

Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
What happens when conflicts between landlords and tenants get out of control? This series delves into the dark side of the UK's housing crisis. It follows independent eviction specialists working on behalf of landlords attempting to evict tenants who are behind with their rent, and local authority housing officers investigating rogue landlords and unsafe living conditions, including illegal HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation).
Seasons
E1Episode 1
Jun 24, 2015
A couple who bought a second property as an investment and saw their management agent change the locks and with hold all of the rent are featured on the show. A housing team from Lewisham Council take a look at the shocking conditions that tenants have to deal with in a cramped, cold flat.
E2Episode 2
Jul 1, 2015
Ben from Lewisham Council's Rogue Landlord Unit has just a day to try and find a new place for a single mother and her child to live in or they will end up on the streets. Joan is forced to take legal action to evict her tenant who has not paid any rent for a year.
E3Episode 3
Jul 8, 2015
A couple discover that their tenant is using their property to scam students.
E4Episode 4
Jul 15, 2015
This episode features a couple who discovered their tenant was scamming students.
E5Episode 5
Jul 22, 2015
Squatters move in to an empty community centre for children.
E6Episode 6
Jul 29, 2015
The story of Lesley and Mark Irwin, who fell foul of a single mother who turned out to be a confidence trickster - she advertised their home as a rental property, and stole deposits from unwitting students hoping to move into the area. Plus, Susan and Gary Bailey, who planned to rent out their buy-to-let investment home in East London and took on an agent to deal with tenants on their behalf. However, after they withdrew from the deal, the couple found themselves locked out of their own property when he changed the locks, and they have been unable to get any help from the police.
E1Episode 1
Mar 9, 2016
A Yorkshire landlord has to call in the eviction specialists to remove tenants from a house. Music businessman Donovan hasn't received any rent for seven months from his tenants and his costs are spiralling out of control. The courts find in his favour. When he finally does get his property back, he makes an disturbing discovery.
E2Episode 2
Mar 16, 2016
A retired secretary has to visit her tenant in prison in order to retake possession of her buy-to-let flat, and in Manchester and mother looks to housing charity shelter for help when she believes the property she is renting is making her kids ill.
E3Episode 3
Mar 23, 2016
Newbie property developer Alex calls in an eviction specialist after finding that he could be arrested if he tries to oust squatters from the derelict pub he purchased.
E4Episode 4
Mar 30, 2016
After her tenant claimed that the property was full of damp, a landlord gets a shock when she finally gets inside to inspect the damage. And a landlord's son has to deal with unruly tenants when his father passes away.
E5Episode 5
Apr 6, 2016
After moving abroad for work, a landlord discovers that his tenants have left him over £20,000 behind with his morgage
E6Revisited
Apr 13, 2016
Documentary series about the victims and villains of the buy-to-let boom. Catching up with some of the featured cases in the series including Les who had been forced to sleep on his sofa for two months and 70-year-old Joan whose tenants refused to go quietly.
E7Episode 7
Apr 20, 2016
Documentary series about the victims and villains of the buy-to-let boom. Joy thought she had found the perfect tenant to let her house to while she volunteered at an African orphanage, but discovered that her house was being rented out room-by-room as a boutique hotel. A couple expecting their first baby face dreadful damp, and a former barber is owed more than £3000 in rent.
E8Episode 8
Apr 27, 2016
Kellie owes five months' rent and refuses to leave unless the bailiffs arrive. Arvydas is quite happy living in his garden shed. Simon wanted to sell his house post-breakup, but the tenants are still there five years later.
E9Episode 9
May 4, 2016
Rose lost her job and had to rent out her house, but then the tenant stopped paying rent. Selina and Lee moved to the US and let out their UK home, but now they have to go to court. When Harpreet returns to his property, he finds it has been stripped bare. Michale and his parents have been living with a life-threatening mold problem.
E10Episode 10
May 11, 2016
Kate's tenants became anti-social, and now they are suing her for trying to evict them
E11Episode 11
May 18, 2016
Claie and Simon have found their home occupied by a complete stranger who says heard about it on Gumtree. Hamza has been locked out his own house after doing a favour for a friend.
E12Revisited 2
May 25, 2016
Catching up with some of the tenants and landlords from the first series, including a couple who purchased a building in which they hoped to establish a charity for vulnerable children, that became overrun by squatters.
E13Revisited 3
Jun 1, 2016
Lesley and Mark's tenant turned out to be a con artist scamming students. Ben investigates an unlicensed boarding property in Deptford, and Nicholas finally returns to his house only to find it booby-trapped.
E1Episode 1
Mar 5, 2017
A woman fights to reclaim the house she was brought up in from a tenant who owes her money, and a newly-married couple in Chelsea find their buy-to-let dream turn sour.
