Call the Council
Call the Council is a TV show on BBC1. The long-running program has been available since 2014. A total of 56 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2016.
Last broadcast:08/04/2016 at 11:00
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Call the Council
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Officers working for Wigan council battle to bring new business into the borough, provide safe foster homes for young people and fight the elements on a PR offensive.
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Council officers in Wigan battle against rubbish and rodents in a backyard, inspect the health of all creatures great and small at an agricultural show and assess the safety of adrenalin seekers at a motocross track. 45:00
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Wigan council brings a young offender and their victims together in a bid to preserve the peace, investigates complaints about a noisy fairground and helps a young man fulfil a lifetime's ambition. 45:00
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Council officers in Wigan protect the planet from a potentially dangerous chemical cocktail and use the full force of the law against a noisy neighbour. 45:00
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Fly tippers pose a problem for council officers in Wigan. History and heroes combine as the council names new streets, and as residents take part in a 10K run, officers step in to track down a missing person. 45:00
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Wigan's council officers crack down on shopkeepers selling alcohol to children, deal with dangerous dumped waste and try to help tired residents in a flap about a cockerel disturbing the peace.March 2016
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Wigan's council officers try to mend a resident's ceiling and her faith in the council. A new fish and chip shop owner faces her first inspection and love is in the air when registrars try to marry five couples in one day. 45:00
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Wigan's council officers unearth a precious collection of Egyptian artefacts, inspect a business with exotic performing animals and rummage through rotting rubbish when bin wars break out on the borough's streets. 45:00
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Council officers try to wipe Wigan clean of graffiti, help residents compete at the Tatton Park Flower Show and give hopeful young people a chance to win coveted paid placements with key council services. 45:00
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Council officers in Wigan help residents with rubbish in their alleyways, assist police with an emergency in the middle of the night and help those dealing with dementia. 45:00
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Council officers in Wigan help an ambitious young man get a foot on the career ladder, clean up a community farm, respond to residents who are ratty about rodents and investigate a complaint about fish suffering from stress. 45:00
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Wigan council's frontline officers make an unannounced inspection of a takeaway, teach school children how to save lives and help to make wedding history in Wigan. 45:00
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Council officers in Wigan help a resident with rats in the roof, chase fly-tippers and, after a hundred years, give a war hero the homecoming he never had. 45:00
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Wigan's frontline council officers hit the heights to tame dangerous trees, step in when residents get revved up about a rusty van and tackle a feathered foe - pigeons.July 2015
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It's a big day at Council HQ as officers organise the inauguration ceremony for the new mayor, go on a mission to rid the borough of unwanted artwork and play detective to crack the case of the unidentified waste. 43:00
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As the council get tough, will a new business owner's dreams go up in smoke? Officers re-educate residents on reasons to recycle, and twelve local dementia initiatives are given the opportunity to secure council funding. 43:00
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It's a four-legged frenzy as council officers hunt for illicit tobacco, the council pays tribute to a former resident whose life was tragically cut short, and one officer has a mountain to climb. 43:00
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Officers tackle rodents who are raiding residents' homes, go to extreme depths when a smelly flood hits a household, and team up with a group of residents to give their streets a clean sweep. 43:00
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The council's animal welfare policy is challenged by a local businessman, officers launch an out-of-hours operation to protect local revellers, and the victim of postal scammers receives vital support as his situation spirals out of control.