only a few minutes' worth of film that we saw

that brought our world crashing down.

-She was fit and, er... Smell!

-Oh!

It's so embarrassing.

That wasn't nice, that really wasn't,

-that was, erm, going above and beyond.

-Yeah.

Looking back, I'm embarrassed in myself, the way that

I got back on the boat and was like, that's the...

It's not me, do you know what I mean?

And I actually regret doing that loads. I mean, I wouldn't...

I would not have done that in the slightest if I was sober.

Watching how Phil spoke directly to women

was the biggest shock for Bob and Wendy.

'Show us your fried eggs.'

Show us your burger lips.

Oh, my God, you don't say that! Oh, God.

How big is your cock, like, two inches?

Can I put it in your gob?

-Can I put it in your gob?

-No.

Well, fuck that, then,

there's no point in whacking it out, then, is there?

Oh, I really don't want to watch any more.

Can we have just five minutes? Just so I can go outside

and scream for a bit, then I'll come back in again.

Come on.

I didn't expect them to actually get up and walk out

and say, "I think we need five minutes."

That really got to me, that thought I'd really, like,

let Mum and Dad down.

He's an absolute bloody disgrace, he is. And no excuses...

I think I expected to come home and tell family and friends

what had happened, and they'd have the same response

-that me and Bob had had. But I haven't.

-Hm.

I haven't, everybody said, he's just a normal lad.

I'm actually now back with my ex-girlfriend...

I was single at the time, when I went away, but now I've got back

and realised like, I'm not really into doing all that, you know?

I am a changed man.

My heart is pounding.

-You're taking the piss! What the fuck?!

-Unlucky, Philip!

-Not very happy, Phil.

-Aren't you?

-No, no.

The problem I've got is going up to girls, "Get your fried eggs out."

It sounds funny, I grant you, but it's the response

-that comes back from that.

-But this is what people our age do.

Since I've come back and people saying what they've said

has helped me to accept it...

-Yeah.

-..more.

-That's the best way to describe it.

-But I'll never understand it.

-Yeah.

Because we're in a completely different generation,

so my understanding and Phil's understanding will always be different.

Since I got back from the show, erm, half the things that

I look back on, I was ashamed, so I'm...

I'd say now I'm a different person,

and once I have a drink now, I know what I'm doing.

There's no more of this necking.

My parents shouldn't have came away in the first place,

I'm still thinking of how I can get my own back on them.

Cheeky Kent boy Max couldn't wait to go on holiday with his mates

and it was down to his dad, Jeff,

to see if he was a chip off the old block.

We're so excited about going on holiday.

We'll count it down, we get on our little Facebook chat,

"Ten days left! Nine days left!"

Cheers, lads.

I've never seen Max kiss, or snog,

so many females in my life.

The holiday was a good laugh,

we had such a good time, all of us.

We all got on really well, we had a good laugh.

As long as you don't do anything stupid out there and come back with

unwanted tattoos that you may regret for the next 50 years.

It wasn't just tattoos that were worrying Jeff.

On this holiday, Max would find out his A-level results,

and if he got the grades,

he'd be the first in the family to go to uni.

I was shitting myself.

If you don't find out on results day,

then you know they're not very good.

If he hadn't made Brighton,

he considered taking a year out to re-sit to ensure he got to Brighton.

See you later, boys. Keep an eye on each other while you're out there.

Because I'll be keeping an eye on you!

I was quite looking forward to seeing what Max does get up to

on his holiday and whether he's any different than any other 18 year old.

Max and his mates headed to the Greek island of Kos.

One of the hottest party islands in Europe.

-Right now!

-Every year, a million hedonists

arrive on its shores, looking for cheap booze and cheap thrills.

The first night saw Max on a mission to get wasted.

What I have noticed with Max, for such a slight boy,

he must have hollow legs.

You lick, you drink, and you bite the lemon.

And the more he drank, the more girls he kissed.

Oh! That's taken, ugh...

-That's another....

-Two of 'em.

-Oh, two.

-Oh!

I got molested by a girl, that's the only way I can put it, molested.

I had no idea that Max would be as popular with the ladies.

-What will that do for him?

-No idea.

-He is a party boy, isn't he?

-He's not looking good!

I saw Max get, er, turned upside down on one of these drinks

and I really don't understand why. I don't know what it does to you.

Apart from give you a raging headache, I can't think of anything else.

I saw the clip of me hanging upside down and drinking a drink,

but I don't remember doing it.

Oh, he's thrown up everywhere, he has thrown up.

Don't lie, Max.

I came in for a piss and you're like that, urgh!