E2Episode 2
Mar 15, 2017
Alex is hit with a £7,000 bill after his tenant is found to have be running a business from his property. Property developer Jon calls in an eviction specialist to rid a disused tram station of squatters.
E3Episode 3
Apr 27, 2017
A Watford landlord has a fight on his hands when his long-term tenant suddenly decides to stop paying and unleashes her wrath when he tries to evict her.
E4Episode 4
May 4, 2017
Salon owner Wayne offered his employee Katie his home to rent, but is now owed £3,000 with neighbours complaining about a party house.
E5Episode 5
May 11, 2017
Teorin and Collette's large family home was turned into holiday stopover for strangers. Alex is dependent on rent for her medical expenses, but her tenant has not paid in months.
E6Episode 6
May 18, 2017
A landlord who trusted his property to a letting agency discovers that it is being advertised on a Romania website. A single mum's tenant has vanished owing £10k in back rent and she has to prove he has abandoned the property to get it back.
E7Episode 7
May 25, 2017
Susan and Gary's too-good-to-be-true letting agent broken into their house and changed the locks. Paul learned that his father's tenant owed a staggering £20k in rent.
E8Episode 8
Jun 8, 2017
A couple in Kent face losing their house because of a nightmare Tenant, and a residential home is found to have been turned into a brothel.
E9Episode 9
Jun 15, 2017
A retired couple pay the price when their tenants stop paying rent and invite their abusive friends to squat.
E10Episode 10
Aug 31, 2017
E11Episode 11
Sep 7, 2017
E12Episode 12
Sep 14, 2017
E13Revisit
Jun 1, 2017
Revisiting the victims and villains of the rental market. Rachel rented out her cottage for three months; four years later, her tenant is still there.
E14Revisits 2
Sep 21, 2017
Craig has been battling family friends to get his property back after three months of no rent. Owed thousands by Sophia, Terry was relived to get his house back, but then she called the police.
E15Revisits 3
Sep 28, 2017
In Bristol, Jon's dream of turning a former tram station into flats was derailed by squatters, has he managed to get things back on track? Two tenants living in dangerous conditions were saving for a deposit, have they hit their target?
E16Revisits 4
Oct 5, 2017
Following up on an Essex landlady who had to go to extraordinary lengths to evict her tenants, a landlord whose tenant refused to get the message, and another landlord who cannot move on with his life until he gets his tenants evicted.
E1Episode 1
Apr 5, 2018
Landlords fall foul of two young tenants who are using their rental property as a film set. But the tenants have stopped paying the rent and are now refusing to leave.
E2Episode 2
Apr 19, 2018
Landlords fall foul of two young tenants who are using their rental property as a film set. Eviction lawyer Chris receives a shock at an abandoned printworks. Harrow Council tackles a bad case of fly-tipping, and landlord Paul has the fight of his life getting a violent tenant out of his property.
E3Episode 3
Apr 26, 2018
After offering a former tenant the use of a spare room until she gets back on her feet, a landlord then struggles to evict her, and her partner who also moves in. A landlord, travelling abroad, has to return to London when her tenants stop paying the rent, and Harrow Council officers find 30 mattresses in a flat designed for four people.
E4Episode 4
May 3, 2018
A doctor needs his lawyer to evict a defaulting tenant from his old family home. Over 30 men found living in an unsafe house refuse to name the landlord. A property owner calls in Landlord Action when he suspects that defaulting tenants have caused extensive damage. A landlady needs to get into her next-door property when her elderly tenant, an extreme hoarder, dies.
E5Episode 5
May 10, 2018
When they respond to an alarm at a laundrette, firefighters discover several people living illegally on the premises, a landlady feels betrayed after renting her property to a friend whose pets cause serious damage, and in Notting Hill tenants owe a landlord more than ú16,0
E6Episode 6
May 17, 2018
A furious landlord discovers his tenant has been subletting his exclusive London flat, squatters with a baby are given two weeks to find somewhere new to live, and a grandmother needs a High Court Sheriff to help her evict her non-paying tenants.
E7Episode 7
May 24, 2018
Emmanuel reveals what happened after he returned from working abroad for one year to find himself £24,000 in mortgage arrears and unable to get into his own property. Andy describes how he had to call the police after evicted tenants tried to force their way back into his home, and a council officer checks a small 2-bed flat that she previously found to have 12 occupants.
E8Episode 8
May 31, 2018
John and Irene had the fight of their lives evicting a family from their home. Jill invested in a house with her late husband, but it turned into a nightmare. Wayne offered his home to an employee, thinking she would be the perfect tenant.
E9Episode 9
Jul 5, 2018
E10Episode 10
Jul 12, 2018
E11Episode 11
Jul 19, 2018
E12Episode 12
Jul 26, 2018
E13Episode 13
Aug 2, 2018
E14Episode 14
Aug 9, 2018
E15Episode 15
Aug 16, 2018
E16Episode 16
Aug 30, 2018
E1Episode 1
Jun 3, 2019
Paul discovers that an unruly tenant may be planning to do a flit.
