Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away
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5 Seasons · 93 Episodes · Premiered October 8, 2014 · Ended May 17, 2018
With exclusive access to some of the most experienced High Court enforcement bailiffs and repossession teams in the country, this series is an eye-opening insight into cash-strapped Britain from the perspectives of debtors, creditors and debt collectors. It reveals what it means to be a creditor who cannot get back what they are owed, what it is like to be saddled with debt that you are simply unable to repay and what it takes to be the kind of person who can pay but refuses to do so.Cameras capture the daily hassle of dealing with violent confrontations, tearful debtors, downright liars and genuine cases of hardship. Then there are the debtors, many of whom have some distressing tales to tell of how they got into the situation in the first place. No one wants their possessions confiscated, after all. The result is a unique insight into one of the biggest issues facing those who cannot afford to keep paying the bills.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
5 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Mon, Feb 24 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
Episode 2
Mon, Mar 3 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Episode 3
Mon, Mar 10 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Episode 4
Mon, Mar 17 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Final Demand
Tue, Apr 8 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 2
10 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 17 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Brian and Graham have to evict a tenant who has a reputation for violence.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, Sep 24 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Tempers flare at football star Neil Ruddock's house, and a trainee in Yorkshire discovers how dangerous the job can be.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 1 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The task of evicting a young mother with two children quickly turns ugly when the woman's ex-partner makes an appearance.
E04
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 8 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Paul's team receive a tip-off that a bad debtor may be part of a ruthless and possibly violent gang.
E05
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 15 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Brian and Graham enforce a High Court writ for a 10-month-old debt, but can they persuade the defendant to negotiate?
E06
Episode 6
Wed, Oct 22 2014 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The team evict a group of squatters from an office block.
E07
Episode 7
Wed, Oct 29 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Paul and Steve call for police back-up after finding something suspicious in a London Docklands flat.
E08
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 5 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Paul and Ben are called in to evict squatters from a residential property, but something does not quite add up.
E09
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 12 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Brian and Graham have to weigh up the assets of a health spa that has fallen into debt.
E10
Episode 10: Eviction Special
Wed, Nov 19 2014 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A landlady threatens to evict her own son.
Season 3
13 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 30 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Enforcement agents face some truly heartbreaking evictions.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 7 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Agents face multiple evictions on the same estate.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 14 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A tenant who believes they are going to hell.
E04
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 21 2015 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Agents repossess a house containing a cannabis factory.
E05
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 28 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Agents face violent debtors and a wedding day dispute.
E06
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 4 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stories of people on the sharp end of bad debt. This episode features an eviction in a brothel, a lockdown in a takeaway and a tricky tenant who has cost a landlord a fortune.
E07
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 11 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The enforcement agents tackle a runaway tenant.
E08
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 18 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stewart and Elmore face a terrible moral dilemma when they find a critically ill toddler.
E09
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 25 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Episode 10
Wed, Dec 2 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E11
Episode 11
Wed, Dec 9 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E12
Episode 12
Wed, Dec 16 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E13
Episode 13
Wed, Dec 23 2015 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The agents are faced with a moral dilemma as a young family are left homeless. A divorce comes to a head and an off-license is struggling to stay open.
Season 4
25 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, Apr 13 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the work of High Court enforcement agents. Stewart and Iain are in Lancashire for an eviction that will prove to be the most confrontational case they have ever faced. Brian and Del are in Surrey chasing over £2,000 owed by a single mother for an unpaid childcare bill. In Birmingham, Stewart and Iain face another eviction that will test their patience to the limit. Finally, Brian and Del are back in Surrey trying to recover £12,000 run up on credit cards.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, Apr 20 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the work of High Court enforcement agents. Stewart and Elmore track down nearly £3,000 owed by a garage mechanic but are met with lies and aggression. Steve and Ben encounter a retired couple being forced to leave their home. Stuart and Vic revisit a young debtor who owes £750 for a laptop computer, and Paul and Steve chase £30,000 owed by a world-famous Formula One racing team.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Apr 27 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Cases include violent tenants who threaten to burn down the house, a shifty contractor who was accidentally overpaid, and a mother and daughter devastated by debt.
