Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away is the perfect show for those who love a good 'tut' at the TV. The armchair judge.
In short, it's a factual/reality documentary series on Channel 5 which follows the work of High Court enforcement officers (bailiffs) as they execute their orders, collecting items of value from people who've failed to make repayments on a debt, or they don't want to leave a property.
Nine times out of a 10 there's a small scuffle before a resolve is found, but every now and then there's a fight between the officers and the victims. It's this that keeps us gripped.
One of the stars, Delroy Anglin, has sadly revealed that he has received a 'death sentence' in the form of a blood cancer diagnosis.
Anglin, 56, said that he has an aggressive form of leukaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to beat the disease. If he doesn't get this, then, sadly, the condition will be terminal, he told the Croydon Advertiser.
Credit: Channel 5
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The former detective constable said: "You feel as if someone has pronounced a death sentence.
"At the end of the day, unless somebody says differently - I'm terminal."
The dad-of-six is one of the enforcers who doesn't hold back when called into action. He was one of the original members of the show since its inception in 2014. He has now had to step down from the show and his work.
He was diagnosed following tests after initially going to the doctor saying that he was suffering with more colds than usual.
He said: "Life changed straight away, from diagnosis to entering the hospital was a matter of days.
"When they tell you, you're just hoping someone has made a mistake, but they haven't."
Anglin is already undergoing chemotherapy treatment but has found it hard going - the first round left him wheelchair bound.
"The next time I forced myself to take a few steps, and not let it do that to me again," he added. "Now I'm feeling positive about it, but it won't go away.
"A transplant would be a game changer. It's the only way to get rid of it."
An appeal has been launched for Anglin using the hashtag #Match4Delroy and it is being led by a blood cancer charity and the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT).
He's received support from fellow colleagues, such as Paul Bohill, alongside members of the public.
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Keep fighting, Delroy!
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