Rip Off Britain

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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

Factual: Consumer

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

BBC One London

London

BBC One Oxfordshire

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One North West

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One Yorkshire

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

BBC One West

BBC One Cambridgeshire

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

BBC One South

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

BBC One East

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

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 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

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

BBC One Wales HD

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

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

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

BBC One Scotland HD

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Sherry Knight

Rowland Stone

Rob Unsworth

Rip Off Britain: Series 11: Episode 16

Episode 16

Series 11

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 11, Episode 16

The team investigate one of the most shocking stories ever featured on the programme.

How one woman discovered a man she barely knew had married her seriously ill mum, giving him the right to inherit her estate. 

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Angela Rippon investigate one of the most shocking stories ever featured on the programme – how one woman discovered a man she barely knew had married her seriously ill mum, giving him the right to inherit her estate. Plus how an increasingly popular solution to later life care costs has seen some people lose their life savings. And when it comes to your most precious possessions, how safe is a safety deposit box? How a bank managed to lose one man’s box and everything in it.

Rip Off Britain: Series 11

BBC One

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with more investigations.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with more consumer investigations, ten years after the popular series first began.

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