Rip Off Britain

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

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

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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.

Series 16

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

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London

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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Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region. Separated as BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

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BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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BBC One West

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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.

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Wales

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

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

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Angela Rippon

Julia Somerville

Gloria Hunniford

Rowland Stone

Chris Walker

Lizz Martin

Rip Off Britain: Series 16: They sold me a written-off car

They sold me a written-off car

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 16, They sold me a written-off car

The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road.

The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn for being a fire hazard, could still be on sale.

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet motorists unwittingly driving around in cars so badly written off they should only have been sold for scrap. As they discover their car’s true history, the team reveals how many other cars on British roads could be hiding a dark past. Also, with e-bike and e-scooter batteries linked to an increasing number of house fires, the team investigates the banned batteries still on sale. And the heartbreaking tale of the couple who sunk their life savings into a houseboat, only for it, and their worldly belongings, to end up at the bottom of the canal – and their insurer won’t pay out.

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