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Rip Off Britain

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Series 16

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues you feel affect you the most.

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues that most matter to you - from bills and bad customer service, to holidays and food.

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Rip Off Britain: Series 4

Julia Somerville

Gloria Hunniford

Angela Rippon

Lucy McLennan

Rob Unsworth

Rip Off Britain: Series 4: Episode 16

Episode 16

Series 4

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 4, Episode 16

A look at the rising cost of parking at train stations.

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville visit a housing estate where a problem has dragged on for years, and look at the rising cost of parking at train stations.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville battle on behalf of viewers who feel they've been left out of pocket or had a raw deal - and try to get their problems resolved. 

In this programme they reveal how a company conned hundreds of pounds from people on the promise of reducing their council tax, visit a housing estate where a particularly unpleasant problem has dragged on for years, and look at the rising cost of parking at train stations. Plus, invaluable consumer advice, and more problems are solved face to face at the Rip Off Britain Pop-Up Shop.

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Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip offs that are costing British consumers.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return to their journalistic roots to expose some of the rip offs that are costing British consumers.

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