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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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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.

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

BBC One HD

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

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

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

BBC One West

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

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

BBC One South West

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

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

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BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

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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.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

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.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

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

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

Rip Off Britain: Series 7

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Rob Unsworth

Caroline Short

Rip Off Britain: Series 7: Episode 11

Episode 11

Series 7

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 7, Episode 11

The team expose scams that have cost viewers hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Consumer series. The team expose all-too-plausible scams that have cost viewers hundreds of thousands of pounds and share advice to help viewers avoid being stung the same way.

All-too-plausible scams that have cost viewers hundreds of thousands of pounds are exposed by Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford, and the team have plenty of advice to avoid being stung the same way. 

Among the investigations: how email hackers hijacked a house sale to get their hands on the cash, the student conned by a foreign au pair job that didn't exist, and a man who lost his life savings to what turned out to be a multi-million-pound scam. Plus behind the scenes of a team identifying the people most at risk from fraudsters. But how do the crooks get hold of your details in the first place?

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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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