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    Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Episode 2

    S2:E2

    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.

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  2. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Episode 3

    S3:E3

    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.

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  3. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #3 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    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.

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  4. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Episode 3

    S2:E3

    Paul and Steve evict a young woman with two children, a task that takes a turn for the worse when her violent ex-partner makes an appearance. Later, they serve a writ on a family who have to pay damages to a former employee, and seize a number of expensive vehicles towards repayment. Meanwhile, Stewart and Iain find themselves in a spot of bother when some angry locals threaten a riot over an unpaid debt at a Liverpool computer shop. Later, they chase down an unemployed decorator who owes more than £3,500 in legal costs, but finds he has no assets to seize and no money.

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  5. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Episode 1

    S2:E1

    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.

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  6. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 4 Episode 10 - Busted
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Busted

    S4:E10

    A call to evict a defaulting tenant results in the discovery of an audacious subletting scam. Other cases involve an evasive debtor, the eviction of a family living in squalor and a recently divorced mother in denial that she faces bankruptcy.

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  7. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Episode 6

    S2:E6

    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.

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  8. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #8 - Episode 7

    S2:E7

    Paul and Steve make an interesting discovery during an eviction at a flat in London's Docklands, where they find $8.5 million in counterfeit notes. Later, Ben joins Paul as they head to Biggin Hill, Kent, to evict a family which they have been told have no children, only to find six children living at the property. Meanwhile, Brian and Graham find themselves in a spot of bother at Swindon Town Football Club as they try to reclaim money on an unpaid debt for seating, and later hunt for a debtor whose business is in the centre of a storage unit facility, but the manager refuses to allow them entry.

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  9. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Episode 4

    S2:E4

    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.

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  10. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 9
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Episode 9

    S2:E9

    Brian and Graham head to a Brighton health spa to speak to seize assets against the debt of £20,000 for unpaid legal costs against the owner. On their travels, they also head to South London to find a man who owes £1,600, but have trouble when his wife tries to throw them off the scent; to Sussex to speak to a young mother who has defaulted on a debt payment plan, where Graham shows his softer side; and to Dunsfold to reclaim money owed to a telephone answering service, but find the debtor about to visit his motherʼs grave.

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  11. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    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.

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  12. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Episode 8

    S2:E8

    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.

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  13. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    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.

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  14. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Episode 5

    S2:E5

    Paul and Steve head to Essex to evict a family for non-payment of rent, but discover a dispute with the letting agent has led to the eviction. Later, they head to North London to evict a Somalian refugee who speaks very little English from her flat which the landlord is repossessing. Meanwhile, Stuart and Iain are faced with threats of violence when they try to reclaim a debt of over £3,000 against the owner of a minicab business, and later deal with the owner of a car dealership who has to choose between repaying his debt or losing vehicles from his showroom.

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  15. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #15 - Episode 10

    S2:E10

    Paul and Steve attend an eviction with a twist when they discover that the landlord trying to reclaim the property is the debtor's mother. On their travels, they also attend the eviction of a multi-occupancy house where they find a group of tenants who have issues with their immigration status; are forced to evict a man with a history of mental illness, and call on the help of a local minister to persuade the tenant to leave; and attend the eviction of the last remaining tenant in an apartment block which is currently under renovation by the landlord.

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  16. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Episode 6

    S3:E6

    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.

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  17. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 4 Episode 8 - Big Family Bust Up
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Big Family Bust Up

    S4:E8

    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

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  18. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.1/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Episode 4

    S1:E4

    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.

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  19. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 1 Episode 5 - Final Demand
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Final Demand

    S1:E5

    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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  20. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    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.

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  21. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Episode 2

    S3:E2

    Brian and Kevin head to Surrey to obtain £6,000 owed by former business owners, but during the initial confrontation, Brian is assaulted. Later, Dael joins Brian to chase a debt owed to a vet by the owner of an ill pet, but they discover she does not have any goods worth enough to cover the debt. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend a multi-eviction on a council estate in Barnet, where the tenants are unaware of why they are being made homeless.

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  22. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Episode 4

    S3:E4

    Paul and Phil head to Kent for an eviction, but when they finally take possession of the house, they discover a full-scale cannabis factory upstairs. Paul later finds himself accused of racism when he and Phil attempt to evict a Kosovan family living in emergency accommodation in North London. Elsewhere, Brian and Dael chase a debt of nearly £3,000 in Hampshire and later attempt to collect almost £5,000 owed by a farmer in Sussex.

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  23. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Episode 5

    S3:E5

    Stuart and Elmor deal with a tricky debtor who owes more than £1,000 against a debt previously owed by his small business, Morecambe Textiles. Later, they attempt to collect a debt of £1,600 owed by a self-employed DJ, but discover he may be forced to close his business if he is unable to pay. Meanwhile, Paul and Steve attend the eviction of a man in Croydon, only to discover that he is on the way to his aunt's funeral, and the council have refused to rehouse him. Later, they deal with a single mother being evicted by her landlady in Hammersmith after amassing more than £11,000 in rent arrears.

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  24. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Episode 7

    S3:E7

    Paul and Steve attend an eviction of a tenant who refuses to move out of her property, despite it already having been sold on by the landlord. Later, Phil joins Paul to turn detective when they arrive an eviction in East London, where they discover the remaining tenant escaping through the back door. Meanwhile, Brian and Kevin deal with a single mother of three who owes a debt of more than £5,000 to a former landlord for damage to his property, and later try to reclaim a debt of over £11,000 owed by a furniture business, but an employee of the company becomes less than helpful.

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  25. Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Episode 8

    S3:E8

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 2" is the best rated episode of "Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!". It scored 8.4/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/24/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 3".