Julia Somerville
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Series SeasonSeason 8 episodes2016
Rip Off Britain
Series 8
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
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Episode 145 min2016-09-12
Episode 1
The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.
Episode 245 min2016-09-13
Episode 2
The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.
Episode 345 min2016-09-14
Episode 3
How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?
Episode 445 min2016-09-15
Episode 4
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals how he is taking on the fraudsters making big money from conning fans.
Episode 545 min2016-09-16
Episode 5
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate the safety of tumble dryers.
Episode 645 min2016-09-19
Episode 6
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate new threats to your personal details.
Episode 745 min2016-09-20
Episode 7
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about charities.
Episode 845 min2016-09-21
Episode 8
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask why car dealers don't always give correct information.
Episode 945 min2016-09-22
Episode 9
With a look at safeguards Britain's online stores have in place to stop children buying products aimed at adults.
Episode 1045 min2016-09-23
Episode 10
The team investigate why so many people have had problems trying to get faster broadband in their homes.
Episode 1145 min2016-09-26
Episode 11
The team examine a computer threat that could see your files held to ransom and made inaccessible unless you pay up.
Episode 1245 min2016-09-27
Episode 12
The team meet people who have all found ways to reduce what they previously paid on household bills.
Episode 1345 min2016-09-28
Episode 13
The team expose the secret sales techniques used to pressure more vulnerable customers into buying products they simply can't afford.
Episode 1445 min2016-09-29
Episode 14
The team meet viewers whose purchases have had an unwelcome sting, including homeowners desperate to know why their homes have flooded.
Episode 1545 min2016-09-30
Episode 15
The team investigate if the price-match promises from some of the country's biggest retailers could come with a catch.
Episode 1645 min2016-10-03
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.
Episode 1745 min2016-10-04
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.
Episode 1845 min2016-10-05
Episode 18
The team uncovers how the billing mistakes of one mobile phone giant have caused customers months of misery.
Episode 1945 min2016-10-06
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.
Episode 2045 min2016-10-07
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.
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