E04
Episode 4
Wed, May 4 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The teams face a fraudulent tenant, an evasive debtor and a mother in denial.
E05
Episode 5
Wed, May 11 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
This week, the agents face a pair of angry mums, an underdressed debtor with something to hide, a family-run taxi company who are looking for a fight, and a foot slammed in a door.
E06
Episode 6
Wed, May 18 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Paul and Steve discover everything is not as it seems when they try to evict a young mother, and Brian and Delroy follow a lead for a large debt to an upmarket cafe.
E07
Episode 7
Wed, May 25 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Paul and Steve discover everything is not as it seems when they try to evict a young mother, and Brian and Delroy follow a lead for a large debt to an upmarket cafe.
E08
Big Family Bust Up
Mon, May 30 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
This special looks at what happens when families have to face the High Court Enforcement Agents knocking on their doors. Paul and Steve carry out an emotive eviction when one family member decides to evict another from her home, and Stuart and Elmore try to collect on a debt that sparks a full-blown family bust up.
E09
Secrets & Lies
Mon, Jun 6 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Busted
Mon, Jul 25 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the work of High Court enforcement agents. A call to evict a defaulting tenant results in the discovery of an audacious subletting scam. Other cases involve an evasive debtor, the eviction of a family living in squalor and a recently divorced mother in denial that she faces bankruptcy.
E11
Episode 11
Wed, Aug 31 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of High Court enforcement agents. A simple debt collection turns nasty when the debtor's father threatens the agents with murder. Elsewhere, the agents encounter an actor down on his luck, a hotel in crisis and a family who tell a very different story to their landlord.
E12
Episode 12
Wed, Sep 7 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of High Court enforcement agents. The agents battle anger and emotion when a debtor in denial gets physical, a hairdresser breaks down, and a daughter refuses to pay for her mum's funeral.
E13
Episode 13
Wed, Sep 14 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. Stewart and Elmor turn detective, Brian and Del are assaulted by a debtor's wife, Stewart and Iain decode a debtor's lies, and Del and Dael track down an alleged knight of the realm.
E14
Episode 14
Wed, Sep 21 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. Del and Dael encounter lies and a wall of deceit as they try to collect a debt at an Indian takeaway in Essex and another owed by a private car dealer in Surrey. Paul and Steve tackle two tricky evictions in west London.
E15
Episode 15
Wed, Sep 28 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. A debtor owes a garage ú5,000 after a repair bill escalated. When they knock on the door, the agents face a hostile reception from the debtor's father who claims that his son no longer lives at the address.
E16
Episode 16
Wed, Oct 5 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E17
Episode 17
Wed, Oct 12 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E18
Episode 18
Wed, Oct 19 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E19
Episode 19
Wed, Oct 26 2016 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Britain's High Court enforcement agents face heated confrontations, a wall of lies and a terrifying loss of temper. Experienced agent Stewart and trainee Iain chasing ú3,500 owed by a builder to a dissatisfied customer. Del and Dael collect over ú2,500 owed to a frozen food company.
E20
Episode 20
Wed, Nov 2 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The High Court enforcement agents encounter a barricaded door, language difficulties, an angry granny, a cheeky mechanic and a desperate debtor.
E21
Agents Under Attack
Wed, Nov 9 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Britain's best-loved High Court Enforcement Agents tackle angry squatters, distraught debtors and bitter personal disputes.
E22
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away Special
Wed, Nov 16 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents as they deal with people who have fallen into debt.
E23
Episode 23
Wed, Nov 23 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. A Warwickshire family blame their landlord for their financial woes. Del and Dael face murder threats after trying to collect on a rental van. Trying to evict a young mother, Iain and Stewart must deal with her violent boyfriend.
E24
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away Special
Wed, Nov 30 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. Stewart and Elmor are in a phone shop that has rung up a huge debt, Del and Dael try to take away some valuable goods from an Indian takeaway, and an electrical services company is wound up while the boss is on a cruise.
