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Specials

2014-04-08 | Documentary | 5 episodes
Overview

7 Seasons

Episode

Final Demand (2014)

A special edition of the programme giving an insight into the world of debt collection from the perspectives of people who owe money, their creditors and those who collect the payments. There are updates from some of the stories featured in the series earlier in the year, while two new cases reveal that life-changing debt can affect anyone - no matter how wealthy they appear to be.

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Eviction Special (2014)

Documentary series. The repossession agents find themselves dealing with an unusual case in which a landlord is threatening to evict his own mother, and a family whose immigration status is unclear face being made homeless.

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Final Demand (2015)

One-off edition of the documentary giving an insight into the world of debt collection from the perspectives of people who owe money, their creditors and those who collect the payments. High court eviction officer Kevin Stokes faces a physical assault, while Paul Bohill and his team deal with a difficult case involving a mother and daughter who are about to be left out on the street with nowhere to go.

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Benefits Special (2015)

Paul and Steve attend the eviction of a family who owe more than £12,000 in rent arrears, but the situation turns confrontational when the landlord arrives. Later, they are forced to evict a hard-working young nurse who is desperately seeking a home for her young family through no fault of her own. Meanwhile, Brian and Kevin deal with a single mother whose overall debts come to more than £45,000, but is struggling with any form of repayment, and later meet an aggressive debtor recovering from a brain tumor who refuses to pay his dues, despite owing more than £2,000 to a lawyer.

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Christmas Special (2015)

Seasonal edition of the documentary giving an insight into the work of High Court enforcement bailiffs and repossession teams. The agents grapple with emotional evictions and moral dilemmas as a young family is made homeless, an acrimonious divorce comes to a head, and an off-licence battles to stay open.

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