Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Episode Rating Graph
Feb 2014 - May 2018

Feb 2014 - May 2018
6.8

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S5 Ep23
8.3
8th Nov 2017
The debt collectors take action to serve a writ issued for the organiser of a music festival.
S5 Ep20
8.2
4th Oct 2017
Max and Steve attempt to calm and situation where a debtor loses his temper. Matt and Garry attempt to help an accountant who is asset rich but cash poor.
S5 Ep16
8.1
6th Sep 2017
Sheriffs try to recover almost £2400 from a company director for unpaid invoices in Manchester, while agents in Kent chase nearly £4000 owed by a couple for unpaid rent.
S5 Ep12
8.0
7th Jun 2017
Matt and Garry incur the wrath of a man whose former girlfriend wants to recover the money he owes her, and a taxi company tries to hide its debts.
S3 Ep13
8.0
Kevin and Dael serve a writ on a man who owes more than £5,000 for an unpaid bill, but the man turns violent and tries to assault Kevin. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve head up an eviction of a mother and her young daughter, whom Paul is forced to help after the council refuse to step in, and Brian and Kevin play a game of cat and mouse with a debtor when he tries to hide his car in a local pub car park to avoid it being seized.
S5 Ep24
7.9
15th Nov 2017
Gareth and Mitch are in north Devon with a writ to recover more than £8,000 owed by a dissatisfied customer to a supplier of windows and doors. In Nottingham, Stewart and Vic are on an eviction that will test their patience to the limits, with a landlord who wants his property back after months of rent arrears and alleged anti-social behaviour.
S4 Ep20
7.8
2nd Nov 2016
Paul and Ben try to drill through the locks on a property to evict the residents, only to find to their surprise that the door has been modified with some special reinforced metal. Elsewhere, Delroy and Brian try to reclaim money a garage owes to a customer and are shocked by the condition of the vehicle in question, and a woman who has acted as guarantor for her sister's tenancy does not realise the extent of her responsibilities
S5 Ep7
7.8
3rd May 2017
A car parts dealer throws a spanner in the works after Stewart and Elmor strike a deal, the cops are called to help evict a tenant in East London, and Paul and Ben barge their way into a flat to discover some very vulnerable tenants.
S5 Ep4
7.8
12th Apr 2017
The High Court Enforcement Agents hear a call to arms, get tangled in a family's convoluted web and Paul takes a blow from some shop shutters.
S4 Ep11
7.8
31st Aug 2016
In south London, father-and-son team Del and Dael Anglin face death threats from a debtor's father, after arriving at a property to collect a debt of over £3,500. Meanwhile, in east London, two agents are confronted with a tenant who claims to have had no prior warning that he is being evicted from his tiny bedsit. Del and Brian try to recover £6,000 owed by a London hotel to a catering supply company, and Paul and Steve must tackle a difficult eviction
S5 Ep19
7.8
27th Sep 2017
Matt and Garry face a threatening situation when they try to recover some unpaid nursery fees, a young driver's failure to pay some parking fines cause a family ructions.
S4 Ep14
7.7
21st Sep 2016
Del and Dael encounter lies and a wall of deceit as they try to collect a debt at an Indian takeaway in Essex and another owed by a private car dealer in Surrey. Paul and Steve tackle two tricky evictions in West London.
S5 Ep15
7.7
30th Aug 2017
In Coventry, the sheriffs chase £10,000 owed by a publican to a contractor. The property appears to be empty, but after finding an ingenious method of entry, Matt and Garry are confronted by a surprised and angry landlord. Meanwhile, agents Max and Steve head to central London to try to recover almost £8,000 owed to a firm of accountants
S4 Ep15
7.7
28th Sep 2016
A debtor owes a garage £5,000 after a repair bill escalated. When they knock on the door, the agents face a hostile reception from the debtor's father who claims that his son no longer lives at the address.
S5 Ep22
7.6
18th Oct 2017
Agents Max and Steve head to London to try to recover more than £21,000 in unpaid court costs after a car accident. Officers Aron and Cona team up to recover almost £7,000 owed after a debtor failed to repay a loan to her ex-partners.
S4 Ep2
7.6
20th Apr 2016
Agents Stewart and Elmore are met with lies and aggression when they track down nearly £3,000 owed by a garage mechanic, while Steve and Ben encounter a retired couple who are being forced to leave their home. Stuart and Vic revisit a young debtor who owe £750 for a laptop computer, and in Oxfordshire, Paul and Steve chase £30,000 owed by a world-famous Formula One racing team
S4 Ep18
7.6
19th Oct 2016
