Hotel of Mum and Dad

Hotel of Mum and Dad is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC Three starting on 3 October 2013. The series shows young couples who live at one of their parents' homes moving out together for the first time.^[1] The BBC announced the commissioning of a second series on 13 February 2014,^[2][3] and commenced airing it on 29 September 2014.

Hotel of Mum and Dad
Genre	Factual
Directed by	Alistair Smith (Series 1) Mel Beer (Series 1) Tom Jackson (Series 2)
Narrated by	Nick Grimshaw
Composer	Dobs Vye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Kat Lennox (Series 1-2) Hannah Wyatt (Series 1)
Producer	Sarah Ladbury
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Mentorn Media
Original release
Network	BBC Three
Release	3 October 2013 (2013-10-03) – 7 November 2014 (2014-11-07)

Production

The executive producers are Kat Lennox and Hannah Wyatt and the series producer is Sarah Ladbury. The production company is Mentorn Media and the distributor is Passion Distribution.^[4] The first series featured couples in several towns in the United Kingdom, including Stevenage and Swansea.^[5][6]

The second series featured six one-hour-length episodes, set in the United Kingdom. These episodes aired on both BBC Three and BBC Three HD television channels. Lennox remained as executive producer, whilst Tom Jackson directed, and Grimshaw continued his role as narrator.

Reception

John Crace of The Guardian said the series was "missing the important questions".^[7] Time Out's Gabriel Tate gave it two stars out of five and called the format "stifling".^[8]