Rip Off Britain (2009)
Rip Off Britain is a BBC One series which exposes Britain's rip-offs and helps consumers. It began on 30 November 2009, presented by former news journalists Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond. Newsreader Julia Somerville replaced Bond from series three.
From the second series onwards, the show was remade into cut-down editions of 30 minutes which air in a prime time slot on Friday evenings.
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16x01 They sold me a written-off car
20 May, 2024 9:30 am
The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn for being a fire hazard, could still be on sale.
16x02 Blacklisted because of my surname
21 May, 2024 9:30 am
When an algorithm banned one woman from opening an online account because her surname was McManus, she asked Rip Off Britain for help!
16x03 Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
22 May, 2024 9:30 am
The team meet one man worried that the £300k he spent on rare whisky might have vanished after the investment firm went bust.
16x04 Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
23 May, 2024 9:30 am
Priced off the road: the young drivers handed a car insurance price hike in the middle of their policy.
16x05 My four-star holiday deal was anything but
24 May, 2024 9:30 am
The team investigates the holiday deal websites whose offers were very different to what was advertised.
16x06 Energy Special
27 May, 2024 9:30 am
From shockingly incorrect bills to broken smart meters, bad customer service to impossible debts, the Rip Off Britain team challenge the energy industry and the government.
16x07 Help – my home’s infested with beetles
28 May, 2024 9:30 am
The team meets a couple at loggerheads with a developer after finding soaked plaster and a beetle infestation in their new-build home.
16x08 The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
29 May, 2024 9:30 am
How one tech giant’s phone insurance will only pay out if thieves don’t switch off the tracking software on your handset. And the people forced to pay for items that never arrived.
16x09 Cut off from my landline
30 May, 2024 9:30 am
Could the biggest change to landlines in generations leave you without a phone or broadband? And the new plans that might bring private parking operators into line.
16x10 Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
31 May, 2024 9:30 am
The hacked hotel emails that could cost you your holiday. Also, the team meets a woman who felt abandoned by her cruise company when illness struck on board.
16x11 I became a money mule by mistake
03 June, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville hear from the young people who thought they were dabbling in investments but instead ended up unwittingly money laundering.
16x12 ‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
04 June, 2024 9:30 am
The team tackle more bad practice, including debunking the claims of a slimming pill magazine that says you’ll lose a stone in a week.
16x13 Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
05 June, 2024 9:30 am
The dogged debt collectors who won’t give up – even when you don’t owe them anything. And the missing mail causing huge headaches and leaving you out of pocket.
16x14 £89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
06 June, 2024 9:30 am
Life savings gone and no refund – why your choice of bank could make all the difference if you lose out to scammers.
16x15 My holiday coach crash nightmare
07 June, 2024 9:30 am
The tour operator that one couple say really let them down when their coach transfer took a turn for the worst.
16x16 No payout pet insurance
11 November, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville are joined by Henry the Blue Peter dog, as they hear about the chihuahua owner from Oldham whose pet insurer refused to pay out.
16x17 Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
12 November, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford learns how the 1990s fashion for bamboo in our gardens is causing expensive problems for some homeowners 25 years later.
16x18 Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
13 November, 2024 9:30 am
With millions of pounds sitting unclaimed in dormant or misplaced accounts, the team sets about helping a former bank worker track down her pension pot, which has been missing since the 1990s.
16x19 Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
14 November, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville get to grips with the lightweight construction material RAAC. Installed decades ago, it’s ended up decimating housing estates across Scotland.
16x20 Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
15 November, 2024 9:30 am
Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford present a sun-drenched holiday edition, featuring airline passengers who were supposed to be travelling to Barcelona but got put on a flight to Lithuania.
16x21 Bank account switch left me broke
18 November, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville hear the story of a woman from Bolton who staged a protest at the local branch of her bank after being left penniless and with no access to her money.
16x22 Floored by ground rent demand
19 November, 2024 9:30 am
A 90-year-old is shocked by a £17,000 ground rent bill on the flat he’s owned for 50 years. Plus the online marketplace being abused by scammers.
