Sun, sex and suspicious parents research

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• This British reality documentary series follows the lives of young adults and teenagers on their group holidays away from their parents. They are aware of the cameras, but unaware that their parents are following them on their holiday. Their mischievous actions whilst on holiday are filmed and then shown to their parents, before they leave the children are united with their parents.

• Roughly 60 minutes running time each episode.

• Series:5

• Episodes:29 and continuing

• Related shows: ‘Snow, sex and suspicious parents’ and ‘Festivals, sex and suspicious parents’

• One episode reached views of over 1.26 million

• Premiered on BBC Three

• This documentary series would be considered as observational mode as the filmmakers do not interact as events unfold, the camera simply follows the subject(s). It is used to educate the audience on what holidays abroad without parents are really like.

• Voiceovers are commonly used throughout to explain to the audience what is happening, mainly used at the beginning and end of the episodes.