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Saints and Scroungers

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: Money

Factual: Crime & Justice

Series looking at benefits thieves and the people who actually deserve government help.

Series following fraud officers as they bust the benefits thieves stealing millions of pounds every year, while charities and councils track down people who actually deserve government help.

Saints and Scroungers: Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions

Matt Allwright

Sarah Rest

Matthew Gordon

Saints and Scroungers: Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions

BBC One - Saints and Scroungers, Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions, Episode 3

Fraud investigators look into the case of a new father who was left holding the baby.

Series looking at benefit fraud. Thurrock council helped a new father who was left holding the baby when his wife left him. But investigators discover all is not as it seems.

When a new father was dumped by his wife and left holding their newborn baby, his local council Thurrock was there to give him a helping hand with benefits. But all was not as it seemed, as fraud investigators soon discovered. 

And we meet Christian, a young person who, after leaving school into a recession, struggled to find paid work. After his original apprenticeship fell through, Christian faced the prospect of signing on.

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Series looking at benefit thieves and those who deserve government help. Revised repeats.

Matt Allwright looks at the work of fraud investigators who bring benefit thieves to justice, and meets the genuine claimants who deserve government help. This series contains revised repeats.

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