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Fake Britain

Series 2 - 30 Minute Versions

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Police and trading standards officers raid a house whose occupants are selling fake fashion. A complete, mobile, imitation vodka factory is discovered in a lorry just outside Scarborough - see how shops sell the booze. A huge consignment of fake washing detergent is tracked by investigators all the way from China to Cheshire, and the fakers end up in prison.

The programme also follows the work of investigators from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on a raid of a fake medicines dealer.

There is a look at how tourists to London are tricked by criminals offering them fake holiday accommodation, and the story of how a grandmother helped to bring down a multi-million-pound criminal empire selling fake golf equipment is revealed. Show less

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