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Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen

Chris Hollins

Matt Crook

Simon Harries

Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen: Episode 7

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Episode 7

BBC One - Dirty Tricks of the Tradesmen, Episode 7

Phoney electrician Roger turns a routine fuse box inspection into full-scale pest control.

Hidden-camera series. Essex taxi-driver Kevin gets a visit from phoney electrician Roger, who tries to turn a routine fuse box inspection into a full-scale pest control job.

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. 

Essex taxi-driver Kevin is set up by his dad for a visit from our phoney electrician. Roger tries to turn a routine fuse box inspection into a full-scale pest control job, planting chewed wires and fake droppings to convince Kevin that he has mice gnawing their way into the stair cupboard. 

Roger also tries to con Chris from Buckinghamshire into paying for an expensive weed-killer treatment. 

Plus the story of a Trading Standards operation in Surrey that ended the fraudulent career of two garden scammers whose bag of tricks enabled them to con almost 186,000 pounds out of their victims.

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.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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