E2Episode 2
Jun 10, 2019
In Lancashire, letting agent Paul has a tenant who is behind with his rent and won't return calls. Eviction lawyer Chris is called to evict the anti-social Kirk, while Monwara and Mohammed hired a letting agency - who pocketed their tenant's rent.
E3Episode 3
Jun 17, 2019
Following a tip-off, Harrow Enforcement discover an industrial-scale weed farm in a house. After complaints of all-night parties in a quiet street in Darwen, letting agent Paul pays a visit. Also, Han discovered that his flat was illegally sublet.
E4Episode 4
Jun 24, 2019
Letting agent Paul, sales consultant Dale and housing agents Andrew and Jo all find themselves taking pity on tenants in dire straits. But they might come to regret their decisions in their efforts to help the tenants.
E5Episode 5
Jul 8, 2019
John wants to turn a former Blackpool hotel into bed-sits, but finds a drug den.
E6Episode 6
Jul 15, 2019
E7Episode 7
Jul 22, 2019
Boxing champion Lee didn't know about the cannabis farm in his house.
E8Episode 8
Jul 29, 2019
Landlord Ronnie discovered occupants turning his property into a scrap merchants.
E1Episode 1
Feb 17, 2021
With the ongoing housing crisis in Britain increasing conflict, eviction specialists attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings while elite council teams seek out rogue landlords who provide unsuitable living environments.
E2Episode 2
Jun 24, 2021
In Wigan, letting agents Karen and Gemma have no idea that a routine inspection is about to turn into one of the worst hoarding cases. Charlotte, a mother of two small children, is refusing to pay rent because of the poor condition her flat is in.
E3Episode 3
Jul 1, 2021
Letting agents Karen and Gemma investigate claims of vandalism and anti-social behaviour at a property they manage in Wigan, but when they discover the tenant is no longer living there, they track her down to learn that she's abandoned the property and has tried to move in somewhere else by forging a reference. Meanwhile, in Darwen, letting agent Paul issues proceedings on a tenant who is more than £3,000 in arrears, but Paul's attempts at evicting him are delayed when the tenant refuses to leave without Paul giving him a good reference.
E4Episode 4
Jul 8, 2021
Doctor Tariq, with the help of his lawyer, tries to throw out a tenant who refuses to pay. In London, the police discover that there are 30 men living in an unsafe house. They refuse to say who their landlord is.
E5Episode 5
Jul 15, 2021
Landlords Suketu and Minesha Patel signed a `guaranteed rent" agreement with their letting agent who manages their east London property but, after falling £7,000 in rent arrears, they confront him. Letting agents Karen O'Connor and Gemma Painter in Wigan deal with a tenant whose house is in need a big clear-out. And in Darwen, Lancashire, letting agent Paul Ainsworth Lord has his work cut out for him when he's approached by a new Landlord with a big problem.
E6Episode 6
Sep 22, 2021
With the ongoing housing crisis in Britain increasing conflict, eviction specialists attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings while elite council teams seek out rogue landlords who provide unsuitable living environments.
E7Episode 7
Oct 27, 2021
With the ongoing housing crisis in Britain increasing conflict, eviction specialists attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings while elite council teams seek out rogue landlords who provide unsuitable living environments.
E8Episode 8
Nov 3, 2021
Letting agent John faces multiple issues with an HMO he manages when one of his tenant's front doors is reported missing - by another tenant.
E9Episode 9
Nov 10, 2021
A teacher finally manages to evict an aggressive tenant; a landlord who evicted a squatter follows up with her; a letting agent finds success after disaster.
E10Episode 10
Nov 17, 2021
With the ongoing housing crisis in Britain increasing conflict, eviction specialists attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings while elite council teams seek out rogue landlords who provide unsuitable living environments.
E11Episode 11
Nov 24, 2021
In Essex, helped by eviction expert, landlord Muhammad starts eviction proceedings on a tenant who owes him over eight thousand pounds in rent and legal fees.
E12Episode 12
Dec 1, 2021
Catching up with a landlord two years after he got his property back from a troublesome tenant who refused to leave the property without a fight. Lawyer Chris Sharp helps two Ghanaian ministers, Reverend Sarpong and Ibrahim Farook, get back their 18th century church in the heart of Liverpool so they can launch a ministry and community centre there.
Storyline
What happens when conflicts between landlords and tenants get out of control? This series delves into the dark side of the UK's housing crisis. It follows independent eviction specialists working on behalf of landlords attempting to evict tenants who are behind with their rent, and local authority housing officers investigating rogue landlords and unsafe living conditions, including illegal HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation).























