Following environmental health officers at London's Haringey council. The team investigates the home of an 81-year-old man who has filled all five bedrooms with rubbish.
Following environmental health officers at London's Haringey council. The pest team are under pressure from irate customers complaining of mouse and rat infestations.
Series following environmental health officers. An 81-year-old man is determined to stop the council from clearing his rat-infested garden, so takes the law into his own hands.
Series following environmental health officers. The public mortuary is under siege as journalists await the result of a controversial inquest at the Coroner's court upstairs.
Series following environmental health officers in London. The press are out in force as the inquest in the coroner's court ends. In the mortuary, a decomposed body arrives.
Yet more high jinks as the environmental health officers at London's Haringey council carry out their unenviable tasks. This show features the tragic story of an abandoned baby.
More intriguing stories about dirt. Brian Livsey and his team of street cleaners struggle with the mountains of rubbish dumped in the back alleys of Salford's red-brick terraces.
The strangely absorbing exploits of Salford's environmental health workers. A garage is set on fire by local vandals, causing asbestos fibres to fall like snowflakes.
John Peel narrates the series about the gritty characters who earn a living dealing dirt. A man who runs the furnaces at a crematorium recounts some unfortunate, yet amusing, tales.
Yet more stories from the people who deal with the difficult and the dirty for a living. This time, dog warden Ian Richardson attempts to round up a pack of wild dogs in Salford.
Trouble with the furnace at the crematorium in this edition, and it doesn't end there; as the backlog of coffins gets bigger, a bees' nest outside the chapel is disturbing mourners.
John Peel narrates more grim tales. Salford's youngsters come under the spotlight as the graffiti squad clean the city's subways, and an aggressive stray dog is causing alarm.
Revealing report on some of the filthiest, gut-wrenching jobs of all. Council workers Mike and Roy tackle some truly awful smells. Deadpan narration is courtesy of John Peel.
Narrated by John Peel. 'Drain surgeon' Roy looks forward to a well-earned retirement. Meanwhile, at the crematorium, Barry and Gary come up with some unusual funeral music.
Spare a thought for our country's environmental health officers. New inspector Yunes Teinaz gets tough with restaurant owners, and there's more from 83-year-old Edmund Trebus.
Just say sausages... in this visit to Haringey, pest-control officer George uses sausages to trap a plague of rats. Meanwhile, over at the mortuary, Paul has to test some blood.
A group of New Age travellers who keep an extended family of pot-bellied pigs are threatened with eviction, but who has the unenviable task of serving the order?
Documentary series following the exploits of environmental health officers in Haringey. Dr Yunes Teinaz confiscates some live snails from a grocer.
Documentary series following the exploits of environmental health officers in Haringey. Paul Coombes shows some police cadets their first post mortem.
Documentary series following environmental health officers in Haringey. Meat to be used in a Muslim festival gives cause for concern, and a tower block must be cleared of pets.
Documentary series following the exploits of environmental health officers in Haringey. Pest control officer George Whordley tries to help a homeless man living under an arch.
Documentary series following environmental health officers in Haringey. Officers investigate a strange smell, and the food team tracks down an illegal food operation.
In Bristol, pest officer Ian Thomas has his work cut out when he investigates a rat found in a car - presumably it wasn't driving. And Paul Vice must clear a mystery blockage.
More unsavoury encounters for health officers as Bristol City Council clears up a hundred years of muck from a local boating lake - but must fish out any inhabitants first.
Pest officer Ian Thomas is called to a rat-infested alleyway in the centre of Bristol, and the city's dog wardens are after a stray that has been running wild on a golf course.
Housing surveyor Carl Turville clears up after an eviction from a council flat, and pest officer Stuart Royall has to disinfect a property where a man's body has lain undiscovered.
Stuart Tonkins struggles to get into a hoarder's flat which is crammed from floor to ceiling with junk, while Paul Vice tries to find a lost manhole under an acre of rubble.
More unsavoury adventures for the public services as Mark Coombes tries to catch a stray dog, and an arson attack on a council house leaves Carl Turville with his work cut out.
Environmental health officers double up as ghostbusters when they help a woman who is being terrorised by ghostly activities in her council home - could an exorcist be the answer?
Judgement day looms in the Britain's Cleanest City Competition, and pest officer Ian Thomas faces some mightily persistent cockroaches in a hairdressing salon.
Lewis Gayle, a council plumber, has his hands full when the sewage from a tower block erupts from a ground floor toilet, while Tim Stevens has an infestation of rats to deal with.
Strong stomachs are required as the grime-busting team are summoned to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, when rubbish chutes in a 60s tower block become obstructed.
Incidents in London's East End include the funeral of an elderly lady with no next of kin, and the discovery of a medieval burial site containing the remains of 10,000 people.
The Tower Hamlets Environmental Health Department have a baffling case to cope with - somebody's keeping fighting cocks in a caravan underneath the railway arches.
There's a suspicious death to investigate in the Tower Hamlets mortuary and the team also discover some illegally dumped and rotting meat. Plus wasp nests in unlikely places.
Entertainingly stomach-churning exploits in London's East End. Hot temperatures mean hot heads and high emotions as the environmental officers face a bad cockroach epidemic.
More pleasant discoveries for the environmental health officers. A tenant's dogs are stinking out a council block and a woman is attracting rats by leaving food out for the pigeons.
Bristol's cleaning teams are on high alert as judgement day looms in the Britain's Cleanest City Competition. And a pest officer tackles some particularly persistent cockroaches.
For those of you who have ever moaned about your jobs, tune in here and moan no more! Freddy and Jim have the task of clearing out four tonnes of rubbish from a tenant's flat.
Every day brings a new joy for the environmental health officers in Edinburgh. Vandals trash a 300-year-old tomb so the council are left to pick up the pieces.
More eye-watering adventures with the Edinburgh environmental health officers. Mortuary technician Vicky faces a body which is so badly decomposed it's barely identifiable.
Not for the faint hearted, this show follows environmental officers in Edinburgh at work. It's summertime and the pest control boys have the ultimate gadget to see off wasps.
The eye-opening series following environmental health officers in Edinburgh. Graveyard workers Stuart and Gareth venture down to the city's tombs to evict homeless people.
Eye-popping series following the usually grotty work of council health officers in Edinburgh. Paul and Hazel are panicking over the amount of dog poo in the heart of town.
Another instalment of the show that will have you wincing at the filthy jobs some have to do. Christmas shoppers who drop their cigarette butts leave town with a little less cheer.
Eye-watering documentary series which goes behind the scenes with Edinburgh environmental health officers as they endeavour to keep the city's homes, streets and parks clean.
An update of the story of 83-year-old Edmund Trebus, who is continuing to wage a battle with his council over his right to live in a house full of rubbish.
This episode focuses on pests and vermin, exploring the problems caused by fleas, blood-sucking bedbugs and rampaging rats.
An update of the story of 83-year-old Edmund Trebus, who is continuing to wage a battle with his council over his right to live in a house full of rubbish. Update edition: John Peel narrates a tribute to the recently deceased [29/09/2002] Edmund Trebus.