In south London, Del and Dael Anglin receive a hostile reception from the brother of a debtor who has alreasd defaulted on a promise to pay £2,000 she owes to a storage company. In Worcestershire, Gareth and Craig try to recover £45,000 from a young online entrepreneur, who claims no responsibility for the debt he owes to his courier. Their target cooks up a flimsy lie in an effort to absolve himself, but dishonesty proves to be the least of the agents' worries when they discover a stash of guns at the back of the garage. In east London, an Indian restaurant owner begins to take his financial responsibilities seriously when Del and Dael start removing cookers and freezers from his premises, and a pair of pensioners in Oxfordshire hope the High Court will provide them a lifeline as they try to pay off a £4,000 bill to a solicitors' firm after a failed compensation claim
S5 Ep9
7.6
17th May 2017
Matt and Gary face an angry mob at a high-performance car dealer. Gary and Cona's straightforward case turns into sensitive when a father's backstory is revealed.
S3 Ep8
7.6
18th Nov 2015
Stuart and Elmor head to Liverpool for what they expect to be a routine repossession, but instead face the most challenging eviction of their careers. Behind the front door, they find a critically ill two-year-old child with major heart problems, who is on constant life support and unable to breathe without a ventilator. Later, they encounter another family in crisis in Birmingham, where a retired couple who acted as guarantor for their daughter's tenancy are liable to pay over £3,000 after she defaulted. Meanwhile, Brian and Dael chase £2,000 worth of debt owed by a business based in Kent, and recover £4,000 from a recycling business in Buckinghamshire.
S4 Ep19
7.5
26th Oct 2016
Gareth and Craig investigate a possible case of mistaken identity in Shropshire, then in south Wales they find themselves embroiled in a bitter dispute between two dog owners over a vet's bill. Steve and Phil must evict a distraught young family from a former high street bank in west London, then pay a call on an elderly tailor in north London.
S4 Ep17
7.5
12th Oct 2016
Experienced agent Stewart and trainee Iain chase £3,000 owed by a builder to a dissatisfied customer. Del and Dael collect over £2,500 owed to a frozen food company.
S5 Ep17
7.5
13th Sep 2017
Max and Steve have a writ to recover a disputed debt owed by the owner of a bridal shop, and also face a challenging eviction. Gary and Cona are chasing money owed by a small business, and recovering vet fees.
S4 Ep8
7.5
30th May 2016
One-off edition in which the High Court enforcement agents are caught in the crossfire of three bitter family disputes, including a debt-dodging man who pushes his panic-stricken mother over the edge. Plus, a family booted onto the streets at night by a ruthless aunt, and a man who won't engage with the agents and loses his car
S5 Ep14
7.5
21st Jun 2017
The High Court Enforcement Agents tackle a surprisingly violent travel agent and a tricky shop owner and a neighbour at war.
S4 Ep13
7.5
14th Sep 2016
Stewart and Elmor turn detective, Brain and Del are assaulted by a debtor's wife, Stewart and Ian decode a debtor's lies, and Del and Dael track down an alleged knight of the realm.
S3 Ep3
7.5
14th Oct 2015
Paul and Steve are called to an eviction where the landlord wants to move back into his property, but are greeted by an angry tenant who refuses to leave. Later, they attempt to reclaim more than £11,000 owed by the owners of a family run fish business following a dispute with their neighbours. Meanwhile, Brian and Dael call on a man owing more than £16,000 in maintenance for an aeroplane, but are forced to seize the plane when he is unable to pay the debt. Later, Kevin joins Brian to attend a Turkish restaurant to reclaim £4,500 owed to a company for consultancy fees, but the debtors turn nasty and the police are called.
S5 Ep33
5.0
22nd Mar 2018
Agents Max and Steve in East London try to recover over £7,000 owed by a restaurant owner for an unpaid gas bill, while officers Gareth and Mitch in Gloucestershire seek just under £3,000 from the owner of a car wash. Elsewhere, Stewart and Vic are in Manchester trying to recover nearly £5,000 owed by a blinds and shutters supplier to a dissatisfied customer.
S5 Ep39
5.5
3rd May 2018
A Warwickshire debtor moves goods to a neighbouring house to stop the agents seizing them. A family on the south coast pretend they are not in.
S5 Ep37
5.7
19th Apr 2018
Stewart and Elmor are in Manchester to recover £4,000 owed to a firm of architects, only for the debtor to attempt to throw them off the scent. Stewart is joined by Vic in Liverpool to track down a landlord who owes his former tenants deposits totalling £5,000, while Gareth and Mitch are in for a surprise when they chase a builder in Wiltshire.
S4 Ep25
6.0
7th Dec 2016
Paul and Steve make a dangerous discovery leading to them calling the police. Elsewhere, Stewart and Vic face a moral dilemma, and Paul and Steve hear a story that stops them in their tracks. This episode was due for broadcast on 7 December, but was pulled from schedule for reasons unknown.

