Rip Off Britain

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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.

BBC One East

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

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

BBC One 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

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 Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

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

BBC One Wales HD

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

BBC One Scotland HD

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 Oxfordshire

BBC One Wales

Wales

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

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One North West

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Yorkshire

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

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

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Chris Walker

Rowland Stone

Rip Off Britain: Series 12: Episode 9

Episode 9

Series 12

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 12, Episode 9

The team look into the biggest scam in Britain, with a million victims last year alone.

The team hear from job seekers who were told that before they could even get an interview, they would need to pay for training that ultimately turned out to be pointless.

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville return to expose more of the tactics deployed by scammers to get their hands on your money. 

Today, the taxman scam - almost certainly the biggest fraud in Britain, with a million people targeted by it last year alone. We investigate the ever-evolving tactics behind it and how you can make sure you’re not hit. 

Gloria gets the latest on the efforts being made to stop the scammers behind fake celebrity endorsements that are used to make dodgy deals look legit. We hear from job seekers who were told that before they could even get an interview, they would need to pay for training that ultimately turned out to be pointless, and there’s more unmissable advice from the experts in our pop-up shop.

Rip Off Britain: Series 12

BBC One

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

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