Can't Pay We'll Take It Away

A taxi-driver and army veteran is evicted with two hours notice from his home of 19 years for a £30,000 debt. In Slough, a family of sitting tenants have to leave their home of two years after running up just over £700 in rent arrears.

Mike and Terry travel to Cheshire and Liverpool to repossess debtors' cars, while Paul and Steve are in the unhappy position of having to evict a family with young children, just before Christmas.

Paul Bohill and Steve Pinner must evict a vulnerable pair of hoarders and a young woman with a child for rent arrears. A writ to seize a taxi has been made out against the wrong man.

Paul and Steve set out to repossess a house in a shocking condition where a mother is living with two very young children.

Two dramatic cases reveal that life-changing debt can affect anyone, regardless of their financial circumstances.