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Series 3: Episode 15
Officers working for Wigan council battle to bring new business into the borough, provide safe foster homes for young people and fight the elements on a PR offensive.
11-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 14
Wigan council brings a young offender and their victims together in a bid to preserve the peace, investigates complaints about a noisy fairground and helps a young man fulfil a ...
07-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 13
Council officers in Wigan battle against rubbish and rodents in a backyard, inspect the health of all creatures great and small at an agricultural show and assess the safety of ...
06-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 12
Council officers in Wigan protect the planet from a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail and use the full force of the law against a noisy neighbour.
05-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 11
Fly tippers pose a problem for council officers in Wigan. History and heroes combine as the council names new streets, and as residents take part in a 10K run, officers step in ...
04-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 10
Wigan's council officers crack down on shopkeepers selling alcohol to children, deal with dangerous dumped waste and try to help tired residents in a flap about a cockerel distu ...
01-04-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 9
Wigan's council officers try to mend a resident's ceiling and her faith in the council. A new fish and chip shop owner faces her first inspection and love is in the air when reg ...
31-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 8
Wigan's council officers unearth a precious collection of Egyptian artefacts, inspect a business with exotic performing animals and rummage through rotting rubbish when bin wars ...
30-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 7
Council officers try to wipe Wigan clean of graffiti, help residents compete at the Tatton Park Flower Show and give hopeful young people a chance to win coveted paid placements ...
29-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 6
Council officers in Wigan help residents with rubbish in their alleyways, assist police with an emergency in the middle of the night and help those dealing with dementia.
28-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 5
Council officers in Wigan help an ambitious young man get a foot on the career ladder, clean up a community farm, respond to residents who are ratty about rodents and investigat ...
25-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 4
Wigan council's frontline officers make an unannounced inspection of a takeaway, teach school children how to save lives and help to make wedding history in Wigan.
24-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 3
Council officers in Wigan help a resident with rats in the roof, chase fly-tippers and, after a hundred years, give a war hero the homecoming he never had.
23-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 3: Episode 2
Wigan's frontline council officers hit the heights to tame dangerous trees, step in when residents get revved up about a rusty van and tackle a feathered foe - pigeons.
22-03-2016
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 25
It's a big day at Council HQ as officers organise the inauguration ceremony for the new mayor, go on a mission to rid the borough of unwanted artwork and play detective to crack ...
17-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 24
As the council get tough, will a new business owner's dreams go up in smoke? Officers re-educate residents on reasons to recycle, and twelve local dementia initiatives are given ...
16-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 23
It's a four-legged frenzy as council officers hunt for illicit tobacco, the council pays tribute to a former resident whose life was tragically cut short, and one officer has a ...
15-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 22
Officers tackle rodents who are raiding residents' homes, go to extreme depths when a smelly flood hits a household, and team up with a group of residents to give their streets ...
14-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 21
The council's animal welfare policy is challenged by a local businessman, officers launch an out-of-hours operation to protect local revellers, and the victim of postal scammers ...
13-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 20
In this episode the council take serious steps to get the borough healthy and they go on a mission to rid Wigan of grease, grime and dirt.
10-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 19
In this episode council officers come to the rescue when residents report rats, get their hands dirty to preserve a prized park, and when disaster strikes a street, officers ste ...
09-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 18
In this episode the council is called to deal with a blocked drain that proves to be a risk to public health, the licensing enforcement team targets Wigan's taxi drivers, and no ...
08-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 16
Officers are shocked when they pay a visit to a business that's been trading for over 40 years, they crack down on one resident whose actions are afflicting their neighbourhood, ...
06-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 15
The chase is on as the council crack down on fly tipping, an officer makes pet protection his priority, and the team light up the skies at the largest bonfire in the borough.
03-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 14
The team respond to a resident's call for help when wasps take over her garden, officers rid the country's roads of potentially lethal taxis and there's romance in the air at co ...
02-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 13
The council set out on an undercover sting to stub out illegal cigarette sales, and pull together to prevent commuter chaos. An officer deals with a burning issue.
01-07-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 12
Officers are faced with a shocking mountain of mess following the eviction of a tenant, go the extra mile when helping a resident rid mice from her home and offer support to a m ...
30-06-2015
BBC 1
Series 2: Episode 12
Officers are faced with a shocking mountain of mess following the eviction of a tenant, go the extra mile when helping a resident rid mice from her home and offer support to a m ...
30-06-2015
BBC 1
Episode 8
Series following the work of frontline staff at Tameside Council in Greater Manchester. In this episode, council officers turn detective when a man is found dead in his home, t ...
30-10-2014
BBC 1
Series 2 - Episode 3
Series following council officers. An ice-cream man offers his customers more than just a 99 and a long-lost dog is reunited with its owner.
22-10-2014
BBC 1
Series 2 - Episode 2
Series following council officers. A funeral director is arrested on serious fraud charges and Himalayan Balsam is choking the local park.
21-10-2014
BBC 1
Series 2 - Episode 1
Series following council officers. Travellers take over the land of the council's emergency on-call service and overgrown trees leave a whole street in darkness.
20-10-2014
BBC 1