Rip Off Britain

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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

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 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 One North West

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 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

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

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 Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Wales

Wales

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

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Oxfordshire

BBC One West Midlands

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

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

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

BBC One Scotland HD

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

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One Yorkshire

Julia Somerville

Angela Rippon

Gloria Hunniford

Sherry Knight

Rowland Stone

Rip Off Britain: Series 12: Episode 19

Episode 19

Series 12

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 12, Episode 19

How insurers are failing to pay out when electric bikes are stolen.

The team meet electric bike owners who say they have lost out after their prized possessions were stolen and their insurers wouldn’t pay out.

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Angela Rippon meet people who have ended up seriously out of pocket after being caught out by the dreaded small print. They also meet electric bike owners who say they have lost out after their prized possessions were stolen and their insurers wouldn’t pay out, and the customer left thousands of pounds down after inadvertently dialling a hotline to the scammers. And more issues are tackled 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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