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The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Series following four female pest controllers as they do battle with Britain's most common household pests. Infestations of bed bugs, rats, clothes moths and more are making life a misery in homes across the UK. The ladykillers use specialist cameras to provide a scary close-up of the pests for the homeowners and to help find the best way to get rid of these unwelcome intruders.

Bed bugs are on the rise across the UK, and pest controller Imogen witnesses one of the worst cases she's seen when a young family's home is infested. Extreme measures are called for in a case that demonstrates how hard it can be to get rid of the tiny parasites.

In Surrey, Deborah discovers the rats running out of control on a small farm are a population of poison-resistant super-rats, and in Yorkshire, Janet is called to the home of a mum who discovers mice in the attic of her converted church, then faces a moral dilemma over how to treat them. Show less

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