Meet the Amish
This engrossing four-part series follows five Amish teenagers from the American mid-west as they travel to Britain on an extraordinary cultural exchange. The five Amish teenagers - Jerry, Andrew, Leah, Becky and Leon - bid an emotional farewell to their loved ones, as they leave their closed community for the very first time. The Amish live strictly sheltered lives based on their belief that living simply brings them closer to God. Their community has its own language and rules, there are no cars or electricity, and no-one drinks or smokes. Despite their strict lifestyle, Amish parents often allow their teenage children to experience the outside world, through a rite of passage called 'Rumspringa'. The first challenge for the youngsters is getting to the UK as they experience travelling on an aeroplane for the first time. Over four weeks they will stay with four very different British families and it's a baptism of fire to begin as they find themselves in the concrete jungle of London. Episode 1: Their London teenage hosts are street dancers, an art form that's completely alien to them. The Amish come from spacious homes in safe communities. The documentary follows the five to see how they will cope with the noisy, bustling streets of London. Episode 2: The Amish youngsters stay with a family in the Kent countryside. The teenagers haven't encountered creative pursuits before, so how do they react when they discover the British teens are into music and art? Episode 3: The Amish youngsters' simple lifestyle clashes with that of the British upper classes when they stay as guests in a castle on one of Scotland's finest hunting estates. Episode 4: In the final episode, the surf's up as the Amish youngsters move in with a clan of surfers in Cornwall for their last week in Britain
DVD Video, English, [2012]