Plot

Money can't buy you love. But keeping love alive without money can be pretty tough. In fact, ninety percent of marriage breakups are due to money problems. And to get advice on how to manage money usually costs money! Til Debt Do Us Part, is a series that offers tough-love solutions to those willing to face their financial troubles head on. In each episode we meet a couple in crisis. Some are on the verge of bankruptcy, hounded by creditors or facing eviction. Others are just getting by, but in the midst of a personal meltdown or relationship breakdown because of money issues. With the sensitivity of a therapist and the toughness of a CFO, our host, renowned financial author and columnist, Gail Vaz-Oxlade reveals what she's found in a couple's finances - and then she'll dig a little deeper. She asks some tough questions and then they'll be forced to face reality. Where will it end if they continue on this rocky road? To get things back on track, Gail takes control of their finances for one month. She devises a strict budget and enforces some dramatic changes. A two-car family may become a one-car; or no-car family. The new hair salon may become the corner barbershop and goodbye fancy lattes - hello thermos. All credit cards and debit cards are taken away and their only discretionary cash is a weekly allowance. Gail makes regular house calls to deliver the week's allowance and assigns a new challenge for the couple to make them confront bad money habits and to help get their relationship back on track. At the end of the month, we find out how well they've done - how much did they save, what did they learn about money, themselves and each other? What is the new forecast for their finances and relationship? Gail can reward them with cash based on how well they did on their challenges. In addition, she always surprises them with a small but thoughtful gift, certain to generate hugs and the occasional tear. Til Debt Do Us Part is a dramatic and fun series that shows how bad it can get and how to get out from under.—Frantic Films Live Action Production Team

Financial planner Gail Vaz-Oxlade assists households, who have gotten themselves into financial difficulties of their own doing, in getting out of their financial mess. Most of these households are led by a set of spouses/partners, often who do not understand household finances in general, or who do not see eye to eye about what got them into their mess. In addition to often helping them deal with the financial issues directly, such as how to manage their money, especially with regard to debt repayment, she offers them a series of challenges to help them with the process. The challenge may address their financial issues directly, may help them address core non-financial problems which led to the financial problems, may help them address other problems that have resulted as a consequence of their financial problems, and/or be symbolic to make them see the financial problems for what they really are. Giving them the option to do the challenges or not, Gail, at the end of one month with weekly status checks, will reward the household with up to $5,000 to help pay off their debt depending on how successfully they embraced and completed the challenges.—Huggo