S1 Ep5
6.2
8th Apr 2014
Paul and Steve attend an eviction in Buckinghamshire where the tenant owes more than £26,000 in rent on his country estate residence. Later, they deal with a family of sitting tenants in a £5 million house which is due to be demolished by the developers of the site. Meanwhile, we catch up with three previous debtors to see how life has been for them since the programme aired. Cases featured include the violent car owner from episode 1, the woman who defaulted on her loan repayments from episode 2, and the taxi driver who had a writ written out against him instead of his brother from episode 3.
S3 Ep12
6.4
Paul and Steve attend the eviction of a family who owe more than £12,000 in rent arrears, but the situation turns confrontational when the landlord arrives. Later, they are forced to evict a hard-working young nurse who is desperately seeking a home for her young family through no fault of her own. Meanwhile, Brian and Kevin deal with a single mother whose overall debts come to more than £45,000, but is struggling with any form of repayment, and later meet an aggressive debtor recovering from a brain tumour who refuses to pay his dues, despite owing more than £2,000 to a lawyer.
S5 Ep3
6.5
5th Apr 2017
Agents chase more than £1700 in unpaid parking fines in South-east London, and in North Wales, Officers try to recover £2000 owed by a tradesman to a former employer.
S2 Ep4
6.6
8th Oct 2014
Brian and Graham head to Wembley, North London to repossess a car owned by a man who owes more than £3,000 to a telephone communications company. Later, they head to Reading to deal with the owner of a dry-cleaning business who has run up a substantial debt for non-payment of rent. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attempt to reclaim £30,000 in rent arrears from a man described by his tenants as a member of a ruthless and possibly violent gang, and later head to Essex to evict a young mum and her two children for non-payment of rent, but discover that she has nowhere to go.
S5 Ep34
6.7
29th Mar 2018
Gary and Cona are in west London on a bid to recover almost £1,800 in unpaid parking fines. However, the debtor is unable to pay and reveals her ex-partner was responsible for the tickets. In Birmingham, Matt and Garry have a writ for nearly £40,000 owed by a grandmother for solicitor's fees and also try to get back more than £6,500 owed to a nursery for childcare.
S5 Ep6
6.7
26th Apr 2017
A debtor in London ties his car to a tree to stop agents taking it in payment, a church ministry owes rent and a barber owes a business consultancy.
S2 Ep1
6.8
17th Sep 2014
Brian and Graham attend an eviction in South London where trouble is expected – but the eviction goes smoothly until they find a cannabis factory. Later, they visit a Polish Deli to reclaim money on a debt owed to a former supplier, but it's the debtor's wife who has to face their wrath. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend an eviction where a young mother of two is being evicted from her flat, and make an unexpected decision to allow her to stay, and later, they speak to a freelance employer who is refusing to cough up the unpaid wages of one of his ex-employees, and is still refusing to pay.
S2 Ep8
6.8
5th Nov 2014
Paul and Ben are called in to evict squatters from a residential property, but it soon becomes clear that the property is being used as a brothel. Later, Steve joins Paul to evict a woman living a property which has already been sold by the landlord, although she has nowhere to go. Later, they attend a flat in East London where they must evict a refugee family who have been seeking new accommodation for several months. Meanwhile, Brian and Graham arrive at a restaurant in north London to collect unpaid rent, but the debtor refuses to pay until Brian starts to remove goods. They later attend a Korean education school to collect unpaid rent, but the debtors make accusations to the police that they have been violent.
