Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
TV Show · Documentary

This observational documentary follows the people who have been affected by the UK's housing crisis. As house prices spiral upwards, more and more people have to rent, adding onto the already 8 million tally of tenants. On the other hand there are 2 million private landlords who buy-to-let, and this number is growing where there is the opportunity to make profit. The relationship between tenants and landlords has always been known to sometimes conflict, but with the divide becoming wider, there have been even more dramatic issues coming to the surface. The show follows eviction specialists as they attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings and the elite council teams as they seek out rogue landlords who are providing unsuitable living environments.

2015 · 44m
Starring Wendi Peters, Janet Dibley, Nicky Campbell
Director James Boakes

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    A couple discover that their defaulting tenant has been using their property to scam students out of deposits. In south London, the housing team from Lewisham Council investigate dire conditions endured by tenants in a cramped, cold flat.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Ben from Lewisham Council's Rogue Landlord Unit has just 24 hours to rehouse a single mother and her child or they will end up on the streets, and 70-year-old Joan has to start legal proceedings to evict her tenant.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Franc has been renting out his North London property for six years without a problem, but when the rent stops arriving. the new tenant says it is because the property's boiler is faulty.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Margaret tries to get the £20,000 she is owed from a letting agent, Stavros and Emily try to get their house back from squatters, and Peterborough council find 12 people crammed into a category-one fire hazard house.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    A landlord who was over the moon when a couple with a baby came to stay comes crashing back to earth when he discovers that they are subletting. And a couple who invest in a community centre for children are aghast when squatters move in.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    After his tenants refuse to move out, a landlord starts extensive building work around them. Meanwhile, another landlord tries to recover £30,000 in unpaid rent through the courts.
    43 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Wendi Peters
    Narrator
  • Janet Dibley
    Narrator
  • Nicky Campbell
    Narrator
  • J‌B
    James Boakes
    Director
  • N‌G
    Nick Godwin
    Producer
  • N‌J
    Nat Jessel
    Producer
  • S‌H
    Stephanie Harvie Campbell
    Producer

About

Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

Documentary

This observational documentary follows the people who have been affected by the UK's housing crisis. As house prices spiral upwards, more and more people have to rent, adding onto the already 8 million tally of tenants. On the other hand there are 2 million private landlords who buy-to-let, and this number is growing where there is the opportunity to make profit. The relationship between tenants and landlords has always been known to sometimes conflict, but with the divide becoming wider, there have been even more dramatic issues coming to the surface. The show follows eviction specialists as they attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings and the elite council teams as they seek out rogue landlords who are providing unsuitable living environments.

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Studio
TV12
Released
2015

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English (United Kingdom) (SDH)

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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

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  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
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  • 日本
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  • Malaysia (English)
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