-Oh, he's been sick.

-Max has been sick.

-That is... That's a tactical...

-Chunder.

Well, a tactical chunder is, if you're feeling a little bit rough,

you've drunk something too quickly and it's only early in the night,

-you want to try and tactical. So...

-Make room for more drink.

Make room for more, so you get it all up, then you're good to go again.

The morning after,

a hungover Max was about to discover his A-level results.

When I woke up, I was so nervous about results day.

-'Hello.'

-Hello, mate, you all right?

'All right? I wondered where you were.

'You got a D in Business, B in Geography, and a C in Drama.'

Hm, that's going to be a close one.

And it wasn't just Max who was nervous. Just down the road,

his dad Jeff was anxiously awaiting the news.

-Hello.

-Have you got your results?

-I got B, D, C.

-You sound a little disappointed, or are you just hungover?

I don't know if I got into Brighton yet, I need...

to go on the internet to find out.

-Oh, so you'll find out today or tomorrow, will you?

-I'll find out today, yeah.

Text me as soon as you can, so then I can give your mum the good or the bad news.

Right, see you later.

Initially, I had the conversation with him

early part of the day that he was 20 points short, so wasn't quite sure

if he'd made Brighton, but was going to check on the UCAS website.

Yes, get in there!

"Congratulations, your place at the University of Brighton

-"to study Geography has been confirmed."

-Is that Brighton?

-Yeah.

Well happy, so happy I got in, thank God.

So it was time to celebrate on the race track.

Meanwhile, Jeff arrived, still unaware of Max's results.

So I'm waiting with baited breath,

I'm stuck in the back of a van, watching him.

My emotions are all over the shop.

-He worked hard.

-Then the moment of truth.

As soon as I went on the website, I logged in,

-I was trying to find out.

-Here we go.

-I'm just glad I got in.

He's in. He's in!

I did it, thank God.

It all got a bit much for Jeff.

It's nice that... It's nice to know he cares.

Good boy.

It's good to know that I made him proud. Yeah, I didn't let him down, I suppose.

-Good boy.

-Well done, well done.

For Max to be the first within our family, er, to make university,

was a really proud day for him and all of us.

Not just me, his mum and his elder brother as well.

It was quite a shame, knowing he was like right there

and I couldn't walk up to him and go, "Yeah, Dad, I got in."

I actually wanted to run out and give him a high-five there and then.

With the pressure off, Max decided to break some rules.

I promised the boys I'd get my camel toe tattoo done.

Is this going to be a new chat-up line?

"Hello, ladies, would you like to see my camel toe?"

You show me your camel toe, I'll show you my camel toe, that is a good line.

I can't believe he just said that! Can he hear me?

I don't regret it...yet, it still makes me laugh,

when I look down and see it, a little camel sticking out

the end of my toe.

His university place sorted and tattoo now inked,

it was back to getting drunk.

But Max had no idea his dad was on his way.

Go, ten, nine, eight...

I can't really remember it,

it was all a bit of a blur, cos I was more focused on

not throwing up, cos I'd just had Sambuca poured down my throat.

Three, two, one...

I cannot believe how much

you have been drinking all week!

Oh, my life! Are you sure...?

-What are you doing?!

-I've had my eye on you all week.

Every single thing you've done, the lot.

Although he'd drunk a lot, I think Max still come over as

a nice, upstanding gentleman and he is a good kid,

and the group he was with were good boys, they didn't do anything wrong.

Come on, then, give us a hug.

'I didn't realise we was this similar until this holiday,'

so, er, I'm going to have to completely change myself!

I enjoyed watching Max and what he got up to with his pals,

and Max, to me, is no different before he went on holiday,

but the overall experience was great.

It has brought us closer. We were pretty close anyway,

but it's just nice that we can laugh about it, and years to come,

we'll be like, do you remember you came on holiday with us?

-Love you.

-I didn't embarrass myself too much.

Let's go and get smashed!

It was a revealing summer for the parents.

We've been watching you!

SHOUTING

-I think we need words.

-Oh!

Full of unexpected moments...

..and shocking discoveries.

You don't know what your kids are doing.

But they learnt a lot about their teenagers.

What surprised me about Tom was the drinking, I think, in excess.

It's something we didn't think he did.

It's reality-check time, isn't it?

I went from thinking, God, you're an idiot, to thinking,

I am proud of you, son.

And after all the tears...

Need a tissue.

..their experience has brought the parents

and their teenage kids closer together.

I'm so close, it's more of your stable family now.

I love him to bits and nothing, nothing ever will change that.