
Rip Off Britain
Series 8
201620 episodes
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
Episodes
- E1
Episode 1
2016-09-12 · 45m
The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.
- E2
Episode 2
2016-09-13 · 45m
The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.
- E3
Episode 3
2016-09-14 · 45m
How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?
- E4
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.
- E5
Episode 5
2016-09-16 · 45m
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate the safety of tumble dryers.
- E6
Episode 6
2016-09-19 · 45m
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate new threats to your personal details.
- E7
Episode 7
2016-09-20 · 45m
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about charities.
- E8
Episode 8
2016-09-21 · 45m
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask why car dealers don't always give correct information.
- E9
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.
- E10
Episode 10
2016-09-23 · 45m
The team investigate why so many people have had problems trying to get faster broadband in their homes.
- E11
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.
- E12
Episode 12
2016-09-27 · 45m
The team meet people who have all found ways to reduce what they previously paid on household bills.
- E13
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.
- E14
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.
- E15
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.
- E16
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.
- E17
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.
- E18
Episode 18
2016-10-05 · 45m
The team uncovers how the billing mistakes of one mobile phone giant have caused customers months of misery.
- E19
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.
- E20
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.
