Episode guide
Rip Off Britain: Series 7
20 episodes · first aired Sep 14, 2015
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers.
- 1 Episode 1 Sep 14, 2015 · 45m The team unravel the latest scams, including an elaborate con that saw a woman tricked into believing she was working undercover for the police.
- 2 Episode 2 Sep 15, 2015 · 45m The team investigate problems viewers have said they simply can't resolve, including the mysteriously flooded garden that now threatens a family's entire house.
- 3 Episode 3 Sep 16, 2015 · 45m The team meet a group of neighbours who have discovered they have been paying too much for their water for decades.
- 4 Episode 4 Sep 17, 2015 · 45m The team investigate the story of a couple who paid to put their belongings into storage but have never seen them since.
- 5 Episode 5 Sep 18, 2015 · 45m The team investigate property nightmares and disastrous building work, with a report on a company that's taken thousands of pounds for jobs left unfinished.
- 6 Episode 6 Sep 21, 2015 · 45m The team explore whether enough is done to contact customers when a product is recalled for safety reasons and reveal new ways to check if products are safe.
- 7 Episode 7 Sep 22, 2015 · 45m Unwanted calls - and how to stop them - are under investigation as the team meet people plagued by a barrage of nuisance calls.
- 8 Episode 8 Sep 23, 2015 · 45m The team are on the trail of whoever is behind a fake shopping site that uses the details and addresses of genuine businesses to lure people into ordering.
- 9 Episode 9 Sep 24, 2015 · 45m The team uncover a new twist to the problems hundreds of viewers have had with passport websites that aren't what they seem.
- 10 Episode 10 Sep 25, 2015 · 45m The team meet viewers caught out by the small print - including a family whose holiday was almost grounded by a simple but very costly mistake.
- 11 Episode 11 Sep 28, 2015 · 45m The team expose all-too-plausible scams that have cost viewers hundreds of thousands of pounds and share advice to help viewers avoid being stung the same way.
- 12 Episode 12 Sep 29, 2015 · 45m The team reveal easy ways to avoid losing either money or personal details online, investigating the darkest corners of the web.
- 13 Episode 13 Sep 30, 2015 · 45m The team talk to a man whose bank refused to believe he wasn't dead, in an error that ended up costing him hundreds of pounds.
- 14 Episode 14 Oct 1, 2015 · 45m The team investigate situations where viewers have been left frustrated by the customer service they have received.
- 15 Episode 15 Oct 2, 2015 · 45m A tragic event highlights a common mistake made with holiday cover, and the team open up a pet clinic after a rise in complaints about insurance.
- 16 Episode 16 Oct 5, 2015 · 45m The team investigate houses under attack from plants and trees and what happened to one woman's family silver after she trusted an expert to sell it.
- 17 Episode 17 Oct 6, 2015 · 45m The team investigate the spiralling costs of energy and heating and share advice on how to bring bills down without switching supplier.
- 18 Episode 18 Oct 7, 2015 · 45m As the team investigate whether we always get value for money, there's an exclusive peek at the tough tests designed to identify which products are the best.
- 19 Episode 19 Oct 8, 2015 · 45m The team investigate complaints about big-name brands, including a sofa store whose new furniture didn't please one woman in the way she'd expected.
- 20 Episode 20 Oct 9, 2015 · 45m The team expose bogus celebrity endorsements that tempt you into handing over cash for something you may later regret.