Fake Britain (2010)

Season 3

Fake Britain is a UK BBC consumer rights programme, currently presented by Matt Allwright since 2013, however the show was previously presented by Dominic Littlewood between 2010 to 2012. The programme airs weekdays in a daytime slot, however shortened down repeats are often shown in the primetime evening slot. The programme covers various aspects of counterfeiting and effects on consumers including dangerous tools, ineffective or dangerous medicines, shoddy goods sold under reputable names, documents used for identity theft.

Released March 8, 2010 Episode 45 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.consumer-rights, imdb.fake, imdb.fraud, imdb.scam, imdb.counterfeit, imdb.con-game, imdb.expose + 8 more, imdb.true-crime, imdb.country-name-in-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.advice, imdb.tip, imdb.daytime-television, imdb.criminal, imdb.consumer-protection

Network: BBC One

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

6.1

/21/

Trakt

/3/

TMDb

S3E1 - Episode 1

Police and UK Border Agency officers find more than they bargained for when they go on the hunt for fake passports. Fake Britain investigates the shocking cruelty of the fakers skinning animals alive in order to copy popular footwear brands, and goes on the trail of the fake landlords cheating the council house waiting list by illegally subletting council flats. And how safe are you when buying perfumes and fragrances online? Some of the most notorious internet sellers are put to the test.

May 21, 2012, midnight

S3E2 - Episode 2

We're on the inside of an operation aimed at stopping the trade in fake medicines, and the dealers that make thousands from peddling them. Also featured are the story of the art forger whose fake Victorian fairy paintings were so good, they almost fooled the art world; the fake holiday villa conman who cost British tourists thousands; and how insurance investigators busted the bus-crash-for-cash fakers who thought they had come up with the perfect insurance fraud.

May 22, 2012, midnight

S3E3 - Episode 3

We're on the road with the Greater Manchester police as they crack down on the fakers at the heart of the counterfeiting capital of Britain, the city's Strangeways district. We put the fake energy-saving plugs being targeted at the elderly to the test, and find out they could cost a lot more than just cash. And we catch up with the fake dental technician making illegal dentures from a laundry room.

May 23, 2012, midnight

S3E4 - Episode 4

In this episode, the fake DVD factory making £100,000 a week - we're out with the enforcement agencies who'll stop at nothing to halt their illegal activity. Could your child be playing with dangerous fake toys? We put cheap Chinese counterfeits, from cuddly animals to babydolls, to the test. Plus, the art forger who made tens of thousands faking the paintings of famous fine artists. And the story of the NHS dentist who treated hundreds of patients after faking her qualifications - we find out how the authorities brought her career of lies to an abrupt end.

May 24, 2012, midnight

S3E5 - Episode 5

In this episode, the banknote counterfeiting gang that tried to beat the Bank of England - we're with the City of London police as they give the money forgers a very rude awakening. Plus the battlefield tour conman who took war veterans for a ride by taking them nowhere at all, and the terrifying new credit card fakery that's almost completely undetectable.

May 25, 2012, midnight

S3E6 - Episode 6

In this episode, we're with the City of London police as they go in pursuit of one of the country's most audacious ID fraudsters, whose fakery is taking hundreds of thousands of pounds off the state and into his pocket. We reveal the fake veterinary medicines that made two fraudsters millions but could cost you more than just money. Plus the fake baby carriers putting your child's safety in jeopardy, and how one faker even compromised aircraft fire extinguishers.

May 28, 2012, midnight

S3E7 - Episode 7

This episode features a look at the latest in cutting-edge insurance fraud: faking pet insurance claims, including the woman that kept dead puppies in her freezer to try and hoodwink the insurers. Brent and Harrow Trading Standards take on the market traders that are the public face of the multi-million pound industry in fake clothing. Plus the fake cigarette factories on your doorstep, and the dangers that lurk inside fake cigarette; and the fakery that is going on in pubs and clubs up and down Britain: the pint that is not a pint.

May 29, 2012, midnight

S3E8 - Episode 8

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May 30, 2012, midnight

S3E9 - Episode 9

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May 31, 2012, midnight

S3E10 - Episode 10

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June 1, 2012, midnight

S3E11 - Episode 11

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June 4, 2012, midnight

S3E12 - Episode 12

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June 5, 2012, midnight

S3E13 - Episode 13

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June 6, 2012, midnight

S3E14 - Episode 14

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June 7, 2012, midnight

S3E15 - Episode 15

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June 8, 2012, midnight

BBC One

45 min/ep

1575 min

March 8, 2010

June 8, 2012, midnight

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