Cowboys and Angels (2015)
Tommy Walsh looks at tradesmen both good and bad and hears homeowners' stories about their home crises.
Seasons & Episode
Tommy meets plucky pensioner Joyce, who paid a contractor over £40,000 to renovate her home for her and her disabled husband. With work not up to scratch and the builder nowhere to be seen, Joyce is determined to fight back. Plumber Graham has to do a little detective work with the neighbours when a woman's radiator springs a leak.
Tommy Walsh meets Sue, who was taken in by a door-knocking con man who took £12,000 of her savings and left her with an unsafe and potentially fatal garden wall. A pub needs bailing out when their toilets block, leaving smelly sewage spilling out across the floor. Can plumber Dave get the job done before opening time?
Tommy Walsh sees the damage left behind after a window fitter failed to put in proper supports, leaving huge cracks in the walls and brickwork of Gill's Edwardian home. Pest controller Ken is called out to deal with a foul smell at a family home and comes face to face with something sinister in their drain.
Tommy meets two victims of the same rogue roofer. Both were left feeling ripped off after he took all their money but left them with leaking and shoddy roofs. A tree surgeon comes to the rescue when Eric's giant beech tree puts his house - and people's lives - at risk.
Tommy meets Sandra and Freddie, who spent their savings on a dream family kitchen, only to be taken in by a convicted con man. Plumber Graham comes to the aid of Emily, who fears diamonds aren't forever after dropping an expensive earring down the sink.
Tommy Walsh has revealing news about Susan's builder, after her plans for an accessible landscaped garden left her £8,000 out of pocket and with an uneven, rubble-strewn backyard. And it takes two when plumber Peter and roofer Jason search high and low to try to find the cause of a leak which is damaging a pensioner's bathroom wall.
Tommy Walsh hears how a home full of memories becomes a house of horrors for Steve when a dodgy builder takes his money, rips out his kitchen and disappears for good. And a family party is in danger of being over before it's even started, unless plumber John can get the heating working again.
Tommy Walsh travels to West Yorkshire to meet Claire, whose legacy from her beloved nan was wasted after a friend agreed to build her extension but left it half-finished when he disappeared with her inheritance. And Maggie calls for help to deal with suspected squirrels squatting in her loft, but pest controller Paul can smell a rat.
Tommy Walsh meets two people who've fallen victim to the same building firm - both handed over all their money, only for the builders to stop turning up after a couple of weeks. Plus gas man Lee manages to bring warmth to a family feeling the chill after their boiler breaks down for a week in winter.