The Property People

Father of two Richard Blanks is facing a crisis. Outward signs suggest that the branch is doing well, but in reality it's underfunded. He's paid on a commission-only basis, and if he doesn't make a sale, he can't pay his mortgage.

Revealing the truth behind the adverse reputation of estate agents. In an area where 50 firms are vying for business and the market is in decline, the staff of Green and Co's West Hampstead office have their work cut out.

London in July; it's blisteringly hot, and as the temperature rises so does Richard Blanks 's stress levels. He works on commission and is feeling the heat of a depressed property market.

Lettings provide the fast buck in estate agency but at Greene & Co the department is in chaos. Its most experienced negotiator has resigned, leaving a 21-year-old angling for promotion.

Johnny Benjamin was an exotic dancer before he turned his hand to property and this episode of the fly-on-the- wall series follows his fortunes as he tries adapting to this specialised milieu.

With a declining London property market, each deal has become vital for the agents at Greene & Co - so the last thing they need is a three-day company brainstorm away from the office in rural Wales.