Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,775 playable programmes from the BBC

Fake Britain

Special: Furniture Inferno

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Matt Allwright presents a special investigation revealing that sofas and mattresses being sold by some of the UK's best-known retailers are illegal and potentially lethal.

The UK has some of the toughest fire regulations for furniture in the world and consumers expect that furniture they buy will be safe. But Fake Britain discovers that some furniture dramatically fails crucial fire safety checks and some items are even being sold with fake fire safety labels. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Matt Allwright
Producer:
Sally Foster
Director:
Sally Foster
Executive Producer:
Peter Lowe
Executive Producer:
Emma Barker

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More