16x23 No win, no fee cost me £27,000
20 November, 2024 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and the team hear how the promise of a no win, no fee legal action left a man from Burnley with a £27,000 legal bill after a firm of solicitors went bust.
16x24 Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
21 November, 2024 9:30 am
How mobile phone theft victims are facing huge bills when crooks’ purchases are charged to them.
16x25 Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
22 November, 2024 9:30 am
The travellers seeking answers after their getaway plans were wrecked when huge security queues at a major British airport caused them to miss their flights.
16x26 The missing person ads that transform into scams
25 November, 2024 9:30 am
How fraudsters are using social media posts about missing people and pets to hook their victims into scams.
16x27 £226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
26 November, 2024 9:30 am
How a recently bereaved widow from Lancashire was conned out of the £226,000 proceeds of a house sale by fraudsters who claimed she was investing in cryptocurrency.
16x28 Help, someone stole my house!
27 November, 2024 9:30 am
The team investigate the homeowners who’ve found their homes targeted by scammers who steal personal information to try and sell their homes from under their feet.
16x29 Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
28 November, 2024 9:30 am
We reveal how fraudsters are selling counterfeit versions of a well-known weight-loss drug and the potentially devastating consequences for one woman who suffered a seizure after injecting it.
16x30 Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
29 November, 2024 9:30 am
In a special holiday edition, Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and the team ask how much damage is too much damage when it comes to your passport.
16x31 Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
06 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team uncovers the shocking story of the readily available gadget that can hack your wifi and renders many doorbell video cameras useless as security devices.
16x32 Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500
07 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team reveals how scammers are convincing victims to part with their cash by posing as senior bank staff, and pointing to their social media pages as evidence.
16x33 Mistaken identity cost me thousands
08 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team reveal the story of how a car finance company’s mistake led to the credit record of a man from Blackpool being merged with a man from south Wales who shared his name.
16x34 Landed in debt… for someone else’s shopping
09 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team hears from the women from South Wales who have been hounded for hundreds of pounds worth of debt after someone else took out a ‘buy now, pay later’ account in their names.
16x35 The hotel with no running water
10 January, 2025 9:30 am
Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and the Rip Off Britain team have with a sun-soaked holidays special focusing on your travel traumas.
16x36 Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk
13 January, 2025 9:30 am
Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and the team hear the shocking story of how a woman’s attempts to invest both her own savings and her mum’s went disastrously wrong.
16x37 Ravenous rats destroyed my car
14 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team hear how a woman from south London says the electrical wiring in her vehicle is being repeatedly chewed by rats, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.
16x38 Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
15 January, 2025 9:30 am
Gloria Hunniford, Louise Minchin and Julia Somerville hear from viewers who say their carefully packaged goods are getting smashed by clumsy couriers.
16x39 When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
16 January, 2025 9:30 am
Louise Minchin, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford hear from victims of severe flooding who’ve been forced to move out of their homes for months because of delays in carrying out repairs.
16x40 Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
17 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team hear from customers of a leading holiday cottages company, who say their getaways were wrecked when they found their holiday homes covered in grime.
16x41 Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
20 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team report on restaurants and takeaways where incorrect hygiene ratings risk misleading customers. Is the system in need of an overhaul?
16x42 Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
21 January, 2025 9:30 am
In a special investigation, Rip Off Britain goes undercover with BBC News to show how a telecoms firm is making promises about contracts business owners say it didn’t keep.
16x43 Tainted tap water left us in agony
22 January, 2025 9:30 am
Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville seek answers for householders who say their water company should have acted quicker when the cryptosporidium bug was found in their tap water.
16x44 Scammed by fake AI celebrities
23 January, 2025 9:30 am
The team reveal how criminals are using artificial intelligence to create ‘deepfake’ videos of AI celebrities and public figures to try to get their hands on your cash.
16x45 Forced to take five flights to board our cruise
24 January, 2025 9:30 am
We hear the astonishing story of a couple who were forced to take five flights and travel 3,000 miles across Europe to board a cruise departing from Barcelona, following a series of airline mishaps.
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