The Agate Family

The Agate Family is the eighth episode of series 2 of the British Supernanny TV show.

Synopsis
"Jo Frost goes head-to-head with a seven-year-old girl who holds her whole family to ransom. Can Mum overcome the fear of her own daughter? Or will her little rebel reign supreme?

Wendy Agate is struggling to bring up her three girls: 10-year-old Marie, nine-year-old Amie and seven-year-old Maryann; largely because of her youngest daughter's shockingly bad behaviour. She calls her mother a Fat Bitch', attacks her sisters, runs out of the house and across the road, and keeps everyone awake at night with screaming fits.

Supernanny confronts Wendy, and then spells out how things are going to change: a reflection room for when the girls misbehave, A Haircut, a trust technique to allow the girls to go out to play safely, and a video diary room where the girls can express their feelings without blowing their top.

Things start to improve - until Maryann uses the video to tell mum what she really thinks of her..." - Channel 4 website

Behind the Scenes

 * This was filmed in May-June 2005

Pop Culture References

 * During the Family Observation, when Mary-Anne and Wendy were having a power struggle over a video during bedtime, the video cassette that Mary-Anne was showing to Wendy is the 1999 Richard Rich animated film “The King and I”, and her pillow on her bed is of Milo from the 1999 - 2002 Series “Tweenies”.
 * The pajamas that Mary-Anne is wearing feature the puppies from the 1961 Disney animated film “101 Dalmatians”.
 * Another video that Mary-Anne is seen holding her hands shortly after fighting with Wendy is that of the 1997 live-action Disney film “George of the Jungle”.
 * Mary-Anne is seen playing with a GameBoy Color
 * A yellow Labrador appears throughout the episode (this dog died in 2015)

Internet Popularity/Controversy
This episode has several reactions and memes to it because of Mary-Anne's unruly behaviour displayed in the episode, but it ended up causing so many people to make Supernanny edits and compilations, that this episode became a high target of controversy when the girls social media pages were leaked, which caused many people to harass and condemn Mary-Anne for her violent and unruly behavior. Because of this, the girls have since gotten their accounts terminated.