About this season
Can you find the perfect match by only meeting their parents? Meet the Parents is brand new dating show for ITV. Single guys and girls are paired up with the help of the people who know them best - their parents. From love lives and ex'es to school reports and awkward teenage antics, nothing is off limits. Presented by Holly Willoughby, Meet the Parents is dating like you've never seen it before!
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 1
Aired 15 October 2016 • 45 min
On tonight's first show we have. Picker: Lewis Blissett from London. Families: Mum Sue and dad Jay with daughter Imani from Bedfordshire. Mum Helle with daughter Suzie from London. Mum Claire and dad Paul with daughter Hollie from Chichester. Picker: Suzanne Haynes from Birmingham. Families: Mum Rebecca and dad Ron from Worcester with son Adam from London. Mum Catherine and sister Cath with son and brother Paddy from Lancashire. Mum Kerry and dad John with son Jack from Hertfordshire.
2. Episode 2
Aired 22 October 2016 • 45 min
While the parents are being quizzed, the guys and girls hoping to be chosen see and hear everything, and have no control over what their parents are revealing. However, if mum and dad go too far, they can make just one urgent phone call to speak to them. Will these parental confessions help or hinder their kids' chances of finding love? Once the picker has finished grilling the parents, they make their decision. Though before they come face-to-face with their date, they get to meet the ones they turned down. Will they have made the right decision as they head straight from the studio to the date hopefully hand in hand?
3. Episode 3
Aired 29 October 2016 • 45 min
In their quest to find love, nothing is off limits, as the picker looking for romance gets to ask their potential suitors' parents anything. Mum and dad then get busy spilling the beans, on everything from their off-spring's relationship history and grooming habits, to questionable celebrity crushes and cringe-worthy childhood stories.
4. Episode 4
Aired 5 November 2016 • 45 min
Oliver Elmore from London & Charlie Auterac from London.
5. Episode 5
Aired 12 November 2016 • 45 min
Camilla Joyce from Cardiff & Will McNally from Essex.
6. Episode 6
Aired 19 November 2016 • 45 min
On tonight's show we have Georgia Cantwell from London and :Ben Nicholas from London
7. Episode 7
Aired 26 November 2016 • 45 min
On tonight's show we have Raven Dixon-Biggs from Birmingham and Ali Mutter from Kent.
8. Episode 8
Aired 3 December 2016 • 45 min
Mum Jacqui and Stepdad Jeremy with daughter Kerry from Wrexham. Mum Jo and dad Ricky with daughter Danika from Kent. Mum Kal and Grandma Barbara with daughter/granddaughter Brooke from Bognor Regis. While the parents are being quizzed, the guys and girls hoping to be chosen see and hear everything, and have no control over what their parents are revealing. However, if mum and dad go too far, they can make just one urgent phone call to speak to them. Will these parental confessions help or hinder their kids' chances of finding love? Once the picker has finished grilling the parents, they make their decision. Though before they come face-to-face with their date, they get to meet the ones they turned down. Will they have made the right decision as they head straight from the studio to the date hopefully hand in hand?