Throng

families at war (5/5)
20.00–21.00

Five’s Trisha Goddard continues to help families besieged by arguments and deep-rooted tensions. Aiding Trisha in her efforts are Jamil Qureshi and Andy Duncan – experts in the field of ‘mind-shaping’. In tonight’s programme, the last of the series, the team comes to the aid of Suzanne and Tracy, a mother and daughter from Derbyshire who have had a difficult relationship forover two decades.

The hostility between Suzanne and Tracy started some 22 years ago when Tracy rebelled against her strict, religious upbringing. At 17, she had a baby outside of marriage, before going on to have a further four children and a string of unsuccessful relationships with men. After moving to South Africa, Tracy’s problems persisted and her two eldest children were taken into care and adopted. Tracy and her family have since been reunited in England where they now live, but her kids do not know their grandmother, despite living nearby. “My relationship with my mother is basically nonexistent,” says Tracy.

families at war (4/5)
20.00–21.00

Five’s Trisha Goddard continues to help families besieged by arguments and deep-rooted tensions. Aiding Trisha in her efforts are Jamil Qureshi and Andy Duncan – experts in the field of ‘mindshaping’. This week, Trisha’s guests at the Norfolk treatment house are 48-year-old identical twins Allan and George who have been feuding for over 20 years.

Things have become so bad between twins Allan and George that they have broken all contact with each other. After two decades of accusations, lies and arguments – with the police involved on more than one occasion – they have grown so far apart that neither even knows where the other lives. Each party blames the other for their problems, but they do seem to agree on one thing – now is the time for change. “I think a success would be that they could just be civil to each other,” relects Trisha as she contemplates the enormity of the task in hand.

First to arrive at the house is Carlisle-based George, who is visibly nervous at the prospect of being in close proximity to his twin. He admits that he and his brother, far from reflecting the closeness usually associated with twins, barely know each other. As Allan arrives from his home in Falkirk, he and his brother launch straight into an argument. It emerges that the row goes back 20 years to a time when George claims to have lent Allan some money which was never returned.

families at war (2/5)
20.00–21.00

Five’s Trisha Goddard continues the new series in which she attempts to help a group of families besieged by arguments, feuds and deep-rooted tensions. Aiding Trisha in her efforts are Jamil Qureshi and Andy Duncan – experts in the field of ‘mind-shaping’. Trisha’s guests tonight are a warring mother and son from Newcastle who have not spoken to each other in seven months.

Margie and Nigel have never seen eye to eye. Nigel claims that when he was young, his mother abandoned him when she began a relationship with her new partner, forcing him to live with his grandparents – a claim Margie vehemently denies. Margie, meanwhile, feels that her son has turned her grandchildren against her, simply because he disagrees with her choice of partner. Whatever the real reasons behind the discord, the pair’s relationship is at breaking point, with mother and son completely disowning one another. “I have not got a son,” remarks a weary Margie. For this family, the next few days are critical – a last chance to patch things up.

families at war (1/5)
20.00–21.00

Five's Trisha Goddard embarks upon a brand new series in which she and a team of experts attempt to help a group of families besieged by arguments, feuds and deep-rooted tensions. Five families will each spend three days at a country house in a beautiful part of Norfolk, where the calming country air can work its magic. Trisha's first family consists of a group of sisters at war.

Aiding Trisha in her efforts to bring about change are Jamil Qureshi and Andy Duncan. Jamil and Andy are experts in the field of 'mind-shaping' – a powerful mix of hypnosis and psychotherapy. The
pair hope that their treatment will transform the behaviour of the feuding family members and allow them to see their pasts and futures differently. Trisha, meanwhile, uses her considerable experience in
conflict resolution to help the participants begin their journeys to reconciliation.

Tonight's family is made up of four sisters – Caroline, Tracey, Richelle and Kirsty – and their mum, Gwen. Eldest sister Caroline grew up in care from the age of four, and her behaviour has now driven her mum and sisters to despair. Sibling Tracey describes her as "two-faced, backstabbing and conniving", while mum Gwen says that though she loves her daughter, she cannot stand the person that she is. As Kirsty, the youngest of the four sisters explains: "If we don't get help, the family is going to fall apart."