S3 Ep9
6.8
25th Nov 2015
Dael and Kevin face a web of deceit in an Italian delicatessen in South London as they chase a huge debt amounting to £29,000. Later, Brian joins Dael to track down a pensioner in Surrey who owes £15,000 for a business he bought four years ago. Meanwhile, Steve and Paul must evict a tenant in North London who has not paid her rent for over 18 months, before heading to Cambridgeshire to make one of their most emotional evictions to date.
S5 Ep10
6.8
24th May 2017
Matt and Gary face down a debtor's obstructive family and a nightclub owner's aggressive friends. Max uncovers a scam over an illegal sublet, and works with a professional cyclist whose career is in the balance.
S5 Ep2
6.9
29th Mar 2017
The Officers chase a debt of almost £2000 in unpaid parking fines, and later encounter the extraordinary case of deb of £80,000 owed by a hotel owner to his ex-girlfriend.
S4 Ep23
7.0
23rd Nov 2016
The second of four special episodes combining new and unforgettable past cases. Stewart and Vic attend the eviction of a single mother who owes £6,000 in rent to her landlord, but tensions soon become heated. Del looks back at a case previously featured in Series 5, Episode 1, where they tried to reclaim £3,500 owed by a man to a van rental business, but received death threats from the debtor's father. Stuart and Vic attempt to reclaim £6,000 owed in private school fees by a man and wife, but discover they no longer live together. Stuart looks back at a case featured in Series 4, Episode 1, where they were threatened by the boyfriend of a single mother they were bound to evict.
S2 Ep6
7.0
22nd Oct 2014
Paul, Steve and Ben attempt to evict a gang of squatters taking up residence in a central London office block, but struggle to enter the property. Later, they head to the North London home of a heavily pregnant tenant and her family, whom they are forced to evict due to non-payment of rent. Meanwhile, Stuart and Iain are confronted by the family and friends of a debtor in Surrey, who threaten violence against them if they try to seize any assets. Later, they deal with the owner of a horse riding sanctuary who owes a substantial amount of money to one of her former apprentices.
S3 Ep14
7.0
23rd Dec 2015
Steve and Ben attend the eviction of a family of Ethiopian refugees in Crystal Palace, who despite having been up to date with their rent, are being evicted by their landlord. Paul, Steve and Ben carry out an eviction which has occurred as the result of an acrimonious divorce that has finally come to a head. Paul, Steve and Ben visit an off-licence who owe more than £6,000 in rent arrears, and the owner battles to keep the shop open just as everything shuts down for the holidays. Paul and Ben carry out an eviction with a twist when they discover a tenant with multiple identities.
S5 Ep35
7.0
5th Apr 2018
Gareth and Mitch are on the trail of £2,500 in unpaid parking tickets in Cardiff, and while the debtor is not at home, they notice his car is sporting false number plates and call the police. The duo also face an angry defendant in Swindon when trying to collect £2,000 for unpaid rent on a lock-up, while in Buckinghamshire, Matt and Garry consider seizing a haul of luxury watches to pay more than £16,000 owed to a landlord.
S5 Ep38
7.0
26th Apr 2018
Gareth and Mitch collect debts owed for unpaid home improvements, but the debtor claims he has been kicked out of the property. Stewart and Vic chase an unpaid parking fine but must deal with the debtor's protective brother.

