Rip Off Britain

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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 12: Episode 18

Episode 18

Series 12

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 12, Episode 18

How some bank customers have been frozen out of their accounts.

How some bank customers have been left with no access to their cash after being frozen out of their accounts, and parents facing huge phone bills run up by their unsuspecting children.

Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford hear from the people who fought back against the thieves stealing their mail
and their identities. They also meet parents facing eye-watering phone bills racked up by their unsuspecting children despite doing everything they could to stop that happening. Also, the banks who don’t like to say yes: how some customers have been left with no access to their cash after being frozen out of their bank accounts. And there is another bumper crop of free expert advice at the pop-up shop.

Rip Off Britain: Series 12

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

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