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Britain's Parking Hell - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 1, 2018

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Parking attendants in Weston-super-Mare brace themselves for a bumper Bank Holiday Weekend, residents in a Cornwall village descibe how 'Poldark' fans have created parking havoc, and Sue continues her one-woman war against private parking firms.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2018

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One campaigner is on a mission to hold those who wrongfully park in parent-and-toddler spots to account. Sawyers Park Lane is seriously oversubscribed, with six schools, two care homes and more besides. And, the inventive dad determined to make school-adjacent streets safer.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2018

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In Hereford, the police are making antisocial pavement parking a top priority. But when their 'operation pram' pushes pavement parkers on to the road it causes issues for the emergency services.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2019

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Housewives in Huddersfield protest the parking problems caused by football matches, a couple tell how they lost their home over an unpaid parking fine, and parking officers reveal how they face abuse and threats of violence.

Season 2

Ticket Wars

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Aug 1, 2019

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In Basildon, the locals are taking up arms after being caught out on camera at a hi-tech high-street car park. Plus, the story of a `Cornish Columbo" who turned detective when his beloved Reliant Robin was mysteriously moved onto double yellows, earning him £400 in parking tickets.

The Future of Parking

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2019

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The documentary about the fight to find a parking space focuses on the increasing use of technology. The West Midlands traffic police are assisted by Robocop, showing motorists how to park safely, and mum-of-four Davida meets the robots as she puts the UK's largest fully automated car park to the test.

Selfish Parking

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2019

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The documentary reveals how the problem of finding somewhere to park has caused many motorists to turn selfish on the roads. Traffic wardens struggle to control the chaos in the seaside town of Tenby as drivers head to the coast for a break, and impatient motorists get in the way of a Remembrance Day march and also block the emergency services in the Midlands.

The Price of Parking

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2019

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The documentary reveals how motorists who park in the way, or fail to pay their fines, might be unlucky enough to have their cars towed away by someone like Sam, who works in the West Midlands. And as one driver discovers, getting his vehicle back does not come cheap. Meanwhile, parking vigilante Sue fights on behalf of a nurse who got 11 tickets for parking in the wrong space at work, and a Volkswagen Golf GTi owner's friends are embarrassed when he parks across two spaces to avoid his precious car getting pranged.

Parking Confusion

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2019

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Winter in Tenby, south-west Wales, brings a tidal wave of white vans into town as Debs and her team battle with a bevy of builders trying to fit in their winter work and parking wherever they can. In the Cotswolds town of Cirencester, local trucker Gerry decides to do a good deed by turning a double-decker bus into a homeless shelter. However, there is upset as the council slaps his big yellow bus with a big yellow ticket. A Devon businessman gives his town an early Christmas present by expanding his free car park.

Rules Is Rules

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2019

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Cameras follow PC Mark `Robocop" Hodson, a policeman on a mission to restore parking law and order to the streets of Birmingham. He sets his sights on the city centre, where one unsuspecting pavement parker is about to feel the force of his zero-tolerance approach to bad parking. In Manchester, a band of baby-faced enforcers are turning the tables on the parents who break the parking rules at the school gates, and driving instructor extraordinaire Andy is hoping to instil some law and order into panic-parker and panto performer Liam.

Season 3

Parking Mad

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2020

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The daily battles for parking spaces across Britain. Cameras return to Weston-super-Mare to see whether the civil traffic enforcement officers have managed to turn the tide of public opinion since they were introduced two years ago. An angry parker and his brother turn the air blue in Edinburgh as they try to find a space for Burns Night, while a bodybuilder enrages his girlfriend and angry parents by parking in a child-and-baby space, arguing he is too big to squeeze out of his car in a standard bay.

Nerves of Steel

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2020

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A nervous driver who has spent ú2,000 on driving lessons cannot pass her test as she is unable to park, and a resident in Hackney sparks a space revolution, turning parking spots into little gardens. Meanwhile in the city of Bradford, a man has made it his mission to hit the streets and make parking free.

No Escape

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2020

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Episode 5

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2020

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Episode 6

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2020

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In the final episode, the Weston-super-Mare parking team deal with a crime spree which has seen blue badge fraud increase significantly in the last year alone. Meanwhile, mother and daughter Lowri and Bethan in Cardiff struggle to find a parking space on the day of a big rugby match, and residents of Basildon are angered about a private parking company that has issued over a thousand fines in a single month.

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