One couple, one challenge: for a boyfriend to last the entire evening at his girlfriend's parents' house, as he Meets The Parents.

Unbeknown to the boyfriend, there are 30 hidden cameras watching his every move and everyone at the house is an actor doing their upmost to make the evening as uncomfortable as possible.

Characters include a father who is an ex-army type and uncomfortably tactile with his daughter; the mother who has the face of a 50-year-old and the body of a surgically enhanced 20-year-old; the brother, who keeps a pet cemetery in the garden and dead animals in his bedroom; as well as a very attractive sister; a handsome ex-boyfriend; and a man-hating aunt. All these characters are prepared do their upmost to make the evening as uncomfortable as possible.

For the most-part the show is scripted; however the cast do improvise, depending on how certain situations play out.

Channel 4 head of comedy Shane Allen says the format is "irresistibly mischievous with lots of watch-through-your-fingers moments. It will be exquisitely excruciating in such a way you'll be glad it's not you."