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Rip Off Britain

Series 18

30 episodes · premiered Apr 27, 2026

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  1. E1 Home improvement company lies cost me thousands

    Apr 27, 2026 · 44m

    Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the case of the homeowner who paid a company nearly £2,000 up front for garden maintenance, but has nothing to show for it

  2. E2 Fake loan repayments coming off my wages

    Apr 28, 2026 · 44m

    How one man has been left battling to prove his identity after fraudsters took out a Universal Credit loan in his name, with repayments automatically taken from his wages.

  3. E3 Claim denied due to home’s past building work

    Apr 29, 2026 · 44m

    Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the home insurance policies refusing damage claims if the cause can be linked to events that were insured under an old policy

  4. E4 Fraudster cashed in my tax rebate cheque

    Apr 30, 2026 · 44m

    In a special scams episode, the team meets the 20-year-old who was waiting to receive a tax rebate from HMRC, only to discover someone else had cashed the cheque weeks earlier.

  5. E5 Holidays: Our flight took off while the board still said ‘Please Wait’

    May 1, 2026 · 44m

    Can you trust airport departure boards? The team meet one group of passengers who waited patiently in the departure lounge for their delayed flight, only to find out it had already left without them.

  6. E6 Your parcels lost, damaged or late

    May 4, 2026 · 44m

    Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the courier company that customers say is still letting them down – despite past promises made on the programme.

  7. E7 Fake review sites peddling dodgy goods

    May 5, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate the fraudulent websites convincing shoppers to invest in a ‘best-buy’ home appliance and meet the woman who learned that her top-rated dehumidifier wasn’t up to the job.

  8. E8 Scams: ‘Ghost’ MOTs for sale!

    May 6, 2026 · 44m

    How much can you trust your MOT? The team investigate the so-called ‘ghost’ MOTs available for sale and hear from the mum whose second-hand car was far from roadworthy.

  9. E9 Insurer won’t help as our home falls apart

    May 7, 2026 · 44m

    The team meets the couple who have been stuck in a battle with their insurer for more than three years over fixing damage to their home caused by subsidence.

  10. E10 Toy company bullied me into paying unlawful fees

    May 11, 2026 · 44m

    Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate how a firm providing equipment to children with special educational needs has let down dozens of families and charged unlawful fees.

  11. E11 Giant warehouses built at the end of our gardens

    May 12, 2026 · 44m

    The team hear from the devastated homeowners who claim the warehouses behind their back gardens were built without proper consultation.

  12. E12 Bank devalued our house after approving our mortgage

    May 14, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate why a bank suddenly refused to let one couple re-mortgage because of the way their home had been constructed – despite approving the mortgage five years earlier.

  13. E13 Spiteful scammer cancelled my flight

    May 15, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate how a scammer was able to cancel one man’s flight when he believed he was receiving customer support from the airline on social media.

  14. E14 Wet wipe blockage flooded my garden with sewage

    May 18, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate why some brands continue to label their wet wipes as flushable – despite the major drain blockages caused by wet wipes that cost millions to repair every year.

  15. E15 My timeshare is worth less than when I bought it

    May 19, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate the holiday timeshare company that members feel has moved the goalposts as they reached the end of their contracts – with their investments worth far less than they had expected.

  16. E16 Family home on the line after being conned by festival fraudster

    Aug 31, 2026 · 45m

    How a woman might lose her home after putting it on the line for a friend who turned out to be a serial con artist.

  17. E17 Scammers groomed my vulnerable mum for over two million pounds

    Sep 1, 2026 · 45m

    The team investigate the massive £2.1 million fraud that left a vulnerable woman and her children reeling. Can they claw back any of the money the criminals stole?

  18. E18 My roadside rescue turned into a highway robbery

    Sep 2, 2026 · 45m

    The team investigate the roadside rescue that ended up in a robbery. Also on the programme, how a mix-up at a breakdown company left a man's van a target for thieves.

  19. E19 Scammers wiped my teenager's account, and the bank won't help!

    Sep 3, 2026 · 45m

    The team hear about the hard-working teenager who was scammed out of his savings by fraudsters pretending to be his bank. Why wouldn't the bank give him his money back?

  20. E20 Flying through a storm left me fearing for my life

    Sep 4, 2026 · 45m

    The team hear from the passengers whose flight hit a storm so severe they feared for their lives. The airline said it was fine to fly, but the passengers disagree.

  21. E21 Scammers raided my aunt’s bank account after she had died

    Sep 7, 2026 · 44m

    Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate how scammers stole thousands from one woman after she had died. Why did the bank leave her account wide open to fraudsters?

  22. E22 The botched building job that has cost me thousands

    Sep 8, 2026 · 44m

    Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin and Gloria Hunniford meet the homeowner left questioning a trusted comparison site after a builder's botched work on her home. The team also meet a woman left with ongoing health problems and thousands in lost earnings after she tripped into a pothole.

  23. E23 This town smells like bin juice!

    Sep 9, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate why residents living next to a landfill site are kicking up a stink. And the woman given a parking ticket while taking her neighbour to a wake.

  24. E24 My council is stopping me from charging my electric car at home

    Sep 10, 2026 · 44m

    The team look into the postcode lottery behind electric vehicle home charging. Why one man says he had no option but to sell his EV because the council won't let him run a cable in front of his house.

  25. E25 My holiday home left me needing stitches

    Sep 11, 2026 · 44m

    The team meet the couple who say their stay in a holiday villa turned out to be a health risk. So why won’t the major travel company they booked with refund them?

  26. E26 I raised thousands for a scam dog shelter charity

    Sep 14, 2026 · 43m

    How one man learned that the African dog shelter charity he had raised thousands of pounds for was in fact a scam, and that animals had been mistreated to encourage more donations.

  27. E27 Forced to pay finance on a car we do not own

    Sep 15, 2026 · 44m

    The team are asked to help a couple struggling to keep up finance payments totalling £1,900 a month for two cars, even though one of them had been sold on.

  28. E28 We could not stop a developer felling local trees

    Sep 16, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate after a property developer chopped down a row of trees despite the council rejecting an earlier planning application that would have destroyed them.

  29. E29 Marketplace seller sold me a bed made of cardboard

    Sep 17, 2026 · 44m

    The team investigate the online marketplace sellers who say they are local and seem trustworthy but turn out to be murky businesses selling dodgy goods.

  30. E30 Airport parking firm caused £11,000 of damage

    Sep 18, 2026 · 44m

    The team help one couple left with an undriveable car, an £11,000 repair bill and an insurance claim against them after an airport meet-and-greet operator crashed their car.