A will can provide for your family financially. But fighting over money can also tear families apart.
The documentary series “Inheritance Wars: Who Gets the Money?” premiered on Channel 5 on October 1, 2023. It features gripping and shocking true stories of families dragged through the courts by grief and greed. The series captures the twists and turns of their legal battles, hearing from those at the heart of each story. It reveals the heart-breaking experiences of families who have been affected by wills and the subsequent legal battles that ensued.
S1 E1 – Episode 1
September 16, 2023
The first inheritance battle ever to hit the High Courts involved blood brothers John and Terry. Their parents had adopted a son into their home and hearts, leaving everything to him and not a penny to their own flesh and blood.S1 E2 – Episode 2
September 23, 2023
A tragic tale in which a former Tory politician and model Diana Coad loses her husband and love of her life Peter, and enters a vicious legal battle with his children.S1 E3 – Episode 3
September 29, 2023
A dark and twisting tale in which poor Daphne loses her mother and all her inheritance after a stranger comes into her elderly mother’s life and secretly marries her.S1 E4 – Episode 4
October 7, 2023
Jane takes on the The Ministry of Defence in an epic eight-year inheritance battle. After her partner and soulmate dies suddenly, just before they were due to wed, Jane finds herself fighting for survival when the MoD threatens to leave her penniless.
