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Rip Off Britain

Series 8

2016 · 20 episodes

Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.

  1. 1. Episode 1

    2016-09-12 · 45m

    The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.

  2. 2. Episode 2

    2016-09-13 · 45m

    The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.

  3. 3. Episode 3

    2016-09-14 · 45m

    How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?

  4. 4. Episode 4

    2016-09-15 · 45m

    Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals how he is taking on the fraudsters making big money from conning fans.

  5. 5. Episode 5

    2016-09-16 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate the safety of tumble dryers.

  6. 6. Episode 6

    2016-09-19 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate new threats to your personal details.

  7. 7. Episode 7

    2016-09-20 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about charities.

  8. 8. Episode 8

    2016-09-21 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask why car dealers don't always give correct information.

  9. 9. Episode 9

    2016-09-22 · 45m

    With a look at safeguards Britain's online stores have in place to stop children buying products aimed at adults.

  10. 10. Episode 10

    2016-09-23 · 45m

    The team investigate why so many people have had problems trying to get faster broadband in their homes.

  11. 11. Episode 11

    2016-09-26 · 45m

    The team examine a computer threat that could see your files held to ransom and made inaccessible unless you pay up.

  12. 12. Episode 12

    2016-09-27 · 45m

    The team meet people who have all found ways to reduce what they previously paid on household bills.

  13. 13. Episode 13

    2016-09-28 · 45m

    The team expose the secret sales techniques used to pressure more vulnerable customers into buying products they simply can't afford.

  14. 14. Episode 14

    2016-09-29 · 45m

    The team meet viewers whose purchases have had an unwelcome sting, including homeowners desperate to know why their homes have flooded.

  15. 15. Episode 15

    2016-09-30 · 45m

    The team investigate if the price-match promises from some of the country's biggest retailers could come with a catch.

  16. 16. Episode 16

    2016-10-03 · 45m

    With fake job scams on the rise, the team unpicks how the fraudsters make their ads so plausible - thanks to actors posing as employers.

  17. 17. Episode 17

    2016-10-04 · 45m

    Why residents desperate to get the condition of their roads up to scratch will only be able to do it by forking out thousands of pounds themselves.

  18. 18. Episode 18

    2016-10-05 · 45m

    The team uncovers how the billing mistakes of one mobile phone giant have caused customers months of misery.

  19. 19. Episode 19

    2016-10-06 · 45m

    The team investigates cases where viewers haven't had what they paid for, including a big name music concert that went wrong from the start.

  20. 20. Episode 20

    2016-10-07 · 45m

    The team discovers how a business supposed to help people manage their debts left them owing more than they had in the first place.

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