
Consumer champion Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers on the front line in the battle between landlords and tenants. Matt visits what could easily be Britain's filthiest home, and a homeless father and his boys receive the help they need.
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Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 4
Matt Allwright gets a surprise in Stroud when an eviction takes a shocking turn. In Jaywick, things turn violent for housing officers Ian and Rob as they investigate a fly-tippi ...
07-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 3
Matt Allwright catches up with an old friend but discovers that although the state of his property has improved, his behaviour might inadvertently be putting his neighbours in d ...
04-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 2
Matt Allwright helps a housing officer assist a tenant whose hoarding habit is threatening to spiral out of control, causing problems for both himself and his neighbours. An esc ...
03-06-2019
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 1
Matt Allwright joins housing officer Andrew Weavers in Suffolk and discovers a tenant who, for the past five years, has become a prisoner in his own bedroom. And in Havering, th ...
31-05-2019
BBC 1
Series 3 - Cutdowns: Episode 8
Matt Allwright visits an overcrowded property where lives are at risk, and talks become heated on a street when antisocial behaviour is tackled.
18-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 20
Matt takes a trip to north London to meet a pair of tenants in danger of becoming isolated from their local community. But can a volunteer lunch club help provide a solution? An ...
17-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 19
Matt meets an ageing couple in Wiltshire who are struggling to remain independent in their own home. In Stroud, housing officers help a tenant with a new kitchen, while in Londo ...
16-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 18
Matt is on the beat in Havering with the council's fraud team. In Tendring, housing officers are faced with fly-tipping that is threatening the safety of local residents. Matt m ...
15-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 17
In Croydon, Matt joins housing officer Francis to tackle a derelict house and garden that is threatening to engulf a neighbour's property. In Chichester, two families are hoping ...
14-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 15
Matt Allwright is in Peterborough with housing officers on a visit to a tenant whose recent chip pan fires are causing problems for his neighbours. In Wiltshire, a young mum-to- ...
11-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 10
Matt Allwright joins housing officers to investigate unlawful bedsits which hide potentially lethal problems. A family living off-grid are helped to stay in their remote home. A ...
05-02-2016
BBC 1
Episode 8
Consumer programme. Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers. Matt makes an old lady very happy with a doorbell.
10-09-2014
BBC 1
Episode 6
Consumer programme. Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers. Matt meets the partner of a tenant who's so aggressive their letting agent refuses to talk to him.
08-09-2014
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 9
In Stroud, housing officer Joe faces one of the biggest challenges of his career as he is forced to carry out five evictions in just one day. In Wiltshire, Matt meets a worried ...
03-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 4 - Cutdowns: Episode 19
Matt meets an ageing couple in Wiltshire who are struggling to remain independent in their own home. In Stroud, housing officers help a tenant with a new kitchen, while in Londo ...
16-05-2018
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 6
Matt Allwright visits a disabled resident who has been eating and sleeping on the floor. The housing enforcers of east London seek out red lights on a residential street. And co ...
01-02-2016
BBC 1