In Debt

In Debt is an original entertainment docu-reality series that probes the underbelly of the nation’s chronic personal debt problem. Over a series of ten episodes, we take ten ordinary people through a rigorous debt relief programme – and get them on the road to financial recovery. The show is about fixing your debt before you lose everything. As the show tagline says: “Don’t let debt get the better of you, get the better of debt!” Susan is in debt due to a failed marriage and a husband who has disappeared. Susan is renting out the house she is paying for, hoping to cover the bond payment, but the tenants are late payers and are not keeping up with the electricity payments, leaving her with even more debt. Although she is under debt review and dealing with a debt counsellor, Susan is still being contacted by creditors for paying her accounts late. The Debt Doctor - among other things - advises Susan that her debt counsellor should have done a better job at distributing what she pays to them to her various creditors. It is their job to arrange specific payment amounts to the creditors, and if they do not do this they will need to refund the money you have paid them. What has she learnt? “To be financially responsible and accountable for every cent,” says Susan.