S1 Ep1
7.0
24th Feb 2014
Mike and Terry head to Liverpool to seize a Renault Clio from a debtor who has refused to pay his bill, but the debtor suddenly becomes violent. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend the eviction of an army veteran whose other outstanding debts have resulted in the repossession of his house, and later to Slough to deal with a troublesome family of sitting tenants who refuse to believe the powers of the High Court.

S1 Ep2
7.0
3rd Mar 2014
Mike and Terry travel to Cheshire to seize a vehicle from a woman who owes several hundred pounds on a loan, and Mike shows his softer side. Later, they head to Liverpool to recover a vehicle which the owner has failed to keep up the repayments for, and find his son very co-operative. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend an eviction in East London in the week leading up to Christmas, but find a friend house-sitting for the absent debtor. Later, they head to Essex to track down the tenants of a country estate who owe their landlord more than £10,000 – but have since disappeared.
S2 Ep2
7.1
24th Sep 2014
Stewart and Iain attempt to reclaim a debt owed by a builder, but are threatened with violence by the man and his friends from the building site. Later, they visit the owner of a pet shop who owes a substantial amount of money to a former supplier, but tries to raise funds to pay the debt. Meanwhile, Paul and Phil deal with the unpaid debt of former professional footballer Neil Ruddock, who owes money to his local dog kennels. Later, they attend the eviction of a school dinner lady who has been given no prior warning of her eviction by her landlord.
S3 Ep6
7.1
4th Nov 2015
Stuart and Elmor attempt to reclaim a debt owed by a single mother, but are forced to deal with the police after they find two children home alone. Later, they attempt to reclaim a debt owed by the owner of a pizza restaurant, but find themselves being locked inside the premises. Meanwhile, Paul and Phil carry out an eviction of a multi-occupancy property, but encounter problems when they discover it is being run as a brothel. Later, they carry out an eviction in Barnes, North London, where the tenant owes more than £11,000 to the landlord, who is in ill health.
S3 Ep1
7.1
30th Sep 2015
Brian and Kevin attempt to regain more than £16,000 owed by a travel company. However, one of their employees proves to be less than helpful. Later, they travel to Middlesex looking for £4,500 owed by a computer repair shop, but the manager claims the company have ceased trading. Meanwhile, Stuart and Elmor head to Merseyside to attend the eviction of a tenant with a brain tumour who has been unable to pay the rent on his house, and later attend an eviction with a twist – the tenant is in fact the letting agent and has been living in the house under a false name.
S4 Ep24
7.1
30th Nov 2016
The third of four special episodes combining new and unforgettable past cases. Stewart and Vic head to a phone shop whose proprietor owes £3,900 to a supplier. But when they discover the business has changed hands, the new owner threatens to break the law by returning goods which have been seized. Del looks back on a case from Series 5, Episode 4, where he and Dael visited the owner of an Indian takeaway who owe £3000. Brian and Dael attempt to reclaim £8,000 owed by a textiles business, but discover the company director is on holiday. Steve looks back on a case from Series 4, Episode 7, where he and three other agents carried out a mass eviction of travelers in Birmingham.

S1 Ep1
7.0
24th Feb 2014
Mike and Terry head to Liverpool to seize a Renault Clio from a debtor who has refused to pay his bill, but the debtor suddenly becomes violent. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend the eviction of an army veteran whose other outstanding debts have resulted in the repossession of his house, and later to Slough to deal with a troublesome family of sitting tenants who refuse to believe the powers of the High Court.

S1 Ep2
7.0
3rd Mar 2014
Mike and Terry travel to Cheshire to seize a vehicle from a woman who owes several hundred pounds on a loan, and Mike shows his softer side. Later, they head to Liverpool to recover a vehicle which the owner has failed to keep up the repayments for, and find his son very co-operative. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend an eviction in East London in the week leading up to Christmas, but find a friend house-sitting for the absent debtor. Later, they head to Essex to track down the tenants of a country estate who owe their landlord more than £10,000 – but have since disappeared.

S1 Ep3
7.1
10th Mar 2014
Paul and Steve are tasked to evict a vulnerable pair of hoarders, whose cost of damage to the property is being added onto their debt. Later, they attend the eviction of a young woman with a child, who has failed to keep up with her rent payments, and has fallen to arrears, and also find that a writ to seize a taxi has been made out to the wrong man, but under law, are forced to serve the writ anyway. Meanwhile, Steve Wood has to repossess a classic corner shop, but finds that the condition of the property may cause more problems for the landlord.

S1 Ep4
7.2
17th Mar 2014
Paul and Steve attend an eviction of a house with poor living conditions, but have a decision to make when the eviction runs into nightfall. On their travels, they evict two groups of tenants from a house which the landlord is looking to renovate, but one family are not being very co-operative; attempt to reclaim more than £25,000 from a Korean businessman who has fallen on hard times and is facing bankruptcy; and attend a flat eviction in an expensive area of London, and attempt to secure the tenants a holiday lease allowing them to return.

S1 Ep5
6.2
8th Apr 2014
Paul and Steve attend an eviction in Buckinghamshire where the tenant owes more than £26,000 in rent on his country estate residence. Later, they deal with a family of sitting tenants in a £5 million house which is due to be demolished by the developers of the site. Meanwhile, we catch up with three previous debtors to see how life has been for them since the programme aired. Cases featured include the violent car owner from episode 1, the woman who defaulted on her loan repayments from episode 2, and the taxi driver who had a writ written out against him instead of his brother from episode 3.
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The first episode of Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! aired on February 24, 2014.
The last episode of Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! aired on May 17, 2018.
There are 95 episodes of Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!.
There are 5 seasons of Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!.
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Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! has ended.