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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 7

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Rob Unsworth

Caroline Short

Rip Off Britain: Series 7: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 7

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 7, Episode 3

The team meet people who have been paying too much for their water for decades.

Consumer series. The team meet a group of neighbours who have discovered they have been paying too much for their water for decades.

Frustrations with everyday gadgets and services are under investigation as the team meet a group of neighbours who've discovered they've been paying too much for their water for decades. So why can't they get all their money back? 

Also, how one of Britain's best-selling phones can have unexpected charges for sending increasingly common images, and why locals in one town are in uproar over a car park where even if you've bought a ticket you may still be a hit with a penalty charge. 

Plus the homeowners who say mortgage lenders have made their homes unsellable.

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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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