Julia Somerville
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Series SeasonSeason 4 episodes2012
Rip Off Britain
Series 4
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip offs that are costing British consumers.
Episodes
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Episode 145 min2012-09-03
Episode 1
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville return with the series exposing rip-off raw deals and poor service. They test the claims of a cash for gold company.
Episode 245 min2012-09-04
Episode 2
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet people angry about being left out of pocket, and investigate a big name high street store letting customers down.
Episode 345 min2012-09-05
Episode 3
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a family devastated by a catch in the small print that could force them out of their home.
Episode 445 min2012-09-06
Episode 4
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville Gloria investigate problems to do with the home. Plus, a woman who is worried that her boiler may not meet current standards.
Episode 545 min2012-09-07
Episode 5
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet people fighting to get out of contracts they say are expensive or unfair.
Episode 645 min2012-09-10
Episode 6
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville hear how a heating system in thousands of homes has left some families with unexpectedly high bills.
Episode 745 min2012-09-11
Episode 7
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Episode 845 min2012-09-12
Episode 8
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville help some residents fighting an annual charge. Plus, the villagers who cannot get a decent broadband connection.
Episode 945 min2012-09-13
Episode 9
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate how an error has made it almost impossible for one couple to sell their home.
Episode 1045 min2012-09-14
Episode 10
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a meet a football fan who never received his paid-for tickets. And the company taking advantage of people's dreams.
Episode 1145 min2012-09-17
Episode 11
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about the banks. And more consumer issues are resolved at the Pop-Up Shop.
Episode 1245 min2012-09-18
Episode 12
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville look into the companies dealing with mis-sold PPI payments, and reveal how a company was taped lying to prospective customers.
Episode 1345 min2012-09-19
Episode 13
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate energy companies, meeting a man who was sent a £7,000 electricity bill for the year. Plus, how to lower bills.
Episode 1445 min2012-09-20
Episode 14
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville help a woman forced to pay someone else's loan and explore problems with websites offering bargain deals.
Episode 1545 min2012-09-21
Episode 15
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a couple who were bitterly disappointed by a luxury holiday experience. Plus the true value of one store's gift vouchers.
Episode 1645 min2012-09-24
Episode 16
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville visit a housing estate where a problem has dragged on for years, and look at the rising cost of parking at train stations.
Episode 1745 min2012-09-25
Episode 17
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask if online comparison sites really do offer the best deals and investigate the price of being loyal to big companies.
Episode 1845 min2012-09-26
Episode 18
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville expose rip-offs, raw deals and poor service.
Episode 1945 min2012-09-27
Episode 19
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville reveal how confusion over road signs in a single spot has earned one council hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Episode 2045 min2012-09-28
Episode 20
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet the woman who learned that she owes her bank more than six times the amount she thought she had borrowed.
Episode 2127 min2013-01-07
Episode 1 (Evening)
Consumer show. The team ask who will end up paying the price for the recent floods, and help a couple whose insurance company refuse to pay out following a fire.
Episode 2227 min2013-01-14
Episode 2 (Evening)
The team investigate complaints about the banks, meeting a woman angry no-one can tell her what has happened to the £25,000 she left in her account.
Episode 2327 min2013-03-08
Episode 3 (Evening)
Consumer show. The team meet the families who were promised cheaper electricity, but who instead have been hit with bills four times higher than they should have been.
Episode 2427 min2013-03-22
Episode 4 (Evening)
Consumer show. The team investigate the companies who have taken hundreds, or even thousands, of pounds from customers but provided absolutely nothing in return.
Episode 2527 min2013-03-25
Episode 5 (Evening)
Consumer show. The team want answers from a company taking hundreds of pounds for flight tickets they haven't supplied, and meet a woman who's ended up losing her identity.
Episode 2630 min2013-05-13
Episode 6 (Evening)
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet the woman conned out of her bank details. Plus the companies taking advantage of an easy way to make payments.
Episode 2730 min2013-06-21
Episode 7 (Evening)
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville test the claims of a cash-for-gold company - how much will they really pay out for unwanted jewellery?
Episode 2830 min2013-08-05
Episode 8 (Evening)
A look at the care home contracts that come with a costly sting in the tail, and how buying a second hand car led to one woman being woken in the middle of the night.
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