Rip Off Britain

Series 8

20 episodes · Sep 12, 2016

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

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  • S8E1

    Episode 1

    Sep 12, 201645m

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

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  • S8E2

    Episode 2

    Sep 13, 201645m

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

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  • S8E3

    Episode 3

    Sep 14, 201645m

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

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  • S8E4

    Episode 4

    Sep 15, 201645m

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

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  • S8E5

    Episode 5

    Sep 16, 201645m

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

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  • S8E6

    Episode 6

    Sep 19, 201645m

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

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  • S8E7

    Episode 7

    Sep 20, 201645m

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

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  • S8E8

    Episode 8

    Sep 21, 201645m

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

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  • S8E9

    Episode 9

    Sep 22, 201645m

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

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  • S8E10

    Episode 10

    Sep 23, 201645m

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

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  • S8E11

    Episode 11

    Sep 26, 201645m

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

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  • S8E12

    Episode 12

    Sep 27, 201645m

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

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  • S8E13

    Episode 13

    Sep 28, 201645m

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

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  • S8E14

    Episode 14

    Sep 29, 201645m

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

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  • S8E15

    Episode 15

    Sep 30, 201645m

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

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  • S8E16

    Episode 16

    Oct 3, 201645m

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

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  • S8E17

    Episode 17

    Oct 4, 201645m

    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.

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  • S8E18

    Episode 18

    Oct 5, 201645m

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

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  • S8E19

    Episode 19

    Oct 6, 201645m

    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.

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  • S8E20

    Episode 20

    Oct 7, 201645m

    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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