Julia Somerville
Self - Presenter
Rip Off Britain (2009)
Series 8
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
Released Nov. 30, 2009
Episode 44 min
None+
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History, News
Keywords: imdb.consumer-rights, imdb.advice, imdb.female-presenter, imdb.country-name-in-title, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.non-fiction, imdb.yorkshire-england + 9 more, imdb.election, imdb.historical-documentary, imdb.1970s, imdb.bbc, imdb.female-politician, imdb.politics, imdb.political-documentary, imdb.politician, imdb.news-documentary
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Episode 1
The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.
Sept. 12, 2016, midnight
S8E2 - Episode 2
The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.
Sept. 13, 2016, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 3
How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?
Sept. 14, 2016, midnight
S8E4 - Episode 4
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals how he is taking on the fraudsters making big money from conning fans.
Sept. 15, 2016, midnight
S8E5 - Episode 5
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate the safety of tumble dryers.
Sept. 16, 2016, midnight
S8E6 - Episode 6
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate new threats to your personal details.
Sept. 19, 2016, midnight
S8E7 - Episode 7
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about charities.
Sept. 20, 2016, midnight
S8E8 - Episode 8
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask why car dealers don't always give correct information.
Sept. 21, 2016, midnight
S8E9 - Episode 9
With a look at safeguards Britain's online stores have in place to stop children buying products aimed at adults.
Sept. 22, 2016, midnight
S8E10 - Episode 10
The team investigate why so many people have had problems trying to get faster broadband in their homes.
Sept. 23, 2016, midnight
S8E11 - Episode 11
The team examine a computer threat that could see your files held to ransom and made inaccessible unless you pay up.
Sept. 26, 2016, midnight
S8E12 - Episode 12
The team meet people who have all found ways to reduce what they previously paid on household bills.
Sept. 27, 2016, midnight
S8E13 - Episode 13
The team expose the secret sales techniques used to pressure more vulnerable customers into buying products they simply can't afford.
Sept. 28, 2016, midnight
S8E14 - Episode 14
The team meet viewers whose purchases have had an unwelcome sting, including homeowners desperate to know why their homes have flooded.
Sept. 29, 2016, midnight
S8E15 - Episode 15
The team investigate if the price-match promises from some of the country's biggest retailers could come with a catch.
Sept. 30, 2016, midnight
S8E16 - Episode 16
With fake job scams on the rise, the team unpicks how the fraudsters make their ads so plausible - thanks to actors posing as employers.
Oct. 3, 2016, midnight
S8E17 - Episode 17
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.
Oct. 4, 2016, midnight
S8E18 - Episode 18
The team uncovers how the billing mistakes of one mobile phone giant have caused customers months of misery.
Oct. 5, 2016, midnight
S8E19 - Episode 19
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.
Oct. 6, 2016, midnight
S8E20 - Episode 20
The team discovers how a business supposed to help people manage their debts left them owing more than they had in the first place.
Oct. 7, 2016, midnight
BBC One
44 min/ep
17248 min
Nov. 30, 2009
Jan. 12, 2026, midnight
Jan. 13, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
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