A Matter of Life and Debt

In this episode it is all about the dough when a baker gets a loan to set up his own specialist pie shop. Plus how a single mum proved the high street banks wrong by creating a suc...

The programme meets dad-of-five Roger, who is holding down two jobs as he gets a loan allowing him to finish and launch his own business - a unique ice cream van. An NHS worker rev...

Jade is looking for £1,500 to redecorate her daughter's bedroom, while Miriam needs £1,000 for an educational trip to Germany. A former bus driver explains how an addiction to cred...

Members of London Mutual Credit Union try to get loans for everything from home improvements to a daughter's birthday party. The programme meets the young Muslim woman whose loan a...

The programme meets the woman who waited over 20 years before a small loan allowed her to realise her dream of opening her own sewing business, and a grandmother keeps her son's na...

Loans help couple Katerina and Colin set up a health food shop in rural Wales, and Syrian refugee Razan take her own line of Halloumi cheese out of the family kitchen and into the...

This episode follows Laura as she tries to get a loan to set up her own grilled cheese sandwich bar. We also meet Rebirtha, a retired teacher who, following a stroke, was turned do...

We meet a couple whose ethical loan has allowed them to create a thriving upcycling furniture business. We also follow members of London Mutual Credit Union, including community wo...

A loan helps a Cornish couple to transform access for blind people by funding their unique business idea - a device that describes the layout of a room, enabling the visually impai...

Lanarkshire Credit Union in Glasgow helps animal lover Vikki set up her own dog-walking business, a loan from Swan Credit Union in Milton Keynes reunites three long-distance friend...

This episode meets Marion, a nurse who changed career to launch a dog spa after seeing how it helped her own pet. Nine months on, her loans advisor Sarah comes to see if the money...

The programme is at London Capital Credit Union to follow Sheila's application for £3,000 that she needs to buy a car so she can get back into employment, and it meets council work...

The programme meets two credit union volunteers with very different stories to tell - cancer survivor Cate on how a loan helped her to start retraining as a nurse and a cautionary...

Featuring a look at how a loan takes an idea off the ground when two Somerset brothers borrow to start a business creating furniture made from aviation parts. The programme meets...

Featuring a woman who became a successful photographer and a couple in Cornwall as they open their sweet shop and tearoom. And the programme is back at London Capital Credit Union...