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Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen

Chris Hollins

Matt Crook

Simon Harries

Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen: Episode 2

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Episode 2

BBC One - Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen, Episode 2

Will the public see through a solar panel con and a bogus pest control job?

Hidden camera series where an an acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks to show us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

An audacious hidden camera series with Chris Hollins. An acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks to show us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

A medium from Hertfordshire asks her streetwise daughter Joanna to house sit, and our rogue Roger calls to mend the shower. Will she see through his pricey solar panel con, which he claims will boost the power? Meanwhile, at Graham's house in Derbyshire, Roger 'discovers' cockroaches behind a range cooker. Will the consumer pay for a pricey pest control job that doesn't need doing?

Plus the story of the Lancashire driveway installers who conned more than 10,000 pounds from their victims.

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An acting rogue tradesmen shows us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

An acting rogue tradesman tries to rip people off in their own homes using well-known con tricks, to show us all how easy it can be to be taken in.

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