SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Wesley Branton I love this show so much! It's so fun to watch!There are a lot of negative reviews on IMDb for this show because people don't like the concept and think that the people doing the job are scum. I can see where they are coming from, but if you watch the show there are a lot of episodes where the agents show compassion for the person who they are visiting and often go out of their way to work with these people.

mark-01455 To start with, the fact England and Wales even has such a service as a High Court where there is no due process or notification of defendants is simply disgusting. I can see enforcing commercial judgements and rent collection, but the way these people deal with enforcing evictions of citizens gives you a very clear picture of how England and Wales see this rights of its citizens versus the sovereignty of property. This goes doubly so when these "Officers" are really hired goons working on commission.And while I can certainly understand how frustrated landlords can get from rent being in arrears and that it must be paid, the lack of due process - whether or not people received notice from a lower court, is simply inexcusable.Let me be clear, a property owner should never have to wait eight months to be paid, and when there's a brothel on the premises or something along these lines, the perpetrators should be kicked out. But by the same token, when arbitration has fallen through and promises broken, people deserve a definitive date of ejection, not some random goon coming with no warning and a write telling the tenant they have an hour to leave.It's seriously disgusting, and the people responsible for writing the laws in England and Wales should be ashamed in general for the way they treat their poor. As to the people - I have a lot of friends there and I am unsure many of them are even aware of these draconian rules. People in England and Wales are basically good, but the High Court is a horrific tool for debt collection that should be abolished.I just watched an episode while writing this this about a family that was booted out of their house who has a two-year old under life support... no quarter given. Disgusting. How could these people, the landlord or most of all Channel 5 deal with themselves after this is beyond me.There should be a provision in these laws that allows for situations that are obvious emergencies.By the way, I mention only England and Wales because Scotland doesn't allow these goons and has actual Sheriffs employed by the state that aren't incentivized by the profit motive to boot people out of their homes. It's a bit more civil and I can understand why they want independence if this is any indication.And when it comes to the UK, I'm not just talking about this crap, I'm talking about things like the fact there's a payday loan shop on every corner in every poor neighborhood. It's disgusting.Beyond all this, as someone who works in the media, I'm amazed that the producers can make a profit from selling adverts from this poverty porn, and I'm even more shocked the producers don't provide some of the more deserving people with compensation for showing their lives bare for the sake of ad sales.Again, I am very pro-landlord generally, and in commercial situations, well, judgements must be enforced, but the way they treat their poor in the UK is just horrific. They should abolish the High Courts' ability to evict people without notice. Full stop. And this poverty porn - disgusting. It should be canceled.

cujokay I love this show! I live in the U.S. and am SHOCKED that the "high court" can just show up at your door and put you out IMMEDIATELY! There is nothing similar in the states. Although we do have evictions the courts DO give you a final move-out date. There are no surprises at your door.Also being able to immediately take your possessions to absolve the debt is CRAZY to me! I love the show and have visited the U.K. on one occasion and really enjoyed myself (my husband and I took a 2-week holiday). I had no idea stuff like this was going on. It's mind boggling.

don-43839 I found this a very good show,unlike one of the other reviewers i am looking at it in a more realistic light. Many people end up in debt, the ideal solution is to obviously come to some sort of arrangement but Most of the people in this show come up with such stupid excuses and say so many stupid lies thinking that they will get away with it,i honestly find the people are dealt with in a very reasonable manner considering they have already done the wrong thing. It amazes me to see some of the stupid reactions that the people show when confronted with the debt collectors,treating them as idiots,of course they are not,and they are going to deal with you in a harder way if you treat them like idiots. I would find it very hard to deal with a job like theirs,my hats off to them. And once again it is a great show.