Most people believe their home is their castle. But it isn't. If the council want it, it's theirs. Billy and Gordon Howard still believe Rose Cottage belongs to them. Barnsley Council knows better. It has placed a compulsory purchase order on the cottage and surrounding land.
The bachelor brothers, aged 65 and 73, are set in then-ways and absolutely refuse to budge.
Since this film was first shown, hundreds of people have written to ask what happened to the brothers.
In this updated version of the film, which was the BAFTA award-winner for the best factual series of this year, and nominated for the Prix Italia award, the struggle draws to a close. Billy and Gordon threaten to use their shotgun when the bailiffs arrive. Photography
REX MAIDMENT, BRIAN MCDAIRMANT Film recordist DON LEE
Film editor TONY HEAVEN Producer DAVID PEARSON