We meet the family that paid £2,700 for a car from a second-hand car dealer which they say was dangerous. The Sheriffs are forced to call in tow trucks to pay off the debt, but the debtor isn't taking things lying down. It's not long before the police are on the scene. Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev try and collect an unpaid employment tribunal award.
A British holidaymaker's trip to Portugal was ruined by a 12-hour delay. He took legal action against the airline but still hasn't been paid. So, Sheriffs Chris and Steve have been called in to check out the check-in. A ski instructor is owed unpaid wages by the holiday company he worked for, and a Chinese education centre owes a former student £34,000. Can the Sheriffs recover all their money?
When a couple arranged to have their spectacular Indian wedding filmed, they never dreamed it would take over 18 months to see the disappointing results. They were so unhappy; they won a High Court Judgment against the video company. A Cambridgeshire garage owner sold a car with multiple problems and failed to give the buyer her money back. Can the Sheriffs recover all the money owed?
Tempers flare when Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev chase up a debt on behalf of a man with multiple names. Can they get him to pay up? A former gym instructor is owed wages by a gym, a remote-control plane enthusiast has a serious issue with the car he purchased, and a photocopier wholesaler owes a substantial sum to a former employee. Can the Sheriffs recover all the money needed for their clients?
A building owned by a charity has been occupied by squatters in East London. Can the Sheriffs get the squatters out and return the building to its rightful owners? We meet the creator behind some of the country's most loved children's TV characters from Button Moon, who was shocked when someone sold his designs to make money. Will the Sheriffs be able to get him the money a court says he's owed?
Squatters have taken over a building in South East London and the owner wants them removed. But tensions rise when the Sheriffs are left with no choice but to force their way in. A south coast puppeteer bought a faulty van from a local garage, and Sheriffs Darryl and Mark are on the trail of a dentist who owes a colossal debt. But where is the elusive debtor?
A former army medic is owed money by a private ambulance company who he carried out work for but wasn't paid. Can Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev convince the company director to pay up? Sheriffs Craig and Tom go in search of a debt owed by one farmer to another, and a North London hairdresser is owed money by a salon furniture wholesaler. Can they recover all the money?
Sheriffs Tom and Craig visit a Coventry convenience store in an attempt to clear a big debt. Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev are called to well-known London pub that’s been occupied by squatters, barricaded and booby trapped. Sheriffs Marc and Kev visit a South London garage to try and get money back from a disgruntled former business associate.
A pub landlord paid £10,000 for wind turbines on the roof of his Dartmoor pub that didn't work. The Sheriffs go in search of his money. An Oxfordshire car mechanic fixed a rental company's van, but they refused to pay him, and a civil servant bought a top of the range car as a retirement present, but it ended up costing him over £1700 for major repairs. Can the Sheriffs get their money back?
Meet a beauty therapist who was unfairly dismissed from the salon where she worked. Sheriffs Darryl and Craig pay the salon a visit and confront her former boss. A South Coast mum sold her Ford Galaxy for £4,500 through a car dealer but didn't get a penny from the sale. Sheriffs Lawrence and Kev take on a window installation company on behalf of a former employee who is owed wages.
Enamel designers paid £20,000 for a building project that barely got off the ground. The Sheriffs pay a visit to the builder. Can they get him to pay the money that's owed? Meet the mum who spent her life savings on a horsebox to help her daughter with her prize-winning dressage career. The horsebox turned out to be unfit for the road and the family's been left out of pocket. It's up to the Sheriffs to make sure they get their money back.
In the second episode, Sam Willis takes to the high seas in search of the swashbuckling pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th Century.
In the final episode, Sam Willis explores urban crime, fraud and corruption in the eighteenth century and uncovers a fascinating rogues gallery of charmers, fraudsters and villains.
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
Roy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore.
David Lean dedicated the last six years of his life to implement a dream called Nostromo. Based on the novel of the same title by Joseph Conrad, Nostromo was to be an epic film shot with care and attention to detail that seemed from another era in years dominated by action and special effects. The British master, about to turn 80, aspired to close his career with a masterpiece worthy of titles such as Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago or The Bridge on the River Kwai.
