6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 5 First episode date 19 March 2012 Number of seasons 3 | 6/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Location(s) United Kingdom Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Narrated by Paul Sangam (Series 1)James Barriscale (Series 2)David Reed (Series 3-) No. of episodes 55 (excluding compilations) Number of episodes 55 (excluding compilations) Similar You Have Been Watching, Road Wars, Rip Off Britain, Traffic Cops, Bargain Hunt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sheriffs Are Coming is a British fly on the wall documentary series following High Court enforcement officers (known as Sheriff's Officers until April 2004, but not correctly called sheriffs), which started off as a one-off 10-minute feature on the BBC One show Inside Out South West in 2011.
Contents
The programme follows the work of High Court enforcement officers (HCEOs) and features enforcement agents and authorised HCEOs from The Sheriffs Office in Croydon.
Series
The series is shown on BBC One and began on 19 March 2012 with a series of ten episodes. It shows the process and efforts of the officers in obtaining money from companies, employers and tradespeople who owe money to members of the general public.
On 5 February 2014, The Sheriffs Are Coming was announced as the winner of the Best Daytime Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2014.
The second series of 15 episodes aired every weekday morning on BBC One at 11am from 14 January to 1 February 2013 and was repeated on BBC Two at 7am the following morning.
In Summer 2013, a series of four 60 minute compilation episodes was broadcast on BBC One in a peak time evening slot of 7-8 pm. The four episodes were shown on Monday 22 July, Wednesday 24 July, Monday 29 July and Wednesday 31 July 2013 and contained highlights from the first and second series.
Series 3, consisting of ten episodes, began on Monday 13 January 2014 and was broadcast on BBC One every weekday morning at 11am and again on BBC Two the following morning at 7am. BBC One also broadcast a four-part primetime compilation series in August 2014.
Series 4, consisting of five episodes aired from Monday 16 to Friday 20 March 2015 on BBC One, followed by repeats of earlier cases until Friday 17 April 2015. A "best of" primetime series aired on Wednesday evenings at 19:00 from 22 July 2015 for three weeks.
Series 5, consisting of 10 episodes, began on 11 April 2016 and concluded on 24 April 2016. Episodes were first shown at 11am on BBC One and repeated the following weekday at 6:45am on BBC Two. Now being repeated from 17 October to 28 October 2016 on BBC 1
On 4 January 2017, BBC One started a 6 part prime time series of 60-minute episodes compiled from series 5. The programme is broadcast from 20:00 to 21:00 on BBC One.
About High Court enforcement
HCEOs act under a High Court writ. They operate within England and Wales. Judgments and awards for £600 and above made in a county court can be transferred to the High Court for enforcement for a court fee of £60. If enforcement is successful, the court fee is recovered from the debtor, along with the original debt, judgment interest and enforcement costs. If unsuccessful, all the claimant pays is a £75 plus VAT compliance fee (referred to as an admin fee in the programme). In the case of employment tribunal and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) awards, there is no minimum value before you can use an HCEO.
HCEOs can enforce: county court judgments (CCJs), High Court judgments, employment tribunal awards, ACAS settlements and foreign judgments where the debtor is based in England or Wales.
Part 3 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 was implemented in April 2014.
The new regulations include a requirement to send a seven-day notice of enforcement to judgment debtors, an increase in the time delay between seizure and sale and how peaceable entry may be effected. There has also been reform of fees charged by HCEOs.
Cast
Lawrence Grix
Kevin McNally
Tommy Coyle
Dave Crabtree
Steve Hockborn
Marc Newton
Darryl Oreton
Chris Pearson
Alan Pennington
Mark Povey
Tony Smith
Pete Spencer
Ken Warby
Craig Wild