E25
Episode 25
Wed, Dec 7 2016 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Reality series following the working lives of Britain's High Court enforcement agents. In an episode full of surprises, Paul and Steve hear a story that stops them in their tracks, Stewart and Elmore face a moral dilemma and a dangerous discovery leads Paul and Steve to call the police.
Season 5
40 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Wed, Mar 22 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When Gary and Cona attempt to recover £4,000 of debt owed by a young man still living with his mum the scene turns very violent very quickly, a man who claimed to have terminal cancer is found to have been economical with the truth and a car dealer believes the dodgy car he sold is not his responsibility.
E02
Episode 2
Wed, Mar 29 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A family of debtors get physical when their cars are clamped, police backup is requested for a stand-off in a hotel, and garage staff accuse one of the agents of stealing from the till.
E03
Episode 3
Wed, Apr 5 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gary and Cona try to pinpoint a debtor in South East London, but instead encounter his angry brother, who proceeds to attack Gary.
E04
Episode 4
Wed, Apr 12 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In this explosive episode the High Court Enforcement Agents hear a call to arms, get tangled in a family's convoluted web and Paul takes a blow - from some shop shutters.
E05
Episode 5
Wed, Apr 19 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A jeweller lashes out at Garry in Birmingham, while emotions get the better of a debtor in South East London. In North Wales, a property developer fails to disguise his identity, and a dispute between a council and a private landlord in East London prompts Steve and Max to clamp the mayor's limo.
E06
Episode 6
Wed, Apr 26 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A debtor in London ties his car to a tree to stop agents taking it in payment, a young couple clearly don't have the means to pay their debt, a church ministry owes rent and a barber owes a business consultancy.
E07
Episode 7
Wed, May 3 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A car parts dealer throws a spanner in the works after Stewart and Elmor strike a deal, the cops are called to help evict a tenant in East London, and Paul and Ben barge their way into a flat to discover some very vulnerable tenants.
E08
Episode 8
Wed, May 10 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Episode 9
Wed, May 17 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Episode 10
Wed, May 24 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Matt and Garry face down a nightclub owner's aggressive friends. Max and Paul work with a professional cyclist whose career is in the balance.
E11
Episode 11
Wed, May 31 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Matt meets a single mum struggling to cope with mounting debts. A beauty salon owner threatens to lock Stewart in and place him under citizen's arrest
E12
Episode 12
Wed, Jun 7 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Matt and Garry incur the wrath of a man whose former girlfriend wants to recover the money he owes her, a mother is shocked when she is asked to cough up several thousand pounds to cover a loan she guaranteed for her son, and a taxi company tries to hide its debts by moving into a different line of business.
E13
Episode 13
Wed, Jun 14 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The agents face ugly scenes at a beauty salon, a film producer has a drama on his hands, and a mother and son try to hide from a debt owed to a garage.
E14
Episode 14
Wed, Jun 21 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A travel agent who owes money to a dissatisfied customer lashes out at agents Paul and Max. Matt and Garry chase up a pensioner who turns out to be dependent on benefits himself. A letting agency claims not to be in business at that address to avoid payment. A convenience store owner may be forced to empty the shelves to pay his debt.
E15
Episode 15
Wed, Aug 30 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Max, Steve, Paul and Garry face debtors from every level of society, including a peer of the realm clinging to priceless antiques and a desperate woman who is owed £18k by a recruitment agency.
E16
Episode 16
Wed, Sep 6 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stewart and Elmor attempt to recover money from a company director for unpaid invoices. The agents face a fiery reception from a family who deny the debtor lives or trades from the address.
E17
Episode 17
Wed, Sep 13 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Max and Steve have a writ to recover a disputed debt owed by the owner of a bridal shop, and also face a challenging eviction. Gary and Cona are chasing money owed by a small business, and recovering vet fees.
E18
Episode 18
Wed, Sep 20 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Max and Paul are in central London with a writ to recover unpaid parking fines. In Lancashire, Stewart and Vic are chasing a debt owed to a shipping company by a scrapyard owner. Back in central London, an eviction proves tricky for Steve.
E19
Episode 19
Wed, Sep 27 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Matt and Garry face a threatening situation when they try to recover some unpaid nursery fees, a young driver's failure to pay some parking fines causes a family ruction and the owner of a takeaway who owes several thousand pounds tries to slink into the background when the agents come calling.
E20
Episode 20
Wed, Oct 4 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Max and Steve attempt to calm a situation where a debtor loses his temper. Matt and Garry attempt to help an accountant who is asset rich but cash poor. Meanwhile an ex-dentist who is barred from working claims he is unable to pay what he owes in rent arrears.
E21
Episode 21
Wed, Oct 11 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stewart and Iain are in Manchester to collect one of the largest debts they've ever chased. In Kent, Gary and Cona have a writ for money owed by a couple for unpaid rent and Stewart and Vic are in Lancashire to collect a debt owed by an accountant for unpaid parking fines.
E22
Episode 22
Wed, Oct 18 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Max and Steve are on a bid to recover unpaid court costs after a car accident. The debtor denies all knowledge, but his luxury car could be taken away. Also Aron and Iain have a writ after the organiser of a music festival refused to pay a supplier.
E23
Episode 23
Wed, Nov 8 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An evasive man in West London is given a choice between paying up or relinquishing his luxury car, there's a writ for the organiser of a music festival, an aggressive rent defaulter needs evicting, and a whole family get angry in Hertfordshire when the agents call to collect a loan owed to a woman's ex-partner.
E24
Episode 24
Wed, Nov 15 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gareth and Mitch confront a window supplier over an ú8,000 claim, Stewart and Elmor try to evict a volatile tenant who kicks up a stink, and Stewart and Vic try to recoup ú5,000 in parking fines.
E25
Episode 25
Wed, Nov 22 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E26
Episode 26
Wed, Nov 29 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E27
Episode 27
Wed, Dec 6 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E28
Episode 28
Wed, Dec 13 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E29
Episode 29
Wed, Dec 20 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E30
Episode 30
Wed, Dec 27 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E31
Episode 31
Wed, Jan 3 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E32
Episode 32
Wed, Jan 10 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E34
Episode 34
Thu, Mar 29 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gary and Cona face a debtor's ex-partner trying to intimidate them in West London, and seize cars from a dealer's forecourt to cover money owed to a customer. Matt and Garry meet a grandmother in shock at the size of her debt, and uncover an audacious lie at a Birmingham childcare nursery.
E35
Episode 35
Thu, Apr 5 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A debtor, who owes thousands in unpaid parking fines, is found to have a luxury car with false plates on his driveway, Matt and Garry try to recoup £16,000 owed to a landlord, and a the renter of a lock up in Swindon is angry and shocked to discover he owes £2,000 in unpaid rent.
E36
Episode 36
Thu, Apr 12 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Tempers start to fray as Stewart and Elmor try to evict a tenant from a property in Manchester, the licensee of a pub tries to cut a deal with her new landlord over a debt, and a car salesman is not happy about coughing up to a dissatisfied customer.
E37
Episode 37
Thu, Apr 19 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Stewart and Vic see through a debtor's lies in Manchester, before tracking down a landlord who owes his tenants £5,000 odd in Liverpool. Gareth and Mitch are in for a surprise in Wiltshire.
E38
Episode 38
Thu, Apr 26 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gareth and Mitch collect debts owed for unpaid home improvements but the debtor claims he has been kicked out of the property. Also, Stewart and Vic chase an unpaid parking fine but must deal with the debtor's protective brother.
E39
Episode 39
Thu, May 3 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A Warwickshire debtor moves goods to a neighbouring house to stop the agents seizing them. A family on the south coast pretend they are not in, even when one of their cars is clamped.
E40
Episode 40
Thu, May 10 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A debtor's mother gets involved and tempers start to fray when the agents chase over ú2,000 owed for unpaid parking fines. A woman is refusing to pay fees to a veterinary practice after she claims her dog has been misdiagnosed.
E41
Episode 41
Thu, May 17 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Gary and Paul try to recoup a debt owed by a pub, Stewart and Elmor tread carefully in a property which has many items that could be used as weapons, and Gary and Cona try to collect the outstanding legal fees owed by a family who fell out over a will.
Cast
Jason Done
as Narrator
