The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

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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

Adam Orr-Ewing

Matthew Gordon

Saints and Scroungers: Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions: Episode 15

Episode 15

Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions

BBC One - Saints and Scroungers, Series 4 - 30 Minute Versions, Episode 15

Fraud investigators catch a tax dodger who avoided paying hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Series looking at benefit fraud. Matt meets the fraud investigators who caught one tax dodger who had avoided paying hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax.

Whether we like it or not, a percentage of our earnings go to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in taxes. Matt meets the fraud investigators who caught one tax dodger who had avoided paying hundreds of thousands in tax. But one investigation and one greedy train crash compensation claim later, this cheat was stopped in his tracks. 

And when Helen's life changed dramatically following her husband's illness, she found some much-needed financial help at the end of the phone. But when her husband suddenly dies, her life is thrown into turmoil once again, leaving her desperate for help to save the family home.

BBC One

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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.

BBC Two

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The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

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

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Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

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The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

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The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

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BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

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The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

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Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

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BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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