
Jamaica
Unruly British teenagers are sent to live with strict families in five different countries. Sam and Charlotte go to Jamaica to live under the Christian regime of the Roses.
Ten unruly British teenagers are sent to live with strict families in five different countries in an experiment to find out the right way to bring up a child.
Sam North, 17, from Brighton, and 16-year-old Charlotte Hart from Essex go to Jamaica to live for a week under the Christian regime of the Roses. Mum Sharon is in charge, but Sam refuses to go to church and humiliates her. He's sent to bed early and Charlotte is homesick and in floods of tears. At school Charlotte writes a terrible piece of work but Sam decides to knuckle down. The school call Sharon in to discuss Charlotte. Humiliated again she's devastated. Sharon tries to get under angry Sam's skin and Charlotte's in tears again.
At the weekend it's down to the family farm to toil the soil. The teens realise how little they do at home, and both their attitudes begin to change. Letters from home bring out the tears, as Sam opens up about his troubled background and Charlotte realises how much she takes her mum for granted. The Roses throw a party and heap praise on the teens, hoping they'll change when they return to the UK.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director | Kirsty Cunningham |
| Producer | Kirsty Cunningham |
| Producer | Sam Whittaker |
Broadcasts
- Thu 25 Sep 200821:00
- Thu 25 Sep 200823:45
- Sun 28 Sep 200820:00
- Mon 29 Sep 200800:50
- Wed 1 Oct 200803:45
- Thu 22 Jan 200920:00
- Fri 23 Jan 200901:15
- Mon 2 Feb 200904:10
- Wed 29 Apr 200920:00
- Thu 30 Apr 200900:15
- Fri 1 May 200902:40
- Tue 15 Sep 200922:35BBC One except Wales
- Tue 15 Sep 200923:35BBC One Wales
- Thu 21 Jan 201020:00
- Fri 22 Jan 201002:20