Series synopsis
Phil Spencer: Secret Agent is a British reality television series that premiered on Channel 4 on October 10, 2011. It ended on January 24, 2014. It stars Phil Spencer.
Property expert Phil Spencer is a Secret Agent on a mission - to get Britain's property market moving again, one house at a time.
Premise
Property expert Phil Spencer is a Secret Agent on a mission - to get Britain's property market moving again, one house at a time.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Phil Spencer as Phil Spencer
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 86 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | October 10, 2011 | November 4, 2011 |
| Season 2 | 17 | May 10, 2012 | April 24, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 39 | January 24, 2014 | |
| Season 4 | 10 | April 12, 2013 | |
| Season 5 | 0 | ||
| Season 6 | 0 | ||
| Season 7 | 0 | ||
| Season 8 | 0 | ||
| Season 9 | 0 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Leeds Phil travels to north Leeds, where Emma and Lee Fozard are in desperate need of his property expertise. A couple with three young boys, Emma and Lee have outgrown their current home and dream of moving to pastures new. But this three-bed semi is in trouble. After eight months on the market and 18 viewings, there have been no offers on it. Emma and Lee are worn out. Unfortunately, so is the house. While the family are out for the day, Secret Agent Spencer has a snoop around, discovering threadbare carpets, dog-eaten doors and a topsy-turvy garden that all the viewers have turned their noses up at. After confronting Emma and Lee with his cheekily rewritten property particulars, Phil gives the family advice on how to get their home ready for his open viewing in one week's time. But not everyone is impressed with his plans. Phil also works with buyers Jonathan and Anna, a young couple looking for a new home in order to start a family. |
October 10, 2011 |
| 2 |
Brighton Phil Spencer travels to the south coast to help mum Martina and nan Peggy sell both their houses and move in together, but he's hampered by their brightly coloured decor and textured walls. With two sets of sellers and multiple buyers to satisfy, is Secret Agent Spencer spreading himself too thin? |
October 11, 2011 |
| 3 |
Radcliffe Phil's secret assignment takes him to Stoneclough, just outside Bolton, on what could be a mission impossible. He visits a two-bed terrace that is crammed with enough knick-knacks and decorative touches to fill an auction house, so it's clearly cherished by owners Alex and Aneta. But with more than a thousand days on the market and no offers, the love stops at the front door. After an undercover investigation, Phil discovers the house isn't listed with a local agent. And it's over-priced as well as over-stuffed. Also, Phil's working with Will and Ste, a pair of property investors who feed on this area for its buy-to-let opportunities. Would they consider shelling out extra thousands for a property here? |
October 12, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Manchester Phil is in desirable Didsbury, where Marty and Ceris are selling their four bed semi-detached. Meanwhile on the other side of the city, Kristian and Lori's semi is only half finished. With their busy family lives and a flooded property market, will Phil be able to make them complete the work so he can get them a sale? |
May 10, 2012 |
| 2 |
Leeds Phil travels to Leeds on a secret mission to get offers on houses that haven't been selling. Tim's three-bed semi should have been snapped up, while Caroline's bungalow needs an update. In the coveted Horsforth area of the city, Tim's three-bed semi should have sold by now, but a laddish lifestyle is failing to impress potential buyers. Can he clean up his act to get his house sold? And further out in the former mill town of Yeadon, Caroline's struggling to sell a bungalow that's stuck in the past. |
May 17, 2012 |
| 3 |
Kent Today's mission is in commuter-belt Kent, where two properties get some secret agent assistance after being on the market almost two years between them. Like many parents in Britain, Nigel and Gina's four-bed semi has been used and abused by both parents and kids, not to mention the pets. But after he delivers some home truths, it's Phil that's in the doghouse. Over in Bromley's desirable Old Town, Phil meets hoarder Julie and tries to recover the beautiful two-bed terrace hidden underneath her stash. If she'll kick out the clutter, he'll sell her house, but will she keep her end of the bargain? |
May 24, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Billericay, Essex Phil visits Billericay in Essex, where Julie and her four sons are struggling to keep up with their demanding home Secret Agent Phil takes a look around while the family are out, and discovers a health hazard in the kitchen, a terrible toilet, beaten up bedrooms and a garden that all potential buyers have turned their noses up at. He gives the family advice on how to get their home ready for his open viewing two weeks later. But getting the house ready is going to be a job that pushes the family to their limits... |
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| 2 |
East Midlands Phil takes on a two bed terrace in one of the toughest property markets in the UK as he heads to Syston in the East Midlands. Dan and Lisa are desperate sell up and move closer to work and family but their house just won't budge. Phil has a snoop around, and discovers a boring garden in need of a good dose of TLC and an even bigger dose of weed killer, a living room that looks more like a crèche, and a dog that doesn't know where to do its business. |
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| 3 |
Radcliffe, Manchester In Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, Phil meets the Young family to cast his eye over their property and try to get them a buyer. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shoreham-by-Sea & Worthing Phil travels to Shoreham-by-Sea, where Ben and Kate have lived in their Grade II listed cottage for the last five years. They're now desperate to move to a bigger house after starting a family but after 15 viewings there's no sign of a sale. Phil discovers a cluttered, charm-deficient home. He also attempts to help single mother Zoe in Worthing, who's been attempting to sell her property for the last three months. |
March 27, 2013 |
| 2 |
Reigate & Haslemere Phil attempts to try and help another couple of struggling sellers to sell their homes. In Reigate, he takes a look around a property that looks more like a Swedish sauna than a house. In Haslemere he helps a seller that really should know better. |
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| 3 |
Wirral & Marsden, West Yorkshire Phil is in the Wirral, on a mission to tackle Dave and Gemma's five bed semi that resembles a student residence rather than a home, with two lodgers and a brown bedroom that Dave calls the 'man-cave'.He also travels to Marsden in West Yorkshire,where he surprises Malcolm and Muriel, to help bring their house out of the past and into the present day. |
April 12, 2013 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 10, 2011 |
| Last aired | January 24, 2014 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 20:00:00 |