Rip Off Britain — Season 8
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
About this season
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
Episodes (20)
1. Episode 1
Aired 12 September 2016 • 45 min
The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.
2. Episode 2
Aired 13 September 2016 • 45 min
The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.
3. Episode 3
Aired 14 September 2016 • 45 min
How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?
4. Episode 4
Aired 15 September 2016 • 45 min
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals how he is taking on the fraudsters making big money from conning fans.
5. Episode 5
Aired 16 September 2016 • 45 min
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate the safety of tumble dryers.
6. Episode 6
Aired 19 September 2016 • 45 min
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate new threats to your personal details.
7. Episode 7
Aired 20 September 2016 • 45 min
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about charities.
8. Episode 8
Aired 21 September 2016 • 45 min
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask why car dealers don't always give correct information.
9. Episode 9
Aired 22 September 2016 • 45 min
With a look at safeguards Britain's online stores have in place to stop children buying products aimed at adults.
10. Episode 10
Aired 23 September 2016 • 45 min
The team investigate why so many people have had problems trying to get faster broadband in their homes.
11. Episode 11
Aired 26 September 2016 • 45 min
The team examine a computer threat that could see your files held to ransom and made inaccessible unless you pay up.
12. Episode 12
Aired 27 September 2016 • 45 min
The team meet people who have all found ways to reduce what they previously paid on household bills.
13. Episode 13
Aired 28 September 2016 • 45 min
The team expose the secret sales techniques used to pressure more vulnerable customers into buying products they simply can't afford.
14. Episode 14
Aired 29 September 2016 • 45 min
The team meet viewers whose purchases have had an unwelcome sting, including homeowners desperate to know why their homes have flooded.
15. Episode 15
Aired 30 September 2016 • 45 min
The team investigate if the price-match promises from some of the country's biggest retailers could come with a catch.
16. Episode 16
Aired 3 October 2016 • 45 min
With fake job scams on the rise, the team unpicks how the fraudsters make their ads so plausible - thanks to actors posing as employers.
17. Episode 17
Aired 4 October 2016 • 45 min
Why residents desperate to get the condition of their roads up to scratch will only be able to do it by forking out thousands of pounds themselves.
18. Episode 18
Aired 5 October 2016 • 45 min
The team uncovers how the billing mistakes of one mobile phone giant have caused customers months of misery.
19. Episode 19
Aired 6 October 2016 • 45 min
The team investigates cases where viewers haven't had what they paid for, including a big name music concert that went wrong from the start.
20. Episode 20
Aired 7 October 2016 • 45 min
The team discovers how a business supposed to help people manage their debts left them owing